2000 AD The Ultimate Collection Judge Dredd Dark Justice Issue 51

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From Celtic warrior Sláine to swashbuckling Russian rogue Nikolai Dante, no fan will want to be without this greatest hits package that delivers four decades worth of thrill power! TIR NAN OG, THE LAND OF THE YOUNG, SUFFERS UNDER THE DOMINION OF THE Drune Lords, who poison the earth with their magic. it represents great value for money, despite featuring none of 2000 AD’s most well known characters it is representative of the best of the Progs over the past 20 years and what it can offer.

Reprints are a significant part of Rebellion’s business model, so their enthusiasm in extending this series is understandable. AD The Ultimate Collection is a fortnightly partwork collection of hardback books published by Hachette Partworks. Notwithstanding personal taste, the initial run was of high quality, but since then and with notable exceptions admittedly, quality has slipped a bit. Elephants in the room include “Summer Magic / Journal of Luke Kirby”, “Zenith” (likely due to rights disputes), and notable creator owned (at least originally) work such as “Button Man” and “Scarlet Traces”.The series is made up of 200 volumes featuring some of the biggest stars of 2000 AD’s 46-year history. However, dig a little deeper and examine the content you begin to wonder what definition of “Ultimate” 2000 AD is relying on. That’s not to say there hasn’t been some memorable content in the Prog’ over the last ten years, and “The Out”, “Brink” (which does feature in the collection) are examples of latter day classics that have appeared and more worthy of inclusion than the final, tired, but spectacular looking “ABC Warriors” strips, reprints of the “Dredd” continuation strips of the 2012 movie, scheduled for issue 144 and “Mean Team” scheduled for issue 142.

The Ultimate Collection forms a stunning library brings you the best stories from forty years of Britain’s biggest comic, from Judge Dredd to Rogue Trooper, from The Ballad of Halo Jones to Strontium Dog and a galaxy of Thrills in between! It was never meant to be a means for casual readers to get into the Prog’; the excellent and recently released “ Best of 2000 AD” is better at serving the unenlightened, but as far as the Ultimate Collection is concerned, at most it’s name matches two of the dictionary definitions. The run has now included extensive (though mercifully sticking mainly with the slow paced but high quality Gibbons/Simpson reboot) runs of the “Friday” version of “Rogue Trooper”, “Mean Arena” never a classic, “Blackhawk” and seemingly endless “Sinister Dexter” volumes add padding.The series is the second collaboration between Hachette Partworks and 2000 AD publisher Rebellion Developments, following the success of Judge Dredd: The Mega Collection. this epic 2000 AD retrospective exclusively designed for this collection by top 2000 AD artist Boo Cook.