Classic Comic Books

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 10 in this exciting, best-selling series collects together more classic Dredd from the pages of 2000 AD, including The Art of Kenny Who? and Block Rite! Tenth in a highly collectible, best-selling series reprinting Dredd's earliest cases.Collects:- The Law According to Dredd (Progs #474-#475)- Paid With Thanks (Prog #476)- The Art of Kenny Who? (Progs #477-#479)- Russell's Inflatable Muscles (Prog #480)- The Dredd Syndrome (Prog #481)- Perp Aid (Progs #482-#483)- The Fists of Stan Lee (Prog #484)- Atlantis (Progs #485-#488)- Block Rite (Prog #489)- Pinboing Replay (Prog #490)- The Peeper (Prog #491)- Attack of the 50 ft. Woman (Prog #492)- The Dead Ringer (Prog #493)- Phantom of the Shoppera (Progs #494-#495)- Tomb of the Judges (Progs #496-#498)- Hell's Packers (Prog #499)- The Witness (Progs #500-#501)- A Real Xmas Story (Prog #502)- Varks (Prog #503)- On the Superslab (Prog #504)- Slick Dickens (Prog #505)- They Shoot DJs, Don't They? (Prog #506)- The Taxidermist (Progs #507-#510)- The Beating Heart (Progs #511-#512)- The Comeback (Prog #513)- The Genie (Prog #514)- The Shooting Party (Prog #515)- Navel Manoeuvres (Prog #516)- Night of the Ripper (Prog #517)- The Interrogation (Prog #518)- Blood Donor (Prog #519)- Ten Years On (Prog #520)- What If Judges Did Ads? (Prog #521)- So You Want To Be a Judge? (Prog #522)

Celtic warrior Slaine faces his greatest adventure. He must overcome the Formian Sea-Demons that threaten the Earth goddess and the very existence of the land of Tir Nan Og. Fully-painted color art from Judgement on Gotham/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles artist Simon Bisley.The warrior barbarian Slaine, master of the warp spasm, wielder of the mighty axe Brainbiter, Celtic warrior king - faces his greatest challenge: the existence of his world is at stake as he prepares to follow the ways of the Horned God. It is a path that can give him control over nature itself or unleash a new age of witchcraft and dark forces. A premium hardcover editon of the classic book.

The law at war! Judge Dredd rides into action in this fifth volume collecting together some of his most exciting cases. Arch-nemesis Judge Death rises from the grave once again in 'Judge Death Lives', citizen is pitted against citizen in 'Block Mania' and the apocalypse comes to Mega-City One in the all-time classic Dredd epic, 'The Apocalypse War'.Featuring art by such comic legends as Carlos Ezquerra (Strontium Dog), Brian Bolland (Batman: The Killing Joke) and Mike McMahon (The Last American) and written by John Wagner (A History of Violence) and Alan Grant (Lobo) this tome is a worthy addition to any Thrill-seeker's library!

Marshal Law is a high-octane black comedy, a satire on superheroism which tackles many of the same themes as its contemporary, Moore's much-lauded 'Watchmen'. But while Moore takes a serious, realistic tack in his deconstruction, Mills' satire is much more overt and over-the-top.Like Moore, Mills is showing how ridiculous it is to take superheroism at face value, and trying to show what people would really be like if they had superpowers: naive, amoral rockstars bent on attacking anyone who doesn't agree with them.Mills keeps the violence of comics, as well as the twisted, overwrought sexuality, but he removes the entertainment value. He actually makes sex and violence disturbing and difficult to read--in a comic book--an achievement I find it difficult to overstate.The book isn't easy to read, but its enjoyable because of Mills' insights on nationalism, colonialism, dystopia, war, killing, and sexual subversion. It's about Empire, about responsibility and power inequality, and Mills never shrinks back from the darkness.He's a clever guy. The way he plays with the cliches of feminist theory versus the symbolic misogyny of comics is amusing and insightful. Likewise, his deconstruction of Superman ranks up there with Moore's 'Dr. Manhattan', Kirkman's 'Omni-Man', Bendis' 'Supershock', or Miller's take on The Man of Steel in Dark Knight.The art is great, too. I knew O'Neill from 'League of Extraordinary Gentlemen', but he really shines here. The series is built on a lot of little references, in-jokes, and subversions, and the minutiae really help to build and maintain the complex world.I would definitely point to this book as a great example of doing world-building gradually, with the introduction of details that fit together to produce a whole. We don't waste time on long flashbacks or setups, and there's not much expositionary dialogue. Mills gets you into the story, into the action, and starts playing with ideas from issue one.It's been said that this is a comic book for people who hate super heroes, but it shows a thoughtful fondness for the genre. In truth, the hatred is saved for what superheroes inevitably become: unchanging, mythical, overpowered, melodramatic, with incomprehensible back stories, endless retcons, and which always return to the same old familiar thing.For me, this backlash is understandable, but then, I've never been able to get into huge, iconic, longrunning comics. I like a miniseries, something that has an end, and a character arc--and while some authors are able to maneuver a good story out of a played-out institution, most of them just keep the soap opera moving.Marshal Law doesn't suffer from this common malady. It's well-written, thought-provoking, disturbing, and funny. It deserves to be more well-known, but its subversion isn't as easy to gloss over as 'Watchmen'. To appreciate it, you have to love what comics can be, but resent what they usually are, yet without the pretension one gets from some indy books and fandoms.It's a love for comics precisely because they are dark, dirty, and absurd. It brings to mind a snatch of a Gaiman interview, where he intones that he's never liked the term 'Graphic Novels', because he likes comics, and he writes comics. Like him, Mills is writing somewhere between pulp and Art, which is a precarious place to be, but much more interesting than the alternatives.\ My Suggested Readings in Comics\

On the back streets of Gotham City, ex-military operative Tommy Monaghan has set himself up as a hired gun. Surrounded by an odd assortment of friends and allies, the Hitman with a heart must deal with personal conflicts over honor and morals as he makes a living with a gun. But even with the telepathic ability to read his targets' minds, he still finds himself well over his head when he runs into some of Gotham's most notorious citizens such as the Demon, the Joker, and the Dark Knight himself, the Batman.Plus, a vindictive mob boss from his past puts a contract out on Tommy. With his friends caught in the crossfire, he must find a way to take out the hired assassin and exact retribution against the mafia head. But even with his extrarodinary powers, the Hitman may find that a trained killer and a mob army is just too much for one man.

Where did she go? Out. What did she do? Everything. 2000 AD and DC Comics are proud to present Alan Moore and Ian Gibsons all-time classic feminist space opera, THE BALLAD OF HALO JONES. When Halo Jones grows bored with her life in The Hoop, a futuristic world where jobs are scarce and excitement is nonexistent, she sets out to see the galaxy any way she can. But can she survive the highs and lows that lie in her path, including an extended period of shipboard servitude and a tour of duty in a terrifying war that defies the physics of space and time?

Continuing the best-selling collection of Dredd stories, this is a must have for comic-fan and includes classics such as Revolution and Oz.Collects:- Pit Rat (Prog #523-#524)- The Raggedy Man (Prog #525-#526)- Simp (Prog #527)- Reasons to be Fearful (Prog #528)- Fairly Hyperman (Progs #529-#530)- Revolution (Progs #531-#533)- Bug (Prog #534)- Alabammy Blimps (Progs #535-#539)- The Return of Death Fist (Progs #540-#541)- Corporal Punishment (Prog #542)- Killcraze (Progs #543-#544)- Oz (Progs #545-#570)

Across a multitude of parallel universes, dark forces operate in the shadows, manipulating mankind's histories throughout countless timelines. The agents of these Disruptors all work with a single purpose - the recovery and activation of Foxfire, a long-hidden doomsday device whose unspeakable power is capable of consuming the galaxy in all its incarnations. Standing in the way of the Disruptors is Luther Arkwright, a human anomaly who exists only in a single universe, a man of vast psychic powers and capable of travelling between the parallel realities to counter the Disruptor's malign influence. But the Disruptors are aware of Arkwright and his abilities, and while Arkwright searches the myriad Earths for the location of Foxfire, the agents of darkness race to destroy him... and to ensure their unthinkable ends.

In Mega-City One, the Judges are the law -acting as judge, jury, and often executioner. But how do the citizens of Mega-City One really feel about a system where they are powerless? This classic, chilling look at the impact of the Judges, twisting and turning through both warm passion and cold betrayal, is finally back in print - and now includes the never-before-reprinted return to America's story! America Jara and Bennett Beeny grow up as best friends, living a fairly trouble-free life in a dangerous city... bar the odd encounter with a Judge. Time draws them apart, and when they are brought back together, Beeny is a successful singer... and America has become involved with a terrorist organisation - with the Judges in its sights!

Vic Reeves' vivid, enchanting, and utterly hilarious childhood memoir is a comic masterpiece.Before there was Vic Reeves, there was a boy called James Moir who was much the same as any other lad.Obsessed with owning a pet crow, a master at writing his name and terrified of his father's immense moustache. Growing up in Yorkshire and then CountyDurham, the boy who would be Reeves somehow managed to escape the attentions of 'Randy Mandy' and get a crash course in pig castration, before having encounters with Jimi Hendrix and the Yorkshire Ripper.Peopled with weird and wonderful characters, Vic Reeves' memoir is authentic, witty and inventive, and as unique as you'd expect from one of Britain's most exceptional comedy talents.

One of my favourite characters, and who couldn't love a comic where the aliens and monsters are the good guys and the humans - with the exception of a courageous few who resist the prejudiced and genocidal majority - are all evil? Led by none other than Torquemada with the slogal "Be pure, be vigilant, behave!" there is not a moment of dullness here, though the characters may not be really deep. Kevin O'Neill's art is utter genius, the kind you can lose yourself in as you unpick the intricacies and details of it. And I love the Victorian glory and stupidity of the gothic empire, from before steam punk went twee.

In this electrifying autobiography, Rik stands naked in front of his vast legions of fans and disciples and invites them to take communion with the blood he has spilled for them during his thirty year war on show business.He invented alternative comedy with The Young Ones, he brought down the Thatcher administration with The New Statesman and he changed the face of global culture with his masterpiece Bottom. Not only was his number one single ‘Living Doll’ the saviour of rock 'n' roll but he also rescued the British film industry with the vast revenues created by his legendary movie Drop Dead Fred. In 1998, he survived an assassination attempt and spent five days in a coma before he literally came back from the dead. Having completed countless phenomenal feature films, TV series, live extravaganzas and radio voice-overs since then, Rik Mayall is now poised on the brink of a whole new epoch-shattering revolution.For the first time ever, Rik reveals in print the deep inner truth behind his gargantuan ascent to the pinnacle of international light entertainment – the mental hospitals he has broken out of, the television executives he has assaulted, the drugs he has definitely not taken, the charities he has bankrupted, the countless pregnancies he has engendered, and so much more.

Mega-City One, 2080. Judge Joe Dredd's first year on the streets as a full-eagle Judge. Bred for justice, trained in law, Dredd's no helpless rookie, but he's not the seasoned veteran we know either. Three tales follow the first adventures of the future city's greatest lawman. With an introduction by the Mighty Tharg!CITY FATHERSThe brutal murder of a Justice Department-sanctioned spy uncovers something new and dangerous in the sector's murky black market. Unless Dredd can stop it, chaos will be unleashed.COLD LIGHT OF DAYA savage killing spree results in the deaths of two highly-regarded Judges, and many consider Dredd to be responsible: a decision he made five years earlier – while he was still a cadet – has come back to haunt him.WEAR IRON"Wear iron, that's the rule." Paul Strader is a stick-up man, and a stone cold professional. But when he gets in over his head, he has to risk everything on the word of a corrupt lawman and break every rule he has. Every rule but one..

For almost thirty years, one man has dominated the British comic scene. He is judge, jury and executioner, a merciless far-future lawman delivering justice with an iron fist on the mean streets of Mega-City One. He is Judge Dredd!Now you can re-discover the roots of this legendary character in this vast and Thrill-packed series of graphic novels collecting together all of Dredd's adventures in chronological order, complete and uncut!

History is written in this land-mark Dredd story. The severed hand of Chief Judge Fargo, the very first chief judge, is delivered to the Grand Hall of Justice with a ransom note. Dredd and his team must travel into the Cursed Earth to try and recover the body of the Judge Father. But this is more than just a journey across America, this is a journey into the past and into the history of the Judges and Mega-City One itself!

In Chapter Three, the narrative draws to its cataclysmic close in London 2008. The magical child whose ominous coming has been foretold for the past hundred years has now been born and has grown up to claim his dreadful heritage. His promised aeon of unending terror can commence, the world can now be ended starting with North London, and there is no League, extraordinary or otherwise, that now stands in his way. The bitter, intractable war of attrition in Q'umar crawls bloodily to its fifth year, away in Kashmir a Sikh terrorist with a now-nuclear-armed submarine wages a holy war against Islam that might push the whole world into atomic holocaust, and in a London mental institution there's a patient who insists that she has all the answers.