Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files 07

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2000 AD Progs 322-375
      Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files 07 carries the legacy that 06 started, no epic arcs are to be found in these pages, unlike volume 06 though where the majority of the progs were dealing with the apocalypse war aftermath this volume begins to return to the original format with less connected progs the average story here being about 4 in length.
For me the standout progs were “Cry of the Werewolf” It has great art and watching the Judges fight the classic movie monsters is good fun. I also loved the graveyard shift. At seven parts it really is just like a bunch of individual four-page progs which Ron Smith decided to tie into one interconnected block. I Do love this format when it is implemented, similar to the mega-rackets found in the complete case files 05. It makes what would be throwaway progs that would be drowned out a little more memorable, a little more special and a little harder to forget about. They cover a wide range of topics from Dredd’s loathing of paperwork to leapers. To stay on any topic would be to say to much but they are fun.
Not the deepest of progs but that doesn't make it less awesome.
  

      Requiem for a Heavyweight is a good 4 prog arc which I felt could’ve been done in 3. The fatties I feel are slightly overused at this point, Many people love the fatty arcs, but I prefer my Dredd stories to focus on, well, Dredd. Not a group of fatties.

     This volume, mostly consisting of very short stories truly has a little bit of everything, from dinosaurs, to fatties, to cadet evaluation. We are introduced to Cadet Dekker as we get a character which looked to be ready to replace the much-missed Judge Giant but must have been not popular enough because she rarely reoccurs throughout the series. Still any cadet stories are among my favorite reoccurring themes.


The opposite of rocky in every way except the amount of heart.
       The seventh case files is pretty good filler volume, it doesn't shake up the status quo and to be completely honest could be skipped without any confusion in the overall story-arc but if you did skip it though you'd miss out on many great progs, both the ones I mentioned here and the ones I chose to admit because often times progs are so short to describe them would be far too much of a spoiler. Check out 07 if you're reading through the entirety of Dredd but it is non-essential. 



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