Judge Dredd Vol. 1

Duane Swierczynski

May 2013 · IDW Publishing

About this ebook

In the 22nd century, crime runs rampant in Mega-City One, home to over 400 million citizens, robots, criminals, and lunatics. The only line of defense between anarchy and chaos areƒ the Judges. And Judge Dredd is the toughest of them all. IDW is proud to re-introduce Judge Dredd to America in this new series.

Ratings and reviews

This series is a relaunch of the classic Judge Dredd character rooted deeply in it's 2000 AD origins. The artwork - with it's exaggerated costumes and decaying Mega City One - and muscular, unforgiving stories all could have come from the original English comic. There are nods to modern tech and sentiments, but it is the throwback Dredd that I most loved. There is plenty of action and unmerciful judgements although the book has more gore than I remember from my youth. Also, Mega City One is placed front and center with it's decaying society, sense of malaise and immoral inhabitants. A good Judge Dredd story always leans heavy on the Mega City and this book certainly does that. This series started with a bang and shows a lot of promise and will keep me reading.

Does what it says on the tin. A good read!

Short, to the point, bloody, decent story.