By: John Wagner, Enrique Alcatena Publisher: Dark Horse Average Rating: Binding: Paperback Label: Dark Horse Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 80 Publication Date: November 11, 1998 Reading Level: Young Adult
Product Description: Dark Horse re-presents the action-filled Predator vs. Judge Dredd miniseries in one package! In a tale of the far-flung future, a rogue Predator comes to Mega-City One looking for the ultimate hunt . . . and the city's toughest lawman, Judge Dredd, is its prey!
Pointless! Originally a 3-part comic-book series in late 1997, Predator vs Judge Dredd is about...practically nothing! You think I am joking.
The Pred lands on Earth. He stalks around Dredd's Megacity. He kills a few people. Dutch Schaefer's great, great grand-daughter is called in for her PSI skills. She drinks Predator blood. She telepathically knows where Pred is hiding. Dredd goes there and kills him. THAT'S IT!
It's way too short for it's own good. There is no pathos. Slight humor. Bland artwork. A lame story and sudden, truncated ending. Why is Dutch's grand-daughter in it? What does that have to do with anything? Of all the crossovers and franchise blending this one has to be the most tepid. No effort was put into this whatsoever and it can be read from front to back in less than 10 minutes.
A total waste of time!
a good idea that became STUPID action here, action there, oh wait, wheres the plot?
stupid idea First off, I liked the dredd flim and the predator comics so i read this one. I thought it was stupid. I mean do you think that Dredd 'the law' could defeat the best know hunter in the comic book galxey? I mean predator could blow dredd to pieces in a matter of seconds. Buy it if want it for a bad book collaction
Not too bad First off...I can't really say I'm a fan of Judge Dredd. Great concept, but I could never get into the comic. Being a Predator fan and knowing a little bit about Dredd I thought it would be an entertaining read, and it actually was.
Far in the future, when a post-apocalyptic earth is mired in lawlessness, three 'Mega-Cities' come from the darkness. The last remnants of humanity come together in these cities, and to enforce the law, the Judges are set loose on the streets. When a Predator comes to Earth for the hunt, Judges start disappearing and are found to be the victims of the Predator's grislty hunt. Dredd takes it upon himself to hunt this killer down, only he has no idea what he's up against, and it could very well be the fight of his life.
Its a surprisingly decent story...I wasn't expecting much out of it but it kept me reading. I really enjoyed it, and the art work was pretty good too. The cover is pretty hilarious...and don't worry, no giant Predator eats Judge Dredd. But as for odd things, Dark Horse is usually right there with bizarre, almost ridiculous plot turns. One of the characters in the book is a descendant of Dutch Schaefer, Arnold's character form the Predator film. Dark Horse has a penchant for just putting these bizarre twists in their stories which don't make them better, but actually take the quality of the story down. But overall, Dredd vs. Pred is pretty good and I recommend it to any Dredd or Predator fan.
Hopefully Dark Horse will improve its comics...Dark Horse has utterly ruined the Terminator comic franchise with ridiculous stories, and Predator and Alien have done nothing but take a big plummet the past few years.
Dredd fans will love this! What would happen if the ultimate Law Enforcer would meet the Ultimate hunting creature? This book gives the answer, creating a dark, wet Maegacity at the mercy of the Predator. However, in the end, hardcore Dredd fans may be dissapointed, since it was not Dredd's combat superiority that led him to victory.But, for more detail on this, you have to read the book.
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