Judge Death Origin - A Man Seduced By Death Transforms Into Sick Unimaginable Evil - Explained

The comic book series 2000 AD revolves around a futuristic city named Mega-City One, which basically consists of large parts of North American cities. The futuristic city was created to tackle the problem of a population boom. However, Mega-City One went into a state of chaos and apocalypse following the Apocalypse War of 2104 AD. Thirty years later, in 2134 AD, the city met with its greatest disaster on the Day of Chaos. It lost almost 350 million of its population due to acts of terrorism and anarchy. After this day, the city entered a post-apocalyptic state, and resulting in the crashing of the city’s economy. Since then, the city has been governed by a Judge system. In simple terms, almost all police and judicial activities are performed by law enforcers called Judges. They are the police of the city as well as the Judge, Jury, and sometimes, the executioners. Since Judges are not allowed to start a family of their own, the future Judges are clones of the existing Judges. While most of them are law-abiding citizens, there are few who don’t follow the law and are dubbed the Dark Judges. One such Dark Judge was Judge Death, who was also the leader of the rogues.
Born as Sidney De’ath, he is the prime antagonist of the comic series and serves as the archenemy of Judge Dredd, the most famous Judge and the protagonist of the comic strip. Judge Death became a Judge in a parallel universe and employed his cruel and sadistic ways, which often involved murdering victims who were too weak to stand up for themselves. Death believes that it is only the living who commit crimes, so there would be no crime if all those living were terminated! That’s bloody twisted! His cruelty and murderous instincts leave no stone unturned; he once killed a couple apparently because they wasted his time. While his fellow Judges from the parallel world are content to relieve their world of crime, Judge Death wishes to remove crime from all realms, and by extension, remove all living humans. It is often argued that Judge Death could have been a future version of Judge Dredd himself because Judge Dredd was not far behind in his ability to inflict violence on criminals. However, Death and Dredd are different because Dredd follows the law, and Death makes his own law. In pop culture, Judge Death held almost equal popularity as Judge Dredd and was the reason why we had Judge Death feature in crossover comics like Batman/Judge Dredd: Judgment on Gotham.

[@IWasaTeenageTeenWolf]

Always gonna love that the team that designed the four judges in Judge Dredd later went on to design Merciless and the Batman Who Laughs in DC comics...

[@lewisaino]

From Judge Death to Waifu Death is weird. BWL I can notice the similarity

[@AfrodityJones]

Ikr?

[@fslayer1290]

The Batman Who Laughs is in my opinion the best of the new DC characters created in the past five years. He’s the worst possible combination; such an aberration that even the Joker hates him.

[@Gozzu9195]

@Euclid Casadastraphobia "a bit similar". They're the same.

[@seedonline8984]

I know there was a connection!!! now I know, thanks

[@katm6744]

All the young ones saying "he reminds me of the batman who laughs." Oh no, its the other way around. JD was first!

[@lp1spiritguidance577]

Preach!!!

[@jaywills5898]

Exactly!! The first time I saw Batman who laughs I couldn’t believe they made almost a carbon copy of judge death

[@omgcranberryisnumba1]

I want a comedy comic with them for the love of all things unholy and chaotic

[@codycox7334]

Younger people may have only read about the Batman Who Laughs. It's understandable, then, that they would make parallels to something familiar. I'm just glad that there are younger folks out there branching out to the past to learn about the wonders we know.

[@andrewroyle8680]

All the young ones were introduced to BWL first 🤷

[@darthsenate9506]

I always used to shit myself “now sinner prepare to be judged the crime is life, the sentence is DEATH” love that line

[@linkieloos]

"This city isssss guilty!" "The crime issss life!" "The sentence isss..." "DEATH!" In my opinion, The Dark Judges are most metal villains in comic history. I finished reading the Fall of Deadworld series and I loved it. I've been morbidly fascinated by Death's origins and how fucked up Deadworld was compared to MC1.

[@xXLunatikxXlul]

So glad that you have touched, upon Judge Dredd and Judge Death!

[@eyeseer1]

Imagine Karl Urban's Judge Dredd fighting Jackie Earl Haley's Judge Death

[@Tiberon098]

That’d be a fight and movie I’d like to see.

[@victorkempe5661]

Hell yeah

[@theawesomeduo54]

Gave me shivers

[@davemeads859]

That's a movie I'd actually pay to see the fact Dredd never got a sequel is such a shame

[@TheDarkarrow7]

Oh JEH would be a perfect Judge Death!!!

[@markgrehan3726]

Who doesn't like 2000ad? what a weird thing to end the video on, the comic is pretty good.

[@laburnibyboone3435]

I loved them growing up.

[@djc1375]

They should do a 2nd movie with all 4 dark judges be awesome

[@joshua.dmurphy8643]

Hell yeah

[@narcodium]

I really, really, really want a dredd series on Amazon with Karl urban as dredd

[@rudeboyjohn3483]

Damn straight

[@phatmantv]

F Amazon, do not support Bezos. Or would you prefer they make our future mega city's?

[@narcodium]

@@phatmantv and what do you support? All corps are cut from the same cloth.

[@phatmantv]

@@narcodium You ignoring the problem is not helping. Whataboutism is the death of man. I support anyone who isn't a slave driver, tax evader, nor tax thief trying to monopolize everything. No, not everyone is cut from the same cloth. Stop making excuses.

[@narcodium]

@@phatmantv “ALL CORPS ARE CUT FROM THE SAME CLOTH”

[@thebarbariansasquatch8108]

I used to have a rare heroclix of Judge Death as a kiddo, I used to stare at it for hours thinking: "Who the fu-"

[@joshua.dmurphy8643]

That's is so cool What was the stats like?

[@davestevens2908]

Evil succeeds if good is not on guard.

[@wittyithink9109]

Fantastic video! One of my favourite villains. Love seeing the knowledge shared!

[@Yharam1066]

Dredd Vs Death was one of the best games ever to grace the old consoles. Would love a remaster.

[@trevorstockwell8290]

I would love to c ur channel do more of the other judges from the alt universe

[@Caliber30k]

Now it makes sense where the design of the Batman Who Laughs comes from!

[@Xesh001]

Yeah. As soon as I saw Batman Who Laughs I thought of Judge Death, and that was before I knew who designed him!

[@curadplastic_ass7256]

@@Xesh001 who designed him?

[@johnlawful2272]

@@curadplastic_ass7256 I'm guessing this artist

[@shainewhite2781]

I want to see a Judge Death Live action movie. That would be very interesting to see.

[@davidburton2229]

that was the plan for the Karl Urban movies but they wasted so much money making it 3D it was dead in the water

[@brandonbumby2356]

There is talks in making a TV show on Netflix. Maybe just maybe he can come to life. Maybe Karl play both Dredd and Death

[@AngelsCreed-jo5fp]

Even if they do go through with the tv series. I feel like there will be changes. For example, Sydney will be from Dredds universe and look up to Dredd in a twisted way or be a rival. As for his transition to Judge Death, he will probably be like a diseased-ridden creature of some kind.

[@genocyber0101]

Now this is a good subject for a video ..Judge Death is the bomb .. 💥👍

[@damianstarks3338]

Judge death is both terrifying and awesome.

[@soulreaver1983]

Absolutely outstanding thanks for this excellent video!😈👍

[@AncestorEmpire1]

Would like to see a Judge Death and Spawn cross over

[@GérannGerberChannel]

Scary but great video MV!! How about making a video of the new Tranformers: War For Cybertron Trilogy explored?

[@AllfatherBlack]

off-topic, but i had the absolute pleasure of seeing that new Dredd movie in 3D. everyone who hated 3D shoulda seen Dredd in 3D. maybe some of the only good use of 3D ever, but showed it was possible

[@tommyhatcher3399]

Hurts my feelings when people say bad things about the 90's movie.

[@danjoel7730]

JUDGE DREED, interesting comc from the 80s and 90s I also liked to read the stories of A.B.C. WARRIORS were amazing stories of robot battles and futuristic vigilantes with the drawings of BRIAN BOLLAND, MIKE MCMAHON AND SIMON BYSLEY.

[@markgrehan3726]

He's still going strong.

[@IWasaTeenageTeenWolf]

I think ABC Warriors is still going on but it's lost its flare. The best was definitely the Black Hole. Always have a blast looking at that sweet inkwork from the Biz.

[@zionleach3001]

I don't know much about Dredd. But this villain seems cool, but why is it villains like this are seen as sympathetic and misunderstood in most media?

[@kronostime8146]

Check out old 2000 AD stories

[@NetMoverSitan]

Darkness Descends - Dark Angel is a song about the Dark Judges, Death included.

[@adamgardiner5869]

Wow u got the timeline in your intro so ridiculously wrong. The apocalypse war occurred after WWIII when the judges has been in power for decades. The day of chaos which occurred after the Apocalypse war didn't create judges in the aftermath because again they had been in power for close to 100 years by then .The economy didn't really collapse after the Sov block initiated Apocalpyse war or the day of chaos as MC1 has always been basically a welfare state with 95% unemployment. In fact the rebuilding gave a lot of jobs to people. Also judges aren't clones. Judge Dredd and his brother Rico were clones, but this program was abandoned not long after and almost all judges are inducted into the academy as children, giving up their previous lives and family completely.

[@jasonsantos3037]

Judge Death is the most interesting character in Just dread in 2000AD

[@paulblanco726]

i might be wrong here, its been a couple of years since i read any Dredd comic but u do recall not all judges are clones but natural born humans that their parents give into the academy to start training at a very young age, basically a human donation

[@welshfinn1]

What is the title of the comic book where the young Sid develops into Judge Death, with his father playing a role? That looks like an awesome, dark story.

[@kingvader100]

boyhood of a super fiend i think

[@welshfinn1]

@@kingvader100 thank you!

[@marcraygun6290]

Young death: boyhood of a superfiend

[@cannedbollocks]

Its terrible. Like seeing the goofy baby Anakin crap in the prequels

[@changsangma1915]

Basically its the usual trope in superhero genre, when a hero version exists...an evil version exists in another so called dimension. A Comic writer's way of implying the philosophy of positive & negative extremes as the inevitable essence of the universe & fabric of existence itself.

[@uspaint]

Need that sequel with Karl Urban now!

[@EternalCharax]

Wow, it only took 12 seconds for you to be wrong: "The comic book series 2000 AD revolves around a futuristic city named Mega-City One" - Really? Rogue Trooper revolves around Mega-City One? ABC Warriors? Strontium Dog? Flesh? Judge Dredd, *one comic strip that runs in 2000AD* revolves around Mega-City One.

[@blaqjoker9105]

Origin of THE REAPER 1st vigilante of Gotham city

[@base21]

Where do I start if I want to start reading judge dredd?

[@eviljust9793]

Fun Fact: Due to 2k Ad's consistent continuity the Judge Dredd we fallow is currently 82 Yrs old but has the same power as when he was 18.

[@neganlucille8657]

My first ever Ps2 game. Childhood

[@lindsaydessent329]

I prefer the 2000AD Judge Death character a lot i think he us pretty cool.

[@yahnatanlevi6894]

lets get that mega city one tv series

[@billsmithh2890]

Where can i watch judge death superfiend?

[@markgrehan3726]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/oYOvnXx5rJaIjc0

[@mariadocarmosobreira8323]

That's why I don't like the remake of the Dredd movie. At least the Stalone movie had SOME comic characters besides Dredd. I mean, why waste time making a Dredd movie if the antagonist is gonna be a measly druglord? Where are the Dark Judges? And Anderson was a joke, with not even close to her psychic powers from the comics, and so was not Anderson.

[@theawesomeduo54]

Batman who laughs before batman who laughs

[@jaywills5898]

If done right they could make an amazing judge dread video game

[@samuelrodriguez9801]

I didn't even know concepts like the occult were explored in the Dredd universe.

[@maxcasados5478]

Dang, I love this universe

[@chaosdjx13]

I wish we had judges

[@johnlawful2272]

We have rogue policemen

[@chaosdjx13]

@@johnlawful2272 and dred would kill them

[@faithlessberserker5921]

I want to see judge dredd vs George Floyd 😂

[@warpath6666]

🎵 Drokk it !!! 🎵 😄

[@bludikavolfknait6383]

I am disappointed that you chose to show remake Judge Dread movie clips.

[@pakanime1112]

I want a Dredd sequel series 😢

[@fynnthefox9078]

I want a live-action movie with Judge Death. I can see him being played, physically, by Javier Botet.

[@Babbleplay]

Honestly, never been a fan if entities like JD that have NO way to kill them, no way to put them down forever. He's a cool concept; well written, otherwise, but, the whole utterly immortal,. no way to actually be rid of him sours the idea, in my book.

[@josephjohnson8520]

So Freakin' Cool!

[@CyberCristo]

make a top 15 most sick and evil dredd vilains

[@MarvelousVideos]

Already made please check the channel.

[@chrisg5219]

Goddammit i am so desperate to see a Dredd sequel movie.

[@koreywilliams4570]

What is "evil"? There are so many things and people that are supposedly the "most evil".

[@TheRoidemortetfleur]

Judge Death: People are much better people when they are dead. Hmm. This is odd. All people do seem better once they are gone. I can't think of an exception. Praise the dead?

[@Fenris77]

Death world sort of reminds me of the mirror universe(s) in Star Trek (Canon) where in many ways the people have an opposite version of themselves like instead of the United Federation of Planets there is the Terran Empire. Though NOT allways as though Spock for example in TOS mirror mirror is a goatee styling fascist/Communist/Imperialist but after mind melting with Bones from the Datum verse decides on trying to become a force for change with mixed results depending how you see it. Though Dead World is definitely a horrifying extreme.

[@MrJayzilla101]

Poor story telling, repetition, use of non canon material and I’m sure the hundreds of creators of non judge dredd stories in 2000ad really appreciate you saying the weekly comic is only judge dredd

[@deralbtraumritter8573]

Fun Fact: Judge Dredd and Rogue Trooper Are within the same city. Apparently featured in the comic book strip

[@jimdigriz2923]

The Judges came about long before Sovcit nuked MC1 in the Apocalypse War

[@xenaioaks5363]

I want more comics too read

[@cassels23]

The judges were never clones Judge Dredd and his brother was clone of previous judges but they were the only two in the comic books the judges were taken when orphan kids and grew up to be the servants of the law and judge Death was from alternative reality! And 2000AD great Comics if you can get your hands on them and I really like Rogue Trooper one of my favorites as well strontium dog and the his time grenades send someone back in time 5 seconds thay worthy end up in space that is what would happen anyway really good books great comic series! I am the Law🤘

[@cannedbollocks]

No... there are a SHIT TON of clones.

[@davidkay1948]

Wat game was that

[@Kipdav]

Need a remake of this game and a film of it

[@maxdiverse]

There is a dredd movie with karl urban its dope af

[@Kipdav]

@@maxdiverse oh I know there’s dredd movies I’m specifically of this game with the dark judges ect

[@mysteryneophyte]

the batman who laughs as well as a few other dark multiverse batmen seem based off of judge death and the other dark judges at least visually. anyone else ever noticed?

[@Thorgadork]

You sound like Roanoke Gaming.

[@randycheow4268]

Can Constantine defeat the dark judges since he himself is also a master of dark magic

[@rucu8311]

We so need another dredd game.

[@p.d.l7023]

That Karl Urban JD movie was as great as the Stallone one was shitty.

[@millythespugwit9051]

Although I hundred percent appreciate a video talking about the Judge Dredd universe, recon there should be more. This video here has so much inaccuracies! Like wow fucked up on the origin of the city, got everything mixed and muddled up

[@murunbuchstanzangur]

Oh man... you are really not that familiar with this are you....

[@Parktrizzle]

My boi Shank

[@lewisaino]

Death is Judge and Executioner.

[@arnoldwilliams2357]

see why cant we get this as a series on hbo

[@biggflo]

He kinda reminds me of the Bat who laughs

[@martinithechobit]

Love death so much so like Thanos?.

[@timgillott9290]

There were only 2 clone Judges, Dredd & Rico. Other Judges aren't clones.

[@cannedbollocks]

Yes, yes there are a bunch of clones

[@hifi8844]

Will they just bring judge death to the big screen already man people don't know what they are missing! Too much marvel garbage when this is way better! Or even a new open world dredd game would be amazing. There's so little judge dredd content when it's a universe just asking to be explored.

[@matthewmckever2312]

Also...anyone EVER gonna mention the Angel's? You better or I'll go up to 4 on ya all. Oh ohhh stuck on 4 and a half

[@whiterose480]

He looks like the batman who laughs

[@MrBubba19692]

No, the Batman who laughs was ripped off from Judge Death. Origin dates matter.

[@johnlawful2272]

@@MrBubba19692 same artist designed both I believe

[@judgedeath3]

@@johnlawful2272 Nope, brian bolland designed the dark judges back in early 80s and those who made batman who laughs are completely different artists. damn lazy to rip off a superiour design.

[@johnlawful2272]

@@judgedeath3 okay but the artist for this book must have designed the batman who laughs judge death in this book has skinny legs like the who laughs in his back story he just got pulled into the classic marvel and DC ripping each other off

[@djc1375]

Stare in to the face of fear eat the fist of dread

[@cannedbollocks]

"Gaze into the face of fear, gaze into the fist of Dredd"

[@pickledud7703]

Woof!

[@damaniqphillip2756]

wow

[@CommodoreFloopjack78]

Yeah, too bad that game was so lousy, a lot of great potential wasted on that one.🤬

[@cob7979]

Love 2000ad but this is all over the place and a fair few mistakes. Sorry folks not your best.

[@shaheermubarki]

Like?

[@cob7979]

? Huh?@@shaheermubarki

[@justinbrooks6502]

The information in this video is highly inaccurate. This is a classic case of a channel putting out a video on something that they really have no familiarity with. The whole thing is riddled with inaccuracies. Please do better, if you're presenting yourself as an authority on a topic. At least be familiar with the source material.

[@Dinowrestler]

Mega city

[@bluezulu4447]

Did yall know chatterer was gayyyyyy???? Who is your favourite cenobite??

[@Practical-Theoretical]

NIGHT LORDS

[@matthewmckever2312]

DR&QUINCH

[@frog9304]

Don't listen to this guys videos, all of them are WRONG.

[@frog9304]

These videos are SO FREAKING INACCURATE. Was this written by an AI or something??? Half the information in this video is blatantly untrue and whatever AI you used to make this voice over keeps mispronouncing things.

[@MustbeTheBassest]

Wow, this has to be the worst decision in sorry telling I heard in a while. What's with all this supernatural nonsense in a gritty authoritarian post apocalyptic setting? I'm so glad the movie went more realistic and not looney toons like the comics.

[@hazy33]

That's one story in 40 years of story telling :-)

[@naquingreen1603]

@Marvelous Videos Can you review/explain Guardians (2017) It's a Russian Superhero movie That released in 2017