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Judge Dredd
Judge Dredd: Complete Case Files 29
LETHAL WEAPON 2
Mega-City One – a nightmarish enclosure
located along the Eastern Seaboard of North
America. Only the Judges – powerful law
enforcers supporting the despotic Justice
Department – can stop total anarchy running
rife on the crime-ridden streets. Toughest of
them all is Judge Dredd – he is the law and
these are his stories...
From serial killers, to alien dragons, to crime
lord Nero Narcos, Mega-City One has more
than its fair share of extraordinary perps.
Just as well the humble street Judge now has
an extraordinary weapon in their arsenal of
justice – the Lawgiver Mark II! Whether getting
help from day-dreaming desk Judges or the
miniature pest-control droids Banzai Battalion,
no-one can stop the Law!
Collects:
- The Mega-City Way of Death (Prog #1111)
- Dreams of Glory (Prog #1112-#1113)
- Death Becomes Him (Prog #1114-#1115)
- There's Something About Four Marys (Prog #1116)
- Virtual Soldier (Prog #1117-#1118)
- Simp City (Prog #1119-#1120)
- Wounded Heart (Prog #1121)
- Gun Play (Prog #1122)
- Christmas Angel (Prog #1123-#1124)
- The Scorpion Dance (Prog #1125-#1132)
- Alien Town's Burning (Prog #1133-#1134)
- Banzai Battalion (Prog #1135-#1137)
- Termination With Extreme Prejudice (Prog #1139-#1140)
- Worst of Frendz (Meg #3.46)
- Who's Wally? (Meg #3.46)
- Apetown (Meg #3.47) (November 1998)
Grud's Big Day (Meg #3.48-#3.49)
- The Contract (Meg #3.50)
- There Be Dragons (Meg #3.51)
304 pages, Paperback
First published September 7, 2017
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About the author
Alan Grant
1,729 books143 followersAlan Grant was a Scottish comic book writer known for writing Judge Dredd in 2000 AD as well as various Batman titles during the late 1980s and early 1990s. He is also the creator of the character Anarky.
Alan Grant first entered the comics industry in 1967 when he became an editor for D.C. Thomson before moving to London from Dundee in 1970 to work for IPC on various romance magazines. After going back to college and having a series of jobs, Grant found himself back in Dundee and living on Social Security. He then met John Wagner, another former D.C. Thompson editor, who was helping put together a new science fiction comic for IPC, 2000 A.D., and was unable to complete his other work. Wagner asked Grant if he could help him write the Tarzan comic he was working on; so began the Wagner/Grant writing partnership.
The pair eventually co-wrote Judge Dredd. They would work on other popular strips for the comic, including Robo-Hunter and Strontium Dog using the pseudonym T.B. Grover. Grant also worked on other people's stories, changing and adding dialogue, most notably Harry Twenty on the High Rock, written by Gerry Finley-Day. Judge Dredd would be Grant's main concern for much of the 1980s. Grant and Wagner had developed the strip into the most popular in 2000AD as well as creating lengthy epic storylines such as The Apocalypse War. Grant also wrote for other IPC comics such as the revamped Eagle.
By the late 1980s, Grant and Wagner were about to move into the American comic market. Their first title was a 12-issue miniseries called Outcasts for DC Comics. Although it wasn't a success, it paved the way for the pair to write Batman stories in Detective Comics from issue 583, largely with Norm Breyfogle on art duties across the various Batman titles Grant moved to. After a dozen issues, Wagner left Grant as sole writer. Grant was one of the main Batman writers until the late 1990s. The pair also created a four issue series for Epic Comics called The Last American. This series, as well as the Chopper storyline in Judge Dredd, is blamed for the breakup of the Wagner/Grant partnership. The pair split strips, with Wagner keeping Judge Dredd and Grant keeping Strontium Dog and Judge Anderson. Grant and Wagner continue to work together on special projects such as the Batman/Judge Dredd crossover Judgement on Gotham. During the late 1980s, Grant experienced a philosophical transformation and declared himself an anarchist. The creation of the supervillain Anarky was initially intended as a vehicle for exploring his political opinions through the comic medium. In the following years, he would continue to utilize the character in a similar fashion as his philosophy evolved.
Grant's projects at the start of the 90s included writing Detective Comics and Strontium Dog, but two projects in particular are especially notable. The first is The Bogie Man, a series co-written by Wagner which was the pair's first venture into independent publishing. The second is Lobo, a character created by Keith Giffen as a supporting character in The Omega Men. Lobo gained his own four issue mini series in 1990 which was drawn by Simon Bisley. This was a parody of the 'dark, gritty' comics of the time and proved hugely popular. After several other miniseries (all written by Grant, sometimes with Giffen as co-writer), Lobo received his own ongoing series. Grant was also writing L.E.G.I.O.N. (a Legion of Super-Heroes spin-off) and The Demon (a revival of Jack Kirby's charac
Alan Grant first entered the comics industry in 1967 when he became an editor for D.C. Thomson before moving to London from Dundee in 1970 to work for IPC on various romance magazines. After going back to college and having a series of jobs, Grant found himself back in Dundee and living on Social Security. He then met John Wagner, another former D.C. Thompson editor, who was helping put together a new science fiction comic for IPC, 2000 A.D., and was unable to complete his other work. Wagner asked Grant if he could help him write the Tarzan comic he was working on; so began the Wagner/Grant writing partnership.
The pair eventually co-wrote Judge Dredd. They would work on other popular strips for the comic, including Robo-Hunter and Strontium Dog using the pseudonym T.B. Grover. Grant also worked on other people's stories, changing and adding dialogue, most notably Harry Twenty on the High Rock, written by Gerry Finley-Day. Judge Dredd would be Grant's main concern for much of the 1980s. Grant and Wagner had developed the strip into the most popular in 2000AD as well as creating lengthy epic storylines such as The Apocalypse War. Grant also wrote for other IPC comics such as the revamped Eagle.
By the late 1980s, Grant and Wagner were about to move into the American comic market. Their first title was a 12-issue miniseries called Outcasts for DC Comics. Although it wasn't a success, it paved the way for the pair to write Batman stories in Detective Comics from issue 583, largely with Norm Breyfogle on art duties across the various Batman titles Grant moved to. After a dozen issues, Wagner left Grant as sole writer. Grant was one of the main Batman writers until the late 1990s. The pair also created a four issue series for Epic Comics called The Last American. This series, as well as the Chopper storyline in Judge Dredd, is blamed for the breakup of the Wagner/Grant partnership. The pair split strips, with Wagner keeping Judge Dredd and Grant keeping Strontium Dog and Judge Anderson. Grant and Wagner continue to work together on special projects such as the Batman/Judge Dredd crossover Judgement on Gotham. During the late 1980s, Grant experienced a philosophical transformation and declared himself an anarchist. The creation of the supervillain Anarky was initially intended as a vehicle for exploring his political opinions through the comic medium. In the following years, he would continue to utilize the character in a similar fashion as his philosophy evolved.
Grant's projects at the start of the 90s included writing Detective Comics and Strontium Dog, but two projects in particular are especially notable. The first is The Bogie Man, a series co-written by Wagner which was the pair's first venture into independent publishing. The second is Lobo, a character created by Keith Giffen as a supporting character in The Omega Men. Lobo gained his own four issue mini series in 1990 which was drawn by Simon Bisley. This was a parody of the 'dark, gritty' comics of the time and proved hugely popular. After several other miniseries (all written by Grant, sometimes with Giffen as co-writer), Lobo received his own ongoing series. Grant was also writing L.E.G.I.O.N. (a Legion of Super-Heroes spin-off) and The Demon (a revival of Jack Kirby's charac
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November 25, 2017
More high standard stuff from 2000 AD's best strip, this time a late 90s collection. Like Dirty Harry, this is at once reactionary and witty, and every so often you can laugh or wince at some of the scripts.
This contains 19 stories. By far the best is the Christmas Angel strip about a pair of serial killers who find themselves having murdered a party host just before his guests turn up - cur carnage. It is wonderfully amoral and farcical. Dredd's universe is so strong that frequently he is tangential or even absent from an issue and still it feels just as entertaining; the crazies of MC1 are always super creations.
The opener is solid, the next ( Dreams of Glory) very funny, the third (Death becomes Him) fabulous - the hearing difficulties of a key character leave her oblivious to the near constant danger she is in. Number 4 (...4 Marys) is a hoot.
Wounded Heart is full of pathos and Gun Play tees up a whole succession of future stories, planting a deadly seed into the narrative that does not germinate in this collection's remainder.
Worst of Frendz and Scorpion Dance link together to form the longest stories of the collection before Banzai Battalion reimagines Baby Bio as a Marines Unit. The other longtime, Grud's Big Day justifies its length. Termination with Extreme Prejudice is one of the more thought-provoking stories in the collection. Nothing wrong with those I did not single out, either.
Thoroughly entertaining.
This contains 19 stories. By far the best is the Christmas Angel strip about a pair of serial killers who find themselves having murdered a party host just before his guests turn up - cur carnage. It is wonderfully amoral and farcical. Dredd's universe is so strong that frequently he is tangential or even absent from an issue and still it feels just as entertaining; the crazies of MC1 are always super creations.
The opener is solid, the next ( Dreams of Glory) very funny, the third (Death becomes Him) fabulous - the hearing difficulties of a key character leave her oblivious to the near constant danger she is in. Number 4 (...4 Marys) is a hoot.
Wounded Heart is full of pathos and Gun Play tees up a whole succession of future stories, planting a deadly seed into the narrative that does not germinate in this collection's remainder.
Worst of Frendz and Scorpion Dance link together to form the longest stories of the collection before Banzai Battalion reimagines Baby Bio as a Marines Unit. The other longtime, Grud's Big Day justifies its length. Termination with Extreme Prejudice is one of the more thought-provoking stories in the collection. Nothing wrong with those I did not single out, either.
Thoroughly entertaining.
November 29, 2022
There’s no two ways about this - a good half of these stories would be excellent if not for the sub-Bisley shit used to illustrate them. It muddles the narrative, destroys tension and sometimes just annoys you too much to actively enjoy the stories. And the worst thing is, the best stories just highlight how shabby the rest is simply by existing
It’s a shame because there’s some very good stories here: The Scorpion Dance doesn’t quite work for me as someone whose knowledge of the Edgar stuff lies towards the end of that saga (and mostly knows DeMarco as an ex-Judge), but I can tell it’s very influential in how later plotters like to build up threats and then take us by surprise by the dominant one. I’m very fond of the Banzai Battalion story, which is still influential to stuff like Intestinauts today. And the Simps/ Norms march is the sort of thinly veiled satire of the news (the Orange marches in this case) the prog always does well with. Unusually for this period it’s very Wagner heavy, but the smattering of Grant stories from the Megazine are also highly entertaining, particularly the Grud one which feels essentially like the vision of Dredd that the co-writer of the glory years always had: a colossal dick on a cosmic scale
It’s a shame because there’s some very good stories here: The Scorpion Dance doesn’t quite work for me as someone whose knowledge of the Edgar stuff lies towards the end of that saga (and mostly knows DeMarco as an ex-Judge), but I can tell it’s very influential in how later plotters like to build up threats and then take us by surprise by the dominant one. I’m very fond of the Banzai Battalion story, which is still influential to stuff like Intestinauts today. And the Simps/ Norms march is the sort of thinly veiled satire of the news (the Orange marches in this case) the prog always does well with. Unusually for this period it’s very Wagner heavy, but the smattering of Grant stories from the Megazine are also highly entertaining, particularly the Grud one which feels essentially like the vision of Dredd that the co-writer of the glory years always had: a colossal dick on a cosmic scale
September 19, 2021
4.5 stars. I don't normally write much about Dredd as I've been reading reading it for so long, but I was really impressed with this volume.
Wagner had been writing it for over 20 years at this point but the variety of subjects and quality of writing is top notch. Comedy, fantasy, satire and horror are all covered. The artwork is also varied and (almost) all of great quality.
Thoroughly enjoyed it.
Wagner had been writing it for over 20 years at this point but the variety of subjects and quality of writing is top notch. Comedy, fantasy, satire and horror are all covered. The artwork is also varied and (almost) all of great quality.
Thoroughly enjoyed it.
October 24, 2018
You know, apart from one or two stories this volume was kind of a bust. Compared to the previous. Just felt rather flat.
Maybe it was the lack of anything ongoing. Mostly just one shot stories, most of which were not very good. Disappointing.
Maybe it was the lack of anything ongoing. Mostly just one shot stories, most of which were not very good. Disappointing.
May 9, 2023
Pretty damn good stuff Wagner produces story after story. Especially the storyline where DeMarcos is in love with Dredd is a really good one.
Surprinsingly, stories from Megazine were more or less meh.
Surprinsingly, stories from Megazine were more or less meh.
January 9, 2019
Good stories and good art work
Not the strongest stories ever but still a good collection of Dredd at his sternest. This lacks the true great epic but quite strong
Not the strongest stories ever but still a good collection of Dredd at his sternest. This lacks the true great epic but quite strong
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