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Encyclopedia > Johnny Woo

Johnny Woo is a fictional character appearing in 2000 AD and then in Judge Dredd Megazine. Created by Gordon Rennie and PJ Holden, he is a thinly-veiled stereotype of the action hero popularised by director John Woo, after whom he is named, and is based in the fictional city of Hong Tong (the 22nd century version of Hong Kong). His visual appearance is based on the actor Chow Yun Fat. Cover of the first issue of 2000 AD, 26 February 1977. ... Judge Dredd Megazine is a British magazine featuring comic strips set in the world of Judge Dredd, launched in October 1990. ... Gordon Rennie is a former music journalist turned comics writer, responsible for White Trash: Moronic Inferno, as well as several comic strips for 2000 AD and novels for Warhammer Fantasy. ... Paul Jason Holden is a short comic book artist based in Belfast. ... An action hero is any character that lacks the superhuman powers that would normally be connoted in superhero. ... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ... John Woo John Woo (Chinese: 吳宇森; Pinyin: Wú YÇ”sÄ“n) (born 1 May 1946, in Guangzhou, China) is a Chinese film director known especially for the ballet-like violence in his movies. ... Chow Yun-Fat (周潤發, Jau1 Yeun6 Faat3, Pinyin: Zhōu Rùnfā) (born May 18, 1955 on Lamma Island, Hong Kong) is among a handful of internationally recognized screen actors that Hong Kong has ever produced, along with Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan. ...


Unlike most judges in the Judge Dredd universe, Woo operates on both sides of the law. Judge Dredd (Joseph Dredd or Joe Dredd) is a comics character whose strip in the British science fiction anthology 2000 AD is the magazines longest running (having been featured there since its second issue in 1977). ...


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Johnny Woo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (132 words)
Johnny Woo is a fictional character appearing in 2000 AD and then in Judge Dredd Megazine.
Created by Gordon Rennie and PJ Holden, he is a thinly-veiled stereotype of the action hero popularised by director John Woo, after whom he is named, and is based in the fictional city of Hong Tong (the 22nd century version of Hong Kong).
Unlike most judges in the Judge Dredd universe, Woo operates on both sides of the law.
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At which point she takes a dance with Johnny, who is hilariously dressed as the phantom of the Opera, but when Chuck finds out, he goes bats, and Johnny finds himself faced with their whole gang until Terry and company crash the party to save him.
Johnny suggests that he should tell Brad the only way he will fight is the way of the ancients, because surely Brad isn’t crazy enough to do that, so it will be he who loses face.
When Johnny tells Julie what Terry is doing, she panics, because she knows Brad will accept, so the two race to the battleground, where Terry and Brad are squaring off with the resin and smashed glass gloves in a ring of fire.
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