THE APOCALYPSE WAR | The First True Judge Dredd Epic

Stoked Matty presents the most epic Judge Dredd comic in British comic book history! 1982’s The Apocalypse War is truly the first epic in Judge Dredd comics lore. The first Dredd story with long-reaching consequences for Judge Dredd’s world and for us, the readers.

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During the 1980s, the Cold War began to affect the stories in 2000AD comics. The comics grew darker and more gruesome. Judge Dredd comics had been violent before, it had been dark. But The Apocalypse War was a significant turn in the tone of Judge Dredd comics and lore. There was no going back to the way things were after this.

After The Apocalypse War, Judge Dredd's image of a wacky future cop was forever changed. This is the book that birthed that Dredd. Subscribe for more UK comic book youtube videos!

Credits
Footage of the 1976 Notting Hill Carnival Riot and the 1977 Battle of Lewisham from @APArchive
Sex Pistols live at Notre Dame Hall, Leicester Square from @Anti_Bonez
Comics images taken from the 2000AD website and social media accounts and the Great News for All Readers blog.
http://www.2000AD.com
http://www.greatnewsforallreaders.com
Thanks to Mike Molcher at 2000AD for answering my questions. Go grab his book here: https://shop.2000ad.com/catalogue/GRN...

"Wicked City", "Dredd", "Black Rainbows" and "Century" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
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00:00 Intro
02:46 A Brief History of 2000AD
04:06 Block Mania
05:36 The Apocalypse War
13:57 Outro

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