The first appearance of Judge Death!Need I say more?

Another great Judge Dredd omnibus.

Fantastic

The third Judge Dredd case files doesn't contain any big multipart stories. Instead, it introduces a number of interesting characters and help to flesh out the back story of Dredd. The first story introduces his niece, Vienna, and shows a caring side to Dredd.Another story introduces Otto Sump, Mega City One's ugliest citizen, who Dredd uses to solve a crime involving a show that sells sob stories. BOING, the wonder elastic material gets introduced (and will be important later on).Two medium siz...

I've been looking forward to this one as it has the first appearance of Judge Death in it (also Judge Andersen's first appearance). It was a decent enough episode appearing to be suited as a Halloween issue probably. Other stories were better, though. This volume contains no major story lines but is full of one issue or 2-3 issue stories. Most are of a dramatic nature with only a couple of cheesy ones. A very good read of late 70's Judge Dredd. What I really enjoyed though was one of the opening...

Once more we find Judge Dredd is not for the faint hearted. Never was that truer than in this compilation. In the post apocalyptic world of Mega City One danger comes from within and without. Whether it's a horde of mutant spiders or the victims of future shock, Dredd is there to protect the citizens, or even arrest them. This also marks the first appearance of both Judge Death and Psi Judge Cassandra Anderson. Enjoy.

Judge Dredd rescues a guinea pig = best comic ever.

More exciting adventures from Mega City One including the introductions of both Judge Anderson and Judge Death as well as more information on the setting including The Cursed Earth and East Meg One. Well worth reading.

Another Dredd omnibus consisting largely of shorter and more humourous stories like the 1st volume. There are, however, several important differences: The characters are much more well-defined and the universe more consistently thought out at this point in the comic's run, even though 2000AD's "everything and the kitchen sink too held together by goofy British humour" ethos is in full flowering. More importantly, this is where the supernatural elements of the Dredd universe appear for the first

Having become a more recent fan of Judge Dredd and the whole 2000 A.D. British comic craze, these bumper volumes are great. Unfortunately, this 3rd volume lacks a lot of the stronger storylines and arcs that came before and that follow. They're published chronologically, and that's cool, for the most part, but when the entire batch of progs from 61-115 aren't very good, the entire volume suffers.The problem is that most of the strips are one-off, or short arcs. The "Black Plague" and "Father Ear...

Third in the excellent series reprinting every Dredd story, this covers progs 116 to 154, published between 1979 and 1980 (both in 2000AD and the annual). Focussing this time more on self-contained stories (there are two small series, one being “Father Earth”, the other the first appearance of “Judge Death” - which is excellent), the bulk of the stories are written by Wagner (often as John Howard), with Pat Mills also contributing and the artwork is superb, especially that of Brian Bolland (natu...

This is Dredd finally in his first patch of undisputed brilliance - Wagner seems to now have a complete idea of his creation and slowly begins to fill in the character of Mega City One, arguably one of the finest fictional creations of its kind. Otto Sump turns up, Umpty Candy as well, the first actively important female judges and the first hint of a sympathetic view of the inhabitants of the Cursed Earth. There’s also a feeling that Wagner is testing the ground for later ideas: Albert Sherman

Doesn’t have the same highs as Cursed Earth or The Day The Law Died, but features some cool world-building. My favorite part is definitely Judge Death, that dude is awesome.

Case Files 3 was a mixed bag. It was firstly a noticeably smaller book in comparison to Files 1 and 2 (and later case files). The stories are varied in quality, the best obviously being the first appearances of both Judge Death and Judge Anderson. Otherwise, the book is mostly filled with shorter stories, with none that compare to either the excellent "Day the Law Died" or "The Cursed Earth Saga" seen in previous instalments. Overall, not a bad read, but mostly not essential

The worldbuilding here is great, blocks are introduced and Dredds character becomes that stoic immovable avatar of the law. Some great stories like Judge Death, the black plague and a bunch of really good standalones but there was also a few "meh" stories in there which is why I can't give it 4/5 as much as I want to.

Picked this up super cheap online and got my money's worth. These early Dredd stories are all from the time when I was reading British comics every week but was too scared to read 2000AD. I was still traumatized by the images of Dredd's brother Rico which I'd seen in an even earlier issue at a friend's house and which still give me nightmares. The stories are all prototypical Dredd stuff with 1st appearances of Judge Anderson and Judge Death and other standalone stories punctuated with the usual...

JUDGE DREDD: THE COMPLETE CASE FILES VOLUME THREE is a stark contrast to the first two books in that it doesn't have any long story arcs. I feel like it actually suffers a bit because while there's some entertaining stories throughout, it also doesn't have the same sense of power the others do. The world-building is better and there's some set up for future classics with the first appearance of Judge Anderson and Judge Death being most notable. We also get the introduction of the Sov Block Judge...

After the epics of Cursed Earth and Day The Law Died, the character, the setting and the style finally click. Brilliant and bizarre stories take place within, all are entertaining. And some great one liners.

Oh, Walter the Wobot... why didn't you get to be in the 'Dredd' movie? :(

Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files 03 kicks off some of the best known Dredd tales that continue to percolate through to this day in many of the 2000AD tales! :D We get to see the advents of Judge Death and in the same story we also get to see the advent of Judge Anderson who from the outset shows the grit that she had become famous for in the later tales! :D The advent of Judge Death is also brilliantly handled with Judge Death coming across as incredibly sinister in as a sort of semi-corpore...