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Where's that thread about prog circulation?  I certainly know a lot of people of a variety of varying ages who used to read 2000AD at some point in their lives (any time from the 1970s to 1990s).  Wasn't there a ballpark figure of Tooth in its heyday* having about half a million weekly readers (on the assumption that each comic would be read by, on average, two and a half children)?

*sales-wise - content-wise is an entirely different thread...

Ryan Johnson's knitted scorpion jumper was horrific! :p

That's a lobster cardigan, Mr Wells, and yes, it is horrific.

So it is! In my defence, I recoiled in horror when I saw it first time.

A bit insensitive wearing that with Ackbar wandering about...

I don't see why - it'd be like having a picture of a gorilla on a jumper, while socialising with humans.

I'm thinking that DC:s recent push for positivity (Rebirth watchmen stuff, comments regarding their films, DKMR and so on) Marshal Law vs Batman seems a bit hard to get off the ground.

Hopefully with the upcoming push (DC uttered such at comic con) for DC OGN, perhaps Mills could get DC and O'Neill onboard.

DKMR?  DCOGN?

This is why we need positive trans role models.

That's why I'd love them to just open with a really bizarre episode, and make the uninitiated viewer go "wow, that was fantastic" and can't wait to tell all their friends about it. And I think the Dark Judges would do that in spades.

Now that's a good idea, hold a Supersurf, or training for it - something you don't get in other shows but that doesn't give a false expectation of what the series is going to be (if you have Dark Judges from the off people will think it's a supernatural show).

I think the DJs work best once you know the Judicial system, so they wouldn't be great in a season 1 opener.

I agree that a "wow" episode is needed - maybe open with Supersurf 7...

There were the Mega-Rackets as well, not sure off the top of my head when they appeared in the progs (around the early 200s) but I'm sure somebody will be along soon to say which Case Files they appeared in.

Case Files 5.

Thanks, CalHab!

There were the Mega-Rackets as well, not sure off the top of my head when they appeared in the progs (around the early 200s) but I'm sure somebody will be along soon to say which Case Files they appeared in.  Shows the different endeavours that mafia-like organisations get up to in Mega-City One.  There was also a syndicate of gangsters about a year or two later who kept meeting up with their latest schemes, usually foiled by Dredd.  One of them was called Blobs.
Earlier than all that we met the Ape Gang - possibly the first appearance of organised crime that we saw (unless Max Normal's debut predates it).

Can anyone recommend an online comic sale where I can get some of the reprinted dredd stuff. Namely the law of dredd, lawman of he future, quality comics presents,the DC dredd and the quality classics dredd.tried eBay but they're very  spread out and postage from the US is crazy money.thanks. Paull

Lawman of the Future wasn't reprinted, you'd have to get the originals.  DC Dredds were also never reprinted (Judge Dredd and Legends of the Law - there would be a case for reprinting LotL).

Some great stuff there - I'd been meaning to have a look at this thread for a while, but knew it'd punish my internet connection to do so (I was right, it did!)  Glad it made it through the grand photobucket shut-down!  Without knowing the context of the art competition themes there's some confusing images there, but still great pics!

" maybe Tharg should give Mills and O'Neill a ton of cash to produce new Marshal Law material (and get the back catalogue into print)."

DC own the publishing rights at the moment, DC wanted a new Marshal Law story according to Pat Mills where he teamed up with a certain billionaire superhero, but was not allowed to kick his ass

Really?  How did they manage that?  Seeing as ML has been published by Marvel, Dark Horse, Apocalypse (Toxic!) and Image, but never by DC.  I always thought it was creator owned, so it would be in Pat and Kev's hands.  Though Rebellion are mainly interested in publishing things they own IP for (hence buying Scarlet Traces before reprinting and continuing).

p.s. you're not thinking of Metalzoic, are you?

" maybe Tharg should give Mills and O'Neill a ton of cash to produce new Marshal Law material (and get the back catalogue into print)."

DC own the publishing rights at the moment, DC wanted a new Marshal Law story according to Pat Mills where he teamed up with a certain billionaire superhero, but was not allowed to kick his ass

Really?  How did they manage that?  Seeing as ML has been published by Marvel, Dark Horse, Apocalypse (Toxic!) and Image, but never by DC.  I always thought it was creator owned, so it would be in Pat and Kev's hands.  Though Rebellion are mainly interested in publishing things they own IP for (hence buying Scarlet Traces before reprinting and continuing).

They early progs (sub 519) were all printed on 300gsm cartridge paper,
It was only the strength of the thrill power that so weakened the parchment.
This explains why some 90s progs still look as good as new.

Tharg impression over - yup bog roll!

And I thought it was because the ones from the 70s and 80s were read and re-read countless times while the ones from the 90s weren't so much...

In my LCS they say the Bronze Age is the new Silver age. So people are buying first appearances of Venom and x23. Just seems that maybe first appearances of Judge Death and Anderson also fit into that category.

Interesting thing here is prog 150 might have sold 100,000 here but how many of them realistically reached the States? Not many.

I wonder how many of the early progs made it out of the 1980s, never mind to other countries...

Spotted this on the news just now, it's part of a training centre for the fire service, but it's like having your own mini Pete Wells block in rural Gloucestershire...

http://www.fireservicecollege.ac.uk/facilities/incident-ground/commercial-building/

There's a similar training centre on the South bank of the Thames (can't remember precisely where it is, but probably out as far as Kent), used by the Met for urban exercises.

Gravesend, Kent.  The top left corner of the estate (the bit that doesn't have car parks in it) has been used for riot training and the like.

Spotted this on the news just now, it's part of a training centre for the fire service, but it's like having your own mini Pete Wells block in rural Gloucestershire...

http://www.fireservicecollege.ac.uk/facilities/incident-ground/commercial-building/

There's a similar training centre on the South bank of the Thames (can't remember precisely where it is, but probably out as far as Kent), used by the Met for urban exercises.