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Judge Dredd Books in Order

Judge Dredd contains 81 books, published between 1982 and 2022. The first book is Streets of Mega City Dredd (1982) and the newest is Legends of The Law: Book One (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
81
Published
1982–2022
Pages on record
8,088 in 59 of 81 books
Reading time
135–202 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 8,088 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 59 of 81 titles with a page count on record.

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Judge Dredd is a science fiction comics series built around the judge of that name, a lawman of a future city. Eighty-one volumes are catalogued, from Streets of Mega City Dredd (1982) to Legends of The Law: Book One (2022), with The Dark Judges (1988), Judge Dredd Future Crime (1990) and The Judge Dredd Mega Collection (1990) among the early collections and a numbered volume line running from 2013. Judges, crime and future law are the recurring subjects.

How many Judge Dredd books are there?

Judge Dredd has 81 books, released between 1982 and 2022.

Judge Dredd Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 81 Judge Dredd books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of The Dark Judges by John Wagner, book 3 of the Judge Dredd series (1988)
  2. Cover of Judge Dredd, Volume 4 by Duane Swierczynski, book 4 of the Judge Dredd series (2014)
  3. Cover of Judge Dredd, Volume 6 by Duane Swierczynski, book 6 of the Judge Dredd series (2015)
  4. Cover of Rough Justice, book 10 of the Judge Dredd series (1991)
  5. Cover of The Complete Judge Dredd in Oz, book 12 of the Judge Dredd series (1994)
  6. Cover of The Ultimate Riddle, book 13 of the Judge Dredd series (1995)
  7. Cover of The Complete America by John Wagner, book 14 of the Judge Dredd series (1996)
  8. Cover of The Three Amigos, book 15 of the Judge Dredd series (1996)
  9. Cover of Necropolis by John Wagner, book 16 of the Judge Dredd series (1998)
  10. Cover of Predator vs. Judge Dredd, book 18 of the Judge Dredd series (1998)
  11. Cover of The Scorpion Dance: Featuring "Beyond the Call of Duty" by John Wagner, book 19 of the Judge Dredd series (1999)
  12. Cover of Doomsday For Dredd, book 20 of the Judge Dredd series (2001)
  13. Cover of Doomsday For Mega City One by John Wagner, book 21 of the Judge Dredd series (2001)
  14. Cover of Wilderlands, book 22 of the Judge Dredd series (2001)
  15. Cover of Judge Dredd Featuring Judge Death, book 23 of the Judge Dredd series (2002)
  16. Cover of Incubus, book 24 of the Judge Dredd series (2003)
  17. Cover of Necropolis Book Two, book 25 of the Judge Dredd series (2003)
  18. Cover of The Apocalypse War, book 26 of the Judge Dredd series (2004)
  19. Cover of Red Razors by Mark Millar, book 27 of the Judge Dredd series (2004)
  20. Cover of Dredd Vs. Death, book 28 of the Judge Dredd series (2005)
  21. Cover of Total War, book 30 of the Judge Dredd series (2005)
  22. Cover of Satan's Island, book 31 of the Judge Dredd series (2005)
  23. Cover of The Chief Judge's Man, book 32 of the Judge Dredd series (2006)
  24. Cover of Judge Dredd-Brothers Of The Blood, book 33 of the Judge Dredd series (2006)
  1. 1
    Streets of Mega City Dredd1982 · 48 pages · confirmed 2/4
    198248
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  2. 1
    Judge Dredd2010 · 136 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2010136
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  3. 1
    Judge Dredd, Volume 12013 · 120 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013120
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  4. 2
    Judge Vs. The Midnight Surfer1988 · confirmed 2/4
    1988–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 2
    Judge Dredd, Volume 22013 · 104 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013104
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  6. 3
    The Dark Judges1988 · confirmed 2/4
    1988–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 3
    Judge Dredd, Volume 32014 · 104 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014104
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  8. 4
    Judge Dredd Future Crime1990 · 64 pages · confirmed 2/4
    199064
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  9. 4
    Judge Dredd, Volume 42014 · confirmed 1/4
    2014–
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  10. 5
    The Judge Dredd Mega Collection1990 · 192 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1990192
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  11. 5
    Judge Dredd, Volume 52014 · 104 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014104
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  12. 6
    Judge Dredd in America1991 · 62 pages · confirmed 2/4
    199162
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  13. 6
    Judge Dredd, Volume 62015 · 104 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015104
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  14. 7
    Metal Fatigue1991 · confirmed 2/4
    1991–
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  15. 7
    Judge Dredd, Volume 72015 · 152 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015152
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  16. 8
    Hall of Justice1991 · 64 pages · confirmed 2/4
    199164
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  17. 9
    Judge Dredd in Bad Science1991 · 64 pages · confirmed 2/4
    199164
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  18. 10
    Rough Justice1991 · confirmed 2/4
    1991–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  19. 11
    Boyhood of a Superfiend1992 · 80 pages · confirmed 2/4
    199280
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  20. 12
    The Complete Judge Dredd in Oz1994 · 240 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1994240
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  21. 13
    The Ultimate Riddle1995 · 25 pages · confirmed 2/4
    199525
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  22. 14
    The Complete America1996 · 120 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1996120
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  23. 15
    The Three Amigos1996 · 56 pages · confirmed 2/4
    199656
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  24. 16
    Necropolis1998 · 192 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998192
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  25. 17
    Blind Justice1998 · 80 pages · confirmed 2/4
    199880
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  26. 18
    Predator vs. Judge Dredd1998 · 80 pages · confirmed 2/4
    199880
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  27. 19
    The Scorpion Dance: Featuring "Beyond the Call of Duty"1999 · 128 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999128
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  28. 20
    Doomsday For Dredd2001 · 160 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2001160
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  29. 21
    Doomsday For Mega City One2001 · 128 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2001128
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  30. 22
    Wilderlands2001 · 216 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2001216
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Do you have to read Judge Dredd books in order?

You should read the Judge Dredd books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Judge Dredd book also stands alone.

Where to start with Judge Dredd

Start with Streets of Mega City Dredd (1982), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Judge Dredd book?

Legends of The Law: Book One (2022) is the newest Judge Dredd book released so far.

Is there a new Judge Dredd book coming?

No next Judge Dredd book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Judge Dredd at a glance

Paused
No new Judge Dredd title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
Release pace
Judge Dredd books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
8,088 pages across the 59 of 81 books with a recorded length, a median of 128 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Judge Dredd books, 41 of 81, were published in the 2010s.
Attribution
Of the 81 titles, 59 are credited to John Wagner, 11 to Alan Grant, 7 to Duane Swierczynski and 6 to Carlos Ezquerra. A further 53 writers are credited. 2 titles carry no credit.

What the Judge Dredd books are about

54 of the 81 Judge Dredd books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: comics & graphic novels, science fiction is tagged on 39 of 54. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.