Reddit reviews Judge Dredd: Case Files 01 (1)

Ignore IDW completely.

This is where to start
http://www.amazon.com/Judge-Dredd-Case-Files-01/dp/1906735875

A heads-up to those of you who have never read a Judge Dredd book before: stay well away from the Americanised take on the character that was released by DC comics during the mid-90s, it's bloody terrible. Stick with the original British stuff.

In fact, the 'Judge Dredd Case File' books (similar to Marvel's Essential editions and the DC Showcase books) are your best bet if you want to read the past stories in their published order.

Oh, also, 'America' is the finest Dredd story ever written.

I love him too. They printed the stories in complete and chronological in beautiful trades. I started there. They pick up pretty quick and its entertaining to read all the classics.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1906735875/ref=pd_aw_sim_14_1?ie=UTF8&dpID=61t%2BQOXC07L&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL100_SR100%2C100_&refRID=0N74WGEMY41HVN0RRMNK

this is a fun way to start it's where everyone else (who has followed ol' stony face since the beginning) started, the first years worth of weekly stories from his initial appearance onwards. Massive (320 pages) chunk of undiluted thrillpower (black and white, as the originals were). Dive in!

Start with the Judge Dredd complete case files 01, and go up from there. Cheap phone books so a great value. It gets really good when you get from 4 to 5 if you feel like skipping ahead.

http://www.amazon.com/Judge-Dredd-Case-Files-01/dp/1906735875/

Start here and work through all the volumes. There are 24 volumes.

Around volume 3 when Judge Death pops on the scene is when it gets reaaaal good.

These days, I would recommend buying the "Complete Case Files" albums, which each contain one year's worth of Judge Dredd comics.


There are currently 20+ of them released and they are constantly releasing more.

This one contains all the comics from 1977 -
http://www.amazon.com/Judge-Dredd-Case-Files-01/dp/1906735875/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1415690277&sr=1-1&keywords=judge+dredd

It's quite important to read them chronologically, so I wouldn't recommend starting from the middle or somewhere else on the timeline.

I would start with a collection of works like: Case Files

Jumping into an arc might be a bit much. But whatever.

Case files would be a good start. On Amazon they are around 10 bucks.