THE CHRONICLES OF JUDGE DREDD Judge Child Book One, Two & Three Set

The Judge Child three book set is a sprawling series of short chapters that occasionally appear to completely disregard their place as segments of a bigger picture but, compensate with their wildly inventive concepts. Writer John Wagner’s use of the word quest in the title indicates the theme. Every notable quest incorporates diversions and dead ends.

The plot is propelled by the dying vision of a Psi-Judge who foresees a terrible war in Mega-City One’s future. A child with a distinctive eagle-shaped birthmark on his forehead named Owen Krysler needs to be located, as the only way of averting the crisis will be if he rules the city. Christened the Judge Child due to his distinctive birthmark, Dredd is given the task of retrieving Krysler and sets off into the Cursed Earth, but soon finds himself journeying through space to various colonized planets tracking the Angel Gang. In a story that also introduces Judge Hershey to the Dredd mythos, it’s the Angel Gang who’re the most memorable creations. Initially only seen in the distance during episodes drawn by Ron Smith, it’s left to Mike McMahon to reveal them in all their weather beaten and malevolent glory, with Mean Machine a particularly inspired creation, a psychopathic thug with a dial on his forehead controlling the level of his rage. McMahon also delivers a spectacular chapter starring Buggo the Caveman, which is immediately followed by Brian Bolland’s most disturbing Dredd story, about a disease causing the body to disappear chunks at a time. Out Of Print. Condition: Fine. Light edge wear and bumped corners.