His stamping ground was, and still is, Mega City One, a post-nuclear, future dystopian urban sprawl occupying most of the eastern United States where police brutality, unfeeling authority and the abuse of the state clashed with a seething population of 170 million and counting. He even developed his own lexicon of pseudo swear words, including Stomm, Jovus, Grud and his favourite, Drokk. Like a future Dirty Harry meets Robocop with a splash of modern day Batman, Dredd soon became the anti-hero comic book archetype, dispensing summary justice in a world of ravers, headbangers, murderers, drug dealers, necrophiles – you name it. He is a futuristic cop with the authority of judge, jury and executioner, trying to restore order and justice to crime-ridden, overcrowded Mega City One. Step forward Dredd who soon eclipsed Dan Dare, (he was briefly revived for the new comic venture). Judge Dredd is the titular main protagonist/anti-hero from the sci-fi comic of the same name as well as a number of spin-off merchandise (including two live-action movies, where his character was altered heavily in the first one). The latter’s most enduring character was a psychotic great white shark with an insatiable blood lust, but as well as worrying the hell out of parents and thrilling youngsters, Action helped kill off the once ubiquitous war comic and paved the way for a new type of comic book whose USP was sci-fi, cool ultraviolence and anti-heroes.
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