John Cooper (17) (1942–2015)

Most of this collection is The Apocalypse War saga, which is, dare i say it, pretty boring. Whilst both sides are cartoonish the satire isn't really laid on, which means that its kind of white propoganda when it could have been an absolute cracker of a takedown of both Bolshevism and western imperialist values. Instead it's an overlong war epic where megadeaths and deliberate targeting of civilians are tossed out by both sides without any commentary at all.

As Mega-City One tackles the aftermath of the Apocalypse War the Judges must tackle both a city in turmoil, opportunistic criminals, shanty towns full of refugees, and out of control space-condos to name a few challenges. While there’s no long-form epic Dredd tale in this collection, it's series of shorter self-contained two or three part tales are a good representation of the general tone of the series in the early 1980s.

Seems to have gone off the boil, none of these stories are particularly good, instead being generic action / adventure / horror.