History ComicBook / JudgeDredd

[[caption-width-right:271:'''[[IAmTheNoun He is]]''': [[JudgeJuryAndExecutioner the Law.]]]]

[[caption-width-right:271:'''[[IAmTheNoun He is]]''': [[JudgeJury the Law.]]]]

[[caption-width-right:271:'''[[IAmTheNoun THE LAW]]''': [[JudgeJuryAndExecutioner He is It.]]]]

The series is part {{Dystopia}}n sci-fi adventure, part satirical BlackComedy. Mega City One embodies the social problems, urban decay and political issues of British and Western society since the 1970s, turned up to eleven, with Dredd and the Judges a satire of the worst excesses of police and government authority, though some people [[MisaimedFandom seem to think his methods are a jolly good idea]].

Numerous SpinOff comics featured in ''2000 AD'' and the ''Judge Dredd Megazine'', collectively known as "The Dreddverse," include:

* ''ComicBook/AndersonPsiDivision''
* ''Armitage'' - A Brit-Cit Detective Judge InTheStyleOf "grumpy British detective" cop shows.
* ''Banzai Battalion''
* ''Blunt''
* ''Breathing Space''
* ''Brit-Cit Babes''
* ''Brit-Cit Brute''
* ''Brit-Cit Noir''
* ''Calhab Justice''
* ''Chopper'' - The champion Oz sky surfer.
* ''The Corps'' - A one shot tale dealing with a team of judges fighting the Klegg empire detailing their disastrous FalseFlagOperation against a joint Klegg-Sino Cit space station.
* ''Creep''
* ''The Dead Man'' - A one-off story detailing Judge Dredd's Long Walk, having lost his memory after an encounter with monsters from the Deadworld.
* ''Death Watch'' - Brit-Cit Judge Dee is accidentally sent back to the Elizabethan era, where he founds a squad of Judges.
* ''Devlin Waugh'' - An extremely British exorcist for Vatican City.
* ''Dreadnaughts'' - A prequel set before the Atomic Wars showing the birth of the modern Justice Department and the rise of their PoliceState.
* ''The Fall of Deadworld'' - A prequel focusing on the rise of the Dark Judges and the decimation of their homeworld.
* ''The Helltrekkers'' - Citizens from Mega-City One trek across 2000 km of Cursed Earth in 28 rad-wagons to look for a new life in the New Territories.
* ''Hershey''
* ''The Inspectre''
* ''Insurrection'' - A series about Judges of an off-world colony leading a secession from Mega City One after its failure to aid the colony in repulsing an invasion of the alien Zhind, and its subsequent attempt to revoke the citizenship of the robots and sub-species that fought alongside humans.
* ''Judge Edwina's Strange Cases'' - A horror anthology
* ''ComicBook/{{Lawless}}'' - Colonial Marshal Metta Lawson brings law and order to the town of Badrock on the colony world of 43 Rega. [[spoiler: Also a StealthSequel to ''Insurrection''.]]
* ''Lenny Zero'' - Wally Squad judge Lenny Zero goes rogue after being betrayed by his lover.
* ''ComicBook/LowLife''
* ''Maelstrom'' - A star judge squad led by Lela Sternhagen deals with attacks by her predecessor and his squad who have undergone voluntary mutations in order to survive their slow execution on a DeathWorld.
* ''Meet Darren Dead'' - Illusionist George Smith attempts a David Blaine-like stunt on the day the Atomic Wars begin and is finally unearthed from his coffin fifty eight years later as a zombie who can communicate with the spirits of the dead.
* ''Megatropolis'' - Noir mystery set in a reimagining of the universe in an ArtDeco style.
* ''Missionary Man''
* ''Red Razors''
* ''Shimura'' - Former Hondo City Judge-Inspector Shimura turns {{Ronin}}.
* ''ComicBook/TheSimpingDetective'' (first series was called ''Mega-City Noir'')
* ''Storm Warning'' - Lillian Storm is a Brit-Cit Psi-Judge who [[ISeeDeadPeople sees dead people]].
* ''Tales from Mega-City One''
* ''Tales From The Black Museum'' - A horror anthology centred around the objects exhibited in the Justice Department's Black Museum.
* ''Trifecta'' - Three-way {{Crossover}} between ''Judge Dredd'', ''The Simping Detective'' and ''Low Life''.

In other media:

* Two film adaptations, ''Film/JudgeDredd'' in 1995 starring Creator/SylvesterStallone and ''Film/{{Dredd}}'' starring Creator/KarlUrban, was released in 2012 ([[NeverBareheaded and yes, he kept his helmet on this time]]).
* A number of Audio plays from Creator/BigFinish.
* [[Pinball/JudgeDredd An arcade pinball machine]] was released in 1993 by Creator/WilliamsElectronics.
* Videogames, including ''VideoGame/JudgeDreddDreddVsDeath'', [[VideoGame/JudgeDredd a 16 bit adaptation]] of [[Film/JudgeDredd the Stallone film]], a RailShooter and ''VideoGame/JudgeDreddVsZombies''. There was also supposed to be an arcade beat-'em-up developed by Creator/{{Midway|Games}}, but it got canned during location test phase. Its ROM was dumped on MAME and can be found in the Net; however, the game only has three stages ready, each interspersed with bonus rounds, and a final screen showing Judge Death that could be either a SequelHook or a teaser for one or more upcoming stages in the same game.
* A TV series called ''Judge Dredd: Mega City One'' is in DevelopmentHell.

[[Creator/IDWPublishing IDW]] also started a comic series of their own (and not part of the main ''2000 AD'' Dredd-verse) in the wake of the 2012 film, designed to properly introduce the character to US readers. There are a few other continuities separate from the ''2000 AD'' one, including ones by Creator/DCComics, Magazine/HeavyMetal, and tie-ins to the 1995 film.

The series is part {{Dystopia}}n sci-fi adventure, part satirical BlackComedy. Mega City One embodies the social problems, urban decay and political issues of British and Western society since the 1970s turned up to eleven, with Dredd and the Judges a satire of the worst excesses of police and government authority, though some people [[MisaimedFandom seem to think his methods are a jolly good idea]].

* Two film adaptations, ''Film/JudgeDredd in 1995 starring Creator/SylvesterStallone and ''Film/{{Dredd}} starring Creator/KarlUrban, was released in 2012 ([[NeverBareheaded and yes, he kept his helmet on this time]]).

* Two film adaptations, [[Film/JudgeDredd the first movie]] in 1995 starring Creator/SylvesterStallone. A [[Film/{{Dredd}} second movie]], starring Creator/KarlUrban, was released in 2012 ([[NeverBareheaded and yes, he kept his helmet on this time]]).

A long-running SciFi comic created by John Wagner, Carlos Ezquerra and Pat Mills, and starring ''the'' iconic character from the British AnthologyComic ''ComicBook/TwoThousandAD'', ''Judge Dredd'' follows the adventures of the titular uncompromising KnightTemplar lawman, Joseph Dredd, who cleans the bloodstained streets of the [[{{Dystopia}} grim, far-future megalopolis]] that is [[MegaCity Mega-City One]], a gigantic, [[ViceCity decaying and crime-ridden]] urban sprawl which covers most of [[DividedStatesOfAmerica what used to be the East Coast of the USA]]. Dredd is a "Judge", a veteran officer in a law-enforcement force whose authority allows him to quite literally act as JudgeJuryAndExecutioner in a world where the criminal justice system and democratic government have long since disintegrated as a result of countless natural disasters, sky-high crime rate and world-wide nuclear wars.

The series is part {{Dystopia}}n SciFi adventure, part satirical BlackComedy. Mega City One embodies the social problems, urban decay and political issues of British and Western society since the 1970s turned up to eleven, with Dredd and the Judges a satire of the worst excesses of police and government authority, though some people [[MisaimedFandom seem to think his methods are a jolly good idea]].

* ''Storm Warming'' - Lillian Storm is a Brit-Cit Psi-Judge who [[ISeeDeadPeople sees dead people]].

* ''The Corps''

* ''Mega-City Undercover''

* ''The Dead Man'' - A one-off detailing Judge Dredd's Long Walk.

* ''The Dead Man''

A long-running SciFi comic created by John Wagner, Carlos Ezquerra and Pat Mills, and starring ''the'' iconic character from the British AnthologyComic ''ComicBook/TwoThousandAD'', ''Judge Dredd'' follows the adventures of the titular uncompromising KnightTemplar lawman, Joseph Dredd, who cleans the bloodstained streets of the [[{{Dystopia}} grim, far-future megapolis]] that is [[MegaCity Mega-City One]], a gigantic, [[ViceCity decaying and crime-ridden]] urban sprawl which covers most of [[DividedStatesOfAmerica what used to be the East Coast of the USA]]. Dredd is a "Judge", a veteran officer in a law-enforcement force whose authority allows him to quite literally act as JudgeJuryAndExecutioner in a world where the criminal justice system and democratic government have long since disintegrated as a result of countless natural disasters, sky-high crime rate and world-wide nuclear wars.

The series is part {{Dystopia}}n SciFi adventure, part satirical BlackComedy. Mega City One embodies the social problems, urban decay and political issues of British and Western society since the 1970s turned UpToEleven, with Dredd and the Judges a satire of the worst excesses of police and government authority, though some people [[MisaimedFandom seem to think his methods are a jolly good idea]].

A long-running SciFi comic created by John Wagner, Carlos Ezquerra and Pat Mills, and starring ''the'' iconic character from the British AnthologyComic ''ComicBook/TwoThousandAD'', ''Judge Dredd'' follows the adventures of the titular uncompromising KnightTemplar lawman, Joseph Dredd, who cleans the bloodstained streets of the [[{{Dystopia}} grim, far-future megapolis]] that is Mega-City One, a gigantic, [[ViceCity decaying and crime-ridden]] urban sprawl which covers most of [[DividedStatesOfAmerica what used to be the East Coast of the USA]]. Dredd is a "Judge", a veteran officer in a law-enforcement force whose authority allows him to quite literally act as JudgeJuryAndExecutioner in a world where the criminal justice system and democratic government have long since disintegrated as a result of countless natural disasters, sky-high crime rate and world-wide nuclear wars.

* Videogames, including ''VideoGame/JudgeDreddDreddVsDeath'', a 16 bit adaptation of [[Film/JudgeDredd the Stallone film]], a RailShooter and ''VideoGame/JudgeDreddVsZombies''. There was also supposed to be an arcade beat-'em-up developed by Creator/{{Midway|Games}}, but it got canned during location test phase. Its ROM was dumped on MAME and can be found in the Net; however, the game only has three stages ready, each interspersed with bonus rounds, and a final screen showing Judge Death that could be either a SequelHook or a teaser for one or more upcoming stages in the same game.

* A TV series called ''Judge Dredd: Mega City One'' is in development as of 2017.

A long-running SciFi comic created by John Wagner, Carlos Ezquerra and Pat Mills, and starring ''the'' iconic character from the British AnthologyComic ''ComicBook/TwoThousandAD'', ''Judge Dredd'' follows the adventures of the titular uncompromising KnightTemplar lawman, Joseph Dredd, who cleans the bloodstained streets of the [[{{Dystopia}} grim, far-future megapolis]] that is Mega-City One, a gigantic, [[ViceCity decaying and crime-ridden]] urban sprawl which covers most of [[DividedStatesOfAmerica what used to be the East Coast of the USA]]. Dredd is a "Judge", a veteran officer in a law-enforcement force whose authority allows him to quite literally act as [[JudgeJuryAndExecutioner Judge, Jury and (more often than not) Executioner]] in a world where the criminal justice system and democratic government have long since disintegrated as a result of countless natural disasters, sky-high crime rate and world-wide nuclear wars.

For those who like their classical philosophy texts, Dredd's world has a distinct air of Plato's ''Literature/TheRepublic'' about it...

* ''Mega-City Noir''/''ComicBook/TheSimpingDetective''

* ''ComicBook/TheSimpingDetective''

* ''Lawless'' - Colonial Marshal Metta Lawson brings law and order to the town of Badrock on the colony world of 43 Rega. [[spoiler: Also a StealthSequel to ''Insurrection''.]]

A long-running SciFi comic created by John Wagner, Carlos Ezquerra and Pat Mills, and starring ''the'' iconic character from the British AnthologyComic ''ComicBook/TwoThousandAD'', ''Judge Dredd'' follows the adventures of the uncompromising KnightTemplar lawman, Joseph Dredd, who cleans the bloodstained streets of the [[{{Dystopia}} grim, far-future megapolis]] that is Mega-City One, a gigantic, [[ViceCity decaying and crime-ridden]] urban sprawl which covers most of [[DividedStatesOfAmerica what used to be the East Coast of the USA]]. Dredd is a "Judge", a veteran officer in a law-enforcement force whose authority allows him to quite literally act as [[JudgeJuryAndExecutioner Judge, Jury and (more often than not) Executioner]] in a world where the criminal justice system and democratic government have long since disintegrated as a result of countless natural disasters, sky-high crime rate and world-wide nuclear wars.