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A review by guiltyfeat
Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files 02 by Mike McMahon, Pat Mills, John Wagner, Brenden McCarthy, Garry Leach, Dave Gibbons, Ron Smith, Chris Lowder, Brett Ewins, Brian Bolland
4.0
I started with volume 3, went back to vol. 1 and now I picked up vol. 2. I guess I will keep trying to find more of these if I can find them for a reasonable price. This is where Dredd started getting involved in multi-chapter epic stories which sometimes ran weekly over several months. We start with the Cursed Earth saga and follow it up with the story of Chief Judge Caligula, as much a victim of nominative determinism as anything else.
It's mostly great stuff with the occasional standout issue penciled by Brian Bolland or Dave Gibbons, but the writing is uniformly cheeky. These stories were originally published in 1978. At a time when I was too young to understand the fascist overtones of Dirty Harry, I don't think I could have appreciated that peculiarly British mashup of satire and homage that define Dredd during this period.
It's mostly great stuff with the occasional standout issue penciled by Brian Bolland or Dave Gibbons, but the writing is uniformly cheeky. These stories were originally published in 1978. At a time when I was too young to understand the fascist overtones of Dirty Harry, I don't think I could have appreciated that peculiarly British mashup of satire and homage that define Dredd during this period.