Frequent DC Comics collaborator, IDW Publishing |
IDW holds the North American license to publish Judge Dredd through a partnership with the UK-based Rebellion Publishing, which owns and publishes Judge Dredd in Britain. For the uninitiated, Judge Dredd, created by writer John Wagner and the late Carlos Ezquerra, follows the exploits of Joe Dredd: a government-sanctioned street judge charged with keeping the peace and administering swift, street-level justice as literally judge, jury, and often executioner in the mean streets of the post-apocalyptic North American megalopolis, Mega-City One. Dredd metes out justice from atop of his Lawmaster motorcycle, which is armed with machine guns and a laser cannon as well as his multifunction high-tech sidearm, the Lawgiver. Needless to say, Judge Dredd is a no-nonsense, tough as nails badass. Does Dredd's description sound familiar to Deathstroke fans?
Tell me this isn't an intriguing matchup! |
As if it isn't obvious by now from the image above, I am proposing that DC and IDW come together for either a limited series or an original hardcover graphic novel pitting Deathstroke the Terminator against Judge Dredd. Think about it, Deathstroke, the world's greatest assassin going to war with Mega-City One's greatest lawman. Deathstroke accepts a contract to take out someone in the future with Judge Dredd sparing no violence at all to bring him down. Brawling, explosions, gunplay, and plot twists colliding intelligently with savage, heavy artwork that harkens back to a 1980s Frank Miller-style blood fest! The assassin that always fulfills his contracts and the judge who is the law; SOMETHING'S GOT TO GIVE! This project has to happen (Ok, I suppose the world could continue on just fine if this doesn't happen, but it would be a cooler world if it did)!
Let's see what we can do to make this dream matchup a reality. Use the hashtag, #DeathstrokevsDredd, to discuss this topic on DC Comics' and IDW's social media. I'm not saying we can make this project happen (this is not the largest blog out there after all), but I'd at least like to give it a try. Feel free to use the image below in any way you see fit to help me promote this idea to the powers that be to see if we can make this dream matchup a reality.
#DeathstrokevsDredd
DC Comics, IDW, Rebellion Publishing...Please make this happen! #DeathstrokevsDredd |