Judge Death then kills his home's Chief Judge, declaring himself now in charge and proclaiming life itself is a crime and the sentence is death.Īfter eliminating all life on his Earth, turning it into Deadworld, the other three Dark Judges are satisfied they can rest now but Judge Death is increasingly restless. Judge Death and his lieutenants are transformed into the undead Dark Judges. The Sisters reveal they can make others undead through 'Dead Fluids', endowing power and removing the sin of being alive. He later meets the two dark witches known as the Sisters of Death, Phobia and Nausia, learns they have similar views of life and death, and falls in love with the pair. After executing his mother and sister, he meets three like-minded, younger Judges who become his lieutenants.

He decided to make his new nickname 'Judge Death' his official name. Favored for his actions, Sydney is allowed to activate the electric chair that executes his father.Īfter honing his skills and framing a fellow trainee for his own crimes, Sydney De'Ath becomes a merciless Judge on his Earth, sentencing people to death for even minor offenses, arguing this ensures no repeat offenders. Sydney later concludes that being a Judge would give him greater opportunity to cause death without penalty, so he turns his own father over to the authorities. After Sydney attempts and fails to kill his own sister, his father sees a kindred spirit and makes the boy his apprentice. His father, a traveling dentist, hates people and takes pleasure inflicting pain on patients, even killing some. He is one of Judge Dredd's most notorious adversaries.Īccording to Judge Death, he was originally born Sydney De'Ath (pronounced 'Dath' since the 'E' is silent), a human boy who at an early age enjoys torturing animals, even tricking the family dog Woofie into leaping to his death. Because he cannot be permanently killed, he is the most recurring villain of the Judge Dredd stories.

The 'alien super-fiend' Judge Death is the founder and leader of the Dark Judges, and he is considered an arch-enemy to Judge Dredd and Judge Anderson. ' The crime is life, the sentence is death.' -Judge Death

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