Judge Dredd: The Mega Collection discussion thread

[Jade Falcon]

Since there was a lot of Judge Dredd that I haven't read, and this is becoming apparent in these books, was Tale of the Dead Man the first appearance of the Sisters of Death?

[Andy Smart]

Since there was a lot of Judge Dredd that I haven't read, and this is becoming apparent in these books, was Tale of the Dead Man the first appearance of the Sisters of Death?

It was. They get more backstory in Young Death.

[The Monarch]

Was it already confirmed before deadmans intro that necropolis is vol 5?

[Andy Smart]

Was it already confirmed before deadmans intro that necropolis is vol 5?

Not explicitly but I suppose it was inevitable when they announced Judgement Day as being the volume after Apocalypse War. By the same logic, I think City of the Damned will be 35 making a 2-book Judge Child saga.

[Jade Falcon]

Will we get the Kraken 'final test' in Necropolis do you think?  I've never seen that bit, only a panel from the old Judge Dredd A-Z Encyclopedia.

[robert_ellis]

I remember there was quite a long countdown to necropolis. Perhaps it was in there? Was it Esquerra art?

[Skullmo]

Do you mean the shooting match ?

[Jade Falcon]

[spoiler]I'm not sure what it was exactly, storywise, but the piece of art I'm talking about had Kraken injecting himself with what I assume was poison to 'euthanise' him for failing Dredd's assessment.  It turned out that Silver thought that since he was going to do it he would make a good replacement for Dredd.[/spoiler]

I was trying not to have spoilers.

[JOE SOAP]

By Lethal Injection 2 episodes (Progs 669 to 670)

http://www.2000ad.org/?zone=prog&page=profiles&choice=669

[W. R. Logan]

One of the best two part Dredds ever.

[TordelBack]

For me the interesting thing about Kraken[spoiler] is that his 'Fargo flaw' may have been that he was too much like Dredd - he wanted to be a MC-1 judge so badly that he was willing to die to prove himself, but this also meant that he couldn't risk the potential weakness his 'voices' represented being exposed[/spoiler].  I'm not sure the arrogance he displays is any different from early Dredd.

[Jade Falcon]

That cover is the very panel I'm talking about. Thanks.

[I, Cosh]

I'm not sure the arrogance he displays is any different from early Dredd.

Different source though, in't it? Joe is just actually, demonstrably better than all the rest while [spoiler]Kraken has been raised/created to believe he is but is ultimately proven by his own actions not to be when it really counts[/spoiler].

Spoilers cos everyone else is.

[Frank]

You're a hard man to impress, Cosh. Harder than Dredd was on the kid:





You're less forgiving than JUDGE DREDD. Maybe Dredd cut his clone some slack because he experiences the same nocturnal visits from a father figure that turned Kraken, planting the seed that Justice Department is rotten and needs to be brought down:

[Arkwright99]

Issues 22 & 23 (vols 30 & 15) arrived today.