How America Became Mega City One! Origins Of The Justice Department And The Judges Of Judge Dredd

[@Jay_76]

Arch, more Judge Dredd Lore would be fantastic! An in-depth look into Mega City One's criminals and then, perhaps a look at the inhabitants of the Cursed Earth.

[@havoc3434]

I second that notion, this video was definitely a pleasant surprise. Hope to see more on the Judge Dredd universe in the future.

[@NetMoverSitan]

The Dark Judges and Deadworld would be a good one.

[@KilerkRazorclaw]

Agreed, Dredd stuff would shake up the channel nicely while staying 'in flavor'.

[@NetMoverSitan]

@@KilerkRazorclaw It's certainly another grimdark setting.

[@RomanvonUngernSternbergnrmfvus]

New lore just dropped

[@SirGriffin87]

As an American, I can vouch for the fact that the rest of the world refusing to give us *all* their shit, is quite unreasonable. How dare they.

[@rolytnz]

True 'dat. It's not your fault that America's oil is under the Middle East 🤣

[@caiocbcn]

I would love to see Arch covering more of Judge Dredd, maybe even other comics that are receiving the type of love they deserve, like Conan or Red Sonya.

[@Rellana1]

If you do Conan I recommend the Hour of the Dragon.

[@SCP-001DatabaseAdministrator]

Crossed

[@caiocbcn]

@@SCP-001DatabaseAdministrator let's not talk about crossed.

[@BasedGhoul]

How about some Blade lore too?? Blade doesn't get enough love in my opinion.

[@SturmRatt]

@@caiocbcn Crossed and all it's spin offs was certainly something. I doubt you could show much if any of it... scenes like a man and woman being violated inside a salt circle while their child is torn apart in front of them and the wife being ravaged calling her husband an idiot for thinking that salt would work. Not exactly youtube friendly and probably not good for anyone's mental health either.

[@markdavidson428]

Missed opportunity to say; "I AM THE LORE!!" But yeah, more Dredd please.

[@NetMoverSitan]

Too predictable.

[@OzymandiasRex]

Watched the Karl Urban movie on your recommendation and it was everything modern action movies lack today!

[@shadowofhawk55]

It’s so damn good

[@bobloerakker7010]

It's badass AF.

[@davedogge2280]

It was not a Judge Dredd in one location but what a location that Tower block. I was hoping for the Mega City One TV series to be launched by now but dunno anything about it.

[@BasedGhoul]

@@davedogge2280 Considering how Cuckwood has slaughtered everything that was good and ground its remains into the dust of wokeness maybe that's a good thing.

[@julianjanczyk9041]

Soo underrated movie...

[@kotanightshade8989]

My favorite part is just how mundane it all is. The founder isn't Lord Doom Souleater or something, but just some guy named Eustace from the middle of nowhere

[@TheHippyProductions]

yeah it's got plenty of realism while still providing lots of scifi and supernatural elements. so good

[@RomanvonUngernSternbergnrmfvus]

If he had a wife and a couragus cowardly dog this could have all been avoided.

[@TheCorrodedMan]

That damn dog finally broke him

[@GoblinKnightLeo]

So Dredd is an alternate take on Heinlein's idea of a veteran backlash to the "crazy years" of the 2020s.

[@arfbark3924]

Basically.

[@doom7ish]

Pretty much

[@shanehudson3995]

The interesting thing is that Starship Troopers kicking off point was in the UK, where the very British Dredd started in the US.

[@InternetHydra]

Heinlein had a much higher opinion of 2020's soldiery then was deserved... more likely they'll be an obstacle to reinventing government then being the reinventors.

[@shanehudson3995]

@@InternetHydra Well, I don't even Heinlein could comprehend how bad things would get.

[@Dojo1234-j8k]

I never broke the law, I AM THE LAW!

[@emperorconstantine1.361]

Please no, not that version!!!😱😱

[@HarmKaban]

​@@emperorconstantine1.361 JUSTICE IS BLIND! YOUR OBJECTION IS REJECTED! YOU ARE CENTENCED TO EXECUTION! I AM THE LAW!

[@eobardthawne3333]

LAAAAAAAAAAAAAAW!

[@emperorconstantine1.361]

@@eobardthawne3333 (Warhammer tts gamer nerd rage from Magnus the Red!!!)🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

[@gabbens280]

I am the law

[@jimcameron6803]

I should certainly love to see Arch cover more Judge Dredd lore.

[@rogermorris9696]

In my head cannon, Judge Dredd and 40 K are in the same timeline.

[@shanepatrick4534]

Don't forget "Event Horizon".

[@AvalonianusProa]

Great video Arch. You should consider doing more 2000AD content.

[@RedwolfDogrocket]

Definitely. Like Strontium Dogs, Rogue Trooper and Anderson.

[@lasskinn474]

nemesis. wh40k on hippie drugs scaled down just a little bit

[@aidanmagill6769]

Flesh!

[@RyanTheScar]

I'm quite astounded how much lore judge dread offers. And I like how you present it, there's a reason why you are my favorite lore channel.

[@SonicNitro]

I'd say carry on Arch. There aren't that many content creators that can cover the lore of any fictional universe the way you do it. I like to learn a little more about Judge Dredd and the megacities.

[@Yandarval]

Its interesting to see the comic differences between NA and Europe. Superheroes on one side, Dredd, Rogue Trooper etc on the other. Being British, 2000AD was a part of my life growing up. Im only a few years older than 2000AD itself.

[@aaronbosen6743]

A lot of the early superhero comics actually begin in Europe. The Phantom comics originally came from Norway, for example.

[@anofsti]

@@aaronbosen6743 Norwegian here, but no. While "Fantomet" were very popular here, it was made by an American named Lee Falk and didn't get published here until 3 years after its initial release. That said, Egmont Publishing had it's own team of writers and artists, so there are a lot (about 900 stories) of Nordic Phantom comic books you won't find in English

[@lasskinn474]

@@anofsti there's also a LOT of donald duck and mickey mouse comics that are european made for european publication

[@SAVikingSA]

2000AD was actually kind of common in comic shops here in the 80's and 90's, and we had stuff like Heavy Metal etc

[@anofsti]

@@SAVikingSA Heavy Metal was the best, such a bizarre combination of smut and philosophy

[@shanehudson3995]

At one point, Dredd is dealing with people that want a return to the America of old. So he uses his influence to arrange a vote, and oversees it to keep it honest. The masses overwhelming voted to keep the Judge system.

[@TheHippyProductions]

it's kind of an interesting twist how instead of the original problem of too many prisoners, it's flipped on its head and now there's not enough Judges

[@noisekeeper]

To add on to the dark comedy of that, only 35% of the population actually voted, with 23% of those votes being invalid due to people being too dumb to even vote correctly.

[@shanepatrick4534]

Nordic Butters with some Dredd lore. Gotta love it, and keep 'em coming Arch!

[@shawnm1902]

Arch: I am the lore~

[@rybread3981]

Nordic. Butters... I never put two and two together until you violates my mind with that Well done

[@chaplain_anat7402]

honestly its nice to see you doing something with less venom in your tone. its good to have the witty and deviously funny arch lad back.

[@paulellington1505]

The age old conundrum of security and justice or individual rights and privacy. The main subject matter of this very good comic. Great job Arch.

[@wolfman1003]

Won't lie, when I saw the title, I thought he was talking about the real world justice department of the US of A.

[@dyjfukhgheuergrfigejhv]

He is 😉

[@three.6]

Dude, samee 😅

[@KopperNeoman]

Number of donestic conflicts lost by the government in the USA territories: If it would happen anywhere...

[@KyleJordanGaming]

‘Some’ might say that you weren’t *entirely* wrong.

[@Godzillaborg21]

I for one would love more Dredd coverage. There's a lot of 2000 AD lore that I haven't gotten to yet myself.

[@archona7787]

Arch, you really NEED to do Dune,no other large channel is really covering it, and plus we would get too hear your description of Baron Harkonnen's floating fatness.

[@shadowofhawk55]

I need a lore video dedicated to the Sardukaur cause they are way too cool a concept for how the book misused them.

[@ronnibech3376]

there are a couple of channels fully dedicated to Dune if you want to look it up 😹

[@antigrav6004]

Dune's been handled well by Quinn, no real point to retread ground that's been so well covered. Dredd could definitely use the coverage.

[@yuvalgabay1023]

​@@antigrav6004 one think that kinda break dune logic( even though I'm ready to ignore it because well you need to ignore alot of stuff in story's because fun) is why no one where plate armor whit there shield..slow on the attack will be useless against plate

[@archona7787]

To those saying "there's already channels covering dune", there's already channels covering 40k, doesn't mean they're lore can't benefit from the Arch treatment. We need to hear him describe Baron Harkonnen's floating fatness.

[@LazzarrusLong]

08:02 Having been falsely accused of a crime myself, I can testify (pun intended) to the inherent value and absolute need for due process.

[@catsareevil101]

Very interesting. A bit chilling how believable parts of it are to be honest.

[@dyjfukhgheuergrfigejhv]

That's exactly what I'm saying

[@chimeraelite]

You wanna see a lead up in video game format? Check out Ready or Not. That's pretty much the setting. Everything has gone to shit and you're the squad going in the clean things up

[@nerysghemor5781]

I know!! I’d never heard the lore before, but wow.

[@malaficus]

Parts of it yes. But also parts of it are unbelieve. 1 or even 10 uncorruptble men i can believe. But enough to take on the usa army? Nah those numbers will be corrupted by power.

[@wavesfromthedarksea]

Great you're doing Dredd. I remember walking into a Newsagents as a kid and seeing the double wrap around cover for Block Mania by Bolland just before the Apocalypse War, hooked for life after that. And it has been a lifetime!

[@Fulgrim2]

Oh nice~ Your titled startled the hell out of me.

[@Cotac_Rastic]

Goddamn id never thought arch would cover this. The crossover i never knew i nedded.

[@MEchanicAL_LSTAR]

Growing up as a kid in the UK, 2000A.D. was my comic of choice, not sure if my parents ever knew what was depicted in those pages and probably wasn’t the best for a preteen. Glad I grew up in the eighties.😁

[@thetruth45678]

I know this has been said a thousand times before, but I must reiterate: More Judge Dread lore is required.

[@darkdarius1438]

Dude. Really enjoyed telling off the Judge Dredd origins. I think you would do well doing a deep dive into some of the major story arcs. No pressure. Keep up the good work :)

[@duncanharrell5009]

I’d love to see you cover the mega cities and judges more.

[@mattstakeontheancients7594]

That was pretty dope. Learned a ton about Judge Dredd. Hope you cover more Dredd content.

[@HubiKoshi]

Imagine a crossover between the early era of Judge Dredd and Demolition Man. John Spartan would be so stoked... They were even played by the same guy

[@cane6074]

It would be an interesting Idea with the In universe explanation being that Judge Dredd is a clone of John Spartan, with spartan being a genetic template for a class of Judge Clones!

[@imbreadth11r5]

The most recent JD Megazine episode has Dredd fight four evil clones of the Stallone Dredd (yes they had a crossover) and they were all parodies of Stallone's other movie roles. One of them was based on John Spartan.

[@brentton6038]

More Judge Dredd would be awesome! I haven't read any of the comics but I have greatly enjoyed your lore tellings.

[@aidanmagill6769]

It's daunting to get into, considering the sheer volume of work but well worth the effort. Most of 2000AD (at least 'til the mid nineties) is. It was hands-down the best English language comic of the era.

[@Nugundamsisntforshow]

Year late but there's omnibus that contain arcs like the apocalypse war

[@richardsiddall4502]

There is a three book series detailing the very early judges simply called Judges. Its a great set of books detailing the transitions between the old system of law enforcement and the onset of the judge system. I heartily recommend them.

[@twilightsparkle2764]

Are you refer to 'Dreadnoughts'?

[@richardsiddall4502]

@@twilightsparkle2764 No, though they are great stories, What i'm refering to are actual wriiten books

[@DarkVeghetta]

Arch, I thought we had established over a year ago that more Dredd lore was coming and a good thing for the channel. We HUNGER! We HUNGER for more lore!

[@MoistVonLipwig]

I'd love more Dredd! Yes, please Arch. TBH any lore that you are still enthusiastic about would also be awesome.

[@Captain_Max]

I first came across Judge Dredd comics back in the early 80's and was blown away. The art and the stories were of a rough and gritty dystopian future and I couldn't get enough. Unfortunately getting those comics in my town here on the west cost of America were very hit and miss. I always wondered what had happened to America that led to the Mega Cities, the Judges, recycled food, etc. Thanks Arch! Great video :)

[@Dodsodalo]

The most unbelievable part of Eustace, was that he was born in 1999-2001 with the name Eustace.

[@notreallyhere67]

The name might've been from someone's grandfather since the comic did start in the 1970s :D

[@TheMechanician]

Wasn't really into Judge Dredd, but the movie Dredd immediately became a favourite. So I have been interested in finding out more about the lore, and fully support your incursion into the Dredd-verse.

[@manweller1]

I recommend you read The Pit your in for a treat

[@alexneal9534]

This video took me back. Judge dread was so gritty it instantly captured my little mind.

[@johnblack5197]

A solid lore video. I absolutely love the character of Judge Dredd. Please do more of these Arch, thank you.

[@Dr.LightMarker5613]

"...dispatched to calls of a woman screaming..." Damn, Fargo was skilled in more than the law, if you catch my drift.....

[@Caterhamse7en]

I’d love to hear more Dredd lore from you, Arch.

[@dhamon45]

I paused and stared at my screen for a while at "Justice Department armored columns" WTF I love dystopian fiction

[@DarkSitesChannel]

Judge Dredd lore? Is it Christmas already.....

[@jaredgarcia8638]

Its disturbing how close we're coming to Mega City 1

[@dh7531]

A change of topic but a welcome one

[@barker262]

Arch, this is definitely something I d like more of. I read the comic sporadically as a kid, country Australia is not a regular hub obviously, and so was always at a loss to complete or understand any of the multi episodic stories. But Dredd being the badass he is it hardly mattered. I was devastated that the Dredd movie failed, it was a mystery to my, but there’s no denying it when you’re sitting in an empty theatre watching. So feel free to cover some of the grander storyline’s, I need the catchup anyway.

[@keithpennock]

Thank you Arch. Loved it. The movie with Sly was an okay popcorn flick, but didn’t resonate deeply w/ me but you perked my interest. Keep it coming. I’m thinking I will check out the comics because of you.

[@Baloth86]

Since you're not allowed to be Arch Warhammer anymore, you should use it as an opportunity to spread out! I loved your coverage of Starship Troopers! If you cover Dredd now, it would be great! I know barely anything about this universe and having you explain it would be great!

[@tbone9474]

I'm a huge judge Dredd fan. Read most of the comics, the audio stories too! Please more videos of 2000AD please

[@semajdis]

So many great series from 2000AD, a veritable treasure trove for you to delve into. I especially liked Rogue Trooper with its -Istvaan V- Quartz Zone massacre.

[@marktucker6035]

I remember as a teenager reading about a live criminal teddy bear in 2000AD that was probably 35 years ago, I was always so excited for the next comic print.

[@paul-antonywhatshisface3954]

I'd be down for more mega city lore, its a quality setting

[@bluebear3812]

A great intro into the Judge Dredd universe. I hope to see more, both Dredd and other universes you find interesting enough to cover.

[@julianjanczyk9041]

Arch. Your videos about WH40K are legendary. Your videos about Starship Troopers are simply amazing. Now we have Judge Dredd. Just keep on going man. I dunno about the others, but I watched it with passion. Not only that, that I love Dredd lore. You're way different from other younger. So, like I was saying earlier. Just keep on going mate.

[@logandarklighter]

Not gonna lie. Saw the thumbnail and my first thought was - “This is not exactly breaking news.”

[@numedon1948]

Great delivery as always and it's good to see some other universes explored. Would be great to see further ones on this!

[@thetruth45678]

GW: Nice franchise you got there. Mind if I steal every bit of it? Also GW: THAT'S MINE! DON'T YOU DARE COPY ME!!!!

[@swordsnspearguy5945]

an excellent story on current affairs

[@dyjfukhgheuergrfigejhv]

Lol exactly what I'm saying 🤜🏻🤛🏻

[@surtaandume_psykermystyk4010]

If there's lore I enjoy assimilating nigh as much as that of *the grim darkness of the far future,* it would be that of the Judge Dredd mythos. Which is, coincidentally, also grim and Dark...just not as far futuristic as the former... I guess I'm just fascinated by dystopian shenanigans. I'm rambling... Great entry, as always, Historator General Arch! If you keep cranking 'em out, I'll keep watchin 'em... be the subject Dredd or Dreadnought armor, I'm here for it. .

[@cannibalpenguin19]

Strangley enough Battletech has a bit of lore probably inspired by Dredd, it talks about visitors being able to visit the one time capital of America and going to the White House Memorial. And praising the action taken against the last American President and several Senator's as a liberation.

[@roberthowe3377]

Thanks Arch for this Vid. Dredd is a brilliant character and had some great storylines over the years. Greetings from Kilkenny, R.O.I 🇮🇪

[@TheOrdomalleus666]

Excellent stuff. I never did follow the comics enough to get a full picture of this iconic universe.

[@saltymisfit6566]

I love when Arch brings out story time, especially when it relates to the Judge Dredd universe

[@BasedGhoul]

Oh snap, WE WAN'T MORE DREDD LORE!!!! Everyone get the message out to AArch and hit that like button!!!

[@myrealname9656]

Sometimes when Arch goes off his usual topic I get surprised...pleasantly surprised in fact.

[@trygveplaustrum4634]

Arch could analyze a box of Cheerios and I'd be sitting on the edge of my seat listening. In fact, he should do that for April Fool's.

[@jordanbrown7677]

I would absolutely love for you to do your deep dives into the lore of Judge Dredd! It's a fantastic world filled with lore and you do it justice

[@despot5999]

I love it Arch. Please do create more Dredd universe content. TBH, you could read VCR instructions and it would be entertaining but the Dredd universe is something I would like to get into

[@roadgent7921]

A wonderful video of probably the best Dredd story of them all. Best 2000ad vid on KZbin. Well done! ✌️

[@techpriest8965]

I am currently reading Judge Dredd Complete Case Files 1. It is so gloriously cheesy. The dialogue is so silly but slaps so hard considering the context. I fully reccomend case files.

[@nickrhodes9031]

As a bairn we had 2000AD delivered from issue 1. Still want to shed a small tear at the memory that, after issue 1 being carefully kept in pristine condition for several years, coming home to discover that my mum had torn the free toy from the cover so that my little brother could play with it.

[@evanlogan3595]

More Judge Dredd lore would be great. This is brilliant fun to listen.

[@Bikeadelic]

I was listening to this last night but decided to come back to it because I was stoned and kept pondering for about 10 minutes on every sentence you said.

[@kielbasamage]

Took me a few seconds to realize you were talking about comics in the title, and I was confused since it felt a bit outside of the usual fare.

[@svenkuba2820]

Flashback to Baldur's Gate and a very angry guard chasing me while claiming: "I am the law!"

[@andreasmuller4666]

You do know that, when you tease at so much more stories with your "story for another day" that you are now basically required to tell said stories right? I certainly hope so because you tell it well, entertaining and captivating.

[@MonkeyPooFlingers]

Great video Arch, expanding out from 40K is awesome!

[@AdrianMartinez-ho6db]

Always loved the history or mega cities, judges, and the things that led to it

[@twilightgryphon]

I'd love to see more Judge Dredd lore. Maybe do it as a second series, keeping to your 3 40K and 1 WHF videos on Fridays, and pick another day for Judge Dredd lore videos? Maybe once every other week or something so as to space it out? But yeah I'd love to learn more about Judge Dredd's universe.

[@juliovictormanuelschaeffer8370]

Who knew Judge Dredd had the same foreshadowing of The Simpsons?

[@tornesaurio]

Great lore now that GW has shat the bed. I strongly suggest giving a read to "Fall of Deadworld"

[@flindude2681]

For a second I thought this was a non-fictional critique of USA using judge dread imagery.

[@chriscormac231]

22:22 like ours is any less fictional

[@MrCOLBSTAH]

Yes finally! I have definitely been waiting for more lore channels to start covering judge dredd!

[@joestiller4270]

Loved your insight to Judge Dredd. Be nice to see an comparison on the other city Judges from around the world cities.

[@Vandal_Savage]

Excellent choice of topic, thanks!

[@xyqueum]

Arch, I was initially not interested in this video but 11 days later it came up on auto play and so I let it go on. In the end, I was thoroughly happy with this video and I would definitely love to hear more lore in the future. I definitely need some Judge Dredd logistics. Additionally I would love for you to do another longer series on one of the many conflicts like vracks or baddab. Keep up the good work.

[@VictorianTimeTraveler]

President Booth was actually related to John Wilkes Booth who assassinated President Lincoln kind of ironic

[@Rivian_Jedi]

I'd definitely be interested in more Dredd lore. It always seemed like such an interesting setting though all I've seen is the Karl Urban movie.

[@_manne]

God this was amazing, I'd love to see more coverage of the universe and its stories.

[@Nathan.L.R]

Would love to see more Judge Dredd lore.

[@hardboiledbob7946]

It would be cool to see some Nemesis the Warlock lore especially seeing how much 40k "researched" from it.

[@NaruHina19931993]

Whoah, I actually never gotten into Judge Dredd universe, but it does sound really interesting. I hope for more videos like this,

[@luther1546]

Please more Dredd lore!! This is on of my favorite worlds.

[@jankygrunt]

Definitely would look forward to more Judge Dredd vids from ya Arch

[@kalman_farkas]

Okay, so I've watched this and then got 2 Dredd comics immediately, the Origins included. Good job, man and thanks for reminding me of how great this story is. I feel like America is heading down this path at the moment, so Dredd and the Megacities might be more relevant today than ever before

[@steviethemusical]

I enjoyed this. There is a dearth of quality dredd lore on KZbin. Please continue...

[@redactedc1928]

Finally, dive deep arch. 2000AD is a treasure trove of ideas. I've loved it since I was a small lad