Who's going to die next?

Matt · 02 September, 2002, 04:24:38 PM

Why does everybody keep thinking Dredd is going to die? Admitidly Rico is in the wings waiting to fill the boots but I can't see that happening until Wagner decides to retire from writing. Dredds death would be the perfect swansong for the man. Now look at the deaths of other major comic characters Superman & Batman. The death storylines created massive PR for DC but reader interest dropped with the replacement characters. The same happened with Spiderman. Who gave a shit about Ben Reily or Azarael in Batman? Nobody, that's why the originals had to come back. It was all a cheap marketing ploy. I can't see 2K or Wagner doing that to Dredd. Ok they did it with Necropolis, but I can't see em dooing it again! The problem 2K will have to solve is the time line they imposed on the series as it does make the characters age in real time.

JTurner · 02 September, 2002, 04:56:31 PM

Surely nobody believes that Dredd will die before the release of the Shoreline films and the computer game...

I did earlier suggest Dante, but maybe it will be Anderson. She's certainly runnning out of steam. Unless of course Anderson features in the game or the films.

moly · 02 September, 2002, 07:21:41 PM

why not slaine again his new story starts xmas say a year worth of new stories then chop

I, Cosh · 09 February, 2009, 10:21:45 PM

I think it was Orlok.

Grant Goggans · 09 February, 2009, 10:26:43 PM

Might've been Niamh.

I, Cosh · 09 February, 2009, 10:28:52 PM

Quote from: "Grant Goggans"Might've been Niamh.

Thinking about it, 18 months might suggest that Slaine was really supposed to kick the bucket at the end of The Books of Invasion, but they changed their minds along the way.

Roger Godpleton · 09 February, 2009, 11:05:19 PM

I wasn't reading back then, was it a genuine possibility that Dredd might die?

Dark Jimbo · 09 February, 2009, 11:25:06 PM

Eh? I don't remember this.

I, Cosh · 09 February, 2009, 11:57:49 PM

Quote from: "Godpleton"I wasn't reading back then, was it a genuine possibility that Dredd might die?

It doesn't seem that way to me, but I've read it all the wrong way round. This was around the time that the new Rico was getting a lot of build up and a story like Leaving Rowdy was fresh in the mind so there was a strong "changing of the guard" idea floating around.

Judge Kirby · 13 February, 2009, 11:19:19 AM

my money is on nikolai dante. its been 12 years (ish) hes getting ready to fight the Tsar. all the pieces are in place. :twisted:

Goaty · 13 February, 2009, 12:19:10 PM

Quote from: "Judge Kirby"my money is on nikolai dante. its been 12 years (ish) hes getting ready to fight the Tsar. all the pieces are in place.

TordelBack · 13 February, 2009, 01:12:50 PM

Spectacularly, IIRC.

Judge Kirby · 13 February, 2009, 03:56:37 PM

Quote from: "Goaty"
Quote from: "Judge Kirby"my money is on nikolai dante. its been 12 years (ish) hes getting ready to fight the Tsar. all the pieces are in place.

I was gonna say spectacularly but tordalback beat me to it. i hope he goes in Jenas arms but probably taking out The White Army is some magnificent explosion after having killed the tsar.

Goaty · 13 February, 2009, 04:01:22 PM

Quote from: "Judge Kirby"
Quote from: "Goaty"
Quote from: "Judge Kirby"my money is on nikolai dante. its been 12 years (ish) hes getting ready to fight the Tsar. all the pieces are in place.

I was gonna say spectacularly but tordalback beat me to it. i hope he goes in Jenas arms but probably taking out The White Army is some magnificent explosion after having killed the tsar.

Judge Kirby · 13 February, 2009, 04:10:26 PM

and dont forgot about both of his brothers? :x