Earth, the late 22nd century. Following the atomic war of 2150, Britain has been devastated by nuclear holocaust survivors rebuilt their lives, but many were warped by the mutating effects of Strontium 90 fallout. Unable to live or work amongst the 'norms', mutants were forced to grow up in ghettos and take the only job open to them - bounty hunting. These Search/Destroy Agents hunt the criminals too dangerous for the Galactic Crime Commission. One such Strontium Dog is Johnny Alpha, whose eyes emit piercing Alpha rays and enable him to see through solid objects - and into men's minds.Now in the first volume collecting together all the Strontium Dog adventures from the beginning you can join Johnny, his norm Viking partner Wulf Sternhammer and alien medic The Gronk as they fight their way through a universe of violence and prejudice!Collects:- Max Quirxx (Starlord #1-#2)- Papa Por-ka (Starlord #3-#5)- No Cure for Kansyr (Starlord #6-#7)- Planet of the Dead (Starlord #8-#10)- Two-Faced Terror (Starlord #12-#15)- Demon Maker (Starlord #17-#19)- The Brain (Starlord #21-#22)- The Galaxy Killers (Progs #86-#94)- Journey into Hell (Progs #104-#118)- Death's Head (Progs #178-#181)- The Schicklgruber Grab (Progs #182-#188)- Mutie's Luck (Prog 189)- The Doc Quince Case (Progs #190-#193)- The Bad Boys Bust (Progs #194-#197)

From the phenomenal British classic sci-fi comic series, 2000 AD, comes a world of mists and magic from writer Pat Mills (Marshal Law) and artist Glenn Fabry (Preacher covers) This classic tale of sword and sorcery, the epic saga that introduced 2000 AD readers and the comics world at large to a hero who makes Conan look like a boy scout, is finally available again, this time in a deluxe collectors' hardback edition. Exiled from his tribe, Slaine is forced to roam the land of Tir-Nan-Og with his dwarf, Ukko. Ahead of him lie terrifying ordeals that will require all of Slaine's famed warrior strength if he is to return victorious and claim his rightful place as King!Collects:- The Tomb of Terror (Progs #447-#461)- Spoils of Annwn (Progs #493-#499)- Slaine the King (Progs #500-#519)- The Killing Field (Prog #582)- Slaine the Mini-Series (Progs #589-#591)

Mega-City One: the future metropolis bustling with life and every crime imaginable. Keeping order are the Judges, a stern police force acting as judge, jury and executioner. Toughest of all is Judge Dredd - he is the law and these are his stories. Volume 14 in this exciting, bestselling series collects together more classic Dredd from the pages of 2000 AD, including the mega-epic Necropolis.

Collects:- Midnight Surfer (Progs #424-#429)- Nosferatu (Progs #430-#433)- West Side Rumble (Prog #434)- Back on the Streets (Prog #435)- Get Smart (Prog #436)- Something Abnormal About Norman (Prog #437)- The Man Who Knew Too Much (Progs #438-#439)- The Magnificent Obsession (Progs #440_#441)- Mega-Man (Prog #442)- Death of a Politician (Prog #443)- Love Story (Prog #444)- The Lemming Syndrome (Prog #445)- The Squadron That Time Forgot (Prog #446)- The Ugly Mug Ball (Prog #447)- A Day at the Block Wars (Prog #448)- The Lurker (Prog #449)- Merry Tale of the Christmas Angel (Prog #450)- The Warlord (Progs #451-#455)- Beggars' Banquet (Prog #456)- A Chief Judge Resigns (Prog #457)- The Secret Diary of Adrian Cockroach (Prog #458)- Last Voyage of the Flying Dutchman (Prog #459)- Letter From a Democrat (Prog #460)- The Falucci Tape (Progs #461-#463)- Gribligs (Progs #464-#465)- The Big Sleep (Progs #466-#467)- It Pays to be Mental (Prog #468)- Rumours Can Kill (Prog #469)- Zombies (Prog #470)- The Exploding Man (Prog #471)- Riders on the Storm (Progs #472-#473)

I don't know if The Day The Law Died is conventionally held to be in the A-list of Judge Dredd mega-epics? But for my money it's basically perfect, finding as it does that elusive alchemical formula between dramatic tension, ultraviolence, and untrammeled silliness that will power a golden age of Dredd for years from this point.Which means that any shortfall in this volume comes from its (loose) sequel, Helter Skelter. And while this Ennis-penned story is no disaster of Judgement Day proportions, its conceit of "a team-up of all the protagonist's greatest foes" was bloody silly in The Pandorica Opens and it's bloody silly here. But in the wrong way: Judge Cal was so joyously bonkers in the original, that this spiteful, pull-the-wings-off-flies sadist is cheap in comparison. And obviously none of Dredd's other "greatest foes" finds their finest hour as part of a gauntlet for Joe to run, in which he obviously disposes of them in a few panels/with a cheap quip each. Also, what did Judge Giant ever do to Garth Ennis to get branded as a pan-dimensional loser here?It's interesting to see Ennis writing Dredd here as a dichotomy between the unlikeable, inflexible stone killer and the moral hero with total commitment to protecting every single citizen at absolutely any cost. However in spite of the hagiographical sections, I do think the Dredd of this era comes across as quite unpleasant, engaging in way too much unnecessary brutality towards the perps; give me the uncomplicated idealism and the singing-and-dancing-Klegg musical interludes of the late 70s any day.

Providence, Rhode Island, 1928. A dangerous inmate disappears from a private hospital for the insane, his method of escape baffling the authorities. Only the patient's final visitor, family physician Dr. Marinus Bicknell Willett—himself a pece of the puzzle—holds the key to unlocking The Case of Charles Dexter Ward. A macabre mixture of historical investigation, grave-robbing and bone-chilling revelation, this adaptation artfully lays bare one of H.P. Lovecraft's most horrifying creations.

In Mega-City One the streets are awash with danger, whether it be rampaging giant alligators or crazed perps with murder in mind. Keeping order in this crimeridden metropolis are the Judges, stern guardians of the peace with the power of judge, jury and executioner at their disposal. The most fearsome is Judge Dredd and these are his greatest cases. This bumper volume of Thrill Power includes such classic tales as 'Dredd Angel', 'The Wally Squad' and 'City of the Damned'.Collects:- Many Unhappy Returns (Prog #376) - Dredd Angel (Progs #377-#383)- Gator (Progs #384-#386)- Question of Judgement (Prog #387)- Error of Judgement (Prog #388)- A Case for Treatment (Prog #389)- The Wally Squad (Progs #390-#392)- City of the Damned (Progs #393-#406)- The Hunters Club (Progs #407-#411)- Monsteroso (Prog #412)- Spugbug (Prog #413)- Juve's Eyes (Progs #414-#415)- Sunday Night Fever (Progs #416-#418)- Hagatha Smeld (Prog #419)- Aftermath Ron Reagan (Prog #420)- Thirteenth Assessment (Prog #421)- Casey's Day Out (Prog #422)- 99 Red (Prog #423)

The Cursed Earth is an amazing invention in the formative years of the Judge Dredd strip, before the hardness of the eponymous character was laid down. It is full of strangeness and promise, something brought on in spades in the first/second mega epic in series canon. Without the character being pinned down, Dredd feels like a generic stoic hero character in this storyline. More exasperating is the excessive tweeness of certain moments that ruin any sense of suspense. For me, what makes the Cursed Earth storyline so interesting is the concept itself and what comes immediately after - “The Day The Law Died”.

Another bumper crop of cases for Dredd in this action-packed volume, collecting together some of the very best in 2000 AD thrills! Stories include the full-blooded horror of Cry of The Werewolf, illustrated by comic legend Steve Dillon (Preacher) and the return of the fatties in Requiem For A Heavyweight, illustrated by Dredd co-creator Carlos Ezquerra.- Collects: - Cry of the Werewolf (Progs 322-328)- The Weather Man (Progs 329-330)- Requiem for a Heavyweight (Progs 331-334)- The Graveyard Shift (Progs 335-341)- The Suspect (Prog 342)- Rumble in the Jungle (Progs 343-345)- Bob &amp; Carol &amp; Ted &amp; Ringo (Progs 346-349)- Pieromania (Prog 350)- The Highwaymen (Prog 353)- Are You Tired of Being Mugged? (Prog 354)- Bob's Law (Prog 355)- Citizen Snork (Progs 356-358)- The Haunting of Sector House 9 (Progs 359-363)- High Society (Prog 364)- The House on Runner's Walk (Prog 365)- Portrait of a Politician (Progs 366-368)- The Switch 1 episode (Prog 369)- Superbowl (Progs 370-371)- Bingo (Prog 372)- The Making of a Judge (Prog 373)- The Wreckers (Progs 374-375)

The war between the Norts and the Southers chemically poisoned the entire atmosphere of Nu-Earth, so the Southers created the Genetic Infantrymen: blue-skinned soldiers who could breathe the toxic air, equipped with bio-chips to record their personalities in their final moments, for eventual re-corporation. But a Souther traitor sold the G.I.s. out, and all but one were slaughtered. Now this survivor stalks Nu-Earth on a mission of revenge, aided by his dead friends now "living" in his gun, helmet and backpack. He is the last G.I.--the Rogue Trooper! Suggested For Mature Readers.

Featuring classic stories from Mega-City, this collection gives readers the chance to rediscover the adventures of Judge Dredd.- Collects:- Meka-City 2 (Progs 271-272)- The League of Fatties (Progs 273-274)- Fungus (Progs 275-277)- The Game Show Show (Progs 278-279)- Gunge (Prog 280)- Destiny's Angels (Progs 281 to 288)- Rabid (Prog 289)- Blobs (Prog 290)- The Executioner (Progs 291-294)- Jimps (Prog 295)- The Night of the Rad-Beast (Progs 296-297)- The Last Invader (Progs 298-299)- Shanty Town (Progs 300-303)- Prezzel Logic (Prog 304)- Trapper Hag (Progs 305-307)- The Prankster (Prog 308)- Starborn Thing (Progs 309-314)- King of the Road (Prog 315)- The Stupid Gun (Progs 316 to 318)- Condo (Progs 319-321)

Third in the excellent series reprinting every Dredd story, this covers progs 116 to 154, published between 1979 and 1980 (both in 2000AD and the annual). Focussing this time more on self-contained stories (there are two small series, one being “Father Earth”, the other the first appearance of “Judge Death” - which is excellent), the bulk of the stories are written by Wagner (often as John Howard), with Pat Mills also contributing and the artwork is superb, especially that of Brian Bolland (naturally), Ron Smith (who drew a lot more of my childhood/teenage reading than I’d remembered), Ian Gibson, Mike McMahon, Barry Mitchell (who I’m sure drew “Twisty” for Bullet) and the excellent John Cooper amongst others. Wagner, in some stories, also manages to predict events that would happen a few years beyond his writing (and get worse thirty years later - the gap I re-read these at), with reality TV shows such as “Sob Story”, so I hope he wasn’t as prescient elsewhere. The bulk of the stories work (I’m not so keen on Walter), some of them are brutal, some amusing, most are clever and occasionally you get flashes of anger from the writer, especially in one where a mad scientist is going to unleash the common cold. Great fun, with top notch writing and artwork, superbly reproduced and iconic to the core, I’d highly recommend this.

Far future lawman Judge Dredd has been a mainstay of the British comics scene for almost thirty years and now you can follow his earliest cases in this vast collection of graphic novels.This second volume features the very first Dredd epic The Cursed Earth, written by comic legends Pat Mills (Sláine) and John Wagner (A History of Violence) and featuring the art of Mike McMahon (ABC Warriors) and Brian Bolland (Batman: The Killing Joke).

In Mega-City One crime doesn't pay!Judge Dredd - the future lawman with the powers of judge, jury and executioner at his disposal - faces some of his most challenging cases yet in this fourth volume of his earliest adventures. From the all-time classic Judge Child saga to the first appearance of legendary perp Chopper in Un-American Graffiti this collection is heaving with thrills and action-packed entertainment!

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