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Welcome, from a fellow newb 

Will any of the DC and Dark Horse crossovers be included in the Collection?

I believe not

First Single: Black Sabbath "Die Young", on vinyl.

First Album: Motorhead "No Sleep 'til Hammersmith" also on vinyl.

Both have been replaced over the years digitally, but I think I probably still have those vinyl records in the roof somewhere, but alas no means to play them.

Yup, there will be a few of us in that boat! 

I think that strip was previously in Wildcat, and then reappeared in the merged title, but like you I only got sporadic copies, so it is all a bit hazy! I think that was the late 80s when I had already just about stopped reading comics altogether.

[2000 AD]

Welcome!

Seem to be a lot of us finding our way from the wilderness, myself included. There is a mass migration towards 2000 AD recently - and we've all picked a great time to do it.

Cheers Stephen. Yes quite agree, and the Mega Collection seems to have been a great conduit for quite a few people.

Borags, Gus - welcome back!

Cheers

Mine arrived today. Great bit of Nostalgia! Loved Doomlord in particular.

Thanks David for putting this out there.

Thanks, I really must get back to that with a boring (ahem quiet at the back) but important update...

I look forward to it..... Did you get the roof fixed?

Cheers Zen

Hello from a fellow lapsed newbie...

Seems bonkers that a special size has had to be produced for the US market, when the regular issues sent there are the same size as the UK?

That said, I am just glad that 2000 AD will be taking part in FCBD this year, as personally speaking, last year I thought overall it was one of, if not the best, comic out of all the FCBD participants.

Hats off to all the droids at Rebellion, if that is what it took to take part in FCBD. Nice one.

I first got into Maiden in 1981 in my early teens when living in Singapore of all places. Everything seemed to be pirated tapes in the shops there! My mate lent me Killers, which I then bought, along with every album since, and also the first album (all genuine copies now though!)

Seen them a few times, including the Piece of Mind tour at Hull City Hall, No Prayer for the Dying tour, again at Hull, and most recently at Sheffield Arena in 2011, when I also took my two young daughters along. We also all went to see Rush a few months earller at the same venue, so I like to think I have done a reasonable job in educating their musical tastes! 

I dont remember a sticker book like you mention, but I do remember one produced by Metal Hammer magazine, around the Somewhere Back In Time tour. You got the sticker album, and then collected the stickers each month for about three magazines I think. Still got it in a box in the roof somewhere.

Thanks fellas.

Colin, I enjoyed reading about your man cave project in the "comic porn" thread. Wish I had the space to do something like that, but then I don't have all those progs for starters!

Hi All

Like others, I have been lurking on the forum (for the past ten months or so) and decided it was high time I joined in!

I used to read "early" 2000 AD in the late 70s through until 1981, when the family moved abroad to Singapore. I was there three years and then sent back to school in the UK, and never resumed reading the prog. I seemed to remember I was more into Kerrang magazine in those mid teenage years!

I fell back into reading 2000 AD when the Mega Collection started last year. At the same time I started getting the weekly prog, which has enthusiastically continued, and also steadily increased my graphic novel collection in general, covering 2000 AD, Marvel and DC.

Some of my other interests include model making, when I get the time (plastic and wood), old 1950s Land Rovers, Motorsport, drumming, and whilst I have quite a broad musical taste, "old school" heavy metal!

I look forward to start attending conventions/events, and meet up with some of you good folk. From the variety of posts on here it looks great fun. I live in York, so Thought Bubble is an obvious contender, and perhaps the Manchester event at "Event City".

Cheers

Gus