Dredd Biog wrtten by [email protected]
(From Dredd Rules #1, Judge Dredd 1996 calendar, along with Mechanismo's own input)
JUDGE DREDD : ONLY THOSE WHO BREAK THE LAW NEED FEAR HIM!
PERSONAL DATA
Real Name: Joe Dredd
AKA: "Old Stoney Face"
Social Category : Judge
Place of Origin : Mega-City One
Occuption : Street Judge
Known Relatives : Rico Dredd (brother, deceased), Vienna Dredd (niece),
Judda?
Group Affiliation : Mega-City One Judges
First Appearance : Prog 2
BIOGRAPHY
Joe Dredd and his brother, Rico, were cloned from the bloodline of Judge Fargo in 2066. They both grew up to be two of the finest cadet Judges in Mega-City One history. Nevertheless, Joe was always marginally behind his brother when it came to skill and achievement throughout their training. Only after their graduation with honor in 2079 did Joe find out about some illegal sidelines that Rico had set up for himself. Forced to arrest his own brother and have him sent to Titan for a twenty stretch, Joe became an even tougher Judge. He soon achieved the status of Senior Judge and rapidly became not only the most feared and respected Judge, but also a powerful figurehead for justice in the wild and dangerous world of the 22nd century. In character, Dredd is two-dimensional and machine-like. Fifteen years in the Academy of Law, the toughest school on Earth, saw to that. Dredd has no social life, no outside interests and very few feelings not linked to his devotion to the Law.
Food holds no attraction for Dredd except to maintain gis body in full operational condition. Music, art, film, literature (law books aside) are of no interest unless of a seditious and bannable nature. Sleep is a necessary evil to be got out pf the way as quickly as possible (usually ten minutes in a sleep machine).
He lives alone in Rowdy Yates (formerly with his housemaid Maria and robo-servant Walter the Wobot before he was arrested) and has an office in the Grand Hall of Justice, but he is seldom there, preferring to spend his time patrolling the streets of Mega-City One on his Lawmaster motorcycle.
Friendship is a concept Dredd does not recognize very often. Rather, he feels a kinship, notably to Judges who share the same spartan values as himself.
Dredd never smiles. Though he is capable of a very black sense of humor, we can never be sure if he thinks his remarks are funny.
One of the most important aspects of Dredd's appeal is the fact that he is a public hero, public villain, and public defender. There's no one a mugging victim is happier to see arriving than Judge Dredd - until Dredd turns around and books the victim for incitement to mug!