Quote from: Funt Solo on 09 May, 2024, 07:02:49 PMWhat if the strip was still called Judge Dredd, but it was just about Mega-City One? You'd still have Fargo clones knocking about, but he'd be retired, or CJ, or teaching at the AoL, or dead.
Like Taggart or Blake's 7? They tried that once with Strontium Dog(s), and it didn't cut the mustard.
Nah, my money is on using clones as a form of regeneration -- as first tried in the Kraken storyline -- keep the lead, but change their character slightly.
Current Rico would be fine to be rebadgerated*, but it'd make more sense to bring in a younger model who would have to learn the ropes, preferably under Rico (and Dolman). (Even better, make it so the new Dredd is grown directly from cells taken from the dying Dredd; may not make any difference scientifically but it sure adds an authenticity to the new Dredd.)
* (© copyright A.Cow, 2024)