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Following the GI biochips question (which always bothered me too), I have a couple of Dreddy-flavoured queries:

1) Am I right in thinking that Mega-City One is one solid mass of blocks stretching the entire Eastern seaboard of the US, and then inland some?

2) If no, then how big is it? If yes, then given that each block seems to have the population of a small town, surely the pop. of the city ought to be HYOOOGE, i.e. much greater than the original 800million (before Apocalypse, Necropolis, etc.)

3) Also (forgive me for not knowing this I'm sure it's been explained), does JD only patrol a single sector? This would explain to me why it never takes him long to bike over to any one destination when summoned. But does this mean that unless specifically mentioned, all City-based adventures we read in the strip take place within the same sector?

Forgive me if this has been mooted before, I haven't been able to keep up with all the posts in last few weeks.

I reckon Shakara is some future/alternative incarnation of JD. Look at the shoulders, and his(?) head - aren't they a bit too reminiscent in shape to be a coincidence? And then there's his incredible combat skills etc.

I agree it seems weird, as the two stories are so dissimilar in style, but surely that would make it all the more shocking when the truth is revealed (like The Dead Man).

mad Mole

The cover of Prog 302 is a classic IMHO.

I started out not enjoying Harry 20 too much but have come to love it. Having spent the last year and a half breaking the bank (and back!) to buy the (almost) entire backlist (still missing about 20 progs), I'm currently overdosing on thrillpower, catching up on what I missed.

I'm reading several streams, starting variously at progs 176 (which is where I came in the first time round, but originally stopped about 100 issues later), 500 (500 to 600 have been exceptionally good, with the exception of most Belardinelli strips - I loved Meltdown Man and Ace Trucking from the earlier progs, but loathed The Dead, Mean Team and most of his Future Shocks), 1000 and of course current issues.

I have to say, it's a real joy. I'd always thought of myself as a 2000AD fan but only now realise that I'd actually only read a tiny amount of TGGC.

Any thoughts on what joys/tortures I have to come? From what I've picked up, sounds as though issues from the early nineties weren't too hot.

Having raved about Prog 1263 - "Best ever artists", "We've never had it so good", blah blah - the last couple of weeks have been a bit of a disappointment. JD is still cool but everything else rather uninspiring, especially 'Killer'.

Will it be like this until Xmas, prog 2002?