Judge Dredd: The Complete America [Paperback]

John Wagner (Author), Colin MacNeill (Author)

Book Description

Series: Judge Dredd | Publication Date: January 2004

In Mega-City One, the Judges are the law - acting as judge, jury, and often executioner. But how do the citizens of Mega-City One really feel about a system where they are powerless? This classic, chilling look at the impact of the Judges, twisting and turning through both warm passion and cold betrayal, is finally back in print - and now includes the never-before-reprinted return to America's story! America Jara and Bennett Beeny grow up as best friends, living a fairly trouble-free life in a dangerous city...bar the odd encounter with a Judge. Time draws them apart, and when they are brought back together, Beeny is a successful singer...and America has become involved with a terrorist organisation - with the Judges in its sights!

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About the Author

John Wagner is the award winning British writer (and co-creator) of Judge Dredd and has written the Star Wars series Dark Empire I & II and Boba Fett: Enemy of the Empire. With James O'Barr he wrote The Crow: Dead Time. He is also writer of The Last American. Colin MacNeil has illustrated Avengers and Warhammer as well as 2000 AD.

Product Details

• Paperback: 120 pages
• Publisher: Titan Books (UK) (January 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1840236159
• ISBN-13: 978-1840236156
• Product Dimensions: 11.5 x 8.7 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,738,178 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars An epic love story in Mega City One, July 21, 2010

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This review is from: Judge Dredd: The Complete America (Paperback)

In the grim darkness of the near future Earth's survivors live in overcrowded mega cities always on the verge of chaos. The law is ruthlessly enforced by armed Judges who have the power to sentence criminals on the spot.

America Jara is born into this world but dreams of restoring liberty to the people of Mega City One. This is her story, and the story of Bennett Beeney, the man who loves her. The first half of the book covers their doomed love and has a pretty twisted ending. The second half picks up five years later and tells the story of her daughter. Through both stories Dredd and the other Judges rarely appear except as faceless, terrifying figures. It's hard to say much more without giving some of the twists so let's just say it's really good. It has all of the grim humor we want from a Judge Dredd story but with a lot more emotional power than the typical yarn.

The full-color art by Colin MacNeil is highly stylized but keeps itself realistic and consistent enough that it does not distract from the story. For the first half it is moody and dark and adds a lot. In the second half his art turns more realistic but is no less powerful.

Writer John Wagner says this is one of his favorite Dredd stories and it's easy to see why. It's really worth picking up.

EDIT - Despite the name this book is not longer 'complete'. There was another sequel picking up the story of America's daughter 10 years later. All 3 parts are collected in a book ISBN 978-1-905437-58-0 reprinted in 2008. Amazon has the wrong title for it, just calling it Judge Dredd.