{"id":121976,"date":"2021-11-26T08:05:29","date_gmt":"2021-11-26T08:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/?p=121976"},"modified":"2021-11-26T08:05:29","modified_gmt":"2021-11-26T08:05:29","slug":"dreadnoughts-law-and-order-in-judge-dredd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/books\/dreadnoughts-law-and-order-in-judge-dredd\/","title":{"rendered":"Dreadnoughts: Law and order in Judge Dredd"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Exploring the origins of <em><strong>Judge Dredd\u2019s<\/strong><\/em> dystopian police state, <strong><em>Dreadnoughts<\/em><\/strong> also provides chilling insight into our own historical moment.<\/p>\n<p>Now you can find out the horror story of a descent into fascism and the beginnings of the world of <strong><em>Judge Dredd<\/em><\/strong> as the first collection from the comic book series <strong><em>Dreadnoughts<\/em> \u2013 <em>Breaking Ground<\/em><\/strong> is out now!<\/p>\n<p>Here is the synopsis&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The year is 2035 and American society is crumbling. State brutality in response to public protests sparks even greater restrictions on what American citizens are free to do. The police force are being replaced by Judges, paramilitary cops who can dispense summary justice on the streets.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Written by\u00a0Michael Carroll\u00a0(<strong><em>Judges<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Proteus Vex<\/em><\/strong>) with art by\u00a0John Higgins\u00a0(<strong><em>Before Watchmen<\/em>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/reviews\/batman-the-killing-joke-blu-ray-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Batman: The Killing Joke<\/em><\/a><\/strong>) and colour by\u00a0Sally Jane Hurst\u00a0(<strong><em>Before Watchmen<\/em><\/strong>), the first collection of this new series is available to order as a paperback or limited edition hardcover with brand new cover by Higgins, available exclusively from the <em>2000 AD<\/em> webshop.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Dreadnoughts \u2013 Breaking Ground is out now. Order yours from 2000AD.com <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.2000ad.com\/catalogue\/XB711\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Comic book collection Dreadnoughts \u2013 Breaking Ground takes readers into the origins of the world of Judge Dredd&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":52,"featured_media":121977,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"MSN_Categories":"Uncategorized","MSN_Publish_Option":false,"MSN_Is_Local_News":false,"MSN_Is_AIAC_Included":"Empty","MSN_Location":"[]","MSN_Add_Feature_Img_On_Top_Of_Post":false,"MSN_Has_Custom_Author":false,"MSN_Custom_Author":"","MSN_Has_Custom_Canonical_Url":false,"MSN_Custom_Canonical_Url":""},"categories":[1624,3],"tags":[7296],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/DREADNAUGHTS.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121976"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/52"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121976"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121976\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":121981,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121976\/revisions\/121981"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/121977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}