Judge Dredd: The Complete "Apocalypse War" Including "Block Mania" (Judge Dredd S.)

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This section may contain irrelevant references to popular culture. Please remove the content or add citations to reliable and independent sources. ( August 2022) Three of the host-mothers bashed their brains out, trying to silence the telepathic screaming from their unborn children. A fourth bled to death after attempting to forcibly induce a miscarriage. A fifth died in her sleep, and when autopsied was found to be carrying a deformed embryo with two heads. The Devil You Know and Twilight's Last Gleaming (progs 750–753 and 754–756). The long-running tensions in Mega-City One between the totalitarian Judge system and the movement for the restoration of democracy conclude with a vote. A large number of apathetic citizens take no part in the process, while the majority of those who do vote want the Judges to remain in control. A pro-democracy protest march of almost 2 million people heads for Justice Central and is ready to riot, but Dredd convinces the leaders the referendum was fair and votes were counted accurately. During this time, Dredd undergoes "rejuve" treatment for the first time, restoring his damaged skin and muscle from "The Dead Man" story and gaining more vitality and youth than a man his age should have. The Cursed Earth (progs 61–85). Dredd, accompanied by punk biker Spikes Harvey Rotten (and later the alien Tweak), leads a small group of Judges on an epic journey across the Cursed Earth, transporting vaccine for the deadly 2T-FRU-T virus that is devastating Mega-City Two. This multi-part epic is often referred to as 'the first Dredd epic' and was inspired by Roger Zelazny's Damnation Alley. As mentioned above, the cloned dinosaurs that inhabit the Cursed Earth aren't just incredibly dangerous predators, they're outright addicted to human flesh, and some of them follow the caravan through the hellscape, pausing only to eat the settlers who die on the journey and buried by the road. Their craving for human meat have effectively turned an already apex predator into a Super-Persistent Predator.

The Statue of Justice and the Public Surveillance Unit are both destroyed during Chaos Day by terrorists, with most of the teenage or younger Judge cadets being mercilessly gunned down on-screen. Aside from the apocalyptic visuals of the Statue coming down, this prompts the citizens of the city to erupt into an orgy of violence and looting even without the Bug driving their actions.

A four-issue miniseries, Under Siege, began in May 2018. It is not connected with any previous IDW Judge Dredd series. Cadet Jessica Paris. A recent addition to the family – a clone of Joe Dredd grown without SRY, making her a woman as a result. Has only made a single appearance in the comic to date in which she was shown as being heavily pregnant and the decision on what to do with her and the child being left ambiguous. [77] Of the other six host-mothers who were delivered by Caesarean, three died, two went irretrievably insane, and the last — Soon's mother, a Serial Killer named Doris "Driller Killer" Davison — lasted long enough to curse the project manager for unleashing a monster on the world before she committed suicide by swallowing her tongue. The metal band Anthrax included a song about Judge Dredd on their third album ( Among the Living) entitled " I Am the Law". It is one of their most popular and well-known songs, and often features as an encore to setlists. They also released a 12" single and a 7" picture disc, both bearing the image of Dredd. [141] One 12" version featured a fold-out poster of the band dressed as Judges drawn by drummer Charlie Benante. Thrower, Matt (21 January 2019). "Play Matt: Judge Dredd: The Cursed Earth Review". There Will Be Games . Retrieved 19 February 2019.

Even the Undercity that the Big Meg is built over. In addition to Troggies (feral humans who descended from New York inhabitants), all manner of horrific and sometimes supernatural predators live down there, including, but not limited to, vampires, werewolves and ( Xenomorphs). Some judges even choose to take their long walk down there on account of its general chaotic nature.The description of the Donut beyond the slums of the Overlords paints a picture that is less pretty and more " Death World". Local predators included giant sabertooth tigers, insects whose venom brings instant death, killer fish, a species of thorny plant that will try to rip apart any living creature it can reach, and a species of intelligent spiders that would construct cunning traps for larger mammals so they could be paralyzed and then implanted with eggs — these last ones, the Nandies hunted to extinction. Environmental habits include random and deadly solar flares, and weeks-long windstorms where the gusts can reach up to five hundred kph. As well as the usual six rounds listed above, a stun shot has also been depicted in the comic, and a variety of other rounds have been shown in the films.

Dredd's entire face is never shown in the strip. This began as an unofficial guideline, but soon became a rule. [31] As John Wagner explained: "It sums up the facelessness of justice − justice has no soul. So it isn't necessary for readers to see Dredd's face, and I don't want you to". [32] According to Karl Urban, the studio's concept is to "build the show around more rookie judges and young, new judges", where Dredd himself "would come in and out". Urban stated that he would be interested in reprising the role for this, on the condition that Dredd's part of the story be implemented in a "meaningful way". [106]This section's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed. Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise. ( August 2022) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) The British band Pitchshifter, also fans of 2000 AD, released a Judge Dredd t-shirt for their final tour. It included the slogan "13 years punk", referring to how long the band had been together before they broke up. In the end, it was all pointless, as the six surviving clone-babies were still all horribly deformed. Soon was the least deformed, and even he had a blank, featureless expanse of skin where his mouth should be. Judge Morphy. Dredd's mentor at the beginning of his career. The two maintained a respect and appreciation for each other over the years, arguably making him one of Dredd's only friends. The same day he told Dredd he would retire from street duty soon and hoped to become a teacher, Morphy was killed in the line of duty. [72] One of the Cadet Judges, Agnew, does get Eaten Alive— in his case, by the cannibalistic mutants known as gila-munja — when he tries to stop a fellow cadet named Kate Jenks from deserting in a panic.