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Return of the King is a great Dredd 101 volume, and the title story didn't stick out as much as I thought it might, it just made me want to go back and read Necropolis again, which was perhaps the idea. Top stuff.

It's already been confirmed that Dark Justice will be one of the other 2 Dredd volumes, any thoughts on the other?

Material from Case Files 1? Would make sense as a volume 1 for this series.

I agree with this. For the Dark Justice volume, I'm expecting we will see Dominion from the Meg in there too since it was a sequel, yes? That's still only 120 pages or so. Do you think they will fill it up with Dave Kendall goodness (yuckiness) ?

Got the Dave Kendall letter too, but as I'm not a premium subscriber I guess a DM is in order to make sure I'm not gonna suddenly pay more.

On the issue of which volume is misprinted, the FB mods have replied with the following:

We can confirm that volume 19 is correct, it's just the angle on the website.
Hope this helps!

To which I said we will know shortly which is wrong as volume 21 is not far away.

You know it makes sense.

That Batman collection would be very tempting were I not already into the 2000AD, Dredd and TF Partworks. Maybe should join in once the 10 issue extension is done.

For those looking to reminisce on some Baikie artwork, FB have confirmed the SKIZZ book will be vol 45, issue 29 coming 26th September 2018, so quite a wait.

Interesting, as I thought I'd read here that it was actually vol.19 that was the problem. Good of them to do it - must be an expensive mistake.

Yes- here's my comparison image again. See issue 5 is different on my shelf to that posted on the FB page
I have written a comment about this.

Last issue of the original 80!

Fallen Angels
Issue 80

Released: 31/01/2018

The Angel Gang are one of the most feared bunch of murderin', plunderin' psychopaths to emerge from the Texas City rad-wastes. With the ruthless Pa Angel at their head, he and his brutal sons Link, Mean Machine, Junior and Fink are responsible for terrorising the local communities. But before Dredd encountered them, just how did they gain such a chilling reputation?
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PROG 2027: LAWMAN OF STEEL -So stylish, it's now a print
PROG 2029: FEAR ME! -The art is the main draw of Dead World
PROG 2058: A FROSTY RECEPTION -Really like the tension and layout of this one.

Can't wait to see the results.

Just seen in Matt Smiths' intro to Nemesis vol. 2 that he states ABC Warriors The Black Hole is in volumes #23 and #24.

Yeah I read that too- makes sense as Mek Files 1&2 are off balance as far page length goes. Hope the second  ABC Warriors Book in the collection isn't too far off then.

The mod on the FB page has continued to be as helpful as possible, despite the message returned to them by Hachette I posted earlier.

This hasty illustration using their own images shows it's #5 that's the problem and there are some who've gotten books without the error so I'm asking for a new copy.

wierdly my spines fine is it just something that affects only some?

I guess so - Mattofthespurs suggested his were OK too. I think the error is on issue 5 rather than the new book. If anyone could share a photo I can compare which is wrong.

Official line on the spine art:

Due to the nature of the printing process, there may sometimes be very minor differences on the height of the spine between books.
However, these differences are very minimal and should not affect the overall look of your collection. If you are unsatisfied with your issue you can of course return it for a replacement, but due to the nature of the printing process your replacement may well have the same small discrepancy within the tolerance of the printer's production process.

Key mistake here seems to be the word 'height'. My photo has a slightly shorter vol4 but I was clear which books I was complaining about.

Can't really be bothered to pursue any further.

Not got my #20 yet but I can tell you  that my copy of #19 is showing a hell of a lot less on the right hand side of the spine than yours.

Well that is encouraging for the majority of collectors then. Let me know!

Anyone else care to photograph their 19 & 20 to compare to the ones I've posted above?

I was also going to commend the FB page for proactively contacting me about the issues after Ben Myring (Arkady is that you) shared my photo and asked about it, but now they have removed the link to THIS POST from the comments section.