More than 15 years later, Dredd was once again back on the big screen, with Karl Urban as Dredd and Olivia Thirlby as Judge Anderson, in an adaptation given a truer representation of the character. The first movie was an American film in the nineties with Silvester Stallone in the main role who failed to capture the essence of the character and made the mistake to show his face! It’s no surprise that Judge Dredd was adapted into other media. Through decades of comics, Judge Dredd became one of the most popular comic book characters of all time, and one the most famous satire of American and British culture, exploring authoritarianism, policing, mass surveillance, and every other aspect of society.

It’s been 66 years of active service for Dredd, and 46 years worth of stories! And he has done it since 1977, getting older as the years pass. He’s here to deliver instant justice in a city on the verge of chaos. He’s never without his signature helmet, though he has no secret identity and no life outside of work. Judge Dredd exists to bring justice and is constantly working. And he is the toughest of them all! As we already said: he is the law!

In this world, Dredd is a judge, jury, and police officer – he can arrest, convict and execute criminals. In Mega City-One, one man is the law: Judge Dredd! Created by writer John Wagner and artist Carlos Ezquerra in the second issue of the British weekly anthology 2000 AD (1977), Judge Joseph Dredd is a lawman in a massive dystopian city where crime is rampant.

Judge Dredd by Grant Morrison