The forward march of British comics continues with the latest edition of Judge Dredd Megazine which features the third and final chapter of The current Vigilant saga. A 22 page complete story. The first two parts of this amazing story were published as American comic sized one-shots but it seems with all the specials that Rebellion are putting out every month there was no room in the schedule for this story.
The revival of old British comic heroes and villains from the sixties and seventies will hopefully appeal to a wide age range. There are one or two that I was not over familiar with (Doctor Sin being one) but it's been a wonderful journey to see childhood heroes and more in this fight against Von Hoffman, Dr Mesmer and others to prevent evil annihilating the world.
The revival of old British comic heroes and villains from the sixties and seventies will hopefully appeal to a wide age range. There are one or two that I was not over familiar with (Doctor Sin being one) but it's been a wonderful journey to see childhood heroes and more in this fight against Von Hoffman, Dr Mesmer and others to prevent evil annihilating the world.
The recent revival of Smash as an American sized anthology gives me hope that these characters and more will appear regularly in our newsagents and comic shops. They certainly deserve to.
And of course there is a wee bonus as the usual mini-graphic novel packaged with the magazine reprints a number of origin stories as they appeared in Buster, Tiger and other old British boys papers. They were not called comics by the publishers even if we did so!
And of course there is a wee bonus as the usual mini-graphic novel packaged with the magazine reprints a number of origin stories as they appeared in Buster, Tiger and other old British boys papers. They were not called comics by the publishers even if we did so!
Of course the Megazine has other features including Judge Dredd with a twist in The Fugitive. Even Mega City One has a "deep state" it would seem. There's Blunt III not a strip I'm keen on but has it's fans and but at least Lawless continues at the rear. Love that strip. Mega-City meets the wild west if you are not familiar.
My advice go out and buy this. It's worth the price which isn't cheap but there is so much to read when you take into account the supplement.
My advice go out and buy this. It's worth the price which isn't cheap but there is so much to read when you take into account the supplement.
Rating: 5 Stars
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