I was left stunned by the work of Simon Bisley and Glenn Fabry. And as if that wasn’t enough, the artwork in this book is jawdropping. Speaking of the talent behind this thing, this brand new hardback edition has the original creator of Judge Dredd, John Wagner, working with Alan Grant on all of these so you know you’re getting a solid depiction of both heroes.

These stories take place outside of any continuity which means that the creative teams were able to have as much fun as possible and you, the reader, don’t have to stress out about seeing Batman fighting ghost/alien monsters from future (I know that’s usually a problem for me, but when it comes to stand-alone elseworld adventures like this, I’m A-Okay with it). 2000 AD and DC co-published this work which includes all 4 team-up adventures between Judge Dredd, a lawman from the future, and Batman. Judge Dredd stories are still considered among the most brutal crossovers in comics more than 20 years since they were originally published. Fully charged up from watching Dredd, I immediately grabbed my copy of The Batman/Judge Dredd Collection and started reading and guess what– it was fun too! Content Dredd was just another day at the office for its hero and that’s why I dug it. It didn’t waste time with an origin story ,it didn’t squeeze in an unnecessary romance, and it didn’t try and go over the top with a save the city/country/world plot.

That was a great action movie and easily one of the best comic book films in recent memory. Yes, I’ve heard the comparisons to The Raid, but I haven’t seen that flick so I was able to really immerse myself in Dredd.

Well, all that’s changed now because I watched Dredd 3D the other night and thought it kicked ass. I’ve always heard that the movie didn’t do the book justice but I never really had the urge to find out more about the character. I always think of a yelling Sylvester Stallone piggybacking Rob Schneider. I know I’m a comic book guy, but even I have never given Judge Dredd a chance. Here is a book that’s sure to get a lot of attention now that folks are giving the film Dredd 3D a chance on Blu-Ray.

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