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When you’re as liberal with issuing the death sentence as Judge Joe Dredd (about the only time Dredd has ever been described as liberal), it becomes hard to accrue a good rogues gallery. Aside from the immortal, invincible Dark Judges and the occasional parallel universe Caligula or Rico, almost everyone else is long gone, at the bullet of Dredd. That, or simply aged out of business. Even Mean Machine Angel got old and went away, in the end.
And now a new threat arises, and from within the ranks of the Justice Department, no less. Enter SJS Judge Pin; a creepy, demented serial killer, with Dredd in her sights. Rarely has Dredd been so completely helpless as he is here, captive at the mercy of Judge Pin. Complete with hallucinations of old enemies, this story bears some similarities to Garth Ennis’s Goodnight Kiss, bolstered by an even better villain and its ties to such recent stories as The Small House and Titan. Dredd stories have always straddled genres well, and this is a great serial killer horror story.
The Control trade also comes with a handful of other shorter stories from creative team Rob Williams and Chris Weston. These are a bit lighter in tone and a lot sillier (particularly its Klegg tale), but no less appreciated. Make no mistake though, Control is the Judge Pin show. One of the best antagonists Dredd has faced in recent years, she may be late to the party, but Pin is an all-timer.
