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General / Re: Forum’s Fav Thrill - Kingdom vs. Rogue Trooper Rd 5 Heat 13

« on: Today at 01:11:30 PM »

I feel I ought to like Rogue more than I do, as it’s managed to somehow assume ‘classic’ status.

Being an almost ever present strip for around 200 Progs, in what is often described as the classic era, tends to lead to that sort of classification, I guess.

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General / Re: Forum’s Fav Thrill - Brass Sun vs. Savage Rd 5 Heat 14

« on: Today at 08:04:15 AM »

Savage.

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General / Re: Forum’s Fav Thrill - Kingdom vs. Rogue Trooper Rd 5 Heat 13

« on: Today at 08:03:34 AM »

I had always previously had the impression Rogue was regarded as an A list 2000AD character, but now I’m not so sure.

I’m a big Dan Abnett, but think he has series that are even better than  Kingdom.

So this is a close one. I’m going to go with Kingdom.

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General / Re: Forum’s Fav Thrill - Journal of Luke Kirby vs. Ampney Crucis Rd 5 Heat 11

« on: 09 August, 2022, 07:15:45 AM »

Not really a fan of either.

Ampney Crucis on the basis it took out one of my all time favourite Meg series in the Simping Detective in an earlier round.

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General / Re: Forum’s Fav Thrill - Skizz vs. ABC Warriors Rd 5 Heat 12

« on: 09 August, 2022, 07:13:18 AM »

ABC Warriors for me. At it’s best it was as good as anything published in the Prog. When not, at least it has some nice pictures.

Only the first series of Skizz really holds up for me, and even then it’s not as good as other stuff Alan Moore did for Tharg.

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General / Re: Forum’s Fav Thrill - Lawless vs. Thistlebone Rd 5 Heat 9

« on: 08 August, 2022, 06:53:59 AM »

Lawless.

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General / Re: Forum’s Fav Thrill - Insurrection vs. Nemesis the Warlock Rd 5 Heat 10

« on: 08 August, 2022, 06:52:39 AM »

Just love Insurrection. It’s in my top three all time Megazine thrills. But it’s not quite at the level of Nemesis The Warlock.

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General / Re: Forum’s Fav Thrill - Low Life vs. The Out Rd 5 Heat 8

« on: 04 August, 2022, 10:44:49 PM »

I was never a big Low Life fan until Trifecta. But what was great about that was the way Dredd, The Simping Detective and Low Life came together. But Low Life was the weakest of the three for me.

The Out is only my 6th (or there abouts) Dan Abnett strip. But it’s easily good enough here.

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General / Re: Forum’s Fav Thrill - VCs vs. Fiends of the Eastern Front Rd 5 Heat 7

« on: 04 August, 2022, 10:34:06 PM »

“Vape a Geek today”.

Yeah it’s got to be the VCs.

Plus how cool is that ship?

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General / Re: Forum’s Fav Thrill - Slaine vs. Strontium Dog Rd 5 Heat 6

« on: 03 August, 2022, 10:42:31 PM »

Strontium Dog.
I'm also going to go against received wisdom and say that I don't think that there was ever a bad Stront story.

Oh no, there definitely is one. I’m off on hols at the moment so can’t look it up, but there was one from (I think) a Starlord annual that was reprinted in the Search and Destroy collection. It’s uncredited to both writer and artist and Johnny is pretty much unrecognisable from the character that we know and love, acting completely out of character. It’s so bad the writer and artist are probably glad they weren’t credited.

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General / Re: Forum’s Fav Thrill - Slaine vs. Strontium Dog Rd 5 Heat 6

« on: 03 August, 2022, 09:07:05 AM »

Slaine was going to be my number two in this tournament, but Strontium Dog is my number one.

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General / Re: Forum’s Fav Thrill - Halo Jones vs. Shakara Rd 5 Heat 5

« on: 03 August, 2022, 09:05:20 AM »

Halo Jones.

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General / Re: Forum’s Fav Thrill - Bad Company vs. Red Seas Rd 5 Heat 4

« on: 02 August, 2022, 09:09:57 AM »

Bad Company.

For series one and the character designs. Especially Kano.

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General / Re: Forum’s Fav Thrill - Stickleback vs. Brink Rd 5 Heat 3

« on: 02 August, 2022, 09:09:02 AM »

Brink.

The very best of modern 2000AD.

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General / Re: Forum’s Fav Thrill - Sinister Dexter vs. Feral and Foe Rd 5 Heat 1

« on: 01 August, 2022, 09:25:34 AM »

I love Feral and Foe and would rather see it in the Prog. It’s an important strip for the future of the Prog.

But I have to consider the sheer volume of Sinister Dexter and it’s importance to the last two and a half decades of the Prog, and the role it played in ensuring its continued existence after a difficult period.

Plus at its best, it was very, very good.

Another consideration is that new thrills haven’t yet had time to run out of ideas and so don’t suffer from that in the way some longer running ones do.

So overall I’m going for Sinister Dexter.