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Judge Death

Judge Death by Frazer Irving
Publication information
Publisher Rebellion Developments
First appearance 2000 AD prog 149
Created by John Wagner and Brian Bolland
In story information
Alter ego Sidney De'ath
Place of origin Deadworld
Team affiliations Dark Judges

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Origins and history

The full story of his journey from being Sidney De'ath, the son of a sadistic traveling dentist, to his incarnation as a creature of pure evil is recounted in the Judge Dredd Megazine series Young Death - Boyhood of a Super-Fiend and given extra detail by Anderson: Psi Division - Half Life. Sadism refers to Sexual or non-sexual gratification in the infliction of Pain or humiliation upon or by another person Evil, in many cultures is used to describe acts or thoughts which are contrary to some particular religion Judge Dredd Megazine is a monthly British Comic magazine, launched in October 1990. A young sadist thrilled by inflicting pain, Sidney would soon go on to murder three bullies from his school. Sadistic personality disorder is a Personality disorder which only appeared in the revised third edition of the American Psychiatric Association 's Diagnostic He joined the Judges in order to be able to kill people legally, gaining the nickname 'Judge Death' for his hard-line stance on executing all lawbreakers.

The psychopathic and obsessive Judge shortly afterwards encountered the witches Phobia and Nausea, the "Sisters of Death," who he saw a means to achieve his vision of total justice - the complete extermination of all life. Psychopathy ( is a psychological construct that describes chronic immoral and Antisocial behavior JUSTICE is a Human rights and law reform organisation based in the United Kingdom. He reasoned that since all crime is committed by the living, therefore life itself is a crime. Using their dark magic, he had himself transformed into the unstoppable undead Judge Death. Along with the “Sisters of Death” and his fellow Dark Judges, he wiped his world clean of all life.

Once that was done, he left “Deadworld” and crossed dimensions to reach Mega-City One. Mega-City One is a huge fictional City-state covering much of what is now the Eastern United States in the Judge Dredd Comic book His body was destroyed after his first massacre in 2102, and his spirit took control of Judge Anderson in an attempt to rebuild it. Judge Cassandra Anderson is a comics Fictional character that started as a supporting character in the comic strip Judge Dredd of 2000 AD He ended up trapped, but the other three Dark Judges arrived to free him and together they slaughtered thousands of citizens. He and his cohorts struck several times, causing great carnage each time, but they were always defeated by the Judges Dredd and Anderson. Eventually the Sisters of Death, now spectral beings, arrived in Mega-City One and along with the Dark Judges, they enslaved the judges, conquered the city and created their "Necropolis" - a horror that took the lives of 60,000,000 people. "Necropolis" is a 26-part Judge Dredd epic by John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra, published in 1990 in 2000 AD progs

Necropolis failed and Judge Death soon ended up as the only Dark Judge left free in this world. "Necropolis" is a 26-part Judge Dredd epic by John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra, published in 1990 in 2000 AD progs Inevitably he too was eventually captured, after jumping across dimensions to Gotham City. Gotham City is a Fictional City appearing in DC Comics, and is best known as the home of Batman. He would break loose on several occasions afterwards, being recaptured each time. In his final escape in 2124, he managed to keep his escape secret for a while and then lured Anderson into a trap by murdering children. Catching Anderson unawares, he put her in a coma so she couldn't stand against him - he also infected her with a pestilence spirit so that when she woke up a great plague would be unleashed. Anderson, warning herself via a hallucination of herself around during Death’s rise, purposefully remained in her coma.

Death went out into the Cursed Earth, slaughtering as he went and re-evaluating his cause and methods. The Cursed Earth is a part of the Fictional universe from the Judge Dredd series that appears in the UK comic book 2000 AD. He decided that Weapons of Mass Destruction were the most effective way to achieve his ends and went on a quest to find them. A weapon of mass destruction ( WMD) is a weapon which can kill large numbers of humans and/or cause great damage to man-made structures (e Using a bunker full of nuclear weapons, he destroyed Las Vegas and tried to destroy Mega City One, but was stopped by the city's anti-missile system. Las Vegas ( Spanish: "The Meadows" is the most populous City in the state of Nevada, the seat of Clark County, and an internationally The judges, believing it was just an old bunker becoming active, fired "bunker buster" missiles at him destroying his body releasing his spirit into the astral plane, whereupon he was attacked by Houcus Ritter, a man whose family he had killed when he first entered the Cursed Earth. Houcus had been in Las Vegas when it had been destroyed and had become an angel. He beat Death to the ground then opened a pit leading to hell. Death was then dragged into Hell by the vengeful ghosts of all those he had killed.

If this was the final end of Judge Death remains to be seen.

Changing attitudes to Death

The representation of Judge Death in the Judge Dredd and related comic strips has changed somewhat in character over the years. In his first appearances his image was dark, sinister and menacing. However, later stories have tended to present him in a much more humorous light. For instance, in the Judge Dredd/Batman crossover graphic novel Judgement on Gotham Death was used as a practically comical figure. Batman (originally referred to as the Bat-Man and still referred to at times as the Batman) is a fictional Comic book Superhero co-created A Judgement on Gotham is the first of four Batman and Judge Dredd crossover Comic books published by John Wagner decided to rectify this in the solo Death story My Name Is Death, and while later strip The Wilderness Days added humour to Death's tale, he was still a menacing and unstoppable killer; Alan Grant's Half Life, released at the same time, also treated Death as pure, unstoppable evil. Alan Grant (born 1949 is a Scottish Comic book writer known for writing Judge Dredd in 2000 AD as well as various

Judge Death's Appearance

Judge Death appears in something close to a Judge's helmet, though its modified visor resembles a portcullis. Many 2000 AD illustrations make use of the visor as a visual shorthand for Judge Death. His mouth is pulled into a toothy rictus. On his right shoulder is a pterosaur, as opposed to the Judges' eagles. His left shoulder pad and elbow pads are festooned with bones. His tunic is fastened with crude stitches rather than a zipper, and his badge and belt buckle are shaped like a human skulls with extended fangs, the latter with bat wings.

Alternative version

Following the release of the Judge Dredd movie, a comic set in its continuity, entitled Judge Dredd: Lawman of the Future, was published, and soon featured a story introducing this continuity's version of Judge Death. Judge Dredd is a 1995 Action film directed by Danny Cannon, and starring Sylvester Stallone, Diane Lane, Rob Schneider He remains a death-dispensing monster from another dimension, but in this storyline, he is actually an alternate-dimension incarnation of Dredd himself, who died in the line of duty, but was supernaturally resurrected through his undying desire to dispense justice. As all crime was committed by the living, Death reasoned, then living itself was a crime. Hence the monster's catchphrase: "The crime is life, the sentence is death!"

Powers and abilities

Judge Death is a spirit inhabiting a corpse. The body itself is very difficult to hurt, as damage inflicts no disabilities unless appropriately severe (severing a limb or burning him, for example) and the dead flesh cannot feel pain. If the host body is destroyed then Death’s spirit can escape and possess living humans. Death, usually with the help of another, prepares the new host body by using a mixture of chemicals to decay the flesh and let the body reach full ripeness. In "Batman/Judge Dredd - Judgement on Gotham", Scarecrow helps Death with this task. Batman (originally referred to as the Bat-Man and still referred to at times as the Batman) is a fictional Comic book Superhero co-created For the 1995 film see Judge Dredd (film. For the Reggae / Ska performer see Judge Dread. Judgement on Gotham is the first of four Batman and Judge Dredd crossover Comic books published by The Scarecrow ( Dr Jonathan Crane) is a DC Comics Supervillain, an enemy of Batman.

Death always kills his victims in particularly gruesome ways. His main way of killing people is to thrust his razor sharp fingers into the body of his victim and then squeeze the heart until it bursts, aided by the fact he can "phase" through physical matter like a ghost.

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Judge Cassandra Anderson is a comics Fictional character that started as a supporting character in the comic strip Judge Dredd of 2000 AD "Necropolis" is a 26-part Judge Dredd epic by John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra, published in 1990 in 2000 AD progs John Wagner is a Comics writer who was born in Pennsylvania in 1949 and moved to Scotland as a boy Frazer Irving (born in the1970s Ilford, Essex) is a British horror artist who became known for the 2000 AD series Necronauts
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