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I must admit that I'm not the biggest Slaine fan and would like a few less of that and some more volumes on other things, but I'll maybe change my mind.  Of course we all have our different tastes.  Some old stories date better than others. 

The trouble with saying that some of them have already been printed are that they had a fairly short print run.  Savage for example, look how much it costs to get The Guv'nor or Taking Liberties, ditto with something like Flesh.  Other stories like Mean Streets just don't date well at all, the whole future sports thing being a bit dodgy.

Weird Science was a bit of a mixed bag.  The Pussyfoot 5 stories were.....different, but amusing.  Did they do any others with that team?

Inspector Strange.  Despite what I initially was fearing I really enjoyed.  If Strange had been a TV series I could almost imagine him sounding like Gene Hunt.  

The Inspectre stories were in my mind really nice.  It was a revelation that by the end Primakova was a semi sympathetic character.  Wondering if what had been done to her had twisted her so much.

Cabal.  Sorry, I tried to like this, but what I think worked against it for me was the art.  I just did not like the art style, perhaps if it had been different.  Alternatively a reread later on might also change my opinions.

Okay, I enjoyed most of that.  Journey to Hell did waver a bit and drag on and the 'Space Trucker' dialogue was a bit grating but a sign of the times.  Hell, my brother had a CB and I remember watching far too many movies like Convoy.

The Schikelgruber Job story was silly, but in a good way of course.  Him offering Stix a job was funny, if anything I thought he would offer a position to Wulf since he certainly would fit Der Fuhrers Aryan stereotype in terms of appearance.

What's in it. The only phone book I have is the one with Portrait of a Mutant in it.

okay- so to get the two volumes you want Megs 380 & 381

Both available in the 2000 AD meg shop: https://shop.2000ad.com/catalogue/megazines/2017/MEG380P

Cheers.

I wonder how Are Trucking will look after all these years, certainly Bellardinellis art will be as mind bending as ever, having already sampled that in Meltdown Man.

From memory there were 2 floppies worth of material- so approx 110 pages. I'd have to dig 'em out to check what issues of the Meg they were with, though.

So last post in this thread on this topic, is there any legit way of getting the rest as Back in Action ended on somewhat of a cliffhanger?  As a further question, It seem to be true in Rogue Trooper we won't get the Dogs Trooper Intergalactic Hitman stuff that was a bit...off. However I liked the darker Rogue we got in the Realpolitik trade, will we get any of that?

Jade- The VC's was finished off in the floppies earlier this year. I don't think they are to be included in the collection.

So how long did it go on beyond the "Back in Action" trade.

Digital format I don't mind for novels, but not comics or illustrated non fiction.

I've maybe asked before but are we getting any VCs and if so when up to. The last released trade "Back in Action", left on a cliffhanger.

I do think some stories seem to be dominating too much when you consider just how many there are in 2000ads history.

One thing about Kryslers Mark, once it was mentioned was the mix of art styles was rather glaring.

Classic moments for me was Anderson's promotion, her thoughts on picking up the thoughts of those around her and Dredds comments on his new eyes.

I might be wrong but this looked like the time Joe started to have proper respect for Anderson rather than thinking of her as a bit of a pest.

Kingdom, that was damned enjoyable. Bear in mind I know squat about it. The initial story in my mind got off to a shaky start between the packs language style which was just something you got used to and after mentions of the pack in the intro text and story beginning their quick exit.

The follow one were far stronger, and mentions of Ant Wars brought up memories. I remember having the first few 2000ad annuals that had stories I suspect were inherited from Starlord. A time travelling WW2 squad, and maybe also an Ant Wars story.

Quick summary, roll on Kingdom Book 2.

Kryslers Mark was enjoyable. The last story was a bit odd and was the only one I hadn't read before but a nice piece of nostalgia.

What is Marauder? 

According to Facebook Nemesis Vol 3 will be out on 28 March 2018, featuring the photo-story from prog 534.

God, that photo story was a particularly low point.  It's a technique that practically never worked,  The story itself wasn't wonderful either.

Famous Monsters was good.  A good few old time stories and my favourite one was with the train robbers (can't remember the story name) where the robber was sympathetic.

So what's next, plus any idea how much Rogue Trooper we will get?  I have the older Rebellion paperbacks (Future of War, Fort Neuro, To the Ends of Nu Earth, Re-Gene, Eye of the Traitor and Realpolitik) as well as the 86ers.  Will we get material that does not appear in them?