![]() She has written a letter to her family explaining why she has left them-to her living a life in the effective fascist dictatorship presented by the Judges is not worth living.Īs I have recently noted in my recent review for The Field of Blood: Violence in Congress and the Road to Civil War, investigations into history should be a reflection of the ills of contemporary society. However, another story that stands out features a woman who in an act of protest is killed by the Judges. That's not to say there aren't good stories here-the best is told from the perspective of a cockroach in a restaurant-but without some over-arching story arc like the "Judge Child" or "The Apocalypse War", there doesn't seem to be much new ground to cover here. ![]() Grover, had said all they could with Dredd as their protagonist and the stories were being mailed in on a weekly basis. ![]() In the past few volumes of Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files (especially the ones that contained stories published after "The Apocalypse War") I felt like perhaps John Wagner and Alan Grant, under their nom de plume of T.B. Now I know this isn't the only indicator of success, but when we distill Dredd down to his purpose in the book, I find myself asking "Is Dredd really the 'hero' here, or is he the 'villain' here?" However, in this age of comics being made into movies and enjoying success, both of the Judge Dredd adaptations have barely broken even, making small profits. I am not arguing that the strip which appeared in the British anthology series 2000 AD does not have a following, but I wonder if the series has reached the legendary status it has due to some of the talents who have been associated with the strip, namely Brian Bolland in the early days and later, Steve Dillon, who would become more famous for drawing Hellblazer and Preacher. I've often wondered about the supposed popularity of Judge Dredd.
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