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On the earlier topic of where to start,there is also the Mega City Masters line,which was meant to serve as an introduction to new audience/creator showcase.I dont really know how well it does that job,but its an option.

Volume 1 of MCM is out of print for a long time and it's not that affordable anymore.

I assumed as much,but thought it was worth mentioning anyway.

Yeah,I dont think he got any younger after Necropolis.Thou,its not always easy to say by the chin.

On the earlier topic of where to start,there is also the Mega City Masters line,which was meant to serve as an introduction to new audience/creator showcase.I dont really know how well it does that job,but its an option.

Politics aside,it was still a bad year.I hope 2017 will be better for us all.
Happy New Year,everyone.

@Colin That,and those are some incredible headshots.
Im currently working my way thru  season 3.The farm had its moments,but it ran for longer then it should have IMO.

I can believe that.Certanly fits these days.

Sorry,I thought you meant the ongoing IDW titles.My bad.

Incidentally, anyone griping about the repro on this collection might want to take a look at issue one of the new Transformers run. Oh my. It's just... oh my. (Unless you like dreadful US art stripped of line art details and horribly blurry UK art, in which case, two quid well spent. No way in hell I'll be subscribing to that one.)

I dont mean to sidetrack anything,but which series exactly?There are several TF titles being relaunched these days.

Im hooked on The Walking Dead these days.

I dusted off Dragonshard again.Its okay.

Welcome aboard.

[Case Files 1]

a newcomer wouldn't realise that America was a far better introduction to Dredd's universe than Case Files 1

I really love America, but I wouldn't say it's a good introduction

It's a better introduction than Case Files 1. Anything's a better introduction than Case Files 1.

Everybody loves The Apocalypse War, but it's 35 years old, black and white, and Carlos Ezquerra is a marmite artist. Plus, epic destruction and Judge Death aren't really what 95% of the Dredd strip is about, or what makes it great.

If place-to-start recommendations were actually about directing new readers towards stuff that will get them interested in reading more, we'd say Tour Of Duty every time*. It's got all the fun, variety, and citizen involvement of the old stuff, but it's as well written as the best of Wagner's mature work.

Somebody who enjoyed Case Files 5 then picked up a copy of the latest 2000ad to see if it interested them would find a very different Dredd strip with a very different look, tone, cast of characters, and creators.



* It's like a volume of the Case Files, with lots of different stories by different artists, but - unlike the Case Files - has a satisfying, overarching story.

Thats also true.I guess if you really wanted to get up to speed fast,you could start with the recent-ish Block Judge(IDK if it was collected yet) and continue with the regular progs from there.

BTW,will #29 collect Doomsday Scenario?

Book 30 will be all Doomsday.

Okay,thx for the info.

CF #28 was pretty good.Jimmy Deans,Beyond the call of duty,LIAR party,demonic(well,more demonic) Teletubies,Taxidermist returns.Good stuff.
BTW,will #29 collect Doomsday Scenario?

[Day the Law Died and the Judge Child]

jovus drokk, just READ THE BLOODY BOOKS!!!

To be fair, there are a hell of a lot of Dredd-world books to read for a newcomer to get up to speed, and they cost money.  I think what the OP is doing here is very reasonable - asking Dredd-related questions to people who like talking about Dredd, and getting pointers towards which books to start with in the process. 
(For example, a newcomer wouldn't realise that America was a far better introduction to Dredd's universe as we know it than Case Files 1 without looking into things first.)

I really love America, but I wouldn't say it's a good introduction - I may be biased by my experience, but I'd recommend whichever case files cover the period between the Day the Law Died and the Judge Child, and the year following the Apocalypse War.

That would be case files 2.
Personally,I would suggest CF5 as a starting point(Block Mania and Apocalypse War).