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2000AD Thrillshots - Reviewing the Mega and Ultimate Collections

Started by Vernoona, 31 December, 2018, 06:29:01 AM

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Vernoona

Nearly halfway through the year!

A big month in May with five new posts up, all now in the 21st Century for the Galaxy's Greatest Comic. All now available at https://thrillshots.wordpress.com/

Weird Science (Judge Dredd: The Mega Collection #17)
Strontium Dog: Traitor to His Kind (2000 AD: The Ultimate Collection #12)
Nikolai Dante: Volume Four (2000 AD: The Ultimate Collection #75)
The Chief Judge's Man (Judge Dredd: The Mega Collection #52)
Shakara: The Avenger (2000 AD: The Ultimate Collection #57)

Current schedule for June is:

June 7: Satan's Island (Judge Dredd: The Mega Collection #44)
June 14: Sláine: Books of Invasions: Volume One (2000 AD: The Ultimate Collection #37)
June 21: Nikolai Dante: Volume Five (2000 AD: The Ultimate Collection #76)
June 28: Caballistics, Inc.: Volume One (2000 AD: The Ultimate Collection #70)

Vernoona

We're continuing to party like it's the early 2000's over at the Thrillshots blog. Four new posts up on the site in June over at https://thrillshots.wordpress.com/:

Satan's Island (Judge Dredd: The Mega Collection #44)
Sláine: Books of Invasions: Volume One (2000 AD: The Ultimate Collection #37)
Nikolai Dante: Volume Five (2000 AD: The Ultimate Collection #76)
Caballistics, Inc.: Volume One (2000 AD: The Ultimate Collection #70)

Current schedule for July is:

5 July: Mega-City Underworld (Judge Dredd: The Mega Collection #69)
12 July: Cursed Earth Koburn (Judge Dredd: The Mega Collection #67)
19 July: Psi-Judge Anderson: Half-Life (Judge Dredd: The Mega Collection #12)
26 July: Invasion! (2000 AD: The Ultimate Collection #62)

Vernoona

With 127 reviews now up (where has that time gone??), thought I'd point people in the direction of the recently-updated Indexes on the site.

This page has the posts in "chronological" order by the first story in each collection: https://thrillshots.wordpress.com/index-by-publication-date/

This lists the Dredd Mega Collection in Volume order: https://thrillshots.wordpress.com/index-by-mega-collection-2/

This lists the 2000 AD Ultimate Collection in Volume order: https://thrillshots.wordpress.com/index-by-ultimate-collection/

And a few extras are rounded up here: https://thrillshots.wordpress.com/index-extra-thrillshots/

Vernoona

Another month nearly over, and four more reviews up on Thrillshots: https://thrillshots.wordpress.com/:

Mega-City Underworld (Judge Dredd: The Mega Collection #69)
Cursed Earth Koburn (Judge Dredd: The Mega Collection #67)
Psi-Judge Anderson: Half-Life (Judge Dredd: The Mega Collection #12)
Invasion! (2000 AD: The Ultimate Collection #62)

Current schedule for August is:

2 August: Low Life: Paranoia (Judge Dredd: The Mega Collection #19)
9 August: Total War (Judge Dredd: The Mega Collection #3)
16 August: The Simping Detective (Judge Dredd: The Mega Collection #21)
23 August: ABC Warriors: Volume Four (2000 AD: The Ultimate Collection #26)
30 August: Sláine: Books of Invasions: Volume Two (2000 AD: The Ultimate Collection #38)

sintec

Your Invasion review said you'd be following it up with Savage but your list here doesn't mention Savage at all?

Vernoona

Thanks sintec - error on my part! Updated list below:

2 August: Savage: Taking Liberties (2000 AD: The Ultimate Collection #63)
9 August: Low Life: Paranoia (Judge Dredd: The Mega Collection #19)
16 August: Total War (Judge Dredd: The Mega Collection #3)
23 August: The Simping Detective (Judge Dredd: The Mega Collection #21)
30 August: ABC Warriors: Volume Four (2000 AD: The Ultimate Collection #26)

Vernoona

August was another bumper month for the blog, with five more reviews up on Thrillshots: https://thrillshots.wordpress.com/:

Savage: Taking Liberties (2000 AD: The Ultimate Collection #63)
Low Life: Paranoia (Judge Dredd: The Mega Collection #19)
Total War (Judge Dredd: The Mega Collection #3)
The Simping Detective (Judge Dredd: The Mega Collection #21)
ABC Warriors: Volume Four (2000 AD: The Ultimate Collection #26)

Current schedule for September is:

6 September: Sláine: Books of Invasions: Volume Two (2000 AD: The Ultimate Collection #38)
13 September: Caballistics, Inc.: Volume Two (2000 AD: The Ultimate Collection #71)
20 September: Mandroid (Judge Dredd: The Mega Collection #25)
27 September: Hewligan's Haircut (2000 AD: The Ultimate Collection #54)

The trip back in time to Hewligan's Haircut will make sense - probably.

Hope you're all doing well!

Vernoona

The last post for September is now up, which gives us the following new reviews on Thrillshots for this month:

Sláine: Books of Invasions: Volume Two (2000 AD: The Ultimate Collection #38)
Caballistics, Inc.: Volume Two (2000 AD: The Ultimate Collection #71)
Mandroid (Judge Dredd: The Mega Collection #25)
Hewligan's Haircut (2000 AD: The Ultimate Collection #54)

Current schedule for October is:

4 October: All-Star Future Shocks (2000 AD: The Ultimate Collection #56)
11 October: Tales from the Black Museum (Judge Dredd: The Mega Collection #78)
18 October: Origins (Judge Dredd: The Mega Collection #45)
25 October: Nikolai Dante: Volume Six (2000 AD: The Ultimate Collection #77)

It's pretty exciting to be reaching modern classics like Origins as I approach the end of a third year doing these weekly posts!

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Vernoona

October is nearly done, so a quick look at what's up on the site now, and what's coming up. This months, new posts up for:

All-Star Future Shocks (2000 AD: The Ultimate Collection #56)
Tales from the Black Museum (Judge Dredd: The Mega Collection #78)
Origins (Judge Dredd: The Mega Collection #45)
Nikolai Dante: Volume Six (2000 AD: The Ultimate Collection #77)

Current schedule for November is:

1 November: ABC Warriors: The Volgan War Volume One (2000 AD: The Ultimate Collection #27)
8 November: Stickleback (2000 AD: The Ultimate Collection #65)
15 November: Kingdom: Volume One (2000 AD: The Ultimate Collection #60)
22 November: Mutants in Mega-City One (Judge Dredd: The Mega Collection #46)
29 November: Psi-Judge Anderson: The Trip (Judge Dredd: The Mega Collection #81)

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Vernoona

Farewell November, and into December - I for one am looking forward to putting 2021 in the rear view mirror! New posts up for November were:

ABC Warriors: The Volgan War Volume One (2000 AD: The Ultimate Collection #27)
Stickleback (2000 AD: The Ultimate Collection #65)
Kingdom: Volume One (2000 AD: The Ultimate Collection #60)
Mutants in Mega-City One (Judge Dredd: The Mega Collection #46)
Psi-Judge Anderson: The Trip (Judge Dredd: The Mega Collection #81)

And December will see posts up for:

6 December: Nikolai Dante: Volume Seven (2000 AD: The Ultimate Collection #78)
13 December: ABC Warriors: The Volgan War Volume Two (2000 AD: The Ultimate Collection #28)
20 December: Ampney Crucis Investigates (2000 AD: The Ultimate Collection #66)
27 December: Insurrection (Judge Dredd: The Mega Collection #54)

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Vernoona

Happy New Year everyone! This month marks my fourth year on this project, and about half-way through 2022 I'll be done with the first phase - all of the Mega Collection, and the original 80 of The Ultimate Collection.

December wrapped up 2021 with:

Nikolai Dante: Volume Seven (2000 AD: The Ultimate Collection #78)
ABC Warriors: The Volgan War Volume Two (2000 AD: The Ultimate Collection #28) (150th review!)
Ampney Crucis Investigates (2000 AD: The Ultimate Collection #66)
Insurrection (Judge Dredd: The Mega Collection #54)

January will see the following posts go up:

3 January: Low Life: Hostile Takeover (Judge Dredd: The Mega Collection #20)
10 January: Tour of Duty: Backlash (Judge Dredd: The Mega Collection #47)
17 January: Zombo (2000 AD: The Ultimate Collection #55)
24 January: Shakara: Volume Two (2000 AD: The Ultimate Collection #58)
31 January: Nikolai Dante: Volume Eight (2000 AD: The Ultimate Collection #79)

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Vernoona

Quite a while since I updated this thread! Just a quick pop-in to say that all 90 Volumes of Judge Dredd: The Mega Collection now have posts up. Giving myself a quick pat on the back!

Lots and lots of rambling about Dredd and the Dreddverse can now be found all in one place here: https://thrillshots.wordpress.com/index-by-mega-collection-2/

AlexF

Amazing achievement there! I confess I fell behind on reading but am loving ctaching up slowly. Sorry for leaving comments on year-old posts :)

The format of this blog makes me appreciate quite a bit more the choices Tharg made about what to put into the two Hachette collections - it really covers so much ground of 45 years of 2000AD and the Megazine.

Vernoona

Thanks Alex - and I've really appreciated the comments!

Looking back now I'm glad I did the blog this way. It's given me a bit of sense of the sweep of 2000 AD (and the Meg) over those 45 years.