Vienna Dredd
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Vienna Dredd or Vienna Pasternak is a fictional character from the Judge Dredd
comic strip, first appearing in prog 116 of the British comic 2000 AD
in 1979.
Vienna is Judge Dredd's niece, the daughter of his corrupt brother Rico
, and was orphaned when Dredd was forced to kill her father. She loved her uncle enormously, but was unaware of her father's fate until in 2101 she was kidnapped by the electronics genius Harry Carmen. Carmen had held a grudge against Dredd after he had incarcerated him for six years for a computer fraud, and he chose to seek his revenge through the child.
Dredd managed to rescue Vienna, but not before Carmen revealed that the Judge had killed her father. Vienna forgave him, but Dredd, to ensure her future safety, vowed to see her less often in the future and asked her guardian, Mrs. Pasternak, to ensure that the girl would forget him rather than risk the heartbreak of her hearing about his death on the streets of Mega-City One
, or be taken hostage again. She did not appear in the comic again for 23 years.
After growing up in Brit-Cit
, Vienna re-entered Dredd's life as an adult in 2124 (prog 1300). The following year she was abducted by a Brit-Cit Satanist cabal in order to bring Dredd out; guilty over the whole affair, he took her back to Mega-City One so he could help her better. She has been abducted and endangered a number of times since then due to being Dredd's niece, much to his distress.
It has been shown that Vienna is the only thing in the world Dredd cares about besides the law. As the daughter of his clone-brother, genetically speaking she could have been Dredd's daughter, and he has lately had to come to terms with his quasi-paternal instinct. When she was caught in the Total War bombing of Sector 2, Dredd acted to save her first instead of being impartial. He attempted to resign from the force at the end of this debacle but Chief Judge Hershey
pointed out that it does him good to be human once in a while.
Soon afterwards, Vienna fell out with Dredd and was seduced by an East Meg
assassin who planned to use her against her uncle. Dredd managed to save her and in the process she demonstrated that she had inherited her father's fighting talent, ruthlessly dispatching a soldier guarding her while handcuffed.
Vienna and Dredd are back on good terms though Dredd remains fairly distant (though he does visit her at Christmas).
Judge Dredd
Judge Joseph Dredd is a comics character whose strip in the British science fiction anthology 2000 AD is the magazine's longest running . Dredd is an American law enforcement officer in a violent city of the future where uniformed Judges combine the powers of police, judge, jury and executioner...
comic strip, first appearing in prog 116 of the British comic 2000 AD
2000 AD (comic)
2000 AD is a weekly British science fiction-oriented comic. As a comics anthology it serialises a number of separate stories each issue and was first published by IPC Magazines in 1977, the first issue dated 26 February. IPC then shifted the title to its Fleetway comics subsidiary which was sold...
in 1979.
Vienna is Judge Dredd's niece, the daughter of his corrupt brother Rico
Rico Dredd
Rico Dredd is a fictional character in the Judge Dredd comic strip in 2000 AD magazine. He is the brother of Judge Joe Dredd, the strip's eponymous lead character.-Appearances:...
, and was orphaned when Dredd was forced to kill her father. She loved her uncle enormously, but was unaware of her father's fate until in 2101 she was kidnapped by the electronics genius Harry Carmen. Carmen had held a grudge against Dredd after he had incarcerated him for six years for a computer fraud, and he chose to seek his revenge through the child.
Dredd managed to rescue Vienna, but not before Carmen revealed that the Judge had killed her father. Vienna forgave him, but Dredd, to ensure her future safety, vowed to see her less often in the future and asked her guardian, Mrs. Pasternak, to ensure that the girl would forget him rather than risk the heartbreak of her hearing about his death on the streets of Mega-City One
Mega-City One
Mega-City One is a huge fictional city-state covering much of what is now the Eastern United States in the Judge Dredd comic book series. The exact boundaries of the city depend on which artist has drawn the story...
, or be taken hostage again. She did not appear in the comic again for 23 years.
After growing up in Brit-Cit
Brit-Cit
Brit-Cit is a huge fictional city in the fictional universe of British comics 2000 AD and Judge Dredd. It is also the home of Sam Slade in some of 2000AD's Robo-Hunter stories. The city covers the south of England and bordering on the Black Atlantic...
, Vienna re-entered Dredd's life as an adult in 2124 (prog 1300). The following year she was abducted by a Brit-Cit Satanist cabal in order to bring Dredd out; guilty over the whole affair, he took her back to Mega-City One so he could help her better. She has been abducted and endangered a number of times since then due to being Dredd's niece, much to his distress.
It has been shown that Vienna is the only thing in the world Dredd cares about besides the law. As the daughter of his clone-brother, genetically speaking she could have been Dredd's daughter, and he has lately had to come to terms with his quasi-paternal instinct. When she was caught in the Total War bombing of Sector 2, Dredd acted to save her first instead of being impartial. He attempted to resign from the force at the end of this debacle but Chief Judge Hershey
Judge Hershey
Judge Barbara Hershey is a fictional character in the Judge Dredd series that appears in British comic 2000 AD. For nearly two decades she regularly appeared as Dredd's sidekick, before being promoted to become his superior: she was chief judge for nine years...
pointed out that it does him good to be human once in a while.
Soon afterwards, Vienna fell out with Dredd and was seduced by an East Meg
East Meg One
East-Meg One is a fictional city in the world of Judge Dredd, the figurehead character of British weekly comic 2000 AD . It was introduced in prog 50 of 2000 AD , and destroyed in prog 267 ....
assassin who planned to use her against her uncle. Dredd managed to save her and in the process she demonstrated that she had inherited her father's fighting talent, ruthlessly dispatching a soldier guarding her while handcuffed.
Vienna and Dredd are back on good terms though Dredd remains fairly distant (though he does visit her at Christmas).