You know you're getting old when...

Thread Zero · 11 March, 2002, 02:31:07 AM

...you read this week's 2k and don't understand it.

Took a while before the grey matter kicked in and I knew what Terror Tales was all about!

Very odd tale it was. Needed more depth to work, I feel.

Dredd was ok but not in the same league as Love Story 1 and 2. They were hilarious. This one wasn't. Shame really. Should have been 2 parts long.

I didn't get Dante. Could someone please explain how Arbatov was killed. I haven't a clue. Was he shot by Emmanuel? And what happened to Arbatov's neck?

Maybe Emmanuel is a psi and can kill people by thought. I guess all will be explained later on in the story. Then again, perhaps not!

Oh how I yearn for simple storytelling panels...

And don't get me started on the panels on page 3 of Dante!

Anyone fancy a banana and champagne?

scojo

The Amstor Computer · 11 March, 2002, 02:38:13 AM

>>>I didn't get Dante. Could someone please explain how Arbatov was killed. I haven't a clue. Was he shot by Emmanuel? And what happened to Arbatov's neck?
Maybe Emmanuel is a psi and can kill people by thought. I guess all will be explained later on in the story. Then again, perhaps not!<<<

That's how I read that part - it seemed fairly clear. Anyone spot who Emmanuel could double for?

Wood · 11 March, 2002, 05:20:35 AM

You need to spot it? isn't this the SECOND Luther Arkwright clone they've had, anyway?

And him having done Octobriana and all.

The Amstor Computer · 11 March, 2002, 05:23:12 AM

Which was the first? I'm missing a chunk of early Dante strips (pre. 1125) - was it from before then, or have I just missed it?

Wood · 11 March, 2002, 02:19:31 PM

Um, I can't remember the number, but it was the one that had the computer generated Lulu Romanov on the cover. The story, The Cadre Infernale, had a captain in British Intelligence who was the spit of Luther Arkwright (or I remember thinking so at the time). It was a different guy, but he may have been called Emmanuel, too.

CJones6759 · 12 March, 2002, 04:32:21 AM

It was the same guy, I'm sure of it.

The Amstor Computer · 12 March, 2002, 04:40:16 AM

I've actually got that story sitting upstairs & I remember the character vaguely, so I'll go & have a check.

The Amstor Computer · 12 March, 2002, 05:02:42 AM

Yep - Captain Luther Emmanuel, Brittania Intelligence. It's the same guy, though with no sign of any psi abilities.

Wood · 12 March, 2002, 01:57:49 PM

Aaaaah. the same guy.

That'd expolain it :)

eggonlegs · 13 March, 2002, 01:36:44 AM

Reprints for meg>luther arkwright both books

Wood · 13 March, 2002, 02:21:19 PM

surely you mean all three books?

Oh, you mean the sequel as well.

I dunno. The original's one of my faves, but it's been reprinted SO many times, hasn't it?

eggonlegs · 14 March, 2002, 12:57:24 AM

i am so sorry will poison myself later, and you know what i meant, but worthy of a full run i feel, just for all the poor folk who cant afford to buy comics every week!!!

Wood · 14 March, 2002, 02:13:17 PM

Whoa, steady.

I din't mean it in a bitchy way.

But, yeah, it did come out that way.

Apologies.