Judge Dredd
Summary
Judge Dreddfeatures a metropolitan hellscape penetrate with detestable criminal acts of the worst kind , barely - obscure absolutism ring itself justice , and most non - stop legal action through the oculus of the titular Judge Dredd . In other watchword , a perfect fictional world forGarth Ennisto drop down his tooth into .
Garth Ennis is most widely screw for co - creatingThe Boys , DC’sHitman , and for being arguably the best author Marvel’sThe Punisherhas ever had . But , before all that , Ennis indite a turn of Judge Dredd comic for the 2000 AD publication , and they are some of the most iconic in the blanket chronicle of the franchise . Here are10 of the greatestJudge Dreddstories written by Garth Ennis !
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10Garth Ennis’ First Judge Dredd Story is One of the Most Brutal
Judge Dredd“Death Aid” by Garth Ennis and Carlos Ezquerra
The villains in thisJudge Dreddstory are beyond obscene , as sinister exultation can be felt with every innocent person each member kills , take their ultimate untying that much more satisfying . If there ’s one thing Garth Ennis can do better than anyone , it ’s create characters that readers ca n’t expect to see get theirs .
9Garth Ennis & Steve Dillon Collaborated on Judge Dredd Before Preacher
Judge Dredd“Emerald Isle” by Garth Ennis, Steve Dillon, and Wendy Simpson
This story has Dredd teaming up with judge from the Emerald Isle after their ambassador was assassinated while visiting Mega - City One . Readers get to explore an entirely new nook of the world through Judge Dredd ’s eyes as he and his spouse hound down international terrorists . However , as exciting as that is , it ’s not the most notable affair about this plot line .
“ Emerald Isle ” was one of the earliest writer / artist collaborations between Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon . The two are famous for work together onPreacher , but their professional kinship went far beyond that unmarried series . The two also worked together onHellblazer , The Punisher , and even a later issue ofHitman- andthisJudge Dreddstoryline is practically where it all get .
8Garth Ennis Turns a Teddy Bear into a Deadly Judge Dredd Villain
Judge Dredd“Teddy Bear’s Firefight” by Garth Ennis and Brian Williamson
While most of the Judge Dredd serial publication is pore on the Mega - Cities , there ’s still a great chunk of the world that fans should never forget subsist : the Cursed Earth . In between the east coast of the United States ’ Mega - City One and the west coast ’s Mega - City Two is the Cursed Earth , an country that has been irradiate by atomic weapon , mutate every human in those regions into freakish and oftentimes monstrous versions of their former selves . In this story , one of those world was mutated into a Teddy Bear , and he used that to stimulate chaos in Mega - City One .
This Teddy Bear mutant pretended to be a children ’s toy , only to arm himself with ponderous ordnance and efficaciously be an invisible domestic terrorist(since no one would mechanically mistrust a Teddy Bear of even being alive , allow alone committing human action of act of terrorism ) . This news report spotlight Ennis ’ mastery of merging utmost violence with cockeyed comedy , and it will make one never see at a Teddy Bear the same room again .
7Garth Ennis Shows Judge Dredd Slaughtering a Small Army of Mutants In 3 Minutes
Judge Dredd“Firepower” by Garth Ennis and Colin MacNeil
When a little United States Army of mutants go against the northerly wall of Mega - City One , they slaughter every guard duty stationed there . The Justice Department then gets called to the scene , and Judge Dredd get at 10:10 o’clock - and he leave at 10:13.In just three minutes , Judge Dredd wipe out every mutant liquidator in the arena , even one with nearly impenetrable tegument , which is one of the nerveless exhibitions of how truly lethal this Sci - Fi action submarine really is .
Garth Ennis is an right-down captain at craft badass action scenes , and that ’s exactly what this chronicle is in its entirety .
6Garth Ennis Proves Judge Dredd Is Perfect For Short-Form Mysteries
Judge Dredd“Garbage Disposal” by Garth Ennis and John Burns
A roadshow that featured mellow - value pieces of scraps from the twentieth C - as they were regard gaffer in the future landscape ofJudge Dreddcanon - would have those who brought the valuable pieces of trash on the show killed before robbing them of their detail . The floor begins with a shocking murder / looting , and the mystery that follow was gripping all the elbow room until it was at long last solved in the last few panels .
This story was myopic - only about two pages long - but it was still incredibly captivating , proving thatJudge Dreddis a everlasting vehicle for little - form mysteries .
5Judge Dredd’s Cruelest Story Is Actually His Least Violent
Judge Dredd“School Bully” by Garth Ennis, Simon Coleby, and Gina Hart
Judge Dredd ’s responsibility as a law enforcement officeholder load beyond just contain people and sentencing them on the spot , as he ’s also responsible for educating the youth of Mega - City One on the dominion of law of nature . Dredd spends an entire day teaching kid about the history of the Justice Department as it operates today , and he go over everything that would land them in front of a judge like him . While there ’s no vehemence in this storyline , there is still a level of cruelty demonstrate by Judge Dredd himself that ’s seldom prove .
Dredd is an definitive bully to the kids in his class , he check a small fry ’s pop in front of everyone and then makes him stand in a corner until he takes him to prison , and he even has a little little girl ’s parents arrested for illegal agriculture after she offers him an apple . Dredd is unwavering in his obligation as a judge , and while some stories show that in a more heroic light , this one only present it as barbarous .
4Judge Dredd Pays Tribute To Another Iconic Futuristic Dystopia
Judge Dredd“A Clockwork Pineapple” by Garth Ennis and Simon Coleby
When Soviet officials claver Mega - City One , they lend with them a giving : a clockwork ananas - which is fundamentally a decorative music player - and the Chief Judge orders it to be placed in the Anthony Burgess museum . In the first part of this story alone , there are a number of references toA Clockwork Orange . Aside from the reference to Anthony Burgess ( the author ofA Clockwork Orange ) , and the clear connection between the title of the novel and the ‘ clockwork Ananas comosus ’ , there ’s one more that ’s a bit more insidious .
The fact that people from Russia ( or , what became of Russia in this alternative world ) were the ones who gifted the gimmick was a ingenious reference in and of itself . The sadistic crew of teenagers inA Clockwork Orangespeak Nadsat , which is a fictitious slang - language derived from Russian - influenced English , hence the Russian ancestry of the clockwork pineapple . This story is chock - full of references toA Clockwork Orange , which is absolutely complete given the futurist dystopian similarities between that novel and the Judge Dredd series - something Garth Ennis prominently shines a light on .
3Garth Ennis Creates an Eccentric Villain for Judge Dredd
Judge Dredd“Muzak Killer” by Garth Ennis and Dermot Power
Interesting villain are the basis of popular franchise , and this one is definitely worth noting inJudge Dreddcanon . Marty Zpok aka the Muzak Killer is a serial killer who murders player that make generic , over - synthesise muzak as opposed to original euphony . Zpok believe this peck - produced content is what ’s keeping the citizens of Mega - City One and Two so complacent in this authoritarian future , and is on a mission to resign their minds by stamp out the multitude responsible for making muzak .
Zpok is clearly deranged , but his concerns are justified , as multitude in the Judge Dredd cosmos should not live with what has happened to their world . The Muzak Killer was drive mad by the insanity surrounding him , and after get comfort in the euphony of the yesteryear , he blame the muzak of the future for the protraction of this mindless foolishness . Zpok is eccentric , to be sure , which is what makesthe Muzak Killer a great villain for the stoic , unwavering Judge Dredd .
2Garth Ennis Throws Judge Dredd Into a Hallucinogenic Nightmare
Judge Dredd“The Magic Mellow Out” by Garth Ennis and Anthony Williams
For a character as stoical and unmarried - minded as Judge Dredd , it ’s rare to get a glance into the inner working of his mind beyond what ’s made obvious to the reader , but this storyline attempts to go a bit deep into Judge Dredd ’s nous . Dredd is investigating a string of flaky felo-de-se at a facility that dose its customer with traces of hallucinogenic gas amid a wonderland of brightly - colored landscape murals and animatronic fictional character . He issue forth to get word that there was a gaseous state leak due to the possessor ’s negligent maintenance , but not before he feels the effects himself .
As one can imagine base on the hyper - red life Judge Dredd leads in an already unholy world , his intellect evidence extremely dark distortions of the harmless animatronics , and he reacted by essentially bite the total edifice to the soil with impunity . Judge Dredd has some ogre scurry in the crevices of his mind , and Garth Ennis set up them on full display .
1Garth Ennis Helped Re-Introduce a Pre-Judge Dredd Character
Judge Dredd“Judgement Day” by Garth Ennis, John Wagner, Peter Doherty, and Carlos Ezquerra
Not only was this plot line an larger-than-life event fulfill with black magic , living dead hordes , and time - start escapades , it alsore - introduced another iconic fibre : Johnny Alpha . Alpha was created by John Wagner ( who also createdJudge Dredd ) back in 1978 , asterisk in the seriesStrontium Dog . Johnny Alpha died in 1990 within that ongoing continuity , but made a shocking replication in this storyline , where he was able-bodied to work with Judge Dredd to take down an US Army of the undead .
Garth Ennis worked directly with John Wagner on this issue , and together they produced one of the cool , most groundbreakingJudge Dreddcomics to appointment . That ’s why this is one of the 10 greatestGarth EnnisJudge Dreddstories in the writer ’s long account with the quality .
