10 Most Evil Things Judge Dredd Has Ever Done

3. Nuking a city

Dredd Worst Things
2000 AD

The Apocalypse War was a major story arc running from Prog 245 to 270, although first being seeded in 236. It followed the invasion of Mega City One by the Soviet city East Meg One.

The people of Mega City One are decimated by nuclear attacks and early on the Judges are left ruined. By the end over 400 million Mega City citizens are left dead and swathes of the city is reduced to rubble. It's intense.

Naturally Dredd himself isn't too happy about all this. He spearheads a guerrilla resistance against the Soviets, eventually capturing one of their missile bunkers. Deciding to turn their own nukes against them, one of the Soviet Judges begs Dredd to stop. "There are half a billion people in my city - half a billion human beings! You can't just wipe them out with the push of a button!" he cries. Dredd's reply?

"Can't I?"

With that, Dredd wipes the city from the map, leaving millions dead in seconds.

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