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I never read a JD comic before.

Or a robocop one, for that matter.

I vote Dredd.

Robocop would get dismantled. Look at what he's done to Mean Machine....

Dredd.

There would also be no 40k if it wasn't for Dredd afaik.

Dredd!
Combat: High Explosive rounds or bike cannon wins it.
Character: Dredd is much more interesting and is the protagonist in a far wider variety of stories.
Chin: Dredd has the superior facebum.

Dredd wins on the three C's.

Ok just in a fight sense, discounting bikes cars and other vehicles it would be Dredd hands down, he can actually handle himself him ahnd to hand up like Robocop who just stands there and takes it. Admitly he can take a lot of damage, but Dredd probably has a pair of justice department wire clippers in those boot pouches!

Judge Dredd.

Don't make us pick between female Judges, it is impossible.

Emmkay wrote:Ok just in a fight sense, discounting bikes cars and other vehicles it would be Dredd hands down, he can actually handle himself him ahnd to hand up like Robocop who just stands there and takes it. Admitly he can take a lot of damage, but Dredd probably has a pair of justice department wire clippers in those boot pouches!

Yes but robocop has well robot like strength. No contest hand to hand.

... see comment on Mean Machine Angel above...

Though a fan of both, I'd have to say Dredd.

Without dredd, there would be no robocop.
Without dredd, there would be no 40k.

And I liked the Dredd movie.
[and hated LOTR - sue me.)

... for some reason I just had this mental flash...

Stallone as Dredd as Frodo standing outside the gates of Mordor with a Megaphone - "I HAVE...THE RING! THROW DOWN.... YOUR WEAPONS!"

I would say Judge Dread:

Human interpretation of law and had a dogged persistence in ensuring rules were followed.
He gave the impression of being "always on" and did not relent often.
He had a team and understood the importance of a team and working together for a "better society".
He seemed to adhere to the law regarding the Judge code.

Robocop:

Always seemed to deliver the law like a shopping list to be dealt with.
Tended to be a lone wolf Juggernaut when dealing with issues and bent rules in regard to himself quite often.

I remember seeing some strange comic square-off of Batman vs Judge Dread. A justice fanatic vs a law fanatic, quite fun.

Several Batman V Dredd comics were published.
I have the first two.

In the first, Batman goes to MC1 via time device and meets Dredd's fist and boots (and Mean machine and Judge Death go to gotham and meet up with the Scarecrow).

In the second, Dredd pays Bats a visit in gotham to stop him being killed because Bats is an important figure in their future history.

Don't know what the third one was about, but I do know they made one.

BaronIveagh wrote:... for some reason I just had this mental flash...

Stallone as Dredd as Frodo standing outside the gates of Mordor with a Megaphone - "I HAVE...THE RING! THROW DOWN.... YOUR WEAPONS!"

This...

BaronIveagh wrote:... for some reason I just had this mental flash...

Stallone as Dredd as Frodo standing outside the gates of Mordor with a Megaphone - "I HAVE...THE RING! THROW DOWN.... YOUR WEAPONS!"

^Even More

Dredd/Vader: "I AM... YOUR FATHER! THROW DOWN... YOUR WEAPONS!"


Automatically Appended Next Post:
Luke: That's not true. That's Impossible!

Dredd/ Vader: I knew you'd say that...

Kilkrazy wrote:Robocop and JD would team up if they even met.

Nope Dredd has no mercy on wannabes. Murphy might want to team up but he would quickly find himself on the floor arms pinned and sentenced to 99 years in the isocubes for having a concealed gun in his leg.

In response to all the 'Awesome' posts:

Thank You! I'll be Here All Week.

So, to go full circle:

Dread / Robocop: Dead or alive, you're coming with me. SO THROW DOWN YOUR WEAPONS!!!

Stallone himself was actually one of the good influences on the Dredd film, read a lot of the comics and did a lot to retain what was maintained of the real Dredd in the film. He did not even want to take off his helmet, and certainly not kiss Hershey. Blame the director and writer for everything.

chromedog wrote:
Without dredd, there would be no 40k.

I keep reading this.

Please, someone enlighten me. Yes I am aware of the Adeptus Arbites and the judges, but that's just one part of 40k.

When was the last time Robo won a war single handed?

Dredd has won multiple Wars, shot his own brother (more than once. Wibbly Wobbly Timey Wimey Trans Dimensional etc) AND has had his eyes burnt out.

Robocop is just a remote control rozzer.

LunaHound wrote:No Demolition Man!

I never seen Judge Dredd before , and Robot Cop is sort of dumb ( badly programmed )

So i think Dredd would win. All he have to do is push Robot Cop into the ocean

No one should ever put "I never seen" and an accusatorial "sort of dumb" in the same sentence.

Just sayin'.

Talizvar wrote:I would say Judge Dread:

Human interpretation of law and had a dogged persistence in ensuring rules were followed.
He gave the impression of being "always on" and did not relent often.
He had a team and understood the importance of a team and working together for a "better society".
He seemed to adhere to the law regarding the Judge code.

Robocop:

Always seemed to deliver the law like a shopping list to be dealt with.
Tended to be a lone wolf Juggernaut when dealing with issues and bent rules in regard to himself quite often.

Considering they’re both commentaries on a law and order fixation producing a police state, and not subtle commentaries at that, I find the above really, really weird.

Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:When was the last time Robo won a war single handed?

Dredd has won multiple Wars, shot his own brother (more than once. Wibbly Wobbly Timey Wimey Trans Dimensional etc) AND has had his eyes burnt out.

Robocop is just a remote control rozzer.

And Robocop helped overthrow Skynet and save humanity.

Shyeah. Whereas Dreddie keeps on chinning the Dark Judges, something Robocop could never do.

Plus, Dredd doesn't run on Microsoft.

http://www.googlefight.com/index.php?lang=en_GB&word1=judge+dredd&word2=robocop

See. Robocop used his gakky Microsoft programming to cheat that one!

Dredd has no need of steeneeng computers..he was Walter The Wobot for that sort of thing.

Plus, Robocop struggles to contain Detroit/Delta City.

Dredd? He patrols the entire Eastern Seaboard (Mega City One as it is latterly known) and still has time to save Texas City, Mega City Two, be Marshall of the Lunar Colonies, and defeat the Sov Cities multiple times.

reds8n wrote:

Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:When was the last time Robo won a war single handed?

Dredd has won multiple Wars, shot his own brother (more than once. Wibbly Wobbly Timey Wimey Trans Dimensional etc) AND has had his eyes burnt out.

Robocop is just a remote control rozzer.

And Robocop helped overthrow Skynet and save humanity.

Frank Miller wrote it. It is there-for made of 50% win. (Much as the 40k MMO is being done by Joe MAD (Battlechasers, X-Men, Darksiders) and is therefore made of 100% Win.)

Robocop ftw on the musical theme alone

This is coming off as a US v. UK thing. I wonder if someone wouldn't mind putting up one of those /b/ style graphics.

I think robocop is better.