The Fall of Deadworld Omnibus

by Matthew Smith

Overview

Three new novellas set in the world of the perennially popular Judge Dredd villains, The Dark Judges.

A brand-new omnibus collection featuring three new novellas set in the world of Judge Dredd's iconic villains, The Dark Judges.

Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Fall

In time, the world will become a graveyard, a charnel pit for billions.

In time, a tiny few will be all that remains, fighting back against the terrible, rotting "greys" until none are left.

In time, the Dark Judges will rule unquestioned over an empty world.

But first must come the fall...

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781781088357
Publisher:	Abaddon
Publication date:	06/23/2020
Series:	A Fall of Deadworld Novel
Pages:	352
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.80(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Matthew Smith was employed as a desk editor for Pan Macmillan book publishers for three years before joining 2000 AD as assistant editor in July 2000 to work on a comic he had read religiously since 1985. He became editor of the Galaxy’s Greatest in December 2001, and then editor-in-chief of the 2000 AD titles in January 2006. He lives in Oxford.

Editorial Reviews

03/16/2020

This compendium of three long tales featuring supercompetent spy/detective Sexton Blake, who appeared in more than 4,000 stories written by more than 200 authors between 1893 and 1978, does nothing to justify reintroducing the character to a modern audience. Hodder opens with a metafictional conversation between himself and Blake, in which they discuss how different writers treated Blake, with Hodder observing that the first selection, Norman Goddard’s “The Case of the Naval Manoeuvres,” was not well written. Readers will agree, as Goddard has Blake climb a rope dangling from a German airship hovering over the Shetland Islands several years before WWI, only to find Kaiser Wilhelm among the crew. That shocking discovery precedes action-packed sequences with Blake escaping death multiple times and eventually rescuing the Kaiser, thereby delaying conflict between their two countries. The other entries, one of which sends Blake to the Western front during WWI so he can get a will signed, aren’t more plausible, and Hodder’s editing out racist and anti-Semitic passages and noting where he’s done so won’t redeem this dated material. Risible plots, ungainly prose, and a two-dimensional lead will leave few eager for the next Sexton Blake reissue. (Feb.)

Publishers Weekly