VK9DL (Mobile library) Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files 12 (Judge Dredd The Complete Case Files) Online [VK9DL.ebook] Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files 12 (Judge Dredd The Complete Case Files) Pdf Free John Wagner, Alan Grant audiobook | *ebooks | Download PDF | ePub | DOC Download Now Free Download Here Download eBook #243015 in eBooks 2013-09-16 2013-09-16File Name: B00H83UZ8O | File size: 53.Mb John Wagner, Alan Grant : Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files 12 (Judge Dredd The Complete Case Files) before purchasing it in order to gage whether or not it would be worth my time, and all praised Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files 12 (Judge Dredd The Complete Case Files): 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Some stumbling, some good stuffBy GregoryColor has finally come to the Case Files series, and past time. Some of the pages that were originally printed in color turned out pretty murky in the black-and-white volumes, and at least one story, Beyond the Wall, was very seriously diminished. The down- side is that, in order to keep prices flat, you get fewer pages per volume from here on out; according to , this one has 290 pages, compared to the 370 of the last collection.This is also the first volume after the Wagner/Grant breakup. Their different conceptions of what Dredd should be as a character finally came to a head in Oz, the last story of the Case Files 11, and when the smoke cleared, Wagner had Dredd, and Grant had Judge Anderson and Strontium Dog (more or less).A lot of this volume seems to me to be marking time. There's the "Dredd comes into innocent citizens' lives and destroys them" stories ("Simp About the House", "A Night At the Circus"), the "man gets pushed over the edge, goes insane, runs into Dredd" story ("Skeet and the Wreckin' Crew"), a few monster-of-the week type stories ("Brainstem Man", Tyger Tyger"). They're ... fine, I guess? There's even a "they're drug runners ... but the drug of the future is sugar!" story, a joke that wasn't that funny the first time and which Wagner refuses to let go. Let's get to what I thought were the stand-outs, good and bad."Full Mental Jacket," a domestic drama about a teenage criminal returning home from the cubes. Not a Dredd story in any meaningful way (he could have easily been cut out, or replaced with a different character. For that matter, the entire story could be transplanted into modern-day America with very little effort), but powerful enough."Bloodline" is an important failure. It helps set up stuff that will be important in the next Case File, and come to a head during Necropolis, but it features physically identical characters, the narration switches between them without warning, and the narration also switches wildly from third to second person and back again, making it kind of a mess to actually follow.Bat-Mugger is basically just a cute joke, but I thought the art was stand- out. It was written as practice for the Judge Dredd/Batman crossover, although that was so delayed that another artist ended up doing it ("Bat-Mugger" was drawn by Batman artist Alan Davis)."Twister" is an example of what happens when you have a gimmick instead of a story. It's a Wizard of Oz parody that changes from black and white to color when Dredd enters Oz, just like in the famous movie. But it's not interesting, or particularly well-told, or particularly funny, a four-prog story built around a single, somewhat feeble joke.On the other hand, the P. J. Maybe stories about a young serial killer, told in the first person, are great. He appeared at the end of a story in a previous volume, but this is the first time we get any real idea of his character. It's dark comedy at its best, with dumb jokes (Maybe's father married above his station into the Yess family) that work better than they have any right to. Like "Full Mental Jacket," it's not really a Dredd story, although its use of things like robots and future drugs embed it more firmly in the setting."Worms," by Alan Grant (notice how I said that Wagner got Dredd and Grant got other things, "More or less?") would be kind of darkly amusing, except that its a story about a young serial killer, told in the first person. It comes *directly* before a P. J. Maybe story, and four progs after one. Some editor fell down on the job."Curse of/Return of the Spider Woman". These are great stories. They're about a woman who slowly turns into a giant, mindless spider due to a genetic disease. What's great about them is their restraint; what could easily have been a gross-out/body horror thing is allowed to be a tragedy instead. Again, Dredd plays no essential roll in this story."Alzheimer's Block," a short story about an elderly woman who suspects that a hospital caretaker is murdering her elderly patients. Long-time Dredd readers will probably see the punchline coming a mile away, but it is still very, very cruel, and very funny.Our Man In Hondo--Interesting premise, but man. Dredd is sent to Hondo City (in Japan) to try to cover up the fact that the serial killer who is murdering important officials is actually a Mega City 1 robot, covertly stationed in Hondo "just in case," which has somehow activated. But if I never have to see Wagner do his "wacky foreigners" schtick again, it will be too soon (I will have to see it again almost immediately, actually, in Case File 13, in two consecutive stories) and the narration is this stilted, pseudo-"Asianese" ("Dredd in Hondo City on trail of robot who go crazy, start bumping off honorable bigwigs"), and I'm going to assume that Wagner thought he was making fun of Western conceptions of Asia, rather than just being racist, but it's still pretty wretched."Crazy Barry, Little Mo," on the other hand, is a good story. Judge Barimore would be a fine judge ... if only he didn't have hallucinations of a tiny blue demon who urged him to do horrible things to people. Police procedural mixes well with dark comedy here.Now that I've actually enumerated the stories like that, it occurs to me that my favorites of the volume are the ones that have the least to do with the title character. Well, Dredd can be pretty uninteresting, the faceless face of a faceless dictatorship, an emotionless action hero, the straight-man to whoever he happens to be around. We will see Dredd in a slightly more human (and more interesting) light in Case Files 13.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Over all its a good book but kindle need a better optimization process for ...By CustomerOver all its a good book but kindle need a better optimization process for these books. the occasional clipping of word bobbles and misplacement of cells out of order can be annoying but the material is great and just what you would expect. Judge Dredd, Mega-City One’s toughest law enforcer, is back on the streets in this collection of explosive cases. This volume of scintillating Thrills features some of the very best Dredd stories including Full Mental Jacket, Bloodline and the Return of P.J. Maybe, featuring everybody’s favourite pint-sized master criminal. Also included are some of the first Dredd strips to go full colour! Volume 12 features the writing of comic-book legends Alan Grant (Lobo) and John Wagner (A History of Violence) along with the work of such classic artists as John Ridgway (Dead Man), Colin MacNeil (Strontium Dog) and Jim Baikie (Skizz). "What amazing stories they are!" "A perfect introduction to the back history of Britain's top comic character." "A treasure chest full of fun for Judge Dredd fans!"About the AuthorJohn Wagner has been scripting for 2000 AD for more years than he cares to remember. His creations include Judge Dredd, Strontium Dog, Ace Trucking, Al's Baby, Button Man and Mean Machine. Outside of 2000 AD his credits include Star Wars, Lobo, The Punisher and the critically acclaimed A History of Violence. Alan Grant's prolific creative record speaks for itself. Outside the Galaxy's Greatest Comic, Grant is well-known to Batman fans following a lengthy run on various incarnations of the title. Artist Mick Austin is perhaps better known for his acclaimed book jacket illustrations rather than for his comics work. However, in addition to assorted covers and pin-ups, he has contributed to several 2000 AD series. Jim Baikie is co- creator of Skizz. In addition Baikie has illustrated Cursitor Doom, Future Shocks and Judge Dredd. Alan Davis is one of the most respected pencillers currently working in the comics industry. Brett Ewins has also contributed to A.B.C. Warriors, Judge Anderson, Judge Dredd, Rogue Trooper and Universal Soldier. Glenn Fabry is best known for his innovative and highly detailed work on Slaine, though he has also illustrated Judge Dredd and a Future Shock, not to mention part of the Batman/Judge Dredd crossover story 'Die Laughing'. One of 2000 AD's best-loved and most honoured artists, Ian Gibson is responsible for the co-creation of The Ballad of Halo Jones (with Alan Moore), and created Bella Bagley, an unfortunate character in Judge Dredd's world who fell headover- heels in love with 'Old Stoney Face' himself! Jamie Hewlett is best known for his work on Tank Girl, the hugely popular anarchic British comics heroine whose adventures were turned into a big-budget Hollywood movie in the 1990s.