Forum’s Fav Thrill - Tharg the Mighty vs. Ichabod Azrael Rd 3 Heat 49

[Colin YNWA]

Round 3 heads towards its conclusion and things aren't getting any easier. It's time to start thinking about how hard Round 4 is gonna be cos lets face it as we near having just 64 thrills left we know they are all (well almost all) gonna be beauties and the tough ties we see this week will be the regular head scratchers in a couple of weeks time. Arh remember how easy Round 2 was!

Round 3 does still have glorious oddities like this tie. Tharg vs Ichabod such utterly different thrills and tones which just goes to show the far corners the Galaxies Greatest has stretched into. Tharg the Mighty has form having had to overcome Universal Soldier and Tor Cyan. Mind Ichabod didn't have it all its own way in a match up with Mechastopheles in Round 2. Here, well I think we have a clear favourite, lets see...

Tharg the Mighty - more info

Vs

Ichabod Azrael (and the rest) - 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 Thursday 23rd June and the winner gets a place in Round 4 (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]

Ichabod Azrael

[Aaron A Aardvark]

Ichabod.

[Trooper McFad]

Ichabod

[abelardsnazz]

Some Tharg stories are fun and include some great artistic talent, but do they have the staying power to continue further? Methinks not...Ichabod Azrael for the next round.

[IndigoPrime]

As I've said in previous rounds, bar some nice art I really don't see the appeal of the Tharg stories, which always seemed out of place and self-indulgent in the Prog. The recent feature-length one baffled me. So many pages taken up by a middling strip that could have been cut in half.

I increasingly realise Ichabod was quite divisive in some ways, but if it doesn't win out here, that really will be a case of nostalgia winning out against objective quality.

[Huey2]

Tharg the Mighty.

[rogue69]

Ichabod Azrael

[sintec]

Ichabod

[AlexF]

Gonna be mighty upset if Ichabod doesn't walk away with this tie!
I like the dynamic of Tharg being an arsehole and the droids being put-upon but no great drama has been wrung from that set-up as yet.

[The Mind of Wolfie Smith]

tharg the mighty

[Blue Cactus]

Ichabod

[paddykafka]

Ichabod Azrael

[GoGilesGo]

The Lethal Laziness of Lobelia Loam is a formidable story from Tharg the Mighty that still holds it's power but come on

...it has to be Ichabod

[Proudhuff]

Ichabod Azrael