The Best of John Wagner's Judge Dredd

by John Wagner, Brian Bolland (Visual Art), Cam Kennedy (Visual Art)

In celebration of the original Mega-City master, this collects the very best of John Wagner's Judge Dredd stories!

He is one of the best-known voices in British comics, respected and revered for revitalising the industry in the 1970s and co-creating the iconic ‘Lawman of the future’ – Judge Dredd .

In celebration of his forty-five years chronicling the madness and mayhem of Mega-City One, this collection features some of the funniest, most poignant and action-packed tales penned by the great man himself.

Genres: Comics, Science Fiction

304 pages, Hardcover

Published May 3, 2022

About the author

John 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)

Reviews

[Christian · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great collection of short stories of the hard nosed judicial officer Dredd.
Well written and drawn across the board. I like the varied angles and perspectives, often humorous but also serious at times.
The interplay between the very strict, almost inhumane, rule of the judges and the sense that Dredd is still a good guy with morals is fascinating.
Wagner doesn't easily give into virtue signalling here, but instead let the roles play themselves out against each other. He does make fun of the strictness at times, but not overly obvious for the most part. Somehow the stories never seem formulaic.
Impressive work from Wagner and a fun read from start to finish

[John Davies · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an excellent collection of some of John Wagner's work for 2000AD and the Judge Dredd story. I really liked the last strip in particular.

[Artur · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great collection of varying stories by different artists about Judge Dredd, a lawman from the post-nuclear future in Mega City One, a giant megapolis taking the entire East Coast of what used to be United States. It’s an interesting and refreshing look at the post-apocalyptic genre and multiple stories are all about different topics and tackle the persona of Judge Dredd and the realities of the city a bit differently from each other: from hunt for wild mutated giant spiders, to stories of a child of a famous Judge trying to make his way through the training as a Judge himself or a story of an unfortunate criminals trying to pull breaking-and-entering on Judge Dredd himself. A perfect introduction to the character if there is one.