Forum’s Favourite Thrill - Black Atlantic vs M.A.C.H.0. Rd 1 Heat 72

[Colin YNWA]

You've been very patient with me and indulged these matches with a diligence and rigour that I'm amazed by. That said, with X-Mas coming up I think we'll have a week off after this week (9), so we can start the new year with fresh energy for the end of Round 1 and brace ourselves as we go into Round 2 (and I can have a little time to prep the biggest single round of any tourney to date!). It would be nice to end on a high... it would be, but the draws the draw...

We enter the X-Mas break with one of Tharg's forgotten gems - well by my reading - M.A.C.H.O. span out of M.A.C.H.1. And for me presented a far more interesting thrill with some beautifully atmospheric art. Will 2000ad's anachronistic Hulk be able to SMASH a short lived Dan Abnett thrill?

Which most rattles your thrill-receptors:

Black Atlantic - more info

Vs.

M.A.C.H.O - more info

Just reply in this thread naming your favourite thrill of these two series at the beginning of your post (or use Bold tags so I can spot it easily) and say what you like about these wonderful stories after that.

Match ends early on the morning of BOXING DAY - yes X-Mas is a time for family, celebration and counting up tourney results and the winner gets a place in Round 2 (of 9!!!).

What on Earth is ALL of this?

For those that need 'um and can be bothered to follow 'um there's some simple rules

Any questions, just ask as ever - and have FUN!

[broodblik]

No vote for me this round I dislike both

[AlexF]

Whereas I bloody love me some MACH Zero. Black Atlantic, meanwhile, is a forgotten fake-gem. I mean, it's servicable, but you wouldn't want to put it in a ring.

[abelardsnazz]

MACH Zero.

[Blue Cactus]

Haven't read MACH-0. Black Atlantic was ok but I think I'll abstain this time. Really no reason for me to type this out, was there?

[sheridan]

M.A.C.H. Zero forever!

[norton canes]

M.A.C.H. Zero was utterly brilliant, a wonderful showcase for Mike Dorey's grimy, gruesome artwork.

M.A.C.H. Zero

[rogue69]

M.A.C.H zero

[Funt Solo]

M.A.C.H. Zero for me.

The Black Atlantic should instill fear in out hearts, but instead came across more as Beano Atlantic. Not a bad strip, but not the strip the deadly ocean bordering the Mega-City needs. See also: Citi-Def, Harke & Burr, Sleeze 'n' Ryder, Soul Sisters...

[The Mind of Wolfie Smith]

abstain.
sheesh.

[Colin YNWA]

I mean you may have better things to do, but if you fancy this one is still going and you can vote today if you like.... I mean come one what better way to spend X-Mas isa there? I'll be there in the morning to count up regardless.

[Colin YNWA]

VOTING CLOSED

Well it was all one way traffic here and while a shut out is normally a feat to be celebrated BUT M.A.C.H.0 does so in the single quietest tourney to date, by quite some margin. There were a few abstainstions which is a real shame as

M.A.C.H.0

Is a really great early thrill, with glorious dark art and a gritty underbelly (is having a gritty underbelly a good thing, it was meant to be as I typed it!?!) an early thrill that really should be more findly remembered. Still it has a chance to prove itself again in Round 2.

And that its we're having a break for a week. See you in the new year.

[Link Prime]

Glad to see M.A.C.H.0 make it through, dumb as it was.