2000AD and Judge Dredd celebrate 30 years on the Newsstand AND Reveal the Origins of a Comics Icon!
Sat in my lounge, a huge plate of Nachos topped with salsa and cheese all to myself (with chilis and hot-hot sauce as a side) with a film-fest of Halloween/Friday the 13th/Blade Runner/Amityville Horror playing in the background throughout a lazy Sunday afternoon sets the perfect geeky-tone for what is about to follow “¦
“¦ The Origins of the Illustrious Judge Dredd!
I will forewarn you now and say that this is NOT a spoiler. Moreover, an opinion on what is potentially the story that fans have been waiting a long while for.
Judge Dredd and 2000AD are landmark respected Weekly British Comic Anthologies that have survived the harsh landscape of U.S. invasion comics for the last 30-plus years. Judge Dredd is a lawman in the future. He operates in Mega-City One. The year: 2128 AD.
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