Judge Dredd (Joe Dredd or Joseph Dredd) is a comics character whose strip in the British science fiction anthology 2000 AD is the magazine's longest running (having been featured there since its second issue in 1977). Dredd is a law enforcement officer in a violent city of the future where uniformed Judges combine the powers of police, judiciary and government. Dredd and his fellow Judges are empowered to arrest, sentence and even execute criminals on the spot. He was created by writer John Wagner and artist Carlos Ezquerra, although editor Pat Mills also deserves some credit for his early development.

Judge Dredd is possibly amongst Britain's best known home-grown comic book characters. His name is sometimes invoked to describe politicians or police who overstep their powers, most recently by Shami Chakrabarti of Liberty. ^*

Publishing history

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When Pat Mills was developing 2000 AD, he brought in his former writing partner, John Wagner, to develop characters. Wagner had written various Dirty Harry-style "tough cop" stories for other titles, and suggested a character who took that concept to its logical extreme, imagining an ultra-violent lawman patrolling a future New York City with the power to administer instant justice. Mills had developed a horror strip called Judge Dread but abandoned the idea as unsuitable for the new comic, but the name, with minor modification, was adopted by Wagner for his ultimate lawman.

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"Judge Dredd found dead, face down in Snoopy's bed." - nice lyric :)
radiantmatrix (Darren Meyer) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:09:50 -0000
"Judge Dredd found dead, face down in Snoopy's bed." - nice lyric :)
Sketch of a Dredd head using new grayscale brush pens over on my blog http://bit.ly/2XWgn6
stephenmdowney (Stephen Downey) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:21:38 -0000
Sketch of a Dredd head using new grayscale brush pens over on my blog http://bit.ly/2XWgn6
because i didn't go out today: http://bit.ly/m3Weu Typecast @ club dredd 2mrw?
mikokapow (mikoGalvez) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:12:54 -0000
because i didn't go out today: http://bit.ly/m3Weu Typecast @ club dredd 2mrw?
@gauntletwrites hus playing at dredd?
imsuchaliz (Liz Anne Bautista) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:08:45 -0000
@gauntletwrites hus playing at dredd?
Dios mío, tengo que traer un muñeco del Juez Dredd o algo a este despacho... qué desangelación. Qué vacío cósmico. #fb
johntones (John Tones) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:03:56 -0000
Dios mío, tengo que traer un muñeco del Juez Dredd o algo a este despacho... qué desangelación. Qué vacío cósmico. #fb
@styggiti @cfjedimaster it reminds me lots of old movies/series. "Independence Day", "Judge Dredd" etc. etc.
demirkapi (Oğuz Demirkapı) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:04:51 -0000
@styggiti @cfjedimaster it reminds me lots of old movies/series. "Independence Day", "Judge Dredd" etc. etc.

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