A "What If" Scenario ...
Sep. 16th, 2010 09:56 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
fiat_knoxAs I bought my 2000AD yesterday, I found myself thinking of a "what if" scenario.
Back in March 1977, the debut of this comic saw the appearance, in Issue 2, of a character who would come to define the comic like no other regular: Judge Dredd.
The backstory is, Dredd is a kind of future Supercop. Empowered by the Law to pass sentence and carry it out, he really is judge, jury and executioner in a dark, cynical hardscrabble world of future crime and future punishment.
Throughout this immensely long-running series, Dredd's sole guide, along with the rest of the force of Justice Department, had been The Book of Law.
But what if they'd come up with a Judge Dredd back in 1977, where their guide was The Book of The Law ... by Aleister Crowley?
Back in March 1977, the debut of this comic saw the appearance, in Issue 2, of a character who would come to define the comic like no other regular: Judge Dredd.
The backstory is, Dredd is a kind of future Supercop. Empowered by the Law to pass sentence and carry it out, he really is judge, jury and executioner in a dark, cynical hardscrabble world of future crime and future punishment.
Throughout this immensely long-running series, Dredd's sole guide, along with the rest of the force of Justice Department, had been The Book of Law.
But what if they'd come up with a Judge Dredd back in 1977, where their guide was The Book of The Law ... by Aleister Crowley?
