The Doomsday Scenario
| "The Doomsday Scenario" | |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Egmont Fleetway Ltd |
| Publication date | 21 April – November 1999 |
| Genre | |
| Title(s) |
2000 AD progs 1141-1164 Judge Dredd Megazine vol. 3, #52-59 |
| Creative team | |
| Writer(s) | John Wagner |
| Artist(s) | Charlie Adlard; Stephen Baskerville; Andy Clarke; Andrew Currie; Neil Googe; Mike McMahon; Colin Wilson |
| Editor(s) | Tharg (David Bishop) |
| Doomsday for Dredd | ISBN |
| Doomsday for Mega-City One | ISBN |
The Doomsday Scenario is the collective name of a series of Judge Dredd comic stories published in 2000 AD (progs 1141-1164) and the Judge Dredd Megazine (vol. 3 #52-59) in 1999. Written by John Wagner, it was the third such crossover story between those two publications, but was the first in which it was possible to read a complete and coherent tale by reading only those episodes which appeared in one comic or the other without having to buy both magazines. It was reprinted as two trade paperbacks, each collecting the episodes from one comic. When first published it was the longest Judge Dredd story arc ever told, at a total of 32 episodes and 279 pages, as well as several prequels and epilogues. The story tells of the Second Robot War in the year 2121, but its epilogues wrapped up two story arcs that had been developing for several years: former judge Galen DeMarco's unrequited love for Judge Dredd, and Dredd's bitter rivalry with Judge Edgar. The story is also notable for leading to the promotion of Judge Hershey, Dredd's sidekick and one of the strip's longest-running supporting characters, to the office of chief judge.
This was the last Judge Dredd story to exceed 20 episodes until "Origins" in 2006.
The opening chapters of the story focus primarily on two characters that had appeared in previous stories: the villain Orlok the Assassin (in 2000 AD) and former judge Galen DeMarco (in the Megazine).
DeMarco was formerly a colleague of Dredd until she resigned from the Justice Department after being disciplined for kissing him, in breach of regulations (romantic liaisons between judges being prohibited). Dredd soon discovered that Judge Edgar had been responsible for uncovering her transgression, and had secretly orchestrated DeMarco's punishment as a way of revenging herself on Dredd in pursuance of a grudge.
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