Saturday, August 10, 2013

Judge Dredd #9

Judge Dredd #9 

Writer: Duane Swierczynski
Artist: Nelson Daniel

Preview and Solicitation

Review
I like how this issue took a break from the regular way of splitting the book up into two parts from previous issues, and having the artist take the lead on the three different stories in this one.

It is a bit of a change up - but I feel like we got to know a little bit more of the story and it seemed to progress at a faster pace. If, for example, the book ended where it normally would after the second story, I just wouldn't have felt as satisfied with it. But bringing in the third chapter really brought it home for me.

n reading the old Judge stories in the Complete Casefiles, I like how this book does its own take on a somewhat re-imagining of the story. If you go into it knowing that this book is a separate beast from the regular Judge book, then I think you can enjoy the story more. However, being a long time Batman fan, I can see where some people would get put off because they would think that "their" Dredd should be the only one. Sometimes I side with that opinion, but usually it is when you can see that there isn't that much creativity with the new book. This book has that creativity while still respecting the original.

The meeting of the side show freaks in the scorched earth is very fitting with what I would expect. A particular favorite of mine was when they were testing out the rides, and the reaction to the passenger's death as happening sooner than they thought had this kind of macabre humor to it that just fit.

Here's hoping that some more of the good times keep coming.

Grades
Words: 8/10
Pictures: 8/10
General Feeling After Reading: In need of more Dredd.
Buy Next Issue: I'm down with it.

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