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The representation of Judge Death in the Judge Dredd and related comic strips has changed somewhat in character over the years.

In his first appearances his image was dark, sinister and menacing.

However, later stories have tended to present him in a much more humorous light.

For instance, in the Judge Dredd / Batman crossover graphic novel Judgement on Gotham, Death was used as a practically comical figure.

John Wagner decided to rectify this in the solo Death story My Name Is Death, and while later strip The Wilderness Days added humour to Death's tale, he was still a menacing and unstoppable killer ; Alan Grant's Half Life, released at the same time, also treated Death as pure, unstoppable evil.