

Publishing Format: Was ongoing Publication Publication Dates: 1995 – 1996 Number of Issues Published: 23 (#1 – #23) Number of Issues Published: 83 (#1 – #83) Number of Issues Published: 20 (#1 – #20) Later he was portrayed by Karl Urban in 2012 reboot Dredd.

Judge Dredd made his live action debut in 1995 in Judge Dredd, portrayed by Sylvester Stallone. In Great Britain, the character of Dredd and his name are sometimes invoked in discussions of police states, authoritarianism, and the rule of law. He is a “street judge”, empowered to summarily arrest, convict, sentence, and execute criminals. Joseph Dredd is a law enforcement and judicial officer in the dystopian future city of Mega-City One, which covers most of the east coast of in North America. He is the magazine’s longest-running character. He was created by writer John Wagner and artist Carlos Ezquerra, and first appeared in the second issue of 2000 AD (1977), a weekly science-fiction anthology comic.

Judge Joseph Dredd is a fictional character who appears in British comic books published by Rebellion Developments, as well as in a number of movie and video game adaptations.
