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History is written in this land-mark Dredd story. The severed hand of Chief Judge Fargo, the very first chief judge, is delivered to the Grand Hall of Justice with a ransom note. Dredd and his team must travel into the Cursed Earth to try and recover the body of the Judge Father. But this is more than just a journey across America, this is a journey into the past and into the history of the Judges and Mega-City One itself!
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By 13thDuke
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Want to know how old stoney face came to be a judge? Or what the world was like before Mega City One? Or how the Cursed Earth was created? Or how the judges came to be the supreme power? Then this is the book for you.
Dredd is sent to the Cursed Earth with a bunch of other judges to deliver a ransom for what is reported to be the real first Chief Judge's body (the one in the Halls of Justice is a fake). On their way to meet pay the ransom, Dredd tells the story of how the judges came about and why, and some of his own history too.
I found the book to be very interesting, using flashbacks interwoven with a pretty good story. The Wagner / Ezquerra partnership (ably supported by Wilson) is first-rate, and is as consistent as always.
I wouldn't recommend people new to Dredd, or those who have just seen the movie, to start here. Go for some of the older stories first, particularly those in Judge Dredd: Complete Case Files, Vol. 2 and Judge Dredd: Complete Case Files v. 5 which will give you a good grounding in Dredd's world and help you appreciate this book better.
Dredd is sent to the Cursed Earth with a bunch of other judges to deliver a ransom for what is reported to be the real first Chief Judge's body (the one in the Halls of Justice is a fake). On their way to meet pay the ransom, Dredd tells the story of how the judges came about and why, and some of his own history too.
I found the book to be very interesting, using flashbacks interwoven with a pretty good story. The Wagner / Ezquerra partnership (ably supported by Wilson) is first-rate, and is as consistent as always.
I wouldn't recommend people new to Dredd, or those who have just seen the movie, to start here. Go for some of the older stories first, particularly those in Judge Dredd: Complete Case Files, Vol. 2 and Judge Dredd: Complete Case Files v. 5 which will give you a good grounding in Dredd's world and help you appreciate this book better.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By P. barton
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brilliant colour artwork here and a great storyline, if like me ( as a kid) you enjoyed dredd in 2000ad and did`nt much worry about the story behind him ,this will fill in alot of the story behind the history of how the judges came to be and the events after a worthy addition to my dredd collection 10/10
23 of 27 people found the following review helpful
By Sam Woodward
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If you thought the body of Fargo, the first Chief Judge, was lying in a vault in the Grand Hall Of Justice, then you fell for a cover-up cooked up by a handful of senior Judges. Which is why when a gang of mutants sneak in from the Cursed Earth to deliver tissue belonging to Fargo & a ransom note for one billion creds, Dredd is less surprised than most.
Sent to retrieve the body with a hand-picked team & a transporter full of money, Dredd fills his comrades in on how Justice Dept. was REALLY created and how Fargo, the man he was cloned from, REALLY compared to the legend.
There isn't much more I can say without revealing too much of the plot, since there are more twists in this tale than at a Chubby Checker concert. There are plenty of surprises in store for long-term Dredd fans in a story which touches on earlier Dredd epics, including 'Oz' & 'The Cursed Earth'. However, 'Origins' stands on its own without the reader having to be clued up on earlier stories - in fact, I feel that the way it fleshes out the birth of Dredd's world makes it a good starting-point for new fans.
Kev Walker pens the introductory storyline, while Ezquerra draws the rest. Because there is a natural break in the story where one artist takes over from the other, it doesn't distract in the same way it does with other epic storylines where the artists seem to be chopped & changed at random. And it seems most fitting that Ezquerra is given the reigns for most of it - the classic Dredd artist for a classic Dredd epic, tucked inside a classic Bolland cover. Perfect.
Sent to retrieve the body with a hand-picked team & a transporter full of money, Dredd fills his comrades in on how Justice Dept. was REALLY created and how Fargo, the man he was cloned from, REALLY compared to the legend.
There isn't much more I can say without revealing too much of the plot, since there are more twists in this tale than at a Chubby Checker concert. There are plenty of surprises in store for long-term Dredd fans in a story which touches on earlier Dredd epics, including 'Oz' & 'The Cursed Earth'. However, 'Origins' stands on its own without the reader having to be clued up on earlier stories - in fact, I feel that the way it fleshes out the birth of Dredd's world makes it a good starting-point for new fans.
Kev Walker pens the introductory storyline, while Ezquerra draws the rest. Because there is a natural break in the story where one artist takes over from the other, it doesn't distract in the same way it does with other epic storylines where the artists seem to be chopped & changed at random. And it seems most fitting that Ezquerra is given the reigns for most of it - the classic Dredd artist for a classic Dredd epic, tucked inside a classic Bolland cover. Perfect.
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This should be the next film. Thought Booths robots might have made an appearance. But brilliant story nontheless. Well worth two quid
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Brilliant exploration of Dredd and Fargo's origins
Brought this on kindle for £2 and its a steal. I don't know all there is about Judge Dredd, but liked it as an origin story and loved the fact that it referenced stories from judge... Read more
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DREDD ORIGINS
VERY ENTERTAINING STORY, THEY COULD HAVE STRETCHED IT OUT A LITTLE MORE BUT I WAS MORE THAN HAPPY WITH THE STORYLINE. Read more
Published on 10 Sep 2008 by J. Burns
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The Dredd Bible
It's a solid gold classic.
After 30-odd years John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra, finally let us in on what went before. Read more
After 30-odd years John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra, finally let us in on what went before. Read more
Published on 15 May 2008 by D. Hepworth
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At last - Origins!
Dredd fans have waited a long time for this. The definitive origins of the Justice Department and Dredd's world is brought to life by John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra. Read more
Published on 28 Aug 2007 by Ian Cooper
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Couldn't put it down
I was late getting into the Dredd World and having read a great deal of dredd's world in the later years, The Origins had always eluded me. Read more
Published on 11 Aug 2007 by Alex Ryder
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History...
The reviewer "Dreddhead" below has it completely wrong, if he really understood Dredd and his world he would know nothing ever turns out to be black & white, it's just part of the... Read more
Published on 1 July 2007 by PEPPER'S GHOST
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