From the flashbacks we see here, we can see how this was a slow process, a long series of events that shaped a justice department that valued cruelty and suffering over justice.ĭespite making Judge Dredd look like a beacon of virtue and compassion, Fairfax can see things taking a turn for the worse and has no intention of getting caught up in the dead fluids trap. Judge Fairfax used to be a protégée of Judge Sidney De’ath before the coup that brought Death to ultimate judicial power on his world and he decreed life itself a crime. We join the action after Judge Death has initiated his ghoulish crackdown on all living things, and is creating an army of undead Judges by spiking their food with ‘dead fluids’, which turns them into zombies. Writer Kek-W has created a truly terrifying post-apocalyptic drama, clearly influenced by modern survival horror such as The Walking Dead, but merging it with a good smattering of typically 2000AD sci-fi. It takes us back to Deadworld at the point where Death has taken over the post of Chief Judge and is bringing his plan for extinction to fruition. Originally illustrated by Brian Bolland’s clean lines, Death and his associates (Fear, Fire and Mortis) have plagued Dredd in many storylines, arguably to the point of diminishing returns. On their own world (latterly known as Deadworld) the justice department had worked out that all crime was committed by the living, so they eliminate crime completely by ridding the world of all life. First introduced to 2000AD back in the 1980s, they’re bizarre undead Judges from another dimension, who keep reappearing in Dredd’s world to deliver judgement on the living.

Includes 41 items: Rogue Trooper, Judge Dredd: Dredd vs.Judge Death and the three Dark Judges are amongst Judge Dredd’s most deadly recurring adversaries.

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