Great stuff. . .on to Case Files 03!

This is where the "Judge Dredd" series really starts hitting its stride and becomes what it's revered for today. The bulk of it being long and ambitious story arcs that perfectly balance between suspenseful action-adventure, political drama and goofy British humour. You know, what I loved so much about the 2012 "Dredd" film except perhaps a level sillier."The Cursed Earth" has to be my favourite, it's clearly inspired by Roger Zelazny's classic novel "Damnation Alley" right down to having a pard...

Two very great Dredd stories happen back-to-back in this volume, super fucking fun to read with some stellar art. This book has single handed lay converted me into the church of Dredd.

Wow

So now I've finally, at age 45, been able to read the entire Cursed Earth story arc - that was going to earn this collection a 5 star rating all on its own but throw in the "Day the Law Died" epic as well and you have me reduced to an excited eight year old again. Honestly seeing the cover art in the back of this book brought home vivid memories of my dad bringing progs home from the newsagents for me each Monday - these collections are worth the read for that feeling alone. On to volume three,

I discovered Judge Dredd through watching the 2012 film Dredd (Directed by Pete Travis). The DVD contained a little documentary on the history and significance of the comic that inspired my interest. The Complete Case Files 02 is the first volume I was able to find, and thus my first exposure to the world of the Judge Dredd comic. This volume surprised me. Somehow--perhaps it was the stylistics of the film version--I'd expected a more serious work filled with incisive political satire. Instead,

I'm going to work my way through the Dredd case file books one by one, until I'm as up to date as possible.I didn't read these early tales in 2000AD, but caught up on them in the eighties in the Eagle/Quality comics US comic size colour reprints. Those issues, it seems, missed out occasional episodes for various reasons. Being a complete chronological reprint*, the complete case files keep throwing out episodes I've never seen before, which is always a pleasure.This book features two of the clas...

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

The first volume of Dredd shows us a comic finding its feet. While this series is still no way near the heights it will eventually reach we really see it beginning to run in this edition. I read 2000ad as a child from about 8 years old and these pre-date my reading so I am enjoying the classic tales that were spoken of even when I first began.This is good. The book has BOTH the cursed earth series and Judge Cal and these are brilliant series. The stories are immense but due to the limitations of...

I am the LAW!!!! This was my first exposure to Judge Dredd. I started with Case Files 02 because I read that 01 was kind of bad. I never felt like I missed anything.I enjoyed the stories and LOVED the art. I imagine the two story arcs were nuts to the wall, bad ass, innovative stuff in 1978. I give it bonus nostalgia points for this reason. I'd compare it to watching Cheers today. Great, but a different time/structure.This is a sci-if, futuristic United States. The world building is amazing. I l...

Cursed earth and Judge Cal story-arcs are two masterworks.

It's a commonplace to observe that the iconic characters of American comics are in a bit of a rut lately; there are honourable exceptions, but mostly they're either changing for change's sake, or endlessly retreading old adventures. In particular, all the big 'Event' stories of the last few years have felt like pointless, commercially-driven rehashes. How different, then, British comics' great protagonist, Judge Dredd. This collection contains the first two attempts to get him past a series of u...

Cursed Earth (a Damnation Alley tribute) and Chief Judge Caligula arcs.Chief Judge Cal seizes absolute power and then proceeds to build a wall. What a nutter.

Brilliant

This is where Judge Dredd really starts to take shape. Starting with the Cursed Earth saga that builds much of the world and mythology around Mega City 01 and then continuing with the Mad Chief Judge Cal arc, Case Files is 02 where Dredd fans can really see begin to see the character as we know him. Gone are the simple single issue stories. Everything ties together and everything further reveals the world of Judge Dredd. The art is FANTASTIC, especially the pages by Brian Bolland. While Mike McM...

Contains two stories that took a year of the comics time. 'Cursed Earth' sees Dredd drive across America to take a virus antidote to Mega City 2 battling mutants, cannibals and dinosaurs led by the iconic T-Rex Satanus. Superb story. Dredd returns home to find the evil Judge Cal taking over his city in 'The Day The Law Died'. Huge story arc as he, and the injured Judges who now teach at the Academy, are the only army to stand against the tyrant - one of the greatest Dredd stories. Classic tales

The first collection of Judge Dredd progs was decent. I wouldn't say it was amazing or eye opening, but it did introduce the most famous of all 2000 A.D. creations and it showed the potential of where things could go.That's probably why this second collection was that much better. Included are the amazing arcs of "The Cursed Earth" and "The Day the Law Died", both of which further Judge Dredd's character and the background of the United States in 2100. It's also a lot better because, while it st...

This book is the beginning of the Judge Dredd I remember from my youth. While the first volume presented him as a distant, cold man of judgement this book adds more depth and understanding to the character and the world he inhabits.There are two epic tales in this volume originally serialized over a few months in the weekly 2000ad comics. The first one is the 'Cursed Earth' saga that finds Dredd on a mercy mission to the west coast Mega-City 2. The trouble is that in between the two mega cities

Huge improvement in writing from volume one to volume two. The Cursed Earth and The Day the Law Died are the first two massive story arcs in Dredd canon, and while they maintain the film serial feel of the short progs, you actually get a sense of multifaceted character development and humanity here.I especially enjoyed Chief Judge Cal(igula)'s crazed dictator in the latter story -- very Roman Empire, and purposefully so. A post-apocalyptic Mega City One would almost certainly attract crazed lead...

https://booknest.eu/reviews/charles/2...JUDGE DREDD: THE COMPLETE CASE FILES VOLUME 2 is where I think Judge Dredd officially "starts." The previous volume showed Judge Dredd not having found its identity while the subsequent one has: this is a Dredd that manages to be hilarious by being played perfectly straight against absurd but terrifyingly violent situations. There were some good moments in the first volume but this is just more consistently good throughout.The first long arc of the volume