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Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files + The Restricted Files+ The Daily Dredds
Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files 36
Mega-City One – a nightmarish enclosure located along the Eastern Seaboard of North America. Only the Judges – powerful law enforcers supporting the despotic Justice Department – can stop total anarchy running rife on the crime-ridden streets. Toughest of them all is Judge Dredd – he is the law and these are his stories... Judge Dredd has brought countless monsters to justice but now the ultimate killing machines, cinema’s most famous xenomorphs, surface in Mega-City One and it may well be more than the Justice Department can handle!
Collects:
- A Tree Grows in Elia Kazan (Prog #1302)
- Case for the Defense (Prog #1303)
- Give Me Liberty (Prog #1304-#1305)
- Rotten Manners (Prog #1306-#1307)
- Voices off (Prog #1308)
- An Everyday Disaster (Prog #1309)
- Class Project (Prog #1310)
- Zoom Time (Prog #1311)
- Waiting (Prog #1312)
- Out of the Undercity (Prog #1313-#1316)
- Reprisal (Prog #1317)
- Open Justice (Prog #1318)
- After Hours (Prog #1319)
- Dead Funny (Prog #1320)
- Sniping (Prog #1321)
- Judge Dredd vs. Aliens: Incubus (Prog #Christmas Annual 2003-#1335)
- One of Our Simps Is Missing (Meg #4.14)
- The Girlfriend (Meg #4.15)
- Radlander (Meg #4.16-#4.18)
Collects:
- A Tree Grows in Elia Kazan (Prog #1302)
- Case for the Defense (Prog #1303)
- Give Me Liberty (Prog #1304-#1305)
- Rotten Manners (Prog #1306-#1307)
- Voices off (Prog #1308)
- An Everyday Disaster (Prog #1309)
- Class Project (Prog #1310)
- Zoom Time (Prog #1311)
- Waiting (Prog #1312)
- Out of the Undercity (Prog #1313-#1316)
- Reprisal (Prog #1317)
- Open Justice (Prog #1318)
- After Hours (Prog #1319)
- Dead Funny (Prog #1320)
- Sniping (Prog #1321)
- Judge Dredd vs. Aliens: Incubus (Prog #Christmas Annual 2003-#1335)
- One of Our Simps Is Missing (Meg #4.14)
- The Girlfriend (Meg #4.15)
- Radlander (Meg #4.16-#4.18)
304 pages, Kindle Edition
First published February 3, 2021
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About the author
John Wagner
1,293 books191 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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July 20, 2022
I can sympathize with Mongrel.
December 6, 2022
This is a weighty tome for fans of Judge Dredd, or even if you have not read anything featuring the character before, and only seen the movie or movies, and want to get more into it. There is more than enough in this volume for it to be worth your while even for a casual reader of the series.
The fact that Judge Dredd is a satire seems to be something that is lost on a lot of people, but it does come up in quite a few of these stories like the one with Placebo and the Ozzy Osbourne parody story.
The stand-alone story that I most enjoyed would be the self-aware Christmas turkeys’ story who want to be eaten and pluck themselves. One of the turkeys becomes self-aware enough to not want that causing trouble for the Judges.
Other things happen in the pages of this, the thirty-sixth edition of The Complete Case Files, but the main event? Judge Dredd fights aliens. And not just any old aliens; the Xenomorphs of Ridley Scott’s Alien franchise. No stranger to a comic book crossover, the Xenomorphs have previously battled Batman, Superman, Green Lanterns, and even Buffy the Vampire Slayer in the past. But when it comes to Dredd, the lawman’s crossover adventures are generally canon, making John Wagner, Andy Diggle, and Henry Flint’s Incubus feel just a little bit more special. And here it is, the jewel of The Complete Case Files 36.
One almost feels bad for the other stories lumped in with this collection, overshadowed by what might be one of Dredd’s best crossovers this side of a Batman beat ‘em up. As one might expect in the lead-up to such an epic, they’re a relatively slight lot, but beautifully illustrated and written. Remember that one time Dredd turned into a werewolf? John Wagner certainly does, and delivers an entertaining sequel in Out of the Undercity, illustrated by Carl Critchlow. As if Xenomorphs and Werewolves weren’t enough, there’s the usual colourful line-up of crazies, kooks, and creeps we’ve come to expect from 2000 AD by now.
Even without Incubus, this is a great line-up of Dredd stories, featuring a tremendous roster of talent on the pens and inks. Utilizing the likes of Ian Gibson, Siku, P.J. Holden, Mike McMahon, Henry Flint and… of course, the late, great Carlos Ezquerra, it’s a real who’s who of early noughties Dredd artists. Don’t expect much variety in writers though. Aside from a handful of strips from Gordon Rennie and an assist by Andy Diggle on Incubus, this is John Wagner’s show. And what a show it is. They put up a hell of a fight, but the Xenomorphs never stood a chance.
The fact that Judge Dredd is a satire seems to be something that is lost on a lot of people, but it does come up in quite a few of these stories like the one with Placebo and the Ozzy Osbourne parody story.
The stand-alone story that I most enjoyed would be the self-aware Christmas turkeys’ story who want to be eaten and pluck themselves. One of the turkeys becomes self-aware enough to not want that causing trouble for the Judges.
Other things happen in the pages of this, the thirty-sixth edition of The Complete Case Files, but the main event? Judge Dredd fights aliens. And not just any old aliens; the Xenomorphs of Ridley Scott’s Alien franchise. No stranger to a comic book crossover, the Xenomorphs have previously battled Batman, Superman, Green Lanterns, and even Buffy the Vampire Slayer in the past. But when it comes to Dredd, the lawman’s crossover adventures are generally canon, making John Wagner, Andy Diggle, and Henry Flint’s Incubus feel just a little bit more special. And here it is, the jewel of The Complete Case Files 36.
One almost feels bad for the other stories lumped in with this collection, overshadowed by what might be one of Dredd’s best crossovers this side of a Batman beat ‘em up. As one might expect in the lead-up to such an epic, they’re a relatively slight lot, but beautifully illustrated and written. Remember that one time Dredd turned into a werewolf? John Wagner certainly does, and delivers an entertaining sequel in Out of the Undercity, illustrated by Carl Critchlow. As if Xenomorphs and Werewolves weren’t enough, there’s the usual colourful line-up of crazies, kooks, and creeps we’ve come to expect from 2000 AD by now.
Even without Incubus, this is a great line-up of Dredd stories, featuring a tremendous roster of talent on the pens and inks. Utilizing the likes of Ian Gibson, Siku, P.J. Holden, Mike McMahon, Henry Flint and… of course, the late, great Carlos Ezquerra, it’s a real who’s who of early noughties Dredd artists. Don’t expect much variety in writers though. Aside from a handful of strips from Gordon Rennie and an assist by Andy Diggle on Incubus, this is John Wagner’s show. And what a show it is. They put up a hell of a fight, but the Xenomorphs never stood a chance.
May 17, 2022
Great
While Dredd against the xenomorphs is a great story in this volume, the best is the heart breaking story of a radlander named mongrel, whose tribe is wantonly murdered. He comes seeking vengeance in the Big Meg.
While Dredd against the xenomorphs is a great story in this volume, the best is the heart breaking story of a radlander named mongrel, whose tribe is wantonly murdered. He comes seeking vengeance in the Big Meg.
August 23, 2022
I really enjoy the Drokk! episodes of the Wait, What? podcast, and wanted to see the Dredd/ Aliens crossover that dominates Dredd Case File 36.
No surprise - it's a huge amount of fun - and follows a lot of the same plot beats as the Aliens movie.
The rest of the collection is typical Dredd - some stupid ideas, some really great satire. I sense an undercurrent of 'consequences' running through some of the stories - consequences of Dredd's previous actions - which obviously culminates in Day of Chaos which runs about 10 years after these stories.
There's a massive variety of art and writing on display - a real stand-out for me is Carl Critchlow's brilliant wolfman art in Out Of The Undercity.
I've just bought Case Files 37 so I guess I'm back on board with Dredd!
No surprise - it's a huge amount of fun - and follows a lot of the same plot beats as the Aliens movie.
The rest of the collection is typical Dredd - some stupid ideas, some really great satire. I sense an undercurrent of 'consequences' running through some of the stories - consequences of Dredd's previous actions - which obviously culminates in Day of Chaos which runs about 10 years after these stories.
There's a massive variety of art and writing on display - a real stand-out for me is Carl Critchlow's brilliant wolfman art in Out Of The Undercity.
I've just bought Case Files 37 so I guess I'm back on board with Dredd!
July 19, 2023
What a great collection of Dredds. Long action packed stories like Incubus really work well (especially with brilliant Flint art), but the really bright spot of the collection was last story with Mongrel. That was touching and amazing.
July 21, 2021
Aliens v Dredd appear. Not a bad block of Dredd stories, but not the best either.
October 15, 2025
Includes the alien cameo. Good stuff!
December 28, 2025
Περιέχει και το Incubus, το πρώτο crossover του Dredd με το Alien franchise!
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