Metro Strips

[glassstanley]

Hello all,

I'm somewhere in the middle of compiling a list of all Dredd-world episodes in publication order (there is no good reason for doing this).

I've hit a bit of a blind spot with the Metro Dredd strips.

Basically, there are 3 different lists of strip order. The first is incomplete, only going as far as the 11th strip. This was posted in this forum by Leigh Shepherd at the time of the strip's publication. This list includes 2 strips which aren't mentioned in either of the other lists (Robo-Virus & Sheer Heart Attack). The second list contains 40 strips and is the one hosted on Barney. I can't work out why the strips would be in the order Barney lists them – it's not alphabetical, and it doesn't match the order posted on the forum. The third list comes from the order the strips were reprinted in the Megazine. This contains 26 strips (Cab Wars was reprinted twice). [It is possible to supplement the Megazine reprints with the strips hosted on Barney to collect the full 40 strips in the second list (but still no Robo-Virus or Sheer Heart Attack).]

I've included the lists at the end of this post for anyone who is interested. I believe more strips were produced than were used in the Metro, which may explain the difference between the Megazine and Barney lists.

Is there anyone out there in forum-land with a listing of the strips in their originally published order? Even if the list doesn't include dates, it should be possible to work them out.

Failing that, is there anyone on here who was involved in compiling the listing on Barney who is able to explain the order?

Thanks in advance if you can help!

2000AD Online –
Leigh Shepherd's listing

1:  It's only Ruck 'n' roll    w/c 26/01/04
2:  Mutie Menace    (by GR)    w/c 02/02/04
3:  Illegal Parking            w/c 09/02/04
4:  Robo-Virus                 w/c 16/02/04
5:  Diet Hard (by GR)          w/c 23/02/04
6:  Cab Wars                   w/c 01/03/04
7:  The Taking of Zoom 123     w/c 08/03/04
8:  Sheer Heart Attack         w/c 15/03/04
9:  Alien Town                 w/c 22/03/04
10: The Pirates of Carrie Bean w/c 29/03/04
11: Payment Due (by GR)        w/c 05/04/04

Barney Order (Number after episode relates to list above)
http://www.2000ad.org/?zone=prog&page=specials&choice=metro
1.   Eezee Zoom
2.   Miss Moople
3.   Aeroball
4.   Fast Food
5.   Congestion Charge
6.   Shadow of Death
7.   Judge Dud
8.   Census or Senseless
9.   Great Balls of Fire
10.   Snowdomia
11.   Boneheads
12.   Code 99 Red
13.   Fly By
14.   It's only Ruck 'n' Roll (1)
15.   Heatwave
16.   Coast to Coast
17.   Fluffy
18.   Lard of the Ring
19.   Mutie Menace (2)
20.   Where's Wally?
21.   The Pirates of Carrie Bean (10)
22.   The Taking of Zoom 123 (7)
23.   Tate Retro
24.   Payment Due (11)
25.   Going Nuclear
26.   Undercity
27.   Bit Builders
28.   Diet Hard (5)
29.   Gangs of Mega-City One
30.   Big Sister
31.   Cab Wars (6)
32.   Art Attack
33.   Celebrity Showdown
34.   Mega Olympics
35.   Genolympics
36.   Illegal Parking (3)
37.   Presumption of Guilt
38.   Wreckers
39.   Night of the Mutants
40.   Alientown (9)

No Robo-Virus listed (4)
No Sheer Heart Attack listed (8)

Megazine Reprints

Mutie Menace (M218)
It's Only Ruck 'n' Roll (M219)
Cab Wars (M221)
Diet Hard (M222)
Code 99 Red (M223)
Alientown (M224)
Snowdomia (M225)
The Taking of Zoom 123 (M226)
The Pirates of the Carrie Bean (M226)
Lard of the Ring (M227)
Genolympics (M228)
Census or Senseless (M229)
Shadow of Death (M230)
Miss Moople (M231)
Heatwave (M232)
Coast to Coast (M233)
Big Sister (M234)
Cab Wars (M235)
Fly-by (M236)
Presumption of Guilt (M238)
Fluffy (M239)
Undercity (M240)
Where's Wally? (M241)
Night of the Mutants (M242)
Mega-Olympics (M243)
Payment Due (M244)
Celebrity Showdown (M245)

No Eezee Zoom
No Aeroball
No Fast Food
No Congestion Charge
No Judge Dud
No Great Balls of Fire
No Boneheads
No Tate Retro
No Going Nuclear
No Bit Builders
No Gangs of Mega-City One
No Art Attack
No Illegal Parking
No Wreckers

No Robo-Virus
No Sheer Heart Attack