INDEPENDENT COMICS: Judge Dredd

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CHARACTER BIO:
Senior Judge Joseph Dredd and his brother Rico Dredd were cloned from the DNA of Chief Judge Fargo, the first chief judge, in 2066. Their growth was artificially accelerated until an apparent physiological age of 5, with all the appropriate knowledge for their age electronically implanted in their brains during gestation. The name Dredd was chosen by the genetic scientist who created them, Morton Judd, to "instill fear in the population". As cadets during Atomic Wars, they were temporarily made full Judges and sent to restore order to the panic-stricken streets. Distinguishing themselves, they were chosen to take part in assaulting the White House when the Justice Department deposed President Booth. They were later educated at the Academy of Law, Joseph graduating second in his class while Rico came first. Later that year Joseph was forced to arrest Rico for murder and corruption. Offered the opportunity to become chief judge in 2101, Dredd declined, preferring to serve on the streets enforcing the law. On several occasions he saved his city from conquest or destruction by powerful enemies, and in 2114, he saved the story's entire world during the Fourth World War.33Although Dredd holds his duty above every other priority this devotion is not blind loyalty. On two occasions (in 2099 and 2112), Dredd resigned from the force on points of principle, but both times returned. In 2113, Dredd insisted that the Justice Department gamble its very existence on a referendum to prove its legitimacy. In 2116, he risked 20 years' imprisonment with hard labour when he challenged the policy of a chief judge; and in 2129, he threatened to resign to persuade another chief judge to change the city's harsh anti-mutant laws.33After fifty years of active service, Dredd's career may be drawing to a close. In 2130, he was diagnosed with cancer, though it was accounted operable. In 2132, Dredd was appointed to the Council of Five, Mega-City One's highest governing body, on which he served for two years.