Judge Dredd decried Batman for what he perceived as lawless vigilantism, while Batman repeatedly called Dredd a fascist with a warped sense of justice. Subsequent follow-ups Batman/Judge Dredd: Vendetta in Gotham, Batman/Judge Dredd: The Ultimate Riddle, and Batman/Judge Dredd: Die Laughing showed the pair fighting Scarface and the Ventriloquist, solving the Riddler's puzzles in an alternate dimension, and chasing a Joker who jumped dimensions to Mega-City.ĭespite working together four times, Batman and Judge Dredd spent large portions of each crossover screaming at each other and exchanging punches. The first of these, Batman/Judge Dredd: Judgment on Gotham, was illustrated by Simon Bisley and featured the lead characters confronting both the Scarecrow and Judge Death. Throughout the '90s, the two characters starred in a whopping four crossovers, all written by Alan Grant - then one of the foremost writers of Batman - and Alan Wagner, the co-creator of Judge Dredd. If Batman and Judge Dredd were to receive a new crossover, it would be their first in 24 years. RELATED: 'The Apocalypse War' Remains the Definitive Judge Dredd Mega Epic Team-ups Between Batman and Judge Dredd The story shows Batman's struggle to transport a villain from one side of Gotham to another during a blackout, and Jock told CBR that writing, illustrating and coloring the comic was "a ride, one hundred percent." He was also responsible for concept designs on the 2012 movie Dredd, which cast Karl Urban as the title character and has become a fan-favorite film in the years since its release, despite faring poorly at the box office.Īside from Judge Dredd, Jock has been associated with Batman ever since he worked alongside writer Scott Snyder on the 2011 Detective Comics saga "The Black Mirror." Jock's latest effort starring the Caped Crusader is Batman: One Dark Knight, a three-issue Black Label tale reminiscent of the 1979 film The Warriors.
Jock began his career working on 2000 AD and has gone on to produce numerous stories and covers for both the long-running British comics anthology and Judge Dredd Magazine. RELATED: America is The Essential Judge Dredd Story
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