Another character trait is that he never carries a gun. Because he refuses to "play the game", he is very unpopular with the upper ranks, despite being very good at his job. He despises the system of privilege that got his superiors where they are and, by extension, his superiors themselves. His real name is unknown: "Armitage" was a fake ID he used in 2080. Like many such characters, he has a junior partner: usually Detective-Judge Treasure Steel, and in later stories upper-class Detective-Judge Timothy "Timbo" Parkerston-Trant.Īrmitage is a tall, white haired man with a goatee, usually wearing a trenchcoat, suit and tie.
Although an outstanding detective, he is difficult to work with and often clashes with his superiors in Brit-Cit's corrupt, class-ridden Justice Department.
In the same way that Dredd was based partly on Dirty Harry, Armitage owes something to the cynical but unbending police detectives seen in dramas such as Inspector Morse and Taggart. He has also made occasional appearances in the main Judge Dredd series in 2000 AD, as well as two spin-off novels and an audio drama. The protagonist is a Detective- Judge in Brit-Cit, a British mega-city in the universe of Judge Dredd. 1, #9 (June 1991)Īrmitage is a science fiction series appearing in the British comic anthology the Judge Dredd Megazine, created by Dave Stone and Sean Phillips in 1991. IPC Media (Fleetway) to 1999, thereafter Rebellion Developments Judge Armitage (centre) (painted by Sean Phillips)
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