Like a future Dirty Harry meets Robocop with a splash of modern day Batman, Dredd soon became the anti-hero comic book archetype, dispensing summary justice in a world of ravers, headbangers, murderers, drug dealers, necrophiles – you name it. Step forward Dredd who soon eclipsed Dan Dare, (he was briefly revived for the new comic venture). The latter’s most enduring character was a psychotic great white shark with an insatiable blood lust, but as well as worrying the hell out of parents and thrilling youngsters, Action helped kill off the once ubiquitous war comic and paved the way for a new type of comic book whose USP was sci-fi, cool ultraviolence and anti-heroes.
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