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Wonder how long it will take for my replacement and I'm sceptical as to whether it will be any better to be honest.

Finally got through to Hachette by phone.  The first number they supplied was not recognised but I got a second.  Heavily accented voice on the other end, Indian perhaps?  Nevertheless I was able to get through to the guy that the issue number and volume number weren't the same due to the release method and gave the name of the issue.

He took my details and said there will be a replacement sent out but I hope it's not got the same problems

Hachette continue to baffle.  I send them a message about the text quality in War in the streets.  I state that it was number 90 as an issue (ie the last one we got), but it was numbered as number 88 in the collection.

They reply asking if I would like a replacement for Number 92, which doesn't even exist?

Rather ticked off with the WH Smiths I order my 2000AD collection from.  Went in today and into the cabinet where my book is usually stored and nothing.  Some plonker had placed it on public sale.  Its a good job that it hadn't sold.  This isn't the first time this has happened.

Also, Ive already contacted them twice about the piss poor quality of some of the text in my last Dredd book and never got a reply.  Anyone got any ideas for an alternate contact method or any suggestions.  Most times I haven't been too bad but the text was so bad in some places it was unreadable.

What is Red Seas, and I'd like to see Leviathan as it was available easily for a short time as a trade but I missed out on it.

I guess with Rogue Trooper we're only going up till the 6 books that were originally printed on trade pre phonebook editions.  Namely the end of the Re-Gene trade?

Still not a huge fan of Slaine, but this volume seemed a lot more enjoyable.  Only thing is that the dungeon crawl story seemed to suddenly want to kill off a bunch of characters rather quickly, but then again high body counts are part of Slaine.

I can't say I'm looking forward to reading this.  I wish there had been a way to do a standing order at my newsagents and skip the Slaine books, but I held out thinking I might get to like it.  Of course I might like this one.  Nikolai Dante started out a bit middling if still decent and in the last book has really shot up in quality.

This isn't maybe the best place to ask, but I read that Disaster 1990 was a freebie in a Dredd Megazine.  Is anyone here willing to sell it, if they have it.  I realise it's probably nostalgia.

Okay, I read Kingdom volume 2 last night and enjoyed it.  Is there going to be another volume as I get the impression that there will be.

One story I've read a bit about I wouldn't mind seeing but I don't think we'll be seeing is Jaegir.

They really do have an appalling customer service department.

They HAVE a customer service department?

Skipped forward to Play it again, Sam. On the plus side it had less mild racism (at least the first couple of episodes that I read) but the constant singing started to grate very quickly.  Given the remaining page count I decided I had other things I'd rather be reading.  Much like volume 1 I doubt this'll be coming back off the shelf anytime soon.

Same with me, I'm afraid I more or less 'phased out' with the singing in that story.  This collection has it's highs but so far IMHO a lot less than Dredd.  Then again Dredd when it started has some real horrors as well.

Anyone know the best link to lodge a complaint as the emails I've sent to Hachette regarding a Dredd book got no reply, not even an acknowledgement.

I'm afraid I'm no more a fan of DR and Quinch now than I was back then, but Skizz was damned good.

Haven't read Kingdom book 2 yet.

I still would like to see a Star Wars collection, but that won't happen I bet, especially with the RRP of most SW graphic novels.

I've emailed Hachette multiple times about the printing issue with the last Dredd book where much of the text is virtually unreadable, especially bolded text.  I've not yet received a reply, not even an acknowledgement.

Very shoddy.

So far I've not been nearly as impressed overall with the 2000ad collection as the JD one.  I'm not a Slaine fan and feel 15 books are a bit much.  I feel there could have been a greater spread on smaller series.  Personally I'd also have liked to have seen more Savage than what was printed in the original Trades as the Wiki article seems to hint at a fair amount beyond The Guv'nor book.

So, what's the next volume going to be.

Well I finished the second Sam Slade book.  I really can't say its a series that has dated well, the whole "Year of Song" story with Iron Aggie was particularly painful.