Democracy (Judge Dredd storyline)
| "Democracy" | |
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Dredd on democrats (drawn by John Higgins, in 2000 AD #532).
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IPC Magazines Fleetway Publications |
| Publication date | March 1986 – November 1991 |
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| Title(s) | 2000 AD #460, 531–533, 661–668, 702–706, 750–756; Judge Dredd Megazine vol. 1 #1–7 |
| Main character(s) | Judge Dredd |
| Creative team | |
| Writer(s) | John Wagner, Alan Grant, Garth Ennis |
| Artist(s) | John Higgins, Jeff Anderson, Will Simpson, Steve Dillon |
| Editor(s) | Tharg (Steve MacManus and Richard Burton) |
| "Letter From A Democrat" | |
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| Publisher | IPC Magazines |
| Publication date | 8 March 1986 |
| Title(s) | 2000 AD #460 |
| Creative team | |
| Writer(s) | John Wagner, Alan Grant |
| Artist(s) | John Higgins |
| "Revolution" | |
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"On this one you write the law." (Drawn by John Higgins, in 2000 AD #532).
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| Publisher | IPC Magazines |
| Publication date | 18 July – 1 August 1987 |
| Title(s) | 2000 AD #531–533 |
| Creative team | |
| Writer(s) | John Wagner, Alan Grant |
| Artist(s) | John Higgins |
| "A Letter to Judge Dredd" | |
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| Publisher | Fleetway Publications |
| Publication date | 13 January 1990 |
| Title(s) | 2000 AD #661 |
| Creative team | |
| Writer(s) | John Wagner |
| Artist(s) | Will Simpson |
| "Tale of the Dead Man" | |
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Illustration by Jeff Anderson, in 2000 AD #668.
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| Publisher | Fleetway Publications |
| Publication date | 20 January – 3 March 1990 |
| Title(s) | 2000 AD #662–668 |
| Creative team | |
| Writer(s) | John Wagner |
| Artist(s) | Will Simpson, Jeff Anderson |
| "Necropolis" | |
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| Publisher | Fleetway Publications |
| Publication date | 14 April – 6 October 1990 |
| Title(s) | 2000 AD progs 674–699 |
| Creative team | |
| Writer(s) | John Wagner |
| Artist(s) | Carlos Ezquerra |
| "Nightmares" | |
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| Publisher | Fleetway Publications |
| Publication date | October – November 1990 |
| Title(s) | 2000 AD #702–706 |
| Creative team | |
| Writer(s) | John Wagner |
| Artist(s) | Steve Dillon |
| "The Devil You Know" and "Twilight's Last Gleaming" |
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Judge Grice (painted by Jeff Anderson in 2000 AD #751).
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| Publisher | Fleetway Publications |
| Publication date | September – November 1991 |
| Title(s) | 2000 AD #750–756 |
| Creative team | |
| Writer(s) | John Wagner, Garth Ennis |
| Artist(s) | Jeff Anderson, John Burns |
| "America" | |
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| Publisher | Fleetway Publications |
| Publication date | October 1990 – April 1991 |
| Title(s) | Judge Dredd Megazine #1.01–1.07 |
| Main character(s) | America Jara, Bennett Beeny |
| Creative team | |
| Writer(s) | John Wagner |
| Artist(s) | Colin MacNeil |
| America | ISBN |
Democracy in the fictional future city of Mega-City One has been a significant recurring theme in the Judge Dredd comic strip in 2000 AD. In particular, a number of stories published since 1986 have addressed the issue of the Judges' dictatorial system of government, and efforts by the citizens to re-establish democracy. Besides being a notable story arc in itself, the "Democracy" stories also had wider repercussions which led directly to the events depicted in the story "Necropolis".
The stories include "America", which is regularly voted by fans in polls as the best Dredd story ever written, and is Dredd creator John Wagner's favourite Judge Dredd story. Editor David Bishop called it "the best Judge Dredd story ever written." The first Democracy story, "Letter From a Democrat", is co-writer Alan Grant's favourite Dredd story.
All of the stories in the "Democracy" arc were written by Wagner or under his direction.
The Judge Dredd comic strip is mostly set in Mega-City One in the 22nd century, on the east coast of the former United States. When President Robert L. Booth started the Third World War in 2070 (see Atomic Wars), the Judges – until then no more than a police force with extraordinary powers – deposed Booth, overthrew the Constitution and seized control of all institutions of government. Disillusioned with the elected politicians who had caused so much destruction to their country, much of the American public supported this move at the time. For the next four decades America was a dictatorship. (Mega-City One and the other American mega-cities became sovereign city-states early during this period, and the US ceased to exist.) Although the Judges were initially popular, the citizens soon grew to resent their new leaders as much as they had the old, until activists began calling for a return to democratic government.
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