Judge Dredd: Deviations

IDW Deviations #6

by John McCrea

In a world where Judge Dredd turned into a werewolf... and stayed that way! The legendary creator of Dogwelder, John McCrea, takes a sideways look at one of the more celebrated Dredd stories, "Cry of the Werewolf" by John Wagner & Alan Grant and the late, great Steve Dillon. Brace yourself for... "Howl of the Wolf!"

Genres: Comics

48 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 22, 2017

Reviews

[Sr3yas · Rating 3 out of 5]

This short Dredd story deviates and creates a new aftermath and final act for Cry of Werewolf, a famous 80s Dredd story written by Wagner and Grant. In the original tale, Dredd confronts and defeats a pack of deadly Werewolves, and even though he is bitten, he is saved moments before turning into a bloodthirsty Werewolf.

In Deviations, Dredd is a bloodthirsty werewolf.



Deviations is a really short and fun "What if" ride that doesn't take itself seriously.

The best moments of writer Mccrea is the parts where he casually started using the term DreddWolf and the scenes with feral right protesters.

The best moment of artist, Spicer: This panel with the "small sign"! Also, the character design of Dreddwolf!

[Juho Pohjalainen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pretty good throwback. More classical references than I expected, and the timeline checks out.

[Quentin Wallace · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a "What If" type story showing an alternate version of the Judge Dredd Cry of the Werewolf storyline from the 80s. Nothing truly groundbreaking here but a cool story with good art that makes a great companion story to the original.

Judge Dredd is never healed when he becomes a werewolf, but eventually regains his mind even though he's stuck in werewolf form. He travels down to the undercity where he meets up with another Judge. He eventually has to bite the other Judge to save his life, and we end up with 2 benevolent werewolf judges battling crime in the undercity.

[Petr · Rating 2 out of 5]

A short story with Dredd and werewolfs. Yes, you heard me right. Pays nice tribute to the original silliness of Judge Dredd but the story arc is quite classical and not surprising.

[Kam Yung Soh · Rating 3 out of 5]

An alternative storyline to the ending of the Judge Dredd story, "Cry of the Werewolf". Here, after saving Mega City One from the werewolves, Dredd gets turned into one. The story then continues from this deviation and shows how Dredd survives in the underground world beneath Mega City One as a werewolf, while still delivering the Judge's form of justice.

[Xavi Reixach · Rating 5 out of 5]

El Juez Dredd convertido en licántropo, una historia más, merecedora en mi opinión de 3/4 estrellas a lo sumo, pero la dedicatoria final en memoria del gran Steve Dillon, hace que lo que cuentan cobre un sentido mucho más potente, y de ahí mi valoración final.

[Babs · Rating 4 out of 5]

What if Dredd remained a werewolf?
Nice tribute to Steve Dillon too.

[Jeremy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Short but more enjoyable than the previous comic. 3/5.