37 Facts About Judge Dredd

Judge Joseph Dredd is a fictional character created by writer John Wagner and artist Carlos Ezquerra.

Judge Dredd first appeared in the second issue of 2000 AD, which is a British weekly anthology comic.

Judge Dredd appears in a number of film and video game adaptations.

Judge Dredd is a law enforcement and judicial officer in the dystopian future city of Mega-City One, which covers most of the east coast of North America.

Judge Dredd is a "street judge", empowered to summarily arrest, convict, sentence, and execute criminals.

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Judge Dredd made his live-action debut in 1995 in Judge Dredd, portrayed by Sylvester Stallone.

Mills was reluctant to lose Judge Dredd and farmed the strip out to a variety of freelance writers, hoping to develop it further.

Judge Dredd has appeared in almost every issue since, most of the stories written by Wagner.

In 1983, Judge Dredd made his American debut with his own series from publisher Eagle Comics, titled Judge Dredd.

Judge Dredd has been published in a long-running comic strip in the Daily Star, and briefly in Metro from January to April 2004.

In 2012, Judge Dredd was one of 10 British comic characters commemorated in a series of stamps issued by the Royal Mail.

Joseph Dredd is the most famous of the Street Judges that patrol Mega-City One, empowered to instantly convict, sentence, and sometimes execute offenders.

Judge Dredd is armed with a "Lawgiver", a pistol programmed to recognise only his palm-print and capable of firing six types of ammunition, a daystick, a boot knife and stun or gas grenades.

On rare occasions, Judge Dredd's face has been seen in flashbacks to his childhood; but these pictures lack detail.

In Carlos Ezquerra's original design, Judge Dredd had large lips, "to put a mystery as to his racial background".

The first Judge Dredd story, published in 1977, was set in 2099,122 years in the future, and so stories published in 2022 are set 122 years in the future, in 2144.

Therefore, Judge Dredd was 38 when he first appeared, but is 83 years old, with 65 years of active service, and for almost 30 years Judge Dredd's age and fitness for duty were recurring plot points.

How Judge Dredd's aging would be addressed was a source of reader speculation until 2016, when writer Michael Carroll and artist Ben Willsher published the story "Carousel", in which Judge Dredd is ordered to undertake rejuvenation treatment.

Judge Dredd System has spread world-wide, with various super-cities possessing similar methods of law enforcement.

Judge Dredd openly tells them his doubts regarding the Justice Department, wondering if the system has taken away "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" while trying to instill strict order and control.

Joe Dredd continues operating as a judge, quickly gaining a reputation throughout the city as a formidable and incorruptible law enforcement agent.

Judge Dredd comes after Joe for revenge, challenging him to a fast draw.

In "Tour of Duty", Dredd is appointed to the Council of Five, Mega-City One's highest governing body below the Chief Judge, on which he serves for two years.

In 2107, Judge Dredd loses his eyes in combat during the story City of the Damned.

Judge Dredd has them replaced with bionic eyes that grant him night-vision.

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In 2130, Judge Dredd is diagnosed with cancer of the duodenum, though it was benign.

In 2138, at 72 years old, Judge Dredd undergoes another "rejuve" treatment after being ordered to.

Judge Dredd turns down an offer for a full treatment that would rebuild his internal organs and skeleton.

In 2113, Judge Dredd insists the Justice Department gamble its existence on a referendum to prove its legitimacy.

In 2129, Judge Dredd is present when his clone-father Eustace Fargo is revived from cryogenic suspension, only to die later the same day.

In more recent years, Judge Dredd has met other Fargo clones such as Kraken and Nimrod, and a rogue clone of himself called DR?DD.

Judge Dredd has developed a family of sorts with the introduction of two younger clones of his own named Dolman and Judge Rico.

Editor David Bishop prohibited writers from showing Judge Dredd killing anyone, a reluctance which would be completely unfamiliar to readers acquainted with the original version.

In Japan, manga comic Shonen Jump Autumn Special included a one-off story featuring a unique version of Judge Dredd which was entirely different to both the comic character and the movie character.

Judge Dredd's costume was radically redesigned for the film, adding armor plates and reducing the size and prominence of the shoulder insignia.

However this idea was abandoned after the film was released, and Judge Dredd was replaced by another character called Adjudicator Joseph Craator.

Game loosely based on the first live action film, called Judge Dredd was developed by Probe Software and released by Acclaim for the Sega Genesis, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy, and Game Gear.