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Gonna hop on this since the other Dredd thread is closed. Where do the Anderson, Psi Files fit in for the reading order of the Dredd Complete Case files? I saw somewhere say Psi Files 1 fits in after Complete Case 7, but I'm happy to trust a BSSer.
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So almost 2 months later, I've powered through the first 14 Complete Case Files and 2 volumes of the Anderson stuff as well as a chunk of the IDW issues. Is the Ennis stuff worth reading? I don't particularly care for the guy's other work, can I just blitz through to the few mega epics and keep going without missing anything? Any particularly good stories?
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May 9, 2018 22:32
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zer0spunk posted:Bumping this thread because I'm starting this series. My gameplan is to follow the read order for the first 40 volumes with stuff like cursed earth uncensored jammed in (case files 2 etc etc) which ends up in about 2000 publishing year wise. Welcome friend. As you can see from the Dredd threads, I took The Long Walk earlier this year. Have to echo what everyone has said, mainlining Case Files will probably burn you out. I made it to Necropolis (Case Files 14 I think) before I finally gave in and stopped and that was sprinkling in Anderson stories, the IDW books and various other stuff. My suggestion is to skim Wolk's Dredd Reckoning (http://dreddreviews.blogspot.com/) for each one, get a gist of the good stories or the relevant ones, read the big events and skim the one shots that don't go anywhere.
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Aug 27, 2018 17:56
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Isn't Ennis's big event just a rehashed Apocalypse War anyway.
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Aug 27, 2018 22:39
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SardonicTyrant posted:They had a few of the Complete Case Files at my library, and I got so hooked I bought the ones they didn't have. Apocalypse War is was a "If we're dying we're gonna gently caress these guys to death" level Dredd, but somewhere after, there is a series of shorts about a group trying to promote a more open Democracy that of course gets squashed by the Judges. It plays out over a couple of stories and years through the Surf Race with Chopper until Necropolis sets off.
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Mar 22, 2019 19:13
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Payndz posted:The first story after Oz, 'Hitman', is credited to Wagner and Grant, but IIRC it's Wagner going solo. He doesn't waste any time setting out his stall, because it's the first time I can remember that Dredd is portrayed as vulnerable in a very human way (he spends two-thirds of the story hospitalised and weak after major trauma, expressing doubt in both himself and the whole system, and is clearly depressed)... yet despite this, he never for one moment is anything but himself. It's a small, understated, but actually quite important story as far as Dredd's character development goes, because it gets to develop. I think that is one thing that gets lost in chowing down on these Case Files is how much time in reality passed between stories. I'm sure when Dredd took the long walk pre-Necropolis it was akin to Superman eating it that first time but it is hard to feel those stakes when you know there are 40 more volumes after it.
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May 2, 2019 19:20
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BENGHAZI 2 posted:Hot take necropolis sucks i'm not mad about this but curious as to the reasoning
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May 3, 2019 16:40
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I feel like the Dredd mellow in part comes from them realizing the comic has legs so they needed to dial him back down from black and white tyrant to shades of grey do-gooder. The other part is that slamming the Case Files really remove you from how much time actually passed in the world. The Democracy -> Necropolis period was like five years real time.
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I’d say we’re more in Necropolis right now with the government as the Dark Judges.
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