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Democracy in the fictional future city of Mega-City One has been a significant recurring theme in the ''Judge Dredd'' comic strip in ''2000 AD''. In particular, a number of stories published since 1986 have addressed the issue of the Judges' dictatorial system of government, and efforts by the citizens to re-establish democracy. Besides being a notable story arc in itself, the "Democracy" stories also had wider repercussions which led directly to the events depicted in the story "Necropolis". The stories include "America," which is regularly voted by fans in polls as the best Dredd story ever written, and is Dredd creator John Wagner's favourite ''Judge Dredd'' story.〔''Judge Dredd: The Mega-History'', by Colin M. Jarman and Peter Acton (Lennard Publishing, 1995). Page 122. (ISBN 1-85291-128-X)〕 Editor David Bishop called it "the best ''Judge Dredd'' story ever written."〔''ibid.''〕 The first Democracy story, "Letter From a Democrat," is co-writer Alan Grant's favourite Dredd story.〔(Interview on 2000 AD Online )〕 All of the stories in the "Democracy" arc were written by Wagner or under his direction. ==Backstory== The ''Judge Dredd'' comic strip is mostly set in Mega-City One in the 22nd century, on the east coast of the former United States. When President Robert L. Booth started the Third World War in 2070 ''(see Atomic Wars)'', the Judges – until then no more than a police force with extraordinary powers – deposed Booth, overthrew the Constitution and seized control of all institutions of government.〔''2000 AD'' #68: "The Cursed Earth"〕 Disillusioned with the elected politicians who had caused so much destruction to their country, much of the American public supported this move at the time. For the next four decades America was a dictatorship. (Mega-City One and the other American mega-cities became sovereign city-states early during this period, and the US ceased to exist.) Although the Judges were initially popular, the citizens soon grew to resent their new leaders as much as they had the old, until activists began calling for a return to democratic government.〔''2000 AD'' #423: "99 Red"〕 Although the events of 2070 were established early in the ''Judge Dredd'' strip (in 1978),〔 the issue of the Justice Department's position in society was largely ignored for the first nine years of the strip's history. The only other references to the political relationship between the Judges and the citizens were the occasional brief appearances of the elected mayor of Mega-City One, who was shown to be subordinate to the unelected head of state: the chief judge.〔''2000 AD'' #92: "The Day the Law Died"〕 However, in 1986 and 1987 co-writers John Wagner and Alan Grant finally addressed this topic seriously in two stories set in 2108 and 2109. As Wagner later explained: Grant recalls a more random genesis: 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Democracy (Judge Dredd storyline)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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