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    Judge Dredd #3
    Released by: IDW Publishing
    Released on: February 24th, 2016.
    Written by: Ulises Farinas, Erick Freitas
    Illustrated by: Dan McDaid
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    The third issue of IDW's latest Judge Dredd, not surprisingly, picks where the first two issues left off, so let's jump right into Mega-City Zero Part Three - The Feeding Of The Trogs! Dredd, with help from three feral girls - Lolo, Quill and Iggy - has decided to try and figure out what happened to Mega-City One and how he's wound up here, in this… primitive, bizarre, overgrown version of that city. With their help, he make it into Ang Avi, he and his new friends got into trouble.

    Out of the chaos that ended the last issue, out of the smoke and the ash and the rubble, a determined Dredd emerges. The girls he thought were dead are not, he frees them from the mess they've been trapped in, but they realize that they're still being held captive where a man/bird thing, Chicken-Head, tries to get Dredd to question the system. That's not going to happen, even if at this point it should. A massive mutant Iggy that dubs Butt-Face, comes out of the shadows and confronts Chicken-Head and his rhetoric. This results in a hulking-out of sorts when this 'real life Trog' loses control.

    With no other option, Dredd does what Dredd needs to do. There's a fight and he takes on the Trog to get Iggy back in one piece, if that's still an option. And it ends in an interesting way, a truce of sorts, in which Dredd preaches his message - the world needs law - but when the audience starts throwing bricks at the 'gladiators' the Trog mutates again, this time into an even bigger threat. The Gate Keepers show up, there's a change in the terms of service, the event is now over and people literally get crushed.

    The Trog goes up against the Gate Keepers, Dredd noting, ironically, that everyone here thinks they know how the world should work. Dredd is forced to accept the new 'terms of service' (username JudgeDredd has been taken!), the girls are 'removed' and he's accepted into Ang Avi… so long as he doesn't tell others what to do.

    Ulises Farinas and Erick Freitas continue to pay homage to Judge Dredd's history while forging a path in some crazy new directions with this series. There's a LOT of social satire here, more so than you'd probably expect even in a series like Judge Dredd which tends to be known for social satire, and the writers wear their political leanings on their collective sleeve but that's not a bad thing (particularly if you tend to share a similar world-view). It leads to plenty of dark and not so dark comedy, some interesting plot twists and some genuinely cool ideas that see everyone's favorite lawman in some unexpected (but not at all inappropriate) situations. It's not often that Dredd is taken out of Mega-City One but this fish out of water story has more to it than just a change of scenery.

    Dan McDaid continues to make us forget that Farinas isn't drawing this (fantastic cover art not withstanding) with some absolutely killer layouts and character design. He's got a dark style, it's both messy and detailed, and it suits this strange world perfectly. There's a definite Kirby influence in the artwork, which is in keeping with the vibe (at times this feels like Dredd meets Kamandi, and that's absolutely a compliment) and, yeah, at three issues in this is great stuff. Get on board and don't miss out.






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