Red Razors

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comic_color=background:#c0c0c0
character_name=Red Razors
real_name=First name unknown. Surname Razors.
publisher=IPC Media (Fleetway) to 1999, thereafter Rebellion Developments
debut="Judge Dredd Megazine" Vol 1, #8 (1991)
creators=Mark Millar
Steve Yeowell
alliance_color=background:#ffc0c0
status=
alliances= Former Sov Blok Justice Department Judge. Former Crime gang member. Ed the Horse.
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aliases=None
relatives=None
powers=none|

"Red Razors" is a 2000 AD comic strip created by Mark Millar and set in the Judge Dredd universe. However, the time of the stories take place roughly fifty years after the events detailed in current Judge Dredd comics. The series first debuted in "Judge Dredd Megazine" #1.08 in 1991.

The stories focus on a Sov-Block (formerly East-Meg Two, formerly somewhere in Russia) Judge named "Razors". Judge Razors is the prototype for a new breed of Judge, a brainwashed ex-gang member, conditioned to follow the orders of his superiors without question. His partner is a genetically enhanced horse named Comrade Ed.

Plot

The first storyline focused on the penetration of western culture and capitalism behind the iron curtain (for example, Elvis Presley is worshipped as a God). The storyline can be thought of as a satirical comment on Russia's current integration of western elements with its own culture. Subsequent entries were much more action-oriented, with little or no satire. Cameos in the series have included Judge Dredd. In his last appearance, Razors threw off his brainwashing and went on a killing spree, which ended when he was shot and killed by Dredd.

Bibliography

*"Red Razors" (all written by Mark Millar):
** "Red Razors" (with Steve Yeowell, in "Judge Dredd Megazine" #1.08-1.15, 1991)
** "The Secret Origin of Comrade Ed" (with Steve Yeowell, in "Judge Dredd Mega-Special" #5, 1992)
** "Doctor's Orders" (with Steve Yeowell, in "Judge Dredd 1993 Yearbook", 1992)
** "Hunt For Red Razors" (with Nigel Dobbyn, in "2000 AD" #908-917, 1994)
** "Rites of Passage" (with Nigel Dobbyn, in "2000 AD" #971, 1995)

The three stories from the "Megazine" and "2000 AD" have been collected in a trade paperback:

*"Red Razors" (144 pages, Rebellion, October 2004, ISBN 1904265189, DC Comics, November 2004, ISBN 1401203930) [ [http://www.2000adonline.com/?zone=reprint&page=gnprofiles&choice=redrazors 2000AD Online - reprint zone ] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.2000adonline.com/?zone=thrill&page=profiles&choice=RAZORS 2000 AD page]
* [http://www.2000adreview.co.uk/reviews/extra/2005/trades/razors/red_razors.shtml Review of the trade]