''Dread Dominion'' (1994) is an original novel written by Stephen Marley and based on the long-running British

science fiction Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel uni ...

comic strip ''

Judge Dredd Judge Joseph Dredd is a fictional character created by writer John Wagner and artist Carlos Ezquerra. He first appeared in the second issue of '' 2000 AD'' (1977), which is a British weekly anthology comic. He is the magazine's longest-running ...

''. It is Marley's second ''Judge Dredd'' novel.

Synopsis

37 years ago Judge Joe Dredd arrested his brother Judge Rico Dredd for corruption. But in a parallel universe he killed him instead, and the Joe Dredd from that universe turned evil. Now the twisted judges from Dreadworld are invading

Mega-City One Mega-City One is a fictional city that features in the ''Judge Dredd'' comic book series and related media. A post-nuclear megalopolis covering much of what is now the Eastern United States and some of Canada, the city's exact geography depends ...

and the whole world is at stake. Meanwhile, corrupt judges in the Special Judicial Squad are trying to assassinate Judge Hershey.

Continuity

At the time ''Dread Dominion'' was published in 1994, its detailed description of events in Mega-City One's history adhered with complete accuracy to what had until then been published in '' 2000 AD'' and the ''

Judge Dredd Megazine ''Judge Dredd: The Megazine'' is a monthly British comic magazine, launched in September 1990. It is a sister publication to '' 2000 AD''. Its name is a play on words, formed from "magazine" and Judge Dredd's locale Mega-City One. Content Li ...

''. However in 2000 the story ''Blood Cadets'' in ''2000 AD'' #1186–1188 (written by

John Wagner John Wagner (born 1949) is an American-born British comics writer. Alongside Pat Mills, he helped revitalise British comics in the 1970s, and continues to be active in the British comics industry, occasionally also working in American comics. ...

) depicted a different version of how Joe Dredd arrested Rico.

External links

Dread Dominion
at the '' 2000 AD'' website (note: the title is erroneously given as "Dredd Dominion"). Novels by Stephen Marley Judge Dredd novels {{UK-comics-stub