Forthcoming Thrills!

[credo]

My big hope is that vol. 23 is a bit of a chunky one.  Judging by the length of other recent volumes, it should end around Hammerstein, but it'd be much better to end at Man Who Broke The Law (last Miller?) and start vol. 24 with the first episode of The Pit.

Now there's a dividing line in quality if ever there was one.

[radiator]

CASE FILES 21:

The Accidental Culprit 2000 AD prog 888 Story by "Sonny Steelgrave" (Alan McKenzie), art by Anthony Williams.

The Time Machine 2 episodes, 2000 AD progs 889-890 Story by John Wagner, art by Carlos Ezquerra.

Conspiracy of Silence 4 episodes, 2000 AD progs 891-894 Story by John Wagner, art by Mark Harrison.

Rad Blood 2 episodes 2000 AD progs 895-896 Story by Dan Abnett, art by Ron Smith.

Moving Violations 2000 AD prog 897 (7/22/94). Story by Chris Standley, art by Peter Doherty.

TV Babies 2000 AD prog 898 (7/29/94). Story by Chris Standley, art by Peter Doherty.

A Guide to Mega-Speak 2000 AD prog 899 Story by John Wagner, art by Ron Smith & Dondie Cox.

Casualties of War (prog-length Rogue Trooper crossover) 2000 AD prog 900 Story by John Wagner, art by John Higgins.

Judge Death: The True Story 2 episodes, 2000 AD progs 901-902 Story by John Wagner, art by Ian Gibson.

Part Exchange 2000 AD prog 903 Story by Dan Abnett, art by John Burns.

Wilderlands 16 episodes, 2000 AD progs 904-914 and Judge Dredd Megazine vol.2 #63-67. Story by John Wagner, art by Carlos Ezquerra, Mick Austin.

Parting Shots 2000 AD prog 915 Story by John Wagner, art by Carlos Ezquerra.

Prologue Judge Dredd Megazine vol.2 #57 Story by Wagner, art by Peter Doherty.

The Tenth Planet 5 episodes, Judge Dredd Megazine vol.2 #58-62 Story by Wagner, art by Carlos Ezquerra.

Farewell to the Chief Judge Dredd Megazine vol.2 #68 Story by Wagner, art by Cyril Julien.


CASE FILES 22:

The Candidates 2 episodes, 2000 AD progs 916-917 Story by John Wagner, art by Mick Austin, Carlos Ezquerra.

Voting Day 2000 AD prog 918 Story by John Wagner, art by Carlos Ezquerra.

The Exterminator 9 episodes, 2000 AD progs 919-927 Story by John Wagner, art by John Burns, Emilio Frejo.

The Big Sleet 2000 AD prog 920 Story by Peter Hogan, art by Ross Dearsley, Dermot Power.

Crusade 10 episodes, 2000 AD progs 928-937 Story by Mark Millar & Grant Morrison, art by Mick Austin.

Escape from Kurt Russell 3 episodes, 2000 AD progs 938-939 Story by John Wagner, art by Paul Marshall.

Crash Diner Judge Dredd Megazine vol.2 #69 Story by Wagner, art by Cyril Julien.

Fall of the House of Esher Judge Dredd Megazine vol.2 #70 Story by Si Spencer, art by Dean Ormston.

Addiction Judge Dredd Megazine vol.2 #71 Story by John Wagner, art by Tom Carney.

The Strange Case of Bill Clinton Judge Dredd Megazine vol.2 #72 Story by John Wagner, art by Siku.

Skar 4 episodes, Judge Dredd Megazine vol.2 #73-76 Story by John Wagner, art by Ashley Wood.

Poor Johnny Judge Dredd Megazine vol.2 #77 Story by John Wagner, art by Steve Sampson.

The Secret Life of Judge Pal 2 episodes, Judge Dredd Megazine vol.2 #78-79 Story by John Wagner, art by S.B. Davis.

Terror with Mrs Gunderson Judge Dredd Megazine vol.2 #80  Story by John Wagner, art by Jason Brashill.


So based on that, it looks like CASE FILES 23 will include (getting into guesswork here):

Goodnight Kiss 9 episodes, 2000 AD progs 940-948 Story by Garth Ennis, art by Nick Percival.

Blowout 2000 AD prog 949 Story by John Wagner, art by David Hine.

Language Barrier 2000 AD prog 950 Story by John Wagner, art by Jason Brashill.

The Return of Rico (retelling) 3 episodes, 2000 AD progs 950-952 Story by Pat Mills, art by Paul Johnson.

The Neon Man 2000 AD prog 951 Story by John Wagner, art by Carlos Ezquerra.

Megalot 2000 AD prog 952 Story by John Wagner, art by Carlos Ezquerra.

Jigsaw! 2000 AD prog 953 Story by John Wagner, art by Chris Foss.

Caught Short 2000 AD prog 953 Story by John Wagner, art by "Turmoil."

Statue of Judgement 2000 AD prog 954 Story by John Wagner, art by John Burns.

Blaster Buddy 2000 AD prog 954 Story by John Wagner, art by Anthony Williams

My Son the Hero 2000 AD prog 955 Story by John Wagner, art by John Higgins & "TCS".

Bad Frendz 5 episodes, 2000 AD progs 955-959 Story by John Wagner, art by Carlos Ezquerra.

Whatever Happened to Bill Clinton? Judge Dredd Megazine vol.2 #81 Story by John Wagner, art by Siku.

Repeat Offender Judge Dredd Megazine vol.2 #81 Story by John Wagner, art by Tom Carney.

Bug Crazy 2 episodes, Judge Dredd Megazine vol.2 #82-83 Story by John Wagner, art by Charlie Gillespie.

Skedway Madness Judge Dredd Megazine vol.2 #82 Story by Jim Alexander, art by Jim Murray.

Face of Justice Judge Dredd Megazine vol.2 #83 Story by Robbie Morrison, art by Steve Sampson.

Family Feud Judge Dredd Megazine vol.3 #1 Story by Chris Standley, art by Paul Johnson & P.B. Smith.

Get Me to the Church on Time Judge Dredd Megazine vol.3 #1 Story by Gordon Rennie, art by Pete Venters.


And CASE FILES 24 will (approximately) cover:

To Thing With Love 2000 AD prog 956 Story by John Wagner, art by Chris Weston & Mike Hadley.

The Decision 2000 AD prog 957 Story by John Wagner, art by Andrew Currie.

Awakening Angels 2000 AD prog 958 Story by John Wagner, art by Carlos Ezquerra.

The Cal Files 5 episodes 2000 AD progs 959-963 Story by John Wagner, art by John Burns.

Hammerstein 4 episodes, 2000 AD progs 960-963 Story by Pat Mills & Tony Skinner, art by Jason Brashill.

Dead Simple 2000 AD prog 964 Story by John Wagner, art by Cliff Robinson & Gina Hart.

The Ballad of Devil Angel 2 episodes, 2000 AD progs 965-966 Story by Alan Grant, art by Simon Jacob.

C-H-A-M-P! 2000 AD prog 967 Story by Dan Abnett, art by Anthony Williams.

The Man Who Broke the Law 2 episodes, 2000 AD progs 968-969 Story by Mark Millar, art by Steve Yeowell & Dondie Cox.

The Three Amigos 6 episodes, Judge Dredd Megazine vol.3 #2-7 Story by John Wagner, art by Trevor Hairsine.

The Wall Judge Dredd Megazine vol.3 #2 Story by Robbie Morrison, art by Tom Carney & P.B. Smith.

Hot Pursuit Judge Dredd Megazine vol.3 #3 Story by Chris Standley, art by Mike McMahon.

Stalking the Law Judge Dredd Megazine vol.3 #4 Story by Robbie Morrison, art by Ashley Sanders & P.B. Smith.

Tattoo Hell Judge Dredd Megazine vol.3 #5 Story by Jim Alexander, art by Ashley Sanders & P.B. Smith.

Compassion Fatigue Judge Dredd Megazine vol.3 #8 Story by Robbie Morrison, art by S.B. Davis.

Visions Judge Dredd Megazine vol.3 #8 Story by "Johnny Mondo" (John Smith), art by Ashley Wood.

Killing Time Judge Dredd Megazine vol.3 #9 Story by John Wagner, art by Paul Marshall & Dondie Cox.

Judge Spotters Judge Dredd Megazine vol.3 #10 Story by John Wagner, art by Tom Carney.


So, overall a huge upswing in terms of quality - books 25 onwards are going to pretty much be freakin' amazing, wall to wall Wagner-fests. Fingers crossed that they're going to be arranging the books so that the crossovers like Tenth Planet/Conspiracy of Silence/Awakening of Angels read correctly as they did with Judgement Day. It looks like the 'lead' stories for each book will be:

21: Wilderlands/Tenth Planet, Casualties of War
22: Crusade/The Exterminator
23: Goodnight Kiss
24: The Three Amigos
25: The Pit
26: Dead Reckoning(?)
27/28?: The Hunting Party

[Grant Goggans]

My big hope is that vol. 23 is a bit of a chunky one.  Judging by the length of other recent volumes, it should end around Hammerstein, but it'd be much better to end at Man Who Broke The Law (last Miller?) and start vol. 24 with the first episode of The Pit.

Now there's a dividing line in quality if ever there was one.

Keen eye, that man!  If done that way, then Volume 24, of course, will be unmissable.

(Edit) Radiator's guesswork sounds even better.  Sorry.

[Apestrife]

"A long and very fine post."
--It looks like the 'lead' stories for each book will be:

21: Wilderlands/Tenth Planet, Casualties of War
22: Crusade/The Exterminator
23: Goodnight Kiss
24: The Three Amigos
25: The Pit
26: Dead Reckoning(?)
27/28?: The Hunting Party

Great post!

So, after Iv bought CF21, I'll need to wait till 25 to avoid any Mark Millar stuff A year and a half away?

[TordelBack]

Great bit of work Radiator, that really whets the appetite!  So much stuff listed here I either haven't read or have completely forgotten.  Now that the Sargasso Sea of the mid-90s has been largely crossed, I actually feel better about going back and buying the volumes I've missed so far.

[credo]

Great post radiator. I don't know how I managed to miss a whole volume, but your thoughts look good. Rebellion - get us to 25 as quickly as possible!

[radiator]

So, after Iv bought CF21, I'll need to wait till 25 to avoid any Mark Millar stuff A year and a half away?

Ah, but you'd be missing out on so much awesomeness:

Blowout
Language Barrier
Statue of Judgement/The Cal Files/Bad Frendz (which together mark the beginning of the excellent Edgar/PSU/Doomsday arc)
To Thing With Love (which is up there with Bury My Knee... as one of the all-time greatest Dredd one-shots of all time if you ask me)
The Decision
The Three Amigos

Some of my all-time favourite lesser-known Dredds right there...

Should say, props as ever to Grant's Touched by the Hand of Tharg site for help compiling the lists - direct your praise to him.

[radiator]

I don't know how I managed to miss a whole volume, but your thoughts look good.

Probably because there is such a wealth of Megazine material to get through (the Meg was fortnightly at this point don't forget), and also that around '95 the prog was running two Dredd episodes a week - so the amount of actual number of issues covered is due to slow down significantly as we get into the mid-nineties period.

If I have time later, I'll speculate on volumes up to the early thirties - I think I'm right in saying that there will be one or two Case Files volumes entirely composed of material written by John Wagner....

[Dash Decent]

To Thing With Love (which is up there with Bury My Knee... as one of the all-time greatest Dredd one-shots of all time if you ask me)

We haven't had Bury My Knee at Wounded Heart yet, have we?  When's that due to appear?

[Fungus]

I love that the Millar stuff is being skipped. Hilarious. I know not of what I speak as I gave up the prog in the 90's and am gauging the mood in the room.
Have to endure his "Review Show" appearances, gawd save us from MillarWorld. Sigh.

[Greg M.]

We haven't had Bury My Knee at Wounded Heart yet, have we?  When's that due to appear?

Yes we have. It's in Case Files 20.

[Apestrife]

Ah, but you'd be missing out on so much awesomeness:

Blowout
Language Barrier
Statue of Judgement/The Cal Files/Bad Frendz (which together mark the beginning of the excellent Edgar/PSU/Doomsday arc)
To Thing With Love (which is up there with Bury My Knee... as one of the all-time greatest Dredd one-shots of all time if you ask me)
The Decision
The Three Amigos

Maybe I'll give it a go later on. Bought 5 CFs the other week to get a full 1-16 collection. So I'll probably fill in the blanks between 16,21 and 25 in time.

I'll probably buy each one of 25 and onwards. No queston about it !

[Dash Decent]

We haven't had Bury My Knee at Wounded Heart yet, have we?  When's that due to appear?

Yes we have. It's in Case Files 20.

Fantastic, thanks Greg.  I've got it but haven't got up to reading it yet.  I'm going to seek out "Bury My Knee..." right now.

[Judge Brian]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Slaine-Lord-Beasts-Pat-Mills/dp/1781082294/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1380494664&sr=1-1&keywords=2000ad

[TordelBack]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Slaine-Lord-Beasts-Pat-Mills/dp/1781082294/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1380494664&sr=1-1&keywords=2000ad

Interesting.  I wonder what it will look like, as the first non-Langley volume of the 'current' collections (allowing Book of Scars is a special case)?  Will they use the trade dress from the rest of the (excellent) softback line?