The Galaxy’s Greatest Top 20 Series - Tournament

[broodblik]

After the first weekend we have a nice fight on top with 6 thrills that are separated by a single top vote.  At this stage to total number of thrills getting votes are 73. This shows me how diverse voting has been so far and how interesting the fight for the top spots will be.

As always remember you can vote as many as you want only your last vote counts.

[Magnetica]

Ok here goes:

1: Strontium Dog (Alpha).
2: Slaine
3: Nemesis The Warlock
4: ABC Warriors
5: Zenith
6: Brink
7: The Stainless Steel Rat
8: Robo-Hunter (Sam)
9: Ace Trucking
10: DR & Quinch
11: Sinister Dexter
12: The VCs
13: Anderson PSI Division
14: Nikolai Dante
15: Grey Area
16: Halo Jones
17: Kingdom
18: Kingmaker
19: Jaegir
20: Savage

Comments.

Strontium Dog is the only strip, along with Dredd, to have maintained incredible levels of quality through out the history of the comic.

The top 5, plus Dredd are intrinsic to my childhood. For Slaine, Nemesis and ABC Warriors, I am ignoring a drop off in quality in later strips. The early strips are 2000AD as far as I am concerned, hence my vote for Pat in the non Wagner Tourney.

It seems a shame put Brink only 6th, but it's going up against strips of such excitement that I can't justify putting it higher.

I had largely forgotten about the Stainless Steel Rat, but I am currently re-reading it and it's fantastic.

I'm putting the VCs in for GFD's original series, not Dan Abnett's continuation.

Jaegir is that rare thing - a spin off that is better than the original.

I have 4 stories each for Wagner and / or Grant, Uncle Pat and Dan Abnett. Which is reflective of who has done the best stories in the Prog. Add in Dredd and Wagner Grant take the win.

[credo]

So tricky ... here goes ...

1. Nemesis
2. Strontium Dog (Alpha)
3. Nikolai Dante
4. Bad Company
5. Zenith
6. ABC Warriors
7. Shakara
8. Indigo Prime
9. Flesh
10. Halo Jones
11. Rogue Trooper (Rogue)
12. Revere
13. Slaine
14. Tyranny Rex
15. DR & Quinch
16. Devlin Waugh
17. Savage
18. Firekind
19. Chopper
20. Robo-Hunter

I've tried to write this on the basis of 'what immediately comes to my mind when I think of great 2000ad stories', but am pretty sure that means I'll realise I've forgotten something I thought was absolutely classic.

[broodblik]

credo I have credited Robo-Hunter against Robo-Hunter (Sam)

[AlexF]

I tried to do that thing where you don't think about it too hard, so your gut instincts shine through...

1) Nemesis the Warlock
2) Brink
3) Strontium Dog (Alpha)
4) Adventures of Nikolai Dante
5) Bad Company
6) Button Man
7) Grievous Journey of Ichabod Azrael etc
8) Caballistics, Inc
9) Sinister Dexter
10) Sam Slade, Robohunter (not Samantha)
11) The VCs (all of it; if anything the Abnett reboot pushed this higher)
12) Defoe
13) Helium
14) Shako!
15) DR & Quinch
16) Brass Sun
17) Cradlegrave
18) Anderson, Psi Division
19) Leviathan
20) Slaine

Comments: I did end up thinking about it quite a bit, working out overall scores for story and art, that kind of thing. I tried to be honest with myself about the entirety of a series (allowing myself one exception, to ignore all post-Wagner/Grant Robohunter). So a series like Slaine gets some crazy high highs and some fairly low lows, and some series with standout stories fall down from ropey beginnings (Indigo Prime, Low Life). But overall, this is how much I've loved each series combined with a hint of how excited I am to see it in the Prog again.

[Magnetica]

Comments: I did end up thinking about it quite a bit, working out overall scores for story and art, that kind of thing. I tried to be honest with myself about the entirety of a series (allowing myself one exception, to ignore all post-Wagner/Grant Robohunter).

Yes good point. My vote for Robo-Hunter is only for the Wagner Grant era. My mind had completely blanked out what followed when I was doing it. They should almost be listed separately 😉.

[broodblik]

My list:

1. Nikolai Dante
2. Rogue Trooper (Rogue)
3. Slaine
4. Strontium Dog (Alpha)
5. Jaegir
6. Brink
7. Brass Sun
8. Shakara
9. Nemesis the Warlock
10. Halo Jones
11. Bad Company
12. Zenith
13. Mazeworld
14. Kingmaker
15. Kingdom
16. The Red Seas
17. Journal of Luke Kirby
18. The Order
19. Aquila
20. Scarlett Traces

The most difficult part was to decide if Slaine or Strontium Dog will occupy the third spot. At the end I took a strength versus weakness approach. It was basically The Horned God and Sky Chariots versus the death and resurrection of Johnny Alpha that swayed by vote.

I am a big fan of military sci-fi, so it was easy to choose Rogue as my second option. I can see that Jaegir will eventually overtake Rogue because of the strength (and not quantity) of Rennie/Colbey team.

If I have to choose my top 20 next year I am sure it will look complete different not any easy task selecting 20 series out of 43 years of history.

[DrJomster]

*Bumps thread while endlessly reshuffling his voting order...*

[Colin YNWA]

*Bumps thread while endlessly reshuffling his voting order...*

I feel your pain. I must get this in this weekend otherwise I'll just keep tweeking it.

[paddykafka]

So many great series and so, sooooo difficult to choose from!

Here's my Top Twenty series votes anyways.

1:    Nikolai Dante
2:    Halo Jones
3:    Nemesis the Warlock
4:    Al's Baby
5:    Strontium Dog (Alpha)
6:    Button Man
7:    Lobster Random
8:    Return To Armageddon
9:    Caballistics Inc
10:   Blackhawk
11:   Anderson
12:   Slaine
13:   ABC Warriors
14:   Absalom
15:   Firekind
16:   Glimmer Rats
17:   D.R. & Quinch
18:   Jaegir
19:   Caballistics Inc
20:   Big Dave

[von Boom]

1. A. B. C. Warriors
2. Rogue Trooper (Rogue)
3. Strontium Dog (Alpha)
4. Nicolai Dante
5. Nemesis the Warlock
6. The Stainless Steel Rat
7. Slaine
8. Sinister Dexter
9. Abasalom
10. Halo Jones
11. Cabalistics, Inc.
12. Indigo Prime
13. Button Man
14. Brass Sun
15. Robo-Hunter (Sam)
16. Grey Area
17. Durham Red
18. Bad Company
19. Zenith
20. Aquila

I feel like I've had a stroke trying to put this list together.

[broodblik]

So many great series and so, sooooo difficult to choose from!

Here's my Top Twenty series votes anyways.

1:    Nikolai Dante
2:    Halo Jones
3:    Nemesis the Warlock
4:    Al's Baby
5:    Strontium Dog (Alpha)
6:    Button Man
7:    Lobster Random
8:    Return To Armageddon
9:    Caballistics Inc
10:   Blackhawk
11:   Anderson
12:   Slaine
13:   ABC Warriors
14:   Absalom
15:   Firekind
16:   Glimmer Rats
17:   D.R. & Quinch
18:   Jaegir
19:   Caballistics Inc
20:   Big Dave

Hi paddykafka unfortunately you can only vote for once for a thrill you voted twice for Caballistics Inc

[paddykafka]

Thanks for letting me know that, Broodblik.

Here's my revised Top Twenty series votes.

1:    Nikolai Dante
2:    Halo Jones
3:    Nemesis the Warlock
4:    Al's Baby
5:    Strontium Dog (Alpha)
6:    Button Man
7:    Lobster Random
8:    Return To Armageddon
9:    Caballistics Inc
10:   Blackhawk
11:   Anderson
12:   Slaine
13:   ABC Warriors
14:   Absalom
15:   Firekind
16:   Glimmer Rats
17:   D.R. & Quinch
18:   Jaegir
19:   Grey Area
20:   Big Dave

[broodblik]

Updated your vote for you paddykafka

[Andy B]

1. Strontium Dog (Alpha, of course)
2. Nemesis
3. Sláine
4. Nikolai Dante
5. Halo Jones
6. Caballistics Inc
7. Sinister Dexter
8. Zenith
9. Button Man
10. Robo-Hunter (Sam, up to a point)
11. ABC Warriors
12. Savage
13. Brink
14. Anderson
15. Absalom
16. Kingdom
17. Shakara
18. Skizz
19. Meltdown Man
20. Cradlegrave