Judge Dredd: Necropolis - Book Two

Judge Dredd: Necropolis

by John Wagner, Carlos Ezquerra

Judge Dredd has returned to Mega-City One, but he's too late to stop the Sisters of Death, who have already taken control of Dredd's replacement Judge Kraken and used him to kidnap Psi-Judge Agee The sisters use Agee's powerful psi abilities to free the Dark Judges from dimensional limbo (where they were exiled by Judge Anderson). Now its up to Dredd, Anderson, and all the other Judges in Mega-City One to stop these extraordinarily powerful beings...before they can completely lay waste to the city, and go on to kill all the inhabitants of Dredd's future Earth

Genres: Graphic Novels, Comics, Dystopia

133 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 2003

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

[Gianfranco Mancini · Rating 5 out of 5]

Necropolis had to be in John Wagner's intentions his last Judge Dredd's tale, the highest peak of 30 years of stories, ending previous storylines in a great swan song, a chilling dark masterpiece with tension building page after page until the explosive final climax with artist Carlos Ezquerra Dredd's co-creator at his best too.



Luckly author decided he had still lots to say about the character and his world, but otherwise this should have been a great way to say goodbye to it.



Excelsior.

[Lee Broderick · Rating 4 out of 5]

Re-read 27/3/16: Re-reading this during neo-Thatcherism is slightly unnerving. Judge Death's back and it takes a re-focused Dredd to put Mega-City One back on an even keel (firmly under Dredd's own jackboot). Democracy really is, plainly, a luxury not deserved by the people.

[Michele · Rating 2 out of 5]

[14/03/2024] 4/10

Second part is a big big meh.