Judge Dredd: The Cursed Earth Uncensored
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Summary
Mega-City One， 2100。 This post-apocalyptic city of the future is blighted by overcrowding， poverty and misery。 With each of the 400 million citizens a potential criminal， order is maintained by future lawmen known as the Judges who have the power to act as judge， jury and executioner。 Toughest of them all is Judge Dredd - he is the law！ A deadly plague developed during the brutal `Great Germ War' has reached the futuristic metropolis of Mega-City Two， located on the West Coast of the USA。 Charged with delivering a life-saving vaccine to the citizens of the disease-ridden city， Judge Dredd and a small crew of Judges， war droids and the lawbreaking biker， Spikes Harvey Rotten， must travel a thousand miles across the radioactive wasteland known as `the Cursed Earth。' Experience the complete Cursed Earth saga， collected in an oversize paperback after the instant sell-out hardcover - a sparkling action-packed parody from Pat Mills and John Wagner， complete with sumptuous colour spreads from Brian Bolland and Mick McMahon。
Reviews
C。T。 Hunter
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Good fun， classic Judge Dredd
Ken
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Well， now I can say that I have read at least some of the Judge Dredd comics。From other reviews and sources it seems like this is more "early Dredd" and not representative of the best the series had to offer。 I didn't mind the rough black and white drawings， though some pages were difficult to follow and I felt the "inner monologue" narration a bit excessive。 Still， it wasn't terrible and I can see how it would have been exciting for young teens when it was first released。 I have to admit that I Well， now I can say that I have read at least some of the Judge Dredd comics。From other reviews and sources it seems like this is more "early Dredd" and not representative of the best the series had to offer。 I didn't mind the rough black and white drawings， though some pages were difficult to follow and I felt the "inner monologue" narration a bit excessive。 Still， it wasn't terrible and I can see how it would have been exciting for young teens when it was first released。 I have to admit that I wasn't "hooked" to the plot-line or the characters， myself。 The stand-out for me was the adorable rock-eating alien， Tweak， but even his "arc" is quite abbreviated as much more space is given over to epic battles involving dinosaurs， fast-food chains， and mutants。As others have mentioned the "uncensored" label here doesn't refer to any excessive violence， nudity， or other things that are usually associated with that word。 Instead some pages were cut from the first bound version due to copyright/trademark concerns。 What this edition offers the reader is the chance to see Judge Dredd absolutely waste The Michelin Man。 So， if your life was missing that， definitely give this a read。 。。。more
Kelvin Green
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This is from the rough and ready early days of 2000AD when everything was a bit more scrappy and much less polished than today's comic， but also there's a boisterous energy on every page rather than the slightly retired-punk-turned-bank-manager tone of the modern incarnation。 The storytelling is similarly scrappy and features a more heroic and noble Dredd than the one with which we are more familiar。 All of which may come across as criticism but it's not because despite the unpolished nature， or This is from the rough and ready early days of 2000AD when everything was a bit more scrappy and much less polished than today's comic， but also there's a boisterous energy on every page rather than the slightly retired-punk-turned-bank-manager tone of the modern incarnation。 The storytelling is similarly scrappy and features a more heroic and noble Dredd than the one with which we are more familiar。 All of which may come across as criticism but it's not because despite the unpolished nature， or perhaps because of it， there's a great deal of enthusiasm and energy and the book is great fun。Oh， and for what it's worth， the restored Burger King and McDonald's content is only a couple of chapters and the whole thing is so picaresque and scattered that you wouldn't miss those chapters if they were gone， which， of course， they were for years。 。。。more
C。 A。 Powell
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It was alright with very good artwork。 I can imagine this being done in episodes via a newspaper or a comic strip。 One would have read on a daily basis or even weekly perhaps to appreciate it most。 The reason I say this is because as a book it seems to be clipped together and the overall story is episodic。 Therefore it lacks a streamline flow。 I know a lot of fans will not like me saying this， but I have read Judge Dredd stories that flow better as novels or graphic novels。 I can't fault the art It was alright with very good artwork。 I can imagine this being done in episodes via a newspaper or a comic strip。 One would have read on a daily basis or even weekly perhaps to appreciate it most。 The reason I say this is because as a book it seems to be clipped together and the overall story is episodic。 Therefore it lacks a streamline flow。 I know a lot of fans will not like me saying this， but I have read Judge Dredd stories that flow better as novels or graphic novels。 I can't fault the artwork and the idea of Judge Dredd crossing the Cursed Earth。 It just feels like a load of comic strips clipped together as I moved from one part to another。 。。。more
Jesse Slater
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[3。5/5]This is a seminal story arc， and the first long-form one in Dredd （albeit， it's still pretty episodic）。It had its fun parts， and it had its standout art moments （many thanks to Brian Bolland）。 It does some worldbuilding （sometimes suddenly expanding what is allowed in Dredd's world in ways you wouldn't expect）。Overall， it's one I enjoyed enough and am glad I read， but it is more of the series evolving。 One reviewer I read mentioned that Pat Mills' Dredd has a different feel than Wagner's， [3。5/5]This is a seminal story arc， and the first long-form one in Dredd （albeit， it's still pretty episodic）。It had its fun parts， and it had its standout art moments （many thanks to Brian Bolland）。 It does some worldbuilding （sometimes suddenly expanding what is allowed in Dredd's world in ways you wouldn't expect）。Overall， it's one I enjoyed enough and am glad I read， but it is more of the series evolving。 One reviewer I read mentioned that Pat Mills' Dredd has a different feel than Wagner's， and I can see that。 A bit more gung ho， a bit less dark。 Different Dredds for different moods。Honestly， I'm looking forward to being back in Mega City-One。 。。。more
Toni Scandella
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Obviously this is a stone cold classic
Jeff
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Judge Dredd and 2000 AD were a big part of my childhood， and "The Cursed Earth" was always the best story from those early days of the character and the magazine。 It's great to finally see the complete saga restored， including the episodes that had been suppressed for years due to tiresome meddling by global corporations - see the relevant Wikipedia article for tawdry details。Moreover， I'm convinced that Mike （aka Mick） McMahon remains the greatest visual interpreter of Judge Dredd， and "The Cur Judge Dredd and 2000 AD were a big part of my childhood， and "The Cursed Earth" was always the best story from those early days of the character and the magazine。 It's great to finally see the complete saga restored， including the episodes that had been suppressed for years due to tiresome meddling by global corporations - see the relevant Wikipedia article for tawdry details。Moreover， I'm convinced that Mike （aka Mick） McMahon remains the greatest visual interpreter of Judge Dredd， and "The Cursed Earth" was really his moment to shine， given the chaotic and over-the-top （see: Satanus the tyrannosaur） nature of the storyline。 Brian Bolland is of course one of Dredd's great interpreters as well， but McMahon's unhinged style really fits the material perfectly， and the episodes where Dredd goes head-to-head with the Burger King and Ronald McDonald are a visual tour-de-force。 。。。more
colinmh
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Nostalgia Not read this in a long time， the full story adds so much more to the edited version。 I’m glad I took the plunge and brought this
Gianfranco Mancini
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Alcune parti della prima lunga saga del Giudice Dredd non sono invecchiate benissimo dal 1978 ad oggi。 La trama è a dir poco ridotta all'osso: JD e la sua squadra devono portare un vaccino a Mega-City Due attraversando la post-apocalittica Terra Maledetta ed affrontando tutto quello che passava per la testa di Pat Mills， geniaccio co-creatore di Dredd e fondatore della rivista inglese di fumetti 2000 AD: mutanti， robot vampiri， tirannosauri frutto dell'ingegneria genetica， Giudici Malavitosi， so Alcune parti della prima lunga saga del Giudice Dredd non sono invecchiate benissimo dal 1978 ad oggi。 La trama è a dir poco ridotta all'osso: JD e la sua squadra devono portare un vaccino a Mega-City Due attraversando la post-apocalittica Terra Maledetta ed affrontando tutto quello che passava per la testa di Pat Mills， geniaccio co-creatore di Dredd e fondatore della rivista inglese di fumetti 2000 AD: mutanti， robot vampiri， tirannosauri frutto dell'ingegneria genetica， Giudici Malavitosi， soldati robotici guerrafondai e。。。 icone di colossi del consumismo come McDonald， Burger King， KFC e molti altri， con il risultato di venire citati in tribunale e non poter ristampare i capitoli incriminati per anni。Tutto si può dire di Mills， Wagner， e degli altri ragazzacci figli della cultura punk che scrivevano le storie di Dredd e compagnia bella， ma di certo non mancava loro il coraggio di realizzare una parodia contro simili colossi e rischiare di chiudere a neanche un anno dalla fondazione della rivista。I disegni classici di Bolland e McMahon sono invece invecchiati molto meglio， una delizia per chi legge， e l'epico finale insieme alle due tristi storie di Tweak e Spike Harvey Rotten hanno alzato il voto finale da 4 stelle a 5。Una perla finalmente ristampata nella sua interezza， se siete fan del Giudice Dredd dovete leggerla assolutamente。。。 altrimenti consideratevi pure condannati a farvi 10 anni nei Cubi！ 。。。more
Chris Whybrow
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This was an odd one。 At the start the stories seem quite episodic and disconnected but it gains focuses and builds tension as it goes on。 The artwork is a little confusing for me and there isn't as much in the way of character development as some of the other stories in this universe I've read， but it is quite entertaining seeing which threat the writers will come up with next。 Swarms of flying rats， wasteland raiders fighting wars over burgers and a resurrected tyrannosaurus， its all here， and This was an odd one。 At the start the stories seem quite episodic and disconnected but it gains focuses and builds tension as it goes on。 The artwork is a little confusing for me and there isn't as much in the way of character development as some of the other stories in this universe I've read， but it is quite entertaining seeing which threat the writers will come up with next。 Swarms of flying rats， wasteland raiders fighting wars over burgers and a resurrected tyrannosaurus， its all here， and you have no choice but to admire the shear ridiculousness of it。 。。。more
David Constable
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Back to my Childhood， when my Nan used to buy me the 2000AD comic
David Allison
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While no individual episode is particularly cutting in its satirical ambitions， the cumulative effect of Dredd's journey creates a feeling of deranged reality - a world where the trappings of consumer capitalism have continued after any pretence of society has burned away。 It's the sort of landscape where Dredd makes sense， regardless of what Mills and co throw at him。Duelling art droids McMahon and Bolland bring very different effects to their respective chapters， with the former really bringin While no individual episode is particularly cutting in its satirical ambitions， the cumulative effect of Dredd's journey creates a feeling of deranged reality - a world where the trappings of consumer capitalism have continued after any pretence of society has burned away。 It's the sort of landscape where Dredd makes sense， regardless of what Mills and co throw at him。Duelling art droids McMahon and Bolland bring very different effects to their respective chapters， with the former really bringing a sense of grubby urgency to。the page where the latter's clean compositions make the stark absurdity of it all inescapable。 。。。more
James
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Very gritty but well done。 Great concept。 I think that Judge Dredd is so Lawful that Good doesn't ever come up。 I liked the commentary about the fast food industry and branding due to advertising。 Very gritty but well done。 Great concept。 I think that Judge Dredd is so Lawful that Good doesn't ever come up。 I liked the commentary about the fast food industry and branding due to advertising。 。。。more
Trevor
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The Cursed Earth might be one of the most notorious Judge Dredd storylines， not because of its brilliant storyline， but because it had the potential to sink the small publication 2000 AD only just a year or so into its publishing life。The story isn't much--Dredd needs to take a vaccine from one coast of America to the other--but the execution is nothing short of spectacular。 Indeed， spectacle is the word to describe these episodes。 Mills， Wagner， McMahon， and Bolland all work to take the piss ou The Cursed Earth might be one of the most notorious Judge Dredd storylines， not because of its brilliant storyline， but because it had the potential to sink the small publication 2000 AD only just a year or so into its publishing life。The story isn't much--Dredd needs to take a vaccine from one coast of America to the other--but the execution is nothing short of spectacular。 Indeed， spectacle is the word to describe these episodes。 Mills， Wagner， McMahon， and Bolland all work to take the piss out of everything they can think of， from fast food chains to prominent figures in American politics， adding in a subculture of punk rock and violence。 The result is aggressively subversive， even if the subversiveness of the comic is sometimes simply for the sake of being on the edge of acceptability。The result is straight fun， just unadulterated enjoyment at the expense of the sacred。 It is everything one could hope of a comics storyline from an independent comics team working in the late 1970s。 The end product isn't a story that needs to make much sense--it's the kind of visual experience that grew from a punk rock subculture， replete with visuals that explore the very spirit of subversion in comics。It's just glorious。 。。。more
E。R。 Torre
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Probably one of the best Judge Dredd sagas。。。But， having said that， it hasn’t aged as well as I hoped。 The concept remains absolutely wild， and it was great to finally see/read the banned material which ran afoul of trademark/copyright issues involving McDonalds， Burger King， The Jolly Green Giant， etc。 That alone made this worth purchasing！On the minus side， the characterizations are。。。 only OK。 Dredd is a great creation/character but his charm is his stoic， maniac monomania regarding “the law” Probably one of the best Judge Dredd sagas。。。But， having said that， it hasn’t aged as well as I hoped。 The concept remains absolutely wild， and it was great to finally see/read the banned material which ran afoul of trademark/copyright issues involving McDonalds， Burger King， The Jolly Green Giant， etc。 That alone made this worth purchasing！On the minus side， the characterizations are。。。 only OK。 Dredd is a great creation/character but his charm is his stoic， maniac monomania regarding “the law”。 So he gets a sidekick who， unfortunately， isn’t as interesting as I remembered -he too wound up being one note， though his ultimate fate was well written- and an alien creature who elicits considerable sympathy。On the strong plus side is the artwork by Brian Bolland， who really shined doing Dredd， and especially Mike McMahon， whose “crude” art nonetheless is absolutely wonderful throughout this series。Recommended， though if you’re nostalgic for this series and haven’t read it in a while like me， you may be a little disappointed。 。。。more
Rachel Redhead
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the restored chapters add some fun and hi-jinks to an already amazing storyline but they are not essential to the outcome of the storyline， that said it was good to finally read the full storyline and relive the first truly great epic in the Dredd canon。 Just wish we'd seen a bit more of MC2 at the end， but maybe that was the point， it wasn't so much about the destination as the journey。 the restored chapters add some fun and hi-jinks to an already amazing storyline but they are not essential to the outcome of the storyline， that said it was good to finally read the full storyline and relive the first truly great epic in the Dredd canon。 Just wish we'd seen a bit more of MC2 at the end， but maybe that was the point， it wasn't so much about the destination as the journey。 。。。more
Art the Turtle of Amazing Girth
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This was #91 on the top 100 graphic novels of all time list。A pretty good satire。 At first， I didn't know it was meant to be a parody， but when I got the memo， it turned out not too bad。The Burger Lords are clearly the highpoint of the whole book， although a fake Colonel Sanders and the mascots of food products was pretty darn good。Some sad moments sprinkled throughout， but also damn happy ones too。 Dredd is a bad dude， with a good heart and nothing stops him from being "THE LAW"A solid entry on This was #91 on the top 100 graphic novels of all time list。A pretty good satire。 At first， I didn't know it was meant to be a parody， but when I got the memo， it turned out not too bad。The Burger Lords are clearly the highpoint of the whole book， although a fake Colonel Sanders and the mascots of food products was pretty darn good。Some sad moments sprinkled throughout， but also damn happy ones too。 Dredd is a bad dude， with a good heart and nothing stops him from being "THE LAW"A solid entry on the list， I recommend for anyone in the mood for satiric apocalyptic fun。 。。。more
Sean McCloy
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Madder than any 'Mad Max' movie， 'The Cursed Earth' is an insanely entertaining Judge Dredd adventure that throws mutants， genetically engineered dinosaurs， copyright-infringing advertising icons and much more into its post-apocalyptic road movie scenario。 I loved every demented page of it。 Madder than any 'Mad Max' movie， 'The Cursed Earth' is an insanely entertaining Judge Dredd adventure that throws mutants， genetically engineered dinosaurs， copyright-infringing advertising icons and much more into its post-apocalyptic road movie scenario。 I loved every demented page of it。 。。。more
Alan
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Good to revisit with the complete storyline。
Alex Sarll
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Finally， the episodes which couldn't be reprinted for three decades can be read！ They weren't really worth the wait。 'Burger Wars' makes passable points about corporate behaviour in the absence of strong governmental oversight， but the Jolly Green Giant story is self-confessedly a bog-standard mad scientist yarn with grocery mascots for set dressing。 Nowadays， everyone concerned would have the sense to change the names and designs a little， so that Donald McRonald and the Hamburger Monarch were Finally， the episodes which couldn't be reprinted for three decades can be read！ They weren't really worth the wait。 'Burger Wars' makes passable points about corporate behaviour in the absence of strong governmental oversight， but the Jolly Green Giant story is self-confessedly a bog-standard mad scientist yarn with grocery mascots for set dressing。 Nowadays， everyone concerned would have the sense to change the names and designs a little， so that Donald McRonald and the Hamburger Monarch were at loggerheads and the Cheery Jade Titan menaced Dredd， and the story wouldn't really feel any different。 。。。more
Sud666
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Meh。 I've never understood the fascination with Judge Dredd。 I will give due credit for the basic concept behind the comic， but the actual work itself is of dubious quality to me。 The art is wretched， the plot basic， the dialogue pedestrian and that's only a few of my dislikes。Judge Dredd must travel from Mega City to Mega City。 To do this he must travel through the nuclear wasteland known as "The Cursed Earth" （the land outside the protected Mega-Cities）。 What follows is a badly drawn adventure Meh。 I've never understood the fascination with Judge Dredd。 I will give due credit for the basic concept behind the comic， but the actual work itself is of dubious quality to me。 The art is wretched， the plot basic， the dialogue pedestrian and that's only a few of my dislikes。Judge Dredd must travel from Mega City to Mega City。 To do this he must travel through the nuclear wasteland known as "The Cursed Earth" （the land outside the protected Mega-Cities）。 What follows is a badly drawn adventure of Judge Dredd in a huge land-tank thing and a former criminal on a Judge rocket-bike travel this crazy land fighting cannibals， mutants， criminal gangs， monsters， etc。 Basically an excuse to make a bunch of issues with the Judge fighting different enemies whilst screaming "I am the law！"。 That's really about it。 The most interesting idea， in a humorous way， was the Burger Lords， who take their inspiration from popular burger places。 But seriously？ I've never understood why people like this is much as they do。 It's not for me。 It might be for you。。。because it is obviously for someone。 Otherwise no one would publish this series。 。。。more
Jean-Paul
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Check out my thoughts on this solid graphic novel by clicking on my personal blog here: 2016 Summer Reading: Cursed Earth Uncensored。 Check out my thoughts on this solid graphic novel by clicking on my personal blog here: 2016 Summer Reading: Cursed Earth Uncensored。 。。。more
Tony
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A wild ride through the insanity of the cursed earth。 Social commentary via roaring action with robots， mutants， dinosaurs， aliens and Ronald McDonald。 This is 2000 AD and Dredd at its best and finally complete。
Bob Mccow
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Ultra Storytelling。
Ben
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A worthwhile read， if you like Dredd。 The Apocalypse War would be a better place to start for a new reader。There are a few glaring logic and continuity problems （e。g。 a location being "Kansas" at the end of one issue， which is nowhere near where the journey would go， then being "Arkansas" at the beginning of the next issue）。 Think also about the location of Mt。 Rushmore。 American geography didn't change in the Atomic War。This story arc has been given high praise， perhaps unduly high， as an indic A worthwhile read， if you like Dredd。 The Apocalypse War would be a better place to start for a new reader。There are a few glaring logic and continuity problems （e。g。 a location being "Kansas" at the end of one issue， which is nowhere near where the journey would go， then being "Arkansas" at the beginning of the next issue）。 Think also about the location of Mt。 Rushmore。 American geography didn't change in the Atomic War。This story arc has been given high praise， perhaps unduly high， as an indictment of American consumer culture。 The satire was broad and did not cut particularly deep， although it was fun to read。 I can see why it would barely qualify as parody for "fair use" purposes of intellectual property law。I recommend this book to anyone who's got an afternoon to spend being entertained by a classic Dredd story。 。。。more
Norman
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I read 2000ad many many years ago and not since。 I didn't particularly like the violent nature of the comic when it started but could see it was better than the standard UK fare。 This unique reprint has the controversial Macdonalds， Burger King war as well as the Jolly Green Giant doing nasty stuff。 I didn't think I liked McMahon's artwork but actually it grew on me as I went along and Brian Bolland's art is always a joy on the eye。 I suspect this will not be reprinted in a rush even if copyrigh I read 2000ad many many years ago and not since。 I didn't particularly like the violent nature of the comic when it started but could see it was better than the standard UK fare。 This unique reprint has the controversial Macdonalds， Burger King war as well as the Jolly Green Giant doing nasty stuff。 I didn't think I liked McMahon's artwork but actually it grew on me as I went along and Brian Bolland's art is always a joy on the eye。 I suspect this will not be reprinted in a rush even if copyright laws allow such parodies as it draws too much attention to the parody herein！ 。。。more
Matthew Gault
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Classic Dredd at its best。 The banned content provides some great satire about consumerism and waste （though the banning to begin with seems strange， it's clearly fair use）。 An entertaining tale with lots of action， but the tone etc is noticeably 1970s and might put some people off。 Classic Dredd at its best。 The banned content provides some great satire about consumerism and waste （though the banning to begin with seems strange， it's clearly fair use）。 An entertaining tale with lots of action， but the tone etc is noticeably 1970s and might put some people off。 。。。more
Nicola Mansfield
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The whole Cursed Earth saga from the pages of 2000 AD， uncensored for the first time。 This was a blast to read。 The "banned" issues are everything you could imagine them to be: garish and cheesy， pure delightful fun！ The Burger Wars was just plain silly but the Jolly Green Giant story was actually good and I loved the Michelin Man part。 LOL。 The rest of the book， of course， can be found in "Complete Case Files Vol。 2" and involves Dredd crossing the Cursed Earth from Mega City 1 to deliver a vac The whole Cursed Earth saga from the pages of 2000 AD， uncensored for the first time。 This was a blast to read。 The "banned" issues are everything you could imagine them to be: garish and cheesy， pure delightful fun！ The Burger Wars was just plain silly but the Jolly Green Giant story was actually good and I loved the Michelin Man part。 LOL。 The rest of the book， of course， can be found in "Complete Case Files Vol。 2" and involves Dredd crossing the Cursed Earth from Mega City 1 to deliver a vaccine to Mega City 2。 At first， I didn't like his companion Spikes， but I grew to find him a fun comic sidekick after awhile。 Written in 1978 most of the plot found here is unadulterated cheese， but Dredd fans will have a hoot with it。 The book itself is great quality。 Hardcover with thick glossy pages and all the original colour included （which I must say is garish to the extreme！ I'm glad the Case Files are all in b/w at this point）。 The back has covers and posters。 Brian Bolland's art in the book is great and completely recognisable from other artists。 。。。more
David Sanz
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Una maravilla。 Y pensar que esto es de los principios de Dredd。。。 Bolland se sale， como siempre。Ah， y lo que más rabia da es que Parque Jurásico sea un absoluto plagio de un par de capítulos de este cómic。 Shame on you， Michael Crichton。
Mhorg
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