Strongly considering getting Case Files...

[revis84]

Having ordered the new style GNs of The Cursed Earth Saga, The Day The Law Died and The Dark Judges I am now contemplating returning them in favour of purchasing some Case Files.

Thoughts?

PS-are the CFs essentially a years worth of Progs in chronological order?

[The Adventurer]

Having ordered the new style GNs of The Cursed Earth Saga, The Day The Law Died and The Dark Judges I am now contemplating returning them in favour of purchasing some Case Files.

Thoughts?

PS-are the CFs essentially a years worth of Progs in chronological order?

Probably a good plan. Cursed Earth and Day the Law Died are reprinted in Case Files 2. Judge Death is reprinted in Case Files 3. Judge Death Lives in Case Files 5 (+ Apocalypse War)

Plus the art is presented much larger to the original source, and you get all the OTHER Judge Dredd strips from the era.

EDIT: Also, yes to Chronological Order, and yes to a Year's Worth (often times MORE then a years worth actually. At least with the earlier volumes)

[revis84]

The fact that TCES and TDTLD are in CF2 is what made me think of doing it (around the same cost!)

So after much deliberation I am doing it...Case Files here I come-funded by a nicely timed Xbox game clearout!

Exciting times!

[PsychoGoatee]

Excellent choice! Case Files 2 (with Cursed Earth and Day The Law Died) is a beaut. Also, if you skip around at all, I majorly recommend Case Files 14, the one with the Necropolis mega epic.

[HdE]

Yeah! Necropolis is BRILLIANT!

It's actually the sort of stroy that I generally wouldn't enjoy, made genuinely entertaining for being set in Dredd's world. I'd recommend you snag a copy of 'The Dead Man' prior to reading, though - you'll see why!

[Steve Green]

Having ordered the new style GNs of The Cursed Earth Saga, The Day The Law Died and The Dark Judges I am now contemplating returning them in favour of purchasing some Case Files.

Thoughts?

PS-are the CFs essentially a years worth of Progs in chronological order?

The CFs are great value - CF1 is prog 02 - 60 so it's about a year, but some are thicker so they don't split the epics.

They slim down once they hit colour, they're all great up to 14/15, but after that you hit the time when Ennis/Millar were writing Dredd and it's not quite as good. There are still some good Wagner Dredds from the megazine though.

[Buttonman]

If I was in the indoctoronation business I'd give some one Case Files 5 and stand back as they go broke.

[IndigoPrime]

They slim down once they hit colour

Although not by much. The black-and-white volumes averaged about 350 pages. The colour ones tend to be 320. Also, once we hold our noses for a bit, we've got Wagner's 2000 AD return to look forward to. Did anyone work out when that would arrive?

[grthink]

If I was in the indoctoronation business I'd give some one Case Files 5 and stand back as they go broke.

I read 1,2 and 4 and loved them, but CF5 was INCREDIBLE. And I know everyone raves about Apocalypse War, but it really is superb. Was genuinely shocked by some of the brutality meted out in that story.

[Dandontdare]

I've often touted 5 as the best one to start with for a newcomer - so many great stories, avoids the sometimes dated earlier stuff, but establishes the character with some of the greatest ever stories.

[Cursed Earth Dweller]

I myself am a newcomer to Dredd and the case files books and I just started with volume one in earnest and worked my way from there, up to book 6 now. Being new to Dredd at the time I found there was enough material in volumes 1 & 2 to enjoy them but after havng read books 3, 4 & 5 a second time I doubt I'll be paging through them again.

Also, DO NOT skip Strontium Dog Agency files volume one as that is even better then Case files one & two IMO.

[Mardroid]

I'm actually reading Case Files 2 at the moment, and although Dredd seems to be somewhat a different character, I'm enjoying it a lot.