Outside of the Marvel, DC and Donald Duck universes, you'll be hard-pressed to find a comic book hero who's been around the block more times than Judge Dredd. The challenge as IDW launches an ongoing Dredd series is finding a new angle on Mega City One's seasoned law-keeper. What new status quo can set this series apart from the many Dredd tales that have come before? Writers Ulises Farinas and Erick Freitas seem to have found the solution. This new series takes Dredd well out of his comfort zone, and the result is an engaging first issue.
Not that the Judge Dredd franchise is especially complex or convoluted to begin with, but this first issue is immediately welcoming to newcomers because both the reader and Dredd himself are caught equally off guard in the opening pages. Dredd awakens in a strange land with no clue as to where he is or how he got there. As he works to make sense of his predicament and still uphold his duty, Dredd slowly uncovers more about the nature of this strange land and its inhabitants. The writers are quick to inject a sense of desperate uncertainty into the story. The scene with Dredd taking stock of his limited ammunition is especially effective in that regard.
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