Tom Judge
Tom Judge is a comic book character that first appeared in Universe #1
A priest who has lost his faith. Wielder of Rapture.
Tom as Rapture
Now Tom Judge ends his birthday night quite ordinarily, with a bottle of booze and two hookers. Having trouble with sleeping he accidentally happens on the Rapture, hidden behind the loose brick, he takes it and he hears it whisper. Suddenly a woman bursts through the door and shoots one of the hookers, who turns out to be a demon. The woman, named Tilly Grimes tells Tom to wear the amulet. As he does as told, he transforms himself into something. He loses conscious for a while and when he awakens, the demons are dead. Tilly then blows up his apartment to cover their tracks. Next big surprise in Toms life is a man he meet, he's called Nick and he's the Devil. Nick tells Tom the story, that there are no Heaven only Hell, and all who die go there as a natural evolution and their souls are harvested and used as a currency there. Nick also tells that Tom is supposed to decide the fate of the universe. Next the Devil asks him a favor, to find Jackie Estacado from hell and read him a letter and see what happens, Tom then is lead to hell. There he meets Charon the taxi driver, who takes him to second circle. Tom get warned not to wonder to seventh circle, only access to there is by train and no one has come back from there only the Conductor. The ride ends and Tom goes on a search for Estacado. When he finds Jackie, Tom somehow knows who he is, and reads him that letter devil gave. While reading the letter, Tom transforms into the Rapture. Giving Jackie Estacado hope again he sets him free from hell and back to earth. Tom realizing what his power now is, transports himself back too. Taking a breather, Tom and Tilly hang out in her apartment. It is soon attacked by Pentagon troops under Mr. Black orders. They blow up this apartment too, and escape. Tilly then leads Tom to a backup hideout. Tom is introduced to co-conspirators and is shown the tech hidden there. One machine is called GIMP, an artificial gateway to hell. Tom's next mission is to travel back to hell and talk one guy about Mr. Black. He ends up in the train what he should avoid. After finding out what he wants he releases the info source, and meets the Conductor, Tom thinks that Conductor is the God. Next day is the anniversary of Tom's transformation; he decides to seek out the victims of that man in hell. The killer is now a land owner there, and his wife and children are his insurance. Tom releases them and the killer is taken to seventh circle. Tom considers himself also saved now. Devil has information that Mr.Black tries to take down Hell's stock exchange, thus bringing it all down, Tom must go and save it. But as it turns out it was a setup, Black tried to off Tom and only place to do it would be in hell dimension, with the new guns that he developed. Devil sent Tom there just to make money and raise his stocks. Tom however figured out what game Devil was playing and bought his company's stocks. Tilly takes everyone out to picnic to bond, she hides that one of them is dying in final battle. When night falls; angels, demons and military attack and Tom Judge is smacked in the middle of it. Angels however were on Tom's side for some reason. The demons are killed and the battle won.
Death of Tom
Devil's gone nuts and is locked in an asylum. Tom visits him there, and is told of other Artifacts that are the greatest force in the universe when brought together, Artifacts mentioned are: Witchblade, Darkness, Angelus, Blood Sword, Heart Stone, Wheel of Shadows and of course Rapture, they are supposed to be God's final message to his own creation. It is the end of days, and it all was planned by Mr.Black. He gas attacks the city and kills thousands of people. It was only a way to get Tom Judge to the city. Mr.Black reveals that he who wields rapture has a say on who rules hell, he wants to rule it, and Tom according to prophecy has to decide on End of Days. Black tells Tom that he has no choice but to select him as a new ruler, then he puts a gun on his head and pulls a trigger. Tom decides to give the Rapture to Conductor in exchange that he takes Mr. Black on a ride to seventh circle, Conductor accepts. But when Tom is handing over the artifact, he appears back on earth still holding it.
Tom meets with Tilly months later and they spend a night together. Tom is hunted by a demoness named Lachryma and he is killed in his apartment, and the Rapture taken.
| Super Name: | Tom Judge |
| Real Name: | Thomas Judge |
| Aliases: |
Thomas Judge Rapture |
| Publisher: | Top Cow |
| Gender: | Male |
| Character Type: | Human |
| 1st Appearance: | Universe #1 |
| Appears in: | 13 issues |
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| Died: |
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