This audiobook though is in a completely different class, each of the authors has captured the spirit of the story very well though I would say stories two and three by Ewing and Carroll probably capture the madcap comic book vibe of the original slightly better than Smith's opener. Of course, it's always risky when such nostalgic icons are re-visited, after all, who can forget the awful 1995 film which probably gives Sylvester Stallone nightmares to this day. The unique brand of the dystopian background and the Judges with their utterly ruthless dispensation of justice never failed to excite. The toughest character in the toughest of environments, Mega-City One. Out of all of the stories and the heroes it contained though Judge Dredd is the most celebrated. It had Harlem Heroes, Flesh and a re-vamped Dan Dare all preceded by Tharg's traditional welcome. How I remember waiting for the latest edition of 2000AD to drop through our front door every week. Carrol is the YA author of Quantum Prophecy and The New Heroes series. Ewing is the author of The Fictional Man for Solaris and five novels for Abaddon. Smith, also the editor of 2000 AD, has written two previous novels for Abaddon and Black Flame and the comics series Dredd Year One for IDW. Every rule but one.Īuthor bios: Michael Carroll, Al Ewing and Matthew Smith are three celebrated novelists and Dredd comics writers. But when he gets in over his head, he has to risk everything on the word of a corrupt lawman and break every rule he has. "Wear Iron": "Wear iron, that's the rule." Paul Strader is a stick-up man, and a stone cold professional. "Cold Light of Day": A savage killing spree results in the deaths of two highly-regarded Judges, and many consider Dredd to be responsible: a decision he made five years earlier - while he was still a cadet - has come back to haunt him. Unless Dredd can stop it, chaos will be unleashed. "City Fathers": The brutal murder of a Justice Department-sanctioned spy uncovers something new and dangerous in the sector's murky black market. With an introduction by the Mighty Tharg! Three tales follow the first adventures of the future city's greatest lawman. Bred for justice, trained in law, Dredd's no helpless rookie, but he's not the seasoned veteran we know either. Judge Joe Dredd's first year on the streets as a full-eagle Judge.
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