is for Quality
Some of the most prolific comic-book writers and artists have contributed to the Dredd-verse, including Dredd creator John Wagner alone Garth Ennis and Andy Diggle. Wagner alonec has written the majority of the comics, and has delivered an astonishing pedigree of fantastic stories over the years.
is for the Kleggs
The Kleggs appear in The Day The Law Died, which follows on from The Cursed Earth. Dredd rests after the Cursed Earth mission and is framed for murder. Meanwhile, Judge Cal hires the Kleggs, alien mercenaries to stop an uprising in Mega-City One. They look like enormous crocodiles and are paid in meat.
is for Joseph Dredd
Cloned from the DNA of Chief Judge Eustace Fargo in 2066, Judge Joseph Dredd is the most famous of the Judges in Mega-City One. He was enrolled at the Academy of Law aged just five (thanks to accelerated growth) and his face has never been glimpsed in the comics – something Sly ruined with his film version in 1995.
is for the Germ Wars
They form the central plot of The Cursed Earth , the first Judge Dredd Epic storyline, in which the 2T(FRU)T virus turns the population of Mega-City Two into cannibals. Dredd goes on a mission across the Cursed Earth where he encounters everything from dinosaurs and mutants to alien slaves.
is for the Dark Judges
What happens when undead spirits possess cadavers in order to go about their ghoulish work – which generally involves spiking people on their enormous claws. There’s Judge Death, Judge Fire, Judge Fear and others. Expect them to turn up in any sequels to this year’s Dredd , according to writer Alex Garland.
is for Call Me Kenneth
Not Branagh (or Williams), but the first ever robot to become sentient. Call Me Kenneth proved a right royal pain in Judge Dredd’s behind when he went berserk not once, but twice, rising against and enslaving much of Mega-City One’s population – alongside a number of its Judges.
