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Judge Solomon is a fictional character from the Judge Dredd universe, in the comic 2000 AD. To date his only appearance in the comic has been in a flashback in #68, in the 1978 story The Cursed Earth. Judge Dredd by Mike McMahon, 2000 AD prog 2, 1977 Judge Dredd by Mike McMahon, 2000 AD prog 85, 1978 This article is about Mike McMahon the comics artist. ...
A fictional character is any person who appears in a work of fiction. ...
This article is about the the comic-book character. ...
Cover of the first issue of 2000 AD, 26 February 1977. ...
In literature and film, a flashback (also called analepsis) takes the narrative back in time from the point the story has reached, to recount events that happened before and give the back-story. ...
The Cursed Earth was the second extended storyline of the Judge Dredd character to appear in 2000 AD. The series is most notable because it was written by Pat Mills and added many core elements to the backstory of the world of Mega City One. ...
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Judgement of Solomon
Solomon is famous for his verdict in the war crimes trial of President Robert L. Booth, which became known as the "Judgement of Solomon." In 2070 Booth, the last president of the United States, initiated a global nuclear war which left much of the world in ruins. In the aftermath, the constitutional government was overthrown and power was seized by the Street Judges (formerly an elite police force within the Justice Department). Booth was found guilty, but the judges were unable to decide what to do with him. Ordinary life imprisonment seemed too good for him, but they could not bring themselves to execute America's last president. It was Solomon who hit on the solution: a sentence of "living death" - suspended animation in a cryogenic chamber. Booth was sentenced to 100 years in suspended animation, buried deep within the vaults of Fort Knox. This ingenious compromise sealed Judge Solomon's reputation for wisdom. (Writer Pat Mills named the character after the King Solomon of the Old Testament.) President Robert L. Booth is a fictional character from the British comic 2000 AD. He is the last President of the United States and the man who triggers the Atomic Wars. ...
The presidential seal was used by President Hayes in 1880 and last modified in 1959 by adding the 50th star for Hawaii. ...
Judge is a title held by several significant spores in the Judge Dredd series, which appears in the British comic book 2000 AD. In the fictional future history of the series, the role of Judge combines those of judge and police officer, thus avoiding long legal wrangles by allowing for...
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Pat Mills, nicknamed the godfather of British comics, is a comics writer and editor who, along with John Wagner, revitalised British boys comics in the 1970s, and has remained a leading light in British comics ever since. ...
Artists depiction of Solomons court (Ingobertus, c. ...
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Controversy: Chief Judge? Since the adventures of Judge Dredd in the comic began with the year 2099, there has been some dispute and speculation among fans about earlier continuity. One such question is whether or not Solomon ever held the office of Chief Judge. In fiction, continuity is consistency of the characteristics of persons, plot, objects, places and events seen by the reader or viewer. ...
The Chief Judge of Mega-City One is dictator and head of state of the fictional future city of around 400 million people in 22nd-century America. ...
Solomon's actual rank is not given in the text of the episode in which he appeared, although the artist (Mike McMahon) drew him sitting on an eagle throne, and flanked by two other, unnamed judges. All three are depicted wearing a caped version of the regular judge's uniform, not the unique uniform of the chief judge. Nevertheless some readers assumed that since he presided over Booth's trial, he must have been the chief judge. This view was substantially reinforced by a feature published in the 2000 AD Annual 1984, which gave a timeline of the history of future America, in which Solomon was said to have been a chief judge. According to this timeline, the first three chief judges were Chief Judge Fargo, who held office from 2031 to 2051, then Solomon (2051 to 2058), and then Judge Goodman (2058 to 2101). (The date given for Fargo's death in 2051 was taken from a picture of his sarcophagus published in prog 107, in 1979.) The 1984 feature stated that Solomon resigned as chief judge in 2058, stating that he wished to return to his original role in ordinary law enforcement on the streets. (The year 2058 was taken from a reference in prog 89 to Goodman having ruled for 43 years before dying in 2101.) This timeline was later adopted for the Judge Dredd Roleplaying Game. Judge Dredd by Mike McMahon, 2000 AD prog 2, 1977 Judge Dredd by Mike McMahon, 2000 AD prog 85, 1978 This article is about Mike McMahon the comics artist. ...
Chief Judge Eustace Fargo is a fictional character from the Judge Dredd universe. ...
Judge Goodman is a fictional character in the Judge Dredd stories published in the comic book 2000 AD. Goodman succeeded Cheif Judge Fargo as Chief Judge of Mega-City One shortly after the Atomic Wars of 2070 and was well liked by his people. ...
Fans who hold the contrary view point out that: 1) these dates contradict the date of 2070 given in the Cursed Earth story, 2) the timeline was fan fiction and was not written by any of the writers whose stories were ever published in the comic, 3) a pin-up of Judge Silver published in the comic names him as the sixth chief judge (he would be the seventh if Solomon is counted), and 4) since 1984 the feature has been superseded by later stories written by John Wagner (the writer who created Judge Dredd and who has written most of the stories to date). One such story is Oz. In an episode of Oz first published in prog 559, another flashback contained the first appearance of Chief Judge Fargo in the strip. This scene was set shortly after the Atomic War of 2070 (the date was confirmed in a later episode of the story), and showed Fargo as the absolute ruler of America. Former editors of 2000 AD have pointed out that in the 1970s nobody expected the Judge Dredd strip to last for more than a couple of years and so no concerted effort was made to establish a proper history or backstory for the character. Only later did Dredd continuity settle down. Consequently a lot of inconsistencies have appeared between the first couple of years of episodes and the later ones. The official 2000 AD website compromises by giving both timelines, but still including Solomon as chief judge between 2071 and 2072. These dates would however mean that Solomon did not become chief judge until after Booth's trial (which helpfully explains the uniform discrepancy mentioned above). Fan fiction (also spelled fanfiction and commonly abbreviated to fanfic) is fiction written by people who enjoy a film, novel, television show or other media work, using the characters and situations developed in it and developing new plots in which to use these characters. ...
Chief Judge Thomas Silver was chief judge (2108 to 2112) of the fictional city of Mega-City One in the Judge Dredd comic strip. ...
John Wagner is a comics writer who has also written under the pseudonyms John Howard, T.B. Grover, Mike Stott, Keef Ripley, Rick Clark and Brian Skuter, among others. ...
A likely answer to the controversy may be found in two more flashbacks, both written by Wagner and both set in 2079. An episode of the story Blood Cadets (first published in prog 1187) includes a casual reference to Judge Goodman, and implies that Goodman was not yet chief judge at that time. A comment by Judge Morphy in the earlier story Tale of the Dead Man suggests that Fargo was already dead by that time. Therefore there must have been a chief judge between Fargo and Goodman. Although never named in any story, that chief judge could possibly have been Solomon.
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External links - The Judge Dredd timeline, which may or may not cast official light on the chronology controversy.
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