Publisher: Rebellion/2000 AD
Writer: Pat Mills, John Wagner
Artist: Carlos Ezquerra, Mick McMahon, Brian Bolland
Release date: 13 August 2015
Price: £35
Rebellion/2000 AD
I know what you’re thinking, was it 1977 or 1978 when Judge Dredd debuted in 2000 AD? Well, you know, in all this excitement, I’ve forgotten myself. But seeing how this is Judge Dredd The Complete Case Files 01 10th Anniversary Edition, the complete and chronologically correctly published collection of Judge Dredd’s first appearances in 2000 AD maybe the answers in these very pages?
Also, I feel honour bound to point out, Dredd’s sidearm is the most powerful handgun in the world and will, amongst many, many other maiming capabilities, blow your head clean off. And, to stretch this rift on Dirty Harry, al la Magnum Force, further – mainly for reasons connected to my ego – reading Judge Dredd The Complete Case Files 0110th Anniversary Edition will make you feel very, very lucky to have this volume in your sweaty hands.
More to the point Judge Dredd The Complete Case Files 01 10th Anniversary Edition is a celebration from the publisher Rebellion to mark the ten years since the very first Judge Dredd The Complete Case Files 01 saw the light of day. Time does indeed fly while you turn the pages of Judge Dredd The Complete Case Files 01 10th Anniversary Edition.
And Judge Dredd The Complete Case Files 01 10th Anniversary Edition is a quality product too, issued for the very first time in hardback. The respect Rebellion/2000 AD have lavished does not stop there, the original colour pages and page spreads are faithfully reproduced for this anniversary edition too. And if that is not enough, the creative teams from those first issues of 2000 AD are here too; Carlos Ezquerra, Mick McMahon, Brian Bolland, Pat Mills and John Wagner are back in all their glory.
And have these very first adventures of Dredd stood the test of time? Well, that would be the bear in the woods and the pope’s hat question.
And, Dredd’s debut year? 1977, second issue of 2000 AD, punk.
Reviewer: Steve Hooker