Judge Dredd: The Mega Collection discussion thread

[Tomwe]

Just got my books today, I think Smith pleads his case for the Missionary Man stories in this volume well enough. Insurrection is new to me & I've been excited to read this since the beginning of the collection

[IndigoPrime]

I like Insurrection, although park it very much alongside Durham Red in 'alternate universe' territory. (Alternatively, MC-1 could presumably conceivably recall a tiny fraction of its space fleets and hold the entire world to ransom.)

[James Stacey]

I like Insurrection, although park it very much alongside Durham Red in 'alternate universe' territory. (Alternatively, MC-1 could presumably conceivably recall a tiny fraction of its space fleets and hold the entire world to ransom.)

'Lawless' too by extension ?

[IndigoPrime]

Lawless sits more neatly into my personal view of the Dredd universe – some far-flung backwater that's more like a little settlement than Insurrection's gargantuan fleets. Although whether stories are entertaining beats continuity. I'm happy to see Insurrection in this collection more than, say, Inferno, Heavy Mob or that Klegg book.

[EDazzling]

'Lawless' too by extension ?

Oh, is Lawless an Insurrection spin-off? Got both this week so that solves the question of which to read first.

[Tjm86]

Bit of a glut today.  Both turned up along with the prog and meg.  Reckon there has been a problem with staffing again at our local sorting office.  Another bonus, the latest print.  Carlos' turn; Dredd against Zombie Sovs.  Thinking about it, that would be something wouldn't it, a cross between Judgement Day and Apocalypse War?

[IndigoPrime]

I wonder what print subscribers will get during the extra ten issues. After all, they're paying an extra quid an issue, right?

[Tjm86]

Aye, that thought crossed my mind.  Or will they stick with the original 6 and revert the price?

I wonder if the last one will actually be a Bolland one or they will substitute.

[Tomwe]

I wonder what print subscribers will get during the extra ten issues. After all, they're paying an extra quid an issue, right?

The FB page have confirmed premium subbers will revert to regular price and there will not be further prints.

[dweezil2]

I wonder what print subscribers will get during the extra ten issues. After all, they're paying an extra quid an issue, right?

The FB page have confirmed premium subbers will revert to regular price and there will not be further prints.

That's good to know! 

[Magnetica]

'Lawless' too by extension ?

Oh, is Lawless an Insurrection spin-off? Got both this week so that solves the question of which to read first.

Yes it is, but it was never positioned as such and knowing that [spoiler]equates to a bit of a spoiler[/spoiler]

[abelardsnazz]

The cover for the Judge Child volume is up on the Facebook page - it's the Bolland "Find the Judge Child or your city dies" image minus the text. Iconic stuff.

The line-up of creators for Mad City is quite extensive which suggests to me a series of one or two-parters which would suit the theme. Hopefully a few Ron Smith gems included.

[TordelBack]

Any hint about colour spreads for Judge Child? If so I'll be quintuple-dipping for this one. Titan's Judge Child Vol 2 was my very first Dredd collection, indeed the first time I even knew each things existed, and it remains one of my all-time fave: to have it with the colour centerspreads... glargle.

[robert_ellis]

I'd found the previous 2 Missionary Man volumes hard work having never read the original Frank Quitely stuff. I really like Promised Land but the reading order of the 3 volumes is completely weird. I know previous posters have listed the correct reading order. I assumed there was an effort to compile stories by artist (like the Arthur Ranson stuff in Anderson) but looking at the 3 books I can't work out any rationale for the running order. Is it a page count thing?

[Tomwe]

it has to be, with the Quitely stuff having to go first, uninterrupted (sorry Garry Marshall!), that's 66pages. Maybe fitting The Promised Land's 90pages with any of the others was a trouble, except so much of Missionary Man is short stores.