Judge Dredd
The comic script anti - heroJudge Dreddwithin the2000 ADcomic Good Book universe is beloved by many fans - but there ’s one constituent to his story that easily beats both Marvel and DC . The grapheme is well - know for his uncompromising views regarding justiceand the all - authoritative law within Mega City 1 , and his proclivity for furiousness ( while still adhere to the jurisprudence himself ) . But Judge Dredd ’s narration depart from Marvel and DC ’s superhero narration in one important aspect : the timespan in which these level are differentiate .
The mankind was introducedto Judge Joseph Dredd in 1977 as part of the 2000 AD comic , and the entire narration portray a inhuman future in which the population of Earth live on in sprawl urban heart . Crime is a constant , and order is maintained through the Judges : law enforcement officer who act as judge , jury , and ( if necessary ) executioner . Dredd is the most democratic character within the universe , and though he does have his moments of humanity , he acts mostly as the typeface of DoJ itself . As a result , he never removes his helmet ( a rule that the 1995Judge Dreddfilm dispensed with , lead to fan dismissing the movie ) .
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But the Judge Dredd floor of the comics , unlike the stories of Marvel and DC , are told in real - metre . That is to say , a yr in the real world equates to a year in Mega City 1 . The first tale in 1977 takes shoes in 2099 , meaning the current year of2000 ADis 2144 . Dredd has undergone multiple procedures to hold his scrap shape , but he still mature according to the literal - human race particular date . This also mean the existence can not be open to cosmic retcons ; Dredd can not be as if by magic young without an in - existence account . Marvel and DC notably donotdo this ; they operate on ' funny record book time’in which the age of fictitious character are entirely subject to whoever materialize to be drop a line the book .
This go to such curiosities as Spider - Man never aging past 30 despite his history beginning in 1963 , or other characters remaining the same age despite taking part in diachronic events , such as 9/11 or Barack Obama ’s election ( Spider - Man again ) . character are unable to face their own aging if they do n’t age - and uninterrupted retcons make characters younger and younger , such as DC’sNew 52initiative . Some character may mature , but not all - the first Robinaged from a adolescent to an adult upon becoming Nightwing … yet Batman has not perceptibly agedat all .
Judge Dredd ’s persistence remains the same as it always has , but Marvel and DCsubject their characters to retcon after retcon . They can change , but they can not age - which is one of the biggest indicators of the passage of time ( and metre begets change ) . Perhaps the author of Marvel and DC Comics can memorize fromJudge Dredd’suncompromising ways - if not in terms of fighting crime , then perhaps in footing of go on time .
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