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Judge Dredd: Guatemala
Viva los humanos!
A deathbed request sends Judge Dredd on a diplomatic mission to Guatemala, a dictatorship ruled by the despotic robot El Presidente. Under the military rule of robots, humans are enslaved, trafficked and farmed for parts. El Presidente seeks to expand its repressive regime – and if Mega-City One doesn’t give into its demands, its nuclear arsenal will blow the city off the map!
From legendary Judge Dredd scribe John Wagner and fan favourite artist Colin MacNeil comes an action-packed Dredd tale of robots and revolution! Also featuring bonus Dredd stories with art by Carlos Ezquerra and Henry Flint!
A deathbed request sends Judge Dredd on a diplomatic mission to Guatemala, a dictatorship ruled by the despotic robot El Presidente. Under the military rule of robots, humans are enslaved, trafficked and farmed for parts. El Presidente seeks to expand its repressive regime – and if Mega-City One doesn’t give into its demands, its nuclear arsenal will blow the city off the map!
From legendary Judge Dredd scribe John Wagner and fan favourite artist Colin MacNeil comes an action-packed Dredd tale of robots and revolution! Also featuring bonus Dredd stories with art by Carlos Ezquerra and Henry Flint!
128 pages, Paperback
Published June 22, 2021
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John Wagner
1,284 books189 followersJohn Wagner is a comics writer who was born in Pennsylvania in 1949 and moved to Scotland as a boy. Alongside Pat Mills, Wagner was responsible for revitalising British boys' comics in the 1970s, and has continued to be a leading light in British comics ever since. He is best known for his work on 2000 AD, for which he created Judge Dredd. He is noted for his taut, violent thrillers and his black humour. Among his pseudonyms are The best known are John Howard, T.B. Grover, Mike Stott, Keef Ripley, Rick Clark and Brian Skuter. (Wikipedia)
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June 7, 2021
Take note, Skynet - this is how you deal with those pathetic fleshbags under your domain. Enslavement, entertainment, profit, and vengeance!
September 12, 2021
As always very interesting and action full collection of stories from Judge Dredd universe.
Title story (Guatemala) finds Dredd acting on his late friend's last wish that happens to coincide with the Mega-City strategic goals - he leaves for Guatemala, country now ruled completely by robots. In a parody of Central and South America dictatorship Dredd will uncover some pretty ghastly things about the robot government and what needs to be done to stop them from threatening Mega-City. Excellent story with pretty good art.
Other stories are not related to Guatemala story-line. It is collection of various different stories set in the different times and places (story of Harry was .... insane) culminating with all out fight in one of the posh mega buildings taken by the terrorists. Reminiscent of the cyberpunk game action we follow slow deploy of Justice troops to take back the control of the building while stubber guns criss-cross and cut through entire concrete blocks. Art int his last story was on par with the title story. Others were not that catchy (to me) but they are signature art of AD2000 comics.
All in all very interesting collection that I found very entertaining. If you look for a collection of stories linked by the same topic (like collected stories of Dredd's actions in Soviet/Russian parts) you will be disappointed. If you look for overall good collection of Dredd's actions, some even more paramilitary than usual - you will enjoy this one.
Recommended to all fans of Dredd universe.
Title story (Guatemala) finds Dredd acting on his late friend's last wish that happens to coincide with the Mega-City strategic goals - he leaves for Guatemala, country now ruled completely by robots. In a parody of Central and South America dictatorship Dredd will uncover some pretty ghastly things about the robot government and what needs to be done to stop them from threatening Mega-City. Excellent story with pretty good art.
Other stories are not related to Guatemala story-line. It is collection of various different stories set in the different times and places (story of Harry was .... insane) culminating with all out fight in one of the posh mega buildings taken by the terrorists. Reminiscent of the cyberpunk game action we follow slow deploy of Justice troops to take back the control of the building while stubber guns criss-cross and cut through entire concrete blocks. Art int his last story was on par with the title story. Others were not that catchy (to me) but they are signature art of AD2000 comics.
All in all very interesting collection that I found very entertaining. If you look for a collection of stories linked by the same topic (like collected stories of Dredd's actions in Soviet/Russian parts) you will be disappointed. If you look for overall good collection of Dredd's actions, some even more paramilitary than usual - you will enjoy this one.
Recommended to all fans of Dredd universe.
August 2, 2021
Wagner, Ezquerra, MacNeil, everyone involved have been thrilling for so long. And so appreciated! You need this. Here's the story list:
Guatemala
By Private Contract
Get Jerry Sing
The Trouble with Harry
The Victims of Bennett Beeny
The first and last are big slick classy new stories by Wagner and MacNeil. The team that gave us America. In the middle we've got some recent Ezquerra and Wagner work (creators of Judge Dredd!), which is so terrific to have here. Must have for me for any of these elements, plus even more great stuff. It's just a testament to some of the best ever in comics, and it makes me so happy to see another volume like this. Thank you for all the years of incredible imagination!
Guatemala
By Private Contract
Get Jerry Sing
The Trouble with Harry
The Victims of Bennett Beeny
The first and last are big slick classy new stories by Wagner and MacNeil. The team that gave us America. In the middle we've got some recent Ezquerra and Wagner work (creators of Judge Dredd!), which is so terrific to have here. Must have for me for any of these elements, plus even more great stuff. It's just a testament to some of the best ever in comics, and it makes me so happy to see another volume like this. Thank you for all the years of incredible imagination!
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February 4, 2021Hardly one of the great Dredd epics, but its vision of a robot-dominated city builds nicely on a fear that's been implicit in the Dredd setting from the off, and feeds in particularly well now given the recent return of mechanical Judges in Mega-City One. It also serves as a much better and more moving epitaph to Hershey than that misjudged spin-off strip.
April 10, 2022
This bunch of stories starts with a bang. On the Deathbed of Judge Hershey, Dredd has promised to fulfill her dying wish. Find her grandchildren in Guatemala ruled by a terrible robot. This is an interesting story that is very well written.
April 17, 2023
Love it. MacNeil's art is off the scale. The main Guatemala story is excellent, the middle filler is ok, and the final Bennet Beeny story is good. All written by Wagner and most squeeze in a few laughs. The note-taking droid cracked me up.
April 24, 2024
First of all: The art is really solid here. McNeil, Ezquerra.... what more does one need? Also, robots that have become dictators and much action and violence and wacky ideas. Wagner does the best Dredd.
May 14, 2025
The one-offs in the middle bring it down a bit, with the satire more often missing than heitting, but they're still decent and the art is a treat - and they're sandwiched between a masterpiece of Guatemala and a brilliant action thriller of The Victims of Bennett Beeny
August 15, 2021
Yllätti, juuri kun ajattelin ettei uudet tarinat yllä vanhojen klassikoiden tasolle. Tekijäkaarti selittänee adian. Dredd vieraalla maalla, juoneenkin panostettu.
March 24, 2025
The main story, Guatemala, is a great sci fi action yarn. The other stories are ok but nowhere near as good.
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