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I've just got hold of the megazines with the original articles that got turned into the book. Having read the book, do I need to bother reading the original articles? Is there anything different in the content or is it the same as the book?

Excuse me if this has been done before, but I've just done a search on here and couldn't find a review thread on Britain's greatest superhero popstar.

Now I've only just finished reading every part of phase 1-4 for the first time, so I'm keen to talk about it. I had read phase IV when it first ran in 2000AD but I can't claim it made sense or stood out in anyway apart from "cool, that old geezer has just fallen on a statue and spiked himself on its arm." Having now read all of Zenith, it really is a top piece of work.

What I really like about it is that Zenith doesn't really change despite all that happens to him. He starts off as an shallow dickhead, and even though he kills Masterman, kills his father and stops London being destroyed in a nuclear explosion, when it comes round to saving multiple worlds and stopping the Lloigor from taking over he is still a shallow dickhead. Talk to Vertex? No chance. Give a shit about what anyone else thinks before he opens his mouth? Do me a favour.

I think that phase IV suffers a bit from Morrison not really being interested in writing it (think he says something to that affect in TPO) And also it seems a bit rushed. It could have done with a couple more episodes just to really make things a bit clearer for anyone who hadn't read 1-3. I also don't think the change to colour helped it, as ~Yeowell's art in black and white helped make the strip what it was.

But what do other people think? Importance (or not) of the interludes. Certainly the only one that really adds anything is the Peyne one. The Maximan one is ok, but the ones outside of the prog aren't much cop. The Mandala one in the annual is a pile of crap as far as I'm concerned.

Whilst looking through some old progs over the weekend I was reminded of this strip. I have to say it is one of the worst I have ever read. Was someone taking the piss with this story? Characters called Ding Dang Dooley, Bloo Baloo and something called the rod of power? The script drawer must have been running on fumes for Tharg to let this one through. Then out of nowhere comes an ending well out of keeping with the rest of the strip. [spoiler]All but one of the main characters killed off? What the heck was all that about[/spoiler]

Not sure if this is the right place for making suggestions about the shop, but is there any chance of getting some kind of email alert sent out when an order goes in the post? Maybe I've been spoilt by shopping at Amazon, but it would be nice to know when something has been posted. This way I know when to get excited and can start looking forward to getting my order, or I can start getting worried that it's got lost in the post.

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Hi folks

Just wanted to say hello as I've just registered on here. Got back into reading 2000AD after a long time away from comics, and have decided to start filling in some of the gaps in my collection. Can anyone recommend any good comic book shops in London for buying back issues of 2000AD?

Cheers