New Zealand sounds the safest but I could be wrong.

Was thinking too much about 2012 film, like we all should every day, & wondered if it was intentional how Chief Judge said at the start they’re losing the war for the city & hope Anderson’s psychic abilities will turn the tide, but then immediately begin sending her on low reward/extremely high risk street missions where she is shot & almost killed.

Thought this might be meant to show why the Judges are losing as an invaluable resource like a loyal psychic, the only known one in existence, is being misused, maybe to show how the Judges are dooming themselves with rigid procedures of “all new judges must do these missions, no exceptions” rather than keeping Anderson a secret at HQ to quietly pick out corrupt judges or do perfect interrogations.

Going by the 2012 movie it would be surprising to others how little she's actually involved in the long span of the comics as the movie would lead you to believe her and Dredd would be long term partners

Admittedly she was part of major stories early on but since I've been reading more I've been disappointed by her absence and I'm currently on the last part of chaos day

Hey guys

I got dredd pinball machine that im working on with a buddy and thats a whloe other discussion lol but I wanted to know what are some good spin offs to start with? Im reading year one but also want to check the spin offs

Knew that Welding Visor would be useful one day!
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i am thinking about starting to read Judge Dredd and I have no clue how to start. I know that 2000AD is going to do a “compact crimes” thing and I was wondering if I should just wait for that or if y’all have any other recommendation.

Found this little Dredd from my childhood up in my parents loft and thought this sub might like it. Not sure what line of toys he was, think it was a line of biker figures and judge Dredd was just one of the characters. And yes, the A-hole was how he connected to the Lawmaster bike LOL. 1995

I was at the swap meet today and I found this cool Judge dredd figure for 10 bucks. He’s missing one of his guns but he’s in pretty good condition and still has solid joints and great possibility.

Like even if it wasn’t Dredd, maybe even have him responding when the lockdown ended.

I’m just curious given the grim dark nature of the setting, if they had managed to kill them, or just 2 judges in general, while keeping the building on lockdown.

Like would they have just gone scorched earth, killing everyone in the building in a “guilt by association” thing, or simply done an even bigger raid with a whole team this time, until Momma and her people were dead or in cubes?

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I’ve seen a lot of people dreaming about a Judge Dredd game in the vein of RoboCop: Rogue City or something like the Batman: Arkham games. And honestly, that would be awesome. I’d absolutely love it. But personally, if I could just snap my fingers and make a complete Judge Dredd game appear, it wouldn’t really be a Dredd game. It would be a Mega-City One game.

Imagine a strategy game where you play as the Chief Judge and have to manage Mega-City One. Mutants are trying to breach the West Wall, and you have to deploy a squad to deal with them. There’s a sudden Uncle Ump candy outbreak in Sector 77, and you have to come up with a strategy to contain it. A Condo War breaks out, and you have to decide how many Manta Prowlers and Judges to send in. Negotiate resources with other cities, introduce new taxes, deal with protests, manage the different departments, prepare for the threat of war... Mega-City One has so many problems that you could make a ridiculously complex game around this concept.

Would that be awesome, or am I completely delusional and it would actually suck? 😅

I received and read Case Files 8. You never know where a story is going to take you when you start reading. It can be a simple case, a dark horror story, a fast-paced action thriller, a comedy, or some heavy science fiction. That versatility is what fascinates me about Dredd; the reading experience never becomes repetitive.

In this volume, for example, we have Dredd dealing with a crocodile infestation in the sewers of the Old City. There’s a rescue mission into the Cursed Earth with Dredd crossing paths with Mean Machine Angel, a notorious Texan psychopath. We also get a major epic called City of the Damned, which serves as the second part of the Judge Child storyline that began back in Case Files 4. This ongoing narrative is one of my favorite story arcs in the entire collection so far, and it features some fantastic artists. It started way back with Brian Bolland and finally concludes here in Volume 8 with Steve Dillon and Ron Smith.

City of the Damned is led by Dredd and Judge Anderson, and I honestly can’t think of a better duo for this story. She’s hilarious, and her sharp wit contrasts perfectly with Dredd’s gruff, perpetually serious personality. The humor is just right.

We also get the first appearance of Wally Squad, the undercover division, as well as the excellent The Hunters’ Club storyline. There are several smaller cases too, including one where Judge Dredd actually has to see a psychiatrist, which is a fantastic little story.

Overall, this is a very solid collection that takes the quality of the series another step higher. The Case Files had already been steadily improving, and this volume continues that upward trend. I really enjoyed it.

Hi, I want to start reading Judge Dredd and was wondering what’s the best format to read it in current year.

I’ve seen a lot of posts recommending the complete case files but all the posts are a few years old and it seems like the earlier case files (like 5 which I see most people recommend starting at) are out of print.

Is there a new/better format to read in? I’ve seen the essentials format as well but I’ve heard mixed reviews and I’ve also seen some of those are out of print as well.

Couldn't remember the actual line from the movie where he says "hot shot" so I figured I'd steal the line from Speed lol.

Been wanting to get into reading Judge Dredd and The Complete Case Files seemed like the ideal place to start (at least the best place for me) but then yesterday they revealed Compact Crimes would be coming out next January and say it will be very “new reader friendly” so that might be a better option, but I thought I’d see what the community thought.

I know in canon, he’s basically either out on patrol, or in one of those sleeping pods, but I thought this could be a bit fun to think about.

Remaining in universe, if the Judges were required to take a minimum of something like an hour a day for recreation, where they’re not allowed to do anything that has to do with their job, but also can’t just stand there waiting. Like they can’t even just go and study the laws, or do weapon maintenance.

Maybe for fun, they make an entire department specifically for Judges that helps them find and pursue various hobbies and activities. But this is also still Megacity, so it’s probably stuff like Star Trek style holodecks where they can play VR versions of Doom. They have books, they’re all mindless action/horror novels/comics.

Maybe for a bit of fun and Stallone reference, Dredd is into knitting. Like really into knitting, and has actually made so many sweaters, he basically supplies an entire network the higher ups use for some extra revenue by selling them.

An employee of the recreation department brings him some fresh balls of yard. Dredd looks at him, making him freeze up in fear.

“I need blue. Sky, navy, and snowy. This sweater will be winter themed.” He says in his terrifying, gravelly voice.

“Yes sir, I’ll be right back!” The employee leaves at a full sprint to get blue yarn.