The ABC Warriors #1: The Medusa War [Mass Market Paperback]

Pat Mills (Author), Alan Mitchell (Author)

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Series: ABC Warriors | Publication Date: June 1, 2004

In the grotesque and ridiculously over the top super metropolis Mega-City One the Judges act as the ultimate law enforcers dispensing justice on the streets with ruthless efficiency. When super intelligent pigs embark on a crazed revenge scheme for all those pork chops and rashers of bacon, Dredd has to get to the bottom of this insanity before his new partner is turned into sausages.

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Andrew Cartmel was the script editor of the legendary science fiction epic Doctor Who before moving on to become senior script editor on another BBC hit, Casualty, which he helped to launch on its record breaking run. His television career also includes lead writer for the cult classic Dark Knight for Five. He has also scripted comics for 2000 AD and for Marvel UK, written a successful stage thriller End of the Night, and has published several novels, including The Wise. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Black Flame (June 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1844161099
• ISBN-13: 978-1844161096
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,644,521 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Unbelievably Bad!, January 19, 2006

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Daniel Kelly (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Judge Dredd #7: Swine Fever (Mass Market Paperback)

I have been a huge fan of the Black Flame series of Judge Dredd novels from book 2, but this entry in the series is so incredibly bad that it is hard describe.

99% of the book is made up, and bares no resemblance to the world of Judge Dredd that has been built up since 1977. In the first two chapters alone, the team entire team of judges that are working with Judge Dredd should have been sent to titan. Two of them of incompetant fools that constantly screw up anything they are assigned. The Lawgivers (Judges guns) contain a bizarre range or ammo like a weird net round that fires an expanding net to trap a perp... tranquilizer darts... and even a grappling hook with a very very long cable.

The author attempts a strange style by merging Douglas Adams and Robert Rankin, resulting is a mess that it sure to give you a headache. Even if this was intended as a parody of Judge Dredd, it misses the mark by miles.

Oh, I mustn't forget about the immaturity. Constant farting jokes, judges who wouldn't even pass as first year cadets, a totally unrecognizable Justice Department including a veteran judge who eats waste material because he can't afford Justice Department prices on food... even though judges get free meals and do not get paid.

If you have no interest or knowledge of Judge Dredd, and if you enjoy fart jokes on every other page, then you might get some small pleasure from this book. For everyone else, stay well clear. This kind of drivel should be against the law.