In February 2017, the British cult magazine 2000 AD and its most popular character, Judge Dredd, will be 40 years old. To celebrate this event, Delirium launches with this first volume a new collection of anthologies that captures the stories of Juudge Dredd in chronological order. With a new and accurate translation in a prestigious format, it will finally be possible to rediscover this ill-known character from his very first hesitant steps to the cult character that he will become under the pen and the trait of iconic authors such as John Wagner and Pat Mills to scripts, or Brian Bolland, Mick MacMahon, Carlos Ezquerra, Kevin O'Neill to drawings, to name but a few so impressive the list! On this occasion, readers will also discover these stories as they were published at the time with their colour pages. In addition to a gallery of cover, additional stories and the very first unpublished story of Judge Dredd, Pat Mills, editor-in-chief of 2000 AD at the creation of the magazine and writer, especially for Charlie's Great War, Slaine, or Requiem signs an exclusive preface for this French edition where he tells us about the origin of the cult magazine and its flagship character, which has become one of the most popular creations in British comics.