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    Judge Dredd #8
    Released by: IDW Publishing
    Released on: July 27th, 2016.
    Written by: Ulises Farinas, Erick Freitas
    Illustrated by: Dan McDaid
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    Mega-City Zero Part Eight!

    Winter has come. Dredd looks rough, a shaggy white beard visible under the helmet. He makes his rounds, wonders why Charles is late for his rotation and goes to check on him, Pug Dredd along for the walk. When Dredd arrives at Charles' place he's told that all of the children are gone. The townsfolk revolt, they drag Lolo out assuming she's got something to do with it. Dredd questions the girl but Lolo insists she's got nothing to do with any of this. He puts Lolo back in her hut and, with a few others in tow, heads out to find the kids. A trace of clothing on a branch offers a clue. Dredd gets Quill to prepare to leave with Lolo in tow. He's afraid what will happen if he doesn't remove them from the situation. He also needs their help.

    They head out into the brush, but the fact that the dog seems scared of something in the area doesn't sit well with them. As they follow the trail, something in the river alongside them appears, a black humanoid shape. Dredd spears it but it escapes, climbs up a wall. They go after it and follow it into an aged building, only to come face to face with the Dark Judges (that's not a spoiler - Judge Death is on the cover!)… and one of the missing children.

    But is all of this really what it seems? Who are the children of the grass? What is that thing in the cage? Why is it taking the youngest ones and more importantly, what, if anything, can Dredd do about any of this?

    The strangest and most interesting Judge Dredd story in ages keeps getting weirder, and it's all the better for it. What started off as a fish out of water story has added layer after layer of plot development to the point where, with this eighth issue, things have gotten pretty complex. Pay attention. You'll get more out of this. There are elements of social satire here, elements of horror, the standard sci-fi and action tropes that a Dredd story requires - and it's smart. It's written as more than just a story about a man obsessed with serving justice. This takes Dredd into decidedly different territory and forces the character into an arena in which he's always been uncomfortable - compassion. He's become a father figure of sorts, and while he's still Dredd - the stern and unstoppable force he's always been - Farinas and Freitas are doing something genuinely unique and original here. It's great stuff.

    Dan McDaid's artwork has been completely satisfying from the very first issue and seven issues later, that hasn't changed. There's still a lot of detail here in both the foreground and background of each and every panel. Some larger panels allow him to go all out with the action scenes and his depiction of the Dark Judges is impressive and appropriately macabre. Ryan Hill's coloring work continues to be the perfect fit for this series, making the outdoor scenes green and earthy and the indoor scenes dank and dire. This is very cool stuff -highbrow sci-fi/post apocalyptic insanity on a level that many other books should aspire to!







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