Then he's back on the job, hammering in just how relentless crime is in this dystopian future. After a day and night of fighting crime, Dredd returns to the Grand Hall of Justice for 10 minutes in the sleep machine. He has no secret identity, no time off, and he's never seen without his signature helmet. He spends every waking moment of his life on the streets. Judge Dredd may be more a cop than a soldier yet due to the nature of Earth and Mega City One in his time, he is the frontline assault on any opposition the city faces. He was the first of a line of monosyllabic tough guy heroes to come from 2000AD's pages, along with the likes of Rogue Trooper, but he has always remained the most popular and influential mainstay of the publication.
Writer Peter Harris, artist Mick (Michael) McMahon and Wagner further developed the character. John Wagner, by request from Pat Mills, came up with the concept behind Judge Dredd and Carlos Ezquerra came up with the character design. While these details are featured throughout the years of comics, recently the Judge Dredd Origins story arc delves into the atomic wars and Dredd's time as a cadet. Dredd and his twin brother Rico emerged from the cloning facility as five years old in 2066, which took only a matter of months.Īt this young age they are enrolled into the Academy of Law, and graduate 13 years later in 2079. Judge Dredd, one of a number of clones of Chief Judge Fargo, is the most famous of the elite corps of Judges that run Mega-City One with the power not only to enforce the law, but also to instantly sentence offenders, to death if necessary. The toughest of them all is Judge Joe Dredd, and he is the law! Empowered to dispense instant justice, these lawmen are judge, jury and executioner. Only the Judges can prevent total anarchy. Tensions run a constant knife-edge, and crime is rampant. Home to 400 million citizens, crammed into gigantic city-blocks, overcrowding is rife, unemployment endemic and boredom universal. The irradiated wasteland known as The Cursed Earth to the west covering most of America, and the polluted Black Atlantic to the east. Mega-City One in the 22nd century, a vast urban nightmare situated along the east coast of post-apocalyptic North America.
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