The Long Walk (Judge Dredd)

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In the long-running British comic strip Judge Dredd, The Long Walk is taken by retired Judges who feel that they can no longer be effective within Mega-City One, instead choosing to take law to the lawless in either the radioactive wastes of the Cursed Earth or the Undercity, the paved-over remains of the Eastern Seaboard of the United States that lies beneath the mega-city. (In the 1995 feature film, all Judges must take the Long Walk at the end of their careers.)

Dredd himself took the Long Walk after nursing long-term doubts regarding the ethics of the entire Mega-City Judge system. These were brought to a head after he received a posthumous letter from William Wenders, a child who had been killed as an indirect result of the Judges' suppression of a pro-democracy march. Whilst roaming the Cursed Earth, however, Dredd encountered the Sisters of Death and returned to Mega-City One along with Chief Judge McGruder (who had also taken the Long Walk in an earlier story) in order to confront the Dark Judges. Dredd and McGruder were the first judges ever to return to the city after taking the Long Walk. These events are recounted in the Judge Dredd stories A Letter to Judge Dredd, Tale of the Dead Man, The Dead Man and Necropolis.

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Judges:	Mega-City One: Judge Anderson • Judge Buell • Judge Castillo • Galen DeMarco • Judge Dredd • Judge Edgar • Chief Judge Fargo • Judge Giant • Judge Goodman • Judge Grice • Judge Griffin • Judge Guthrie • Judge Hershey • Judge Janus • Judge Karyn • Judge McGruder • Mechanismo • Judge Niles • Judge Shenker • Judge Silver • Judge Solomon • Judge Volt Other: Detective-Judge Armitage • Johnny Woo • Devlin Waugh • Shimura
Villains:	Angel Gang • Mean Machine Angel • President Booth • Oola Blint • Judge Cal • Dark Judges • Judge Death • Armon Gill • Morton Judd • Kleggs • Judge Kraken • Stan Lee • PJ Maybe • Nero Narcos • Sov Judge Orlok • Rico Dredd • Jacob Sardini • Shojun the Warlord
Characters:	Chopper • Vienna Dredd • Fergee • Minor Characters • Yassa Povey • Otto Sump • Walter the Wobot
Storylines:	"America" • "Apocalypse War" • "Block Mania" • "City of the Damned" • "The Cursed Earth" • "The Dead Man" • "Democracy" • "Judge Child" • "Judge Dredd vs. Aliens" • "Judgement Day" • "Judgement on Gotham" • "Mechanismo" • "Necropolis" • "Predator vs. Judge Dredd" • "Origins" • "The Robot Wars" • "Judge Dredd in Oz"
Spin-offs:	Banzai Battalion • Low Life • Red Razors • The Simping Detective
Crossovers:	"Judge Dredd vs. Aliens" • "Judgement Day" • "Judgement on Gotham" • "Predator vs. Judge Dredd"
Locations:	Academy of Law • Brit-Cit • Ciudad Barranquilla • Cursed Earth • East Meg One • Grand Hall of Justice • Hondo City • Mega-City One • Mega-City Two • Pan-Africa • Statue of Judgement • Undercity
Other media:	Judge Dredd film • Dredd vs, Death computer game • Judge Dredd role-playing game
Publications:	2000 AD • Dice Man • Judge Dredd Megazine • Zarjaz
Miscellaneous:	2000 AD crossovers • 2000 AD glossary • Atomic Wars • Chief Judge of Mega-City One • City Block • Council of Five • Diktatorat • Lawgiver • Long Walk • Mayor of Mega-City One • Psi Division • Public Surveillance Unit • SJS • Sky-surfer • Technology