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  • Judge Dredd first appeared in the british comic 2000 AD #2 in 1977.
  • He was created by writer John Wagner and artist Carlos Ezquerra.
  • Dredd and his fellow Judges have the power to arrest, sentence and execute perpetrators on the spot.
  • The name Judge Dredd was adapted from "Judge Dread", a horror story written by Pat Mills.
  • Mega-City One, Dredd's home town is based on a futuristic New York city.
  • Dredd is one of a number of clones of Chief Judge Fargo.
  • Dredd's motorbike is known as a "Lawmaster" and his gun as a "Lawgiver".
  • Common Dredd quotes are; "I am the Law" and "Democracy is not for the people".
  • In 1990 Dredd's popularity was rewarded by his own comic "Judge Dredd Megazine" although his stories continued to run in 2000 AD.
  • The Dredd storylines are published in real time, which would place him now at over sixty years old.
  • There are a number of nuclear deserts referred to in the comics, the one bordering Mega-City one is known as the "Cursed Earth".
  • Giant tower blocks house most of the city's population, each one holding 50,000 people or more.
  • The lawgiver gun can fire six different types of bullet: Standard, Hot-Shot, Argon 886, Ricochet, Armour Piercing & Hi-Ex.

    Films

    Judge Dredd (1995)
    Director...................Danny Cannon

    Silvester Stallone.........Judge Dredd Diane Lane...............Judge Hershey
    Armande Assante...........Rico Dredd