2014 Comic Book News Archives

October 31, 2014: Andy Diggle's Pitch for a "Superman/Judge Dredd" Crossover

Judge Dredd In an interview with ComicBookResources.com, comic book creator Andy Diggle revealed that he has a potential story idea for a Superman and Judge Dredd crossover.

"I've always wanted to do 'Dredd/Superman.'", said Diggle. "Dredd's version of justice with Superman's idea of justice are, frankly, such polar opposites that contrasting them would be very interesting. But I'm not holding my breath on that happening anytime soon."

    Your "Dredd/Superman" sounds like it would be really awesome. How far have you actually thought it out?

    I've given it a great deal of thought. In fact, I've got the whole thing plotted out, but I've never really pitched it because it doesn't seem like something that's ever going to happen. I think DC are rightly focusing on their core characters and are not so interesting in company crossovers these days. But if any of that changes, absolutely [I'd be up for it.] But trust me, I've got it all worked out. I'm not going to tell you what happens, though, in case I get to write it some day! [Laughs]

    I've never wanted to read a Superman comic book more than at this very moment. Do you think you could at least tease the premise?

    An object falls from space and crashes towards Mega-City One. The anti-missile lasers can't seem to vaporize the thing, and it hits the ground and demolishes a fortunately uninhabited area of ground. Turn the page. Cue close-up of tech Judges in radiation gear looking down into this crater. Superman is lying at the bottom of it. He's basically been blasted into a parallel dimension by a device created by Lex Luthor, which has partly depowered Superman. He's not as super as he used to be, partly also because of all the pollution in the atmosphere of Dredd's world. It's called the death belt, this layer of pollution and junk thrown up in the upper atmosphere by nuclear war. It cuts out the sun's rays, which depower Superman a bit.

    Dredd is not going to like having an illegal alien running around in his city. Superman is not going to be very keen on this fascist version of justice. It's no longer truth, justice and the American way, because it's no longer America: It's Mega-City One, creep!

    Things kick off from there. It gets a little more complicated, there's some twists and turns I'm not going to spoil here, but Lex Luthor is more heavily involved in the story than he would seem to be from the premise.

Read the complete interview at the CBR website.



October 31, 2014: Superman in "How The Avengers: Age of Ultron Teaser Should Have Ended"

Superhero movies are all the rage at the moment, and the DC vs Marvel debate is as heated as ever... so it's no surprise to see both Superman and Batman appear at the end of the latest HISHE video, this one looking at How the "Avengers: Age of Ultron" teaser trailer should have ended.



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