Michael Carroll (1) (1966–)

Here we are given several stories linking Dredd with Russia (or Sov) territory. We follow Dredd from punitive expedition to the ultra secret Sov prison (in my opinion best story in collection, both artistically and story-wise), effects on the soul of people that took part in wiping out entire Sov mega city to assisting Sov Judges in the remote parts of SIberia only to get haunted by the ghosts of the past.

Art is mixed here. First story was a best one to me, story of the Apocalypse team was more toony in a bloody and gory way (AD2000 trademark), while story of Mega City One's assistance to Sov's remote outpost is more of a sketchy approach, long, pointy characters, dark and shady, rather monochrome panels. In overall pretty solid art.

Recommended to all fans of Judge Dredd and his universe.… (altro)

Definitely not an edge on your seat thriller. More of a devastating story for a family shielded in secrets. After surviving the war and thought dead, Pete Banning returns to his Mississippi Cotton estate to his wife and family and ends up killing the local preacher who gave comfort to his family during his absence. He gave no defense for his actions and would give no motive. As a reader, it was obvious the reason for his actions, but was it? The secret would go to his grave with him. For his children left behind, losing their family farm inheritance along with their parents finding the answers to the family's demise was not what they ever could have imagined. The story of Pete and his fellow soldiers suffering during the war and the depiction of the horrific scenes of the Bataan Death March were truly hard to read and made the tragedy after Pete's return from the war even more heartbreaking. ** All other reviews included here appear to be about another book?… (altro)