Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files 01

Volume 1 includes the initial introductory Dredd stories, the Call-Me-Kenneth robot revolution, Return of Rico, the Luna period and ends with Dredd returning to MC1 in time for the Cursed Earth saga. Also included are the first, unpublished, Dredd by Esquerra and a selection of Walter the Wobot one-pagers. Volume 2 includes the excellent Cursed Earth and Judge Caligula epics back to back and ends with three parter the DNA man Volume 3 returns to shorter storyline formats and includes Judge Death, Father Earth, Umpty Candy and the blood of Satanus. These all all good stories although this volume is one of the thinnner ones and it must be said the reproduction really isn't good in parts. The backgrounds of some frames are lost completely and some of the best art in Dredd ends up looking pretty pedestrian. Sticklers may be better trying to seek out the superior image quality of the Titan publications. Volume 4 includes the excellent Judge Child saga, Otto Sump, The Fink, Pirates if the Black atlantic and Chopper's first appearance. Volume 5 Includes Block Mania and the epic Apocalypse War Volume 6 follows on from the conclusion of the Apocalypse war with Meka city, Fungus and Destiny's Angels and then it's back to reasonably good shorter storylines with Rabid, Blobs, Night of the rad beast, the slightly naff Starborn thing, The Stupid Gun, Trapper Hag, the good Shanty town and a real forgotten gem The Executioner. Volume 8 Includes some multi parters but no epics - Cry of the werewolf, the classic fatty eating saga Requiem for a heavyweight, The graveyard shift, Bob & Carol & Ted & Ringo, the Haunting of sector house 9, Citizen Snork and numerous okay single episode stories. This volumes marks a changing of the guard in terms of artists with the introduction of Cam Kennedy and Jim Baikie. The print reproduction is generally good - but some pages suffer bady and some really great art is made to look very ordinary, particularly when toner is used - this is understandably unavoidable on the colour spreads but surely not on the b/w pages. Despite this minor gripe you won't find a more affordable and comprehensive Dredd collection and kudos to Rebillion for getting these in print. Essential.

One of the best comic collections I have gotten off Amazon.

Though these early Dredd strips lack some of the style and character of the later ones, the humour that characterises the series still shines through and it is interesting to see the beginnings of the Dredd myth.

Ce livre est la version U.S. du Complete Case Files 1 anglais. Il intègre les premières histoires (programme 2 à 60)ainsi que la première version (non publiée à l'époque) de Judge Dredd. Sur le fond, la critique est la même que pour la version anglaise: pour le public français la parution des 1ers épisodes du Juge est une découverte car nous ne l'avons vu publié dans nos contrées que trés partiellement. Pourquoi acheter cette version plutôt que l'autre? Les critiques concernant la version anglaise portaient sur la qualité du papier et la reliure qui génait parfois la lecture. Cette nouvelle version (publiée 5 ans après) semble avoir rectifié ces désagréments. La qualité du papier est honorable (meilleure que celle des essential Marvel) et, pour ma part, je n'ai pas rencontré de difficultés pour la lecture. De plus, certains numéros de la version anglaise sont épuisés. Il sera donc plus facile d'attendre les prochaines éditions américaines (en épérant qu'Amazon France les mette à notre disposition.) En tout cas pour le moment, c'est un sans-faute.

Awesome ,Dredd in the very beginning... Very short stories but with crazy twists and turns Go for it,you will not regret! I am the law!!!