JD - How it all started! - Rated 
Right from Judge Dredd's first ever battle, taking on the villain 'Whitey', there was always something amazingly original and imaginative about Dredd and Mega City 1. This books contains all the classic early stories and shows Dredd in his full butt-kicking glory, the stories are all fairly simple but this is a great introduction to the world of Dredd.
Completely Zarjaz (tm)!! - Rated
As a long time 2000 AD fan during the 70s 80s and 90s , I was thrilled to see the publishers of 2000AD ( Rebellion ) take a leaf out of the big publishing houses in the US and amass the collected works of this iconic individual into an easy to read book . The irony that he has become a British icon despite being an American has not been lost on me .
The evolution of the Judges system of justice and Mega City One throughout the book is interesting to read about , and it is only towards the end that the Judge Dredd that we know and love comes to the fore . The stories themselves are quite caustic in places in terms of their social commentary , whuich can raise the odd wry smile . Sure the book has dated in places due to this , but it is also threatening to be worryingly accurate in other places .
Why only four stars ? Well , I'm not a fan of Maria the housemaid or Walter the Wobot , and I know that there are stories in future collected editions that fully deserve five out of five .
This is definately the place to start if you want to read about one of the UK's most memorable fictional characters for the last thirty years .
This brings back good memories - Rated
I still have all the original 2000ADs from program 1 but the older ones are yellowing and delicate now. How great it is to find all those original stories collected together so that I can re-read them without damaging my originals. Just looking at this collection reminds me of the robot war, Call-me-Kenneth, Walter, Whitey, Rico and all the rest of those great early characters. Can't wait to get this in the mail from Amazon. My only major criticism is that this collection is in paperback format - Dredd deserves to be in hardback!
Now, thinking of these old progs makes me remember Flesh - but sadly that great 2000AD series is not yet available. Hopefully soon.
Classic Dredd - Rated 
I have always been a big fan of Judge Dredd and rate him as one of my top comic creations, so I am probably a little biased here. I remember reading these when my father bought me 2000AD back in the 70s when I was a child and what I liked then I still like now. Over the years I have lost touch with Dredd and could only find collections in his more well known stories or the old Titan releases, but never a complete collection of the stand alone strips. Now finally someone has had the good sense to issue the back catalogue of Dredd in these rather good books and about time too. A must have for any true Judge Dredd fan.
Drokking Excellent - Rated
Now lets not get bogged down in the "post-ironic viewing of a stict law based culture" or the fact that Judge Dredd is older than I'am.
This collection of Dredd's first year in action is still as good now as it was then. Introducing character's like Walter the Wobot and Dredd's clone brother Rico. Whilst at the same time setting the scene for event's for many years to come. From the fact that Mega City 1 is only days away from destruction and only the Judges can stop the tide of rampaging robots and the terrors of Cursed Earth. to the backdrop of the contiuning Cold War with the Sov-Blocs. This gives the basis for an all time great.
Drokking Excellent
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