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Title: Dream Dredd Crossover
Post by: Recrewt on 01 May, 2013, 01:51:17 PM
Sorry for the corny topic but it's Wednesday and I'm bored!

Along with Dredd I've been reading quite a bit of Marvel recently and as well all know, they love a good crossover.  I know this has probably been mentioned on here before and crossovers are a bit corny but what would be your dream Dredd crossover?

I've also been digging out some of my old comics lately and found the Robocop Terminator mini-series from the 90s which leads to my vote for:

Dredd & Robocop vs The Terminator

Dredd and Robocop clearly both share a love for the law so in my mind would make a better team up than Dredd with some vigilante like Batman! The terminator would make for a good enemy aswell as he just keeps coming back no matter how many times Joe puts him down!
Title: Re: Dream Dredd Crossover
Post by: JamesC on 01 May, 2013, 01:55:17 PM
I'm not sure cross overs ever really work that well but I've always fancied seeing Dredd meet up with Captain America.
I think there's lots of scope for satire and it would be interesting to see what Cap makes of MC1 as a possible future.
Title: Re: Dream Dredd Crossover
Post by: shaolin_monkey on 01 May, 2013, 02:44:06 PM
Quote from: JamesC on 01 May, 2013, 01:55:17 PM
I'm not sure cross overs ever really work that well but I've always fancied seeing Dredd meet up with Captain America.
I think there's lots of scope for satire and it would be interesting to see what Cap makes of MC1 as a possible future.

This is what happened last time Judges met CA:

(http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x32/scowling_monkey/captainamericagetsit_zps949fe9da.jpg)


Personally, I'd like to see how Justice Dept and/or Dredd would fit in with the Star Wars universe.  Would they go Rebel or Empire? Could Palpatine hack it as a Chief Judge?
Title: Re: Dream Dredd Crossover
Post by: The Adventurer on 01 May, 2013, 06:49:45 PM
Judge Dredd / Savage Dragon is pretty much my dream crossover.
Title: Re: Dream Dredd Crossover
Post by: dweezil2 on 01 May, 2013, 08:37:47 PM
I wouldn't mind a Dredd/Punisher crossover-or maybe even a team-up!
Title: Re: Dream Dredd Crossover
Post by: von Boom on 01 May, 2013, 10:13:40 PM
A Dredd/Calvin & Hobbes crossover would be a mad thrill.
Title: Re: Dream Dredd Crossover
Post by: TordelBack on 01 May, 2013, 10:34:43 PM
Quote from: von Boom on 01 May, 2013, 10:13:40 PM
A Dredd/Calvin & Hobbes crossover would be a mad thrill.

'S been done!  Sorta.  Kelvin & Hobbit, back in 1226

For me, it's have to be Tintin in Mega City 1
Title: Re: Dream Dredd Crossover
Post by: Recrewt on 01 May, 2013, 10:51:35 PM
Well, some interesting suggestions folks.

Loving the piccy of Cap America and the Judges tho if the recent Avengers movie is anything to go by, they will have a job on their hands bashing that shield!

Star Wars was an interesting suggestion and got me thinking about whether Dredd would go Rebel or Empire - I'm still not sure.  Also like the Calvin & Hobbes and Tintin suggestions - plus Dredd would have to go easy on them cos they are juves! (well, maybe not the tiger)   ;)
Title: Re: Dream Dredd Crossover
Post by: Frank on 01 May, 2013, 10:53:41 PM
The Broons. There would be a hilarious misunderstanding, where The Bairn tells everyone she's heard that Granpaw's eloping with that gold digger Sadie from the old folks' home. The whole family rush round to prevent the auld fool getting lumbered, only to discover that it's a Pals club sting operation and The Bairn's grassed them up for being mutants.

(https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcStqM-h5YJuNP7alfPtFVTi-gV-mGgf6JpAUWt6a9MrFns8cUE1)

Title: Re: Dream Dredd Crossover
Post by: Darren Stephens on 03 May, 2013, 12:28:36 PM
Has anyone said Marshal Law yet? I'll say it then. Marshal Law. :p
Title: Re: Dream Dredd Crossover
Post by: Greg M. on 03 May, 2013, 01:08:54 PM
Quote from: sauchie on 01 May, 2013, 10:53:41 PM
The Broons. There would be a hilarious misunderstanding, where The Bairn tells everyone she's heard that Granpaw's eloping with that gold digger Sadie from the old folks' home. The whole family rush round to prevent the auld fool getting lumbered, only to discover that it's a Pals club sting operation and The Bairn's grassed them up for being mutants.

You absolutely need to submit that to Zarjaz. (Though maybe Bolt-01 would prefer to avoid attracting the attention of 'The Broons' notoriously litigious owners.)
Title: Re: Dream Dredd Crossover
Post by: michael kennedy on 03 May, 2013, 01:11:04 PM
Quote from: dweezil2 on 01 May, 2013, 08:37:47 PM
I wouldn't mind a Dredd/Punisher crossover-or maybe even a team-up!

dredd in thunderbolts (punisher, deadpool, elektra, venom, redhulk)

state sanctioned nutters = his kind of crowd?
Title: Re: Dream Dredd Crossover
Post by: WhitBloke on 03 May, 2013, 01:33:03 PM
Judge Dredd / Green Arrow - though I suppose the character un-chemistry might be a bit too on the nose.

Actually, scrap that.  JamesC had me with Captain America, enthusiastic convention beatings notwithstanding.
Title: Re: Dream Dredd Crossover
Post by: Kev Levell on 03 May, 2013, 04:16:34 PM
Dredd and Anderson / Hellboy
Title: Re: Dream Dredd Crossover
Post by: Judge Brian on 04 May, 2013, 05:12:22 PM
Dredd & Jonah Hex in the old west to be followed by Dredd & HEX in the cursed Earth.
Title: Re: Dream Dredd Crossover
Post by: Richard on 05 May, 2013, 06:40:39 PM
I'd like to see Dredd go back in time to New York and meet One-Eyed Jack from Valiant and Eagle.
Title: Re: Dream Dredd Crossover
Post by: Frank on 05 May, 2013, 07:39:18 PM
Quote from: Richard on 05 May, 2013, 06:40:39 PM
I'd like to see Dredd go back in time to New York and meet One-Eyed Jack from Valiant and Eagle.

If Wagner was interested, and they could sort out the rights, there's the bones of a great one-off story for prog 2014 there, Richard. Pity no-one thought of that when Wagner was scripting The Exterminator (919-927) at a time when that story could still have been produced as an in-house crossover.

Title: Re: Dream Dredd Crossover
Post by: Spikes on 05 May, 2013, 07:50:43 PM
I like the sound of Dredd and Captain America, as i do Dredd and Jonah Hex.
But One-Eyed Jack sounds like the one that would actually be a worthwhile read, so ill add my name to that.

Now to start the FB campaign up...
Title: Re: Dream Dredd Crossover
Post by: O Lucky Stevie! on 06 May, 2013, 07:19:37 AM
Surely it's not up to Stevie to point to the pan-publisher pachyderm that is Dredd / The Stainless Steel Rat?


After a suitably repectful amount of time as tribute to the Great Man of course.


Mike Carroll would be just the droid to script Joe vs Slippery Jim.


& if you need to ask who the artist should be you're posting on the completely wrong message board boyo.
Title: Re: Dream Dredd Crossover
Post by: shaolin_monkey on 06 May, 2013, 02:37:31 PM
Ha! The Galaxy's greatest Lawman vs the Galaxy's greatest criminal! Wow, that would be a grudge match. It'd be interesting to see how DiGriz got out of that while avoiding any kind of bloodshed.
Title: Re: Dream Dredd Crossover
Post by: TordelBack on 06 May, 2013, 07:43:38 PM
Quote from: O Lucky Stevie! on 06 May, 2013, 07:19:37 AM
Surely it's not up to Stevie to point to the pan-publisher pachyderm that is Dredd / The Stainless Steel Rat?

After a suitably repectful amount of time as tribute to the Great Man of course.

Mike Carroll would be just the droid to script Joe vs Slippery Jim.

Tharg!  MAKE IT HAPPEN.
Title: Re: Dream Dredd Crossover
Post by: NorthVox on 07 May, 2013, 11:38:22 AM
Narrowed it down to the only reasonable choice, the only villain capable of presenting a challenge to Dredd:

Dredd vs God:
So it appears the Chaos Bug was just a precursor to more global disasters, and several Mega-Cities around the world face similar disasters. Although these disasters are man-made, a few Mega-City Psi Judges discover there is a psychic link between them all, and begin heavily meditating. Eventually, they discover that yes, there is a God, and yes, he's using his "mysterious was" powers to cripple to technologically advanced human race, preparing them for the end times. It appears he's unhappy that nobody is following his commandments anymore, and that the leaders of earth have replaced their love of God with the worship of the law. Using their advanced dimension jumping technology, Dredd and a team of MC-1's very best judges travel to heaven, and butcher their way through swarms of angels, before finally setting upon the big man himself. God attempts to drag Dredd into a theological/philosophical discussion, to prove to Dredd that he is right. Not only does Dredd not entertain him, but instead gets straight to business: "Mass murder, foreign espionage, property damage, ecological warfare! You're doing time, creep!" Dredd and God fight it out, though God has no physical body, and thus tries to attack Dredd's mind. Dredd's will is too strong, and the Judges trap the Holy Spirit in one of those ghost buster trapping devices, and freeze said Holy Spirit in one of those crystals that they use for the Dark Judges. It could be told as a sort of Frankenstein deal, God being defeated by his own creation, but ultimately I think it should just be a story about how nobody is above the law, not even God.

That, or Dredd vs the Reapers from Mass Effect, though in that case I think the Reapers would probably win.
Title: Re: Dream Dredd Crossover
Post by: Recrewt on 07 May, 2013, 12:26:45 PM
Interesting.  Just don't let Garth Ennis write it!  :-X
Title: Re: Dream Dredd Crossover
Post by: gurnard on 07 May, 2013, 12:51:42 PM
I have to agree that Dredd/ DiGriz would be fantastic plus one for that.
Title: Re: Dream Dredd Crossover
Post by: zombemybabynow on 07 May, 2013, 01:52:53 PM
Dredd vs. (marvel) brood and brood infected wolverine?!
Title: Re: Dream Dredd Crossover
Post by: Proudhuff on 07 May, 2013, 02:49:44 PM
Quote from: sauchie on 01 May, 2013, 10:53:41 PM
The Broons. There would be a hilarious misunderstanding, where The Bairn tells everyone she's heard that Granpaw's eloping with that gold digger Sadie from the old folks' home. The whole family rush round to prevent the auld fool getting lumbered, only to discover that it's a Pals club sting operation and The Bairn's grassed them up for being mutants.

(https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcStqM-h5YJuNP7alfPtFVTi-gV-mGgf6JpAUWt6a9MrFns8cUE1)


well they met Batman so why not?

(http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/scottish1.jpg)
Title: Re: Dream Dredd Crossover
Post by: Proudhuff on 07 May, 2013, 02:51:07 PM
personally I'd like to see Dredd on Come dine with me
Title: Re: Dream Dredd Crossover
Post by: O Lucky Stevie! on 08 May, 2013, 04:16:18 AM
Not Dredd but would anyone else here be up for an Aquila / Adam Eterno crossover?

& whilst we're at it Doomlord / Martin's Marvellous Mini.
Title: Re: Dream Dredd Crossover
Post by: Frank on 08 May, 2013, 07:07:34 AM
Quote from: NorthVox on 07 May, 2013, 11:38:22 AM
Narrowed it down to the only reasonable choice, the only villain capable of presenting a challenge to Dredd: Dredd vs God:

The character's publishers are notoriously protective of their copyright, and actively discourage crossovers with other faiths - which is ironic, since he's a barely concealed rip of another publisher's Yahweh character. They're much less relaxed than Rebellion about their IP being portrayed as a villain too, despite the copious evidence in the text to support such an interpretation.

Title: Re: Dream Dredd Crossover
Post by: O Lucky Stevie! on 08 May, 2013, 08:46:33 AM
Which explains why Grant Morrison & Brendan McCarthy's Biblical prequel eLbib has never been reprinted.