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in his original conception Dredd was as bad, if not worse, than Punisher - they softened him up a lot over the years.. Dredd beat up Batman for being a vigilante and his style of justice is to give people life sentences for even the most minor offences.. I'm not sure what happened that made Dredd more heroic but again, I think it's because they wanted to make him more likeable as his audience grew.

Dredd was originally very much Space Marine in terms of morality (and Space Marines are NOT good guys.. no one is in Warhammer 40K)