I'm going to let you in on a little secret. Remember that Dredd movie everyone went crazy over in like 2010? I didn't love it.

I know. You're in shock now. The internet loves it. The people love it. How dare I? HOW DARE I!?!?!? But really, I found the whole thing just okay. Sure, some of the action scenes were intense and really cool but the plot? Or lack of plot I should say. Anyway, it was just okay. So I figured I'd try the comic, see if it fared better. I know it's a long running series but figured I'd try a more recent version of Judge Dredd. I like Duane a lot on his Cable series and surprised I enjoyed his X series as a crazy slasher hero comic. So how did Dredd do?

Well this book is really a bunch of stories connecting slowly. It's a world building book that throws you into a futuristic ghetto and we get to see how the judges interact with the people but also how people live with robots. Each story, ranging from a few pages about robbery, to robots going rogue, to people kidnapping families, all link mostly because they have a Judge or two in the book. It feels very villain of the week storylines.

Good: I actually really liked the one about the robbery and the robot betraying the human. When get treated like shit you get to turn on the owner. Very cool. I also thought the ending started to pick up steam and we got a central story.

Bad: Some of the art is bad. Like I couldn't tell what was happening. I also thought the Judges lacked personalities so couldn't get attached to anyone. This also felt like I should know the world before jumping in.

Oevrall, this was a decent look into the world of Judge Dredd. I dunno if I'll come back to it but it was cool to see it for a bit. A 3 out of 5.