Title: New Thrills for June!
Post by: 2000AD Online on 30 May, 2007, 03:09:53 PM
Post by: 2000AD Online on 30 May, 2007, 03:09:53 PM
Take a sneaky peek at some of the scrotnig new stories heading your way in the coming weeks...
Greysuit: Project Monarch by Pat Mills and John Higgins
A Delta-class assassin, John Blake is a governmental agent - a Greysuit - conditioned by his masters to have augmented speed and strength. But could a glitch in his programming make him remember who he was?
Not a slave. Not a living weapon. Not government property. A human being...
Starts Prog 1540!
Defoe: 1666 by Pat Mills and Leigh Gallagher
London, 1668, and two years after the Great Fire devastated the capital, the undead have risen from the ashes to feast upon the living. Titus Defoe is the city's top zombie hunter - but who is controlling the ghoulish hordes?
Starts Prog 1540!
Judge Dredd: Mutants in Mega-City One by John Wagner and Colin MacNeil
Mutant rights come to the fore when Dredd must hunt down mutant sympathisers in the city - and when familiar faces come calling to visit...
Starts Prog 1542!
Greysuit: Project Monarch by Pat Mills and John Higgins
A Delta-class assassin, John Blake is a governmental agent - a Greysuit - conditioned by his masters to have augmented speed and strength. But could a glitch in his programming make him remember who he was?
Not a slave. Not a living weapon. Not government property. A human being...
Starts Prog 1540!
Defoe: 1666 by Pat Mills and Leigh Gallagher
London, 1668, and two years after the Great Fire devastated the capital, the undead have risen from the ashes to feast upon the living. Titus Defoe is the city's top zombie hunter - but who is controlling the ghoulish hordes?
Starts Prog 1540!
Judge Dredd: Mutants in Mega-City One by John Wagner and Colin MacNeil
Mutant rights come to the fore when Dredd must hunt down mutant sympathisers in the city - and when familiar faces come calling to visit...
Starts Prog 1542!
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Title: Re: New Thrills for June!...
Post by: Satanist on 30 May, 2007, 03:14:02 PM
Post by: Satanist on 30 May, 2007, 03:14:02 PM
The art on Defoe looks a bit good.
Looking forward to all these.
Looking forward to all these.
Title: Re: New Thrills for June!......
Post by: Dark Jimbo on 30 May, 2007, 03:15:31 PM
Post by: Dark Jimbo on 30 May, 2007, 03:15:31 PM
Dear sweet Grud above!!! I want this now!!
Title: Re: New Thrills for June!......
Post by: Richmond Clements on 30 May, 2007, 03:16:45 PM
Post by: Richmond Clements on 30 May, 2007, 03:16:45 PM
Defoe sounds good.
Potential for some real Millsian madness there...
Potential for some real Millsian madness there...
Title: Re: New Thrills for June!.........
Post by: Mardroid on 30 May, 2007, 05:02:07 PM
Post by: Mardroid on 30 May, 2007, 05:02:07 PM
When I first read the blurb on Defoe I thought it might be an adaption of the Abbadon novel set in London... the 2nd tomes of the dead novel. However seeing the 17th century setting, obviously not.
Horror in a period setting with a bit of sci-fi thrown in (I'm sure guns of that day couldn't do multiple shots like that ;} ), lovely.
Horror in a period setting with a bit of sci-fi thrown in (I'm sure guns of that day couldn't do multiple shots like that ;} ), lovely.
Title: Re: New Thrills for June!............
Post by: Art on 30 May, 2007, 05:39:30 PM
Post by: Art on 30 May, 2007, 05:39:30 PM
I bleieve it's some kind of multiple barrel affair, each one at an angle. I've seen flintlovcks like that in museums but I beleive they were mostly experiments and show-pieces, it not being an idea with many practical drawbacks. Still, pretty cool thing to have in a clock-punk setting.
Title: Re: New Thrills for June!............
Post by: The Amstor Computer on 30 May, 2007, 05:59:46 PM
Post by: The Amstor Computer on 30 May, 2007, 05:59:46 PM
Mills really is on a roll right now, and both Defoe & Greysuit look bloody tasty - and if Greysuit is, as it seems to be shaping up to be, a dose of hyperviolence & political commentary, then I'm really interested.
Though, to be honest, any comic in which the lead punches a man's jaw off kinda has me at day one ;-)
Though, to be honest, any comic in which the lead punches a man's jaw off kinda has me at day one ;-)
Title: Re: New Thrills for June!............
Post by: Bad Andy on 30 May, 2007, 06:05:10 PM
Post by: Bad Andy on 30 May, 2007, 06:05:10 PM
Why call it Defoe 1666 if it's set in 1668? Looks the biz mind.
Isn't Greysuit just Mach One revisited? With the hyper violence included? And a bit of Robocop 'who/what am I?' thrown in.
Is there anything else from Mills' back catalogue which is going to make a reappearance.
Isn't Greysuit just Mach One revisited? With the hyper violence included? And a bit of Robocop 'who/what am I?' thrown in.
Is there anything else from Mills' back catalogue which is going to make a reappearance.
Title: Re: New Thrills for June!............
Post by: Dark Jimbo on 30 May, 2007, 07:49:31 PM
Post by: Dark Jimbo on 30 May, 2007, 07:49:31 PM
Is there anything else from Mills' back catalogue which is going to make a reappearance.
The Visible Man Book II is heading your way in 2008. Frank Hart may have resigned from the human race and left Earth far behind, but his adventures are only just beginning as his shuttle takes him deep into the cosmos and into the heart of a galactic war, a war where his arrival tips the balance of power and will have drastic consequences for the universe as we know it...
The Visible Man Book II is heading your way in 2008. Frank Hart may have resigned from the human race and left Earth far behind, but his adventures are only just beginning as his shuttle takes him deep into the cosmos and into the heart of a galactic war, a war where his arrival tips the balance of power and will have drastic consequences for the universe as we know it...
Title: Re: New Thrills for June!............
Post by: Mardroid on 31 May, 2007, 06:30:49 PM
Post by: Mardroid on 31 May, 2007, 06:30:49 PM
"I bleieve it's some kind of multiple barrel affair, each one at an angle. I've seen flintlocks like that in museums but I beleive they were mostly experiments and show-pieces, it not being an idea with many practical drawbacks."
Ah yes. I didn't quite see the seperate barrels to start with, but no you mention it I wonder how I didn't notice in the first place. Maybe it's something to do with my minds interpretation (or rather misinterpretation) of the the black and white image. I don't mean that as a criticism though. I do usually prefer colour strips, but in this case and setting, monochrome seems quite fitting.
As for the multi-barrel, I love the idea to. This reminds me of a certain series of Horror films. The name skips me, (something -plasm, maybe?) but it was the one with the Tall man, the flying razor balls and the dwarf drones... Anyway one of the main characters of that film had triple, (or was it quadruple?) barrel shotgun. The films were kinda pap, but watchable, fun pap (and genuinely quite scary in places). If that makes sense.
Ah yes. I didn't quite see the seperate barrels to start with, but no you mention it I wonder how I didn't notice in the first place. Maybe it's something to do with my minds interpretation (or rather misinterpretation) of the the black and white image. I don't mean that as a criticism though. I do usually prefer colour strips, but in this case and setting, monochrome seems quite fitting.
As for the multi-barrel, I love the idea to. This reminds me of a certain series of Horror films. The name skips me, (something -plasm, maybe?) but it was the one with the Tall man, the flying razor balls and the dwarf drones... Anyway one of the main characters of that film had triple, (or was it quadruple?) barrel shotgun. The films were kinda pap, but watchable, fun pap (and genuinely quite scary in places). If that makes sense.
Title: Re: New Thrills for June!............
Post by: ukdane on 31 May, 2007, 07:08:22 PM
Post by: ukdane on 31 May, 2007, 07:08:22 PM
The Visible Man Book II is heading your way in 2008.
For real?
Is this a new story, or have they dug up the original book II that was written, or a combination of the two?
For real?
Is this a new story, or have they dug up the original book II that was written, or a combination of the two?
Title: Re: New Thrills for June!............
Post by: Byron Virgo on 31 May, 2007, 07:11:31 PM
Post by: Byron Virgo on 31 May, 2007, 07:11:31 PM
"This reminds me of a certain series of Horror films."
Phantasm.
Phantasm.
Title: Re: New Thrills for June!............
Post by: Mardroid on 01 June, 2007, 05:50:54 PM
Post by: Mardroid on 01 June, 2007, 05:50:54 PM
"Phantasm."
Cheers that's the one. I was having one of those tip of my tongue (or is it tip of my fingers in this case?) moments. A mental block anyway.
Cheers that's the one. I was having one of those tip of my tongue (or is it tip of my fingers in this case?) moments. A mental block anyway.
Title: Re: New Thrills for June!............
Post by: The Monarch on 01 June, 2007, 06:27:46 PM
Post by: The Monarch on 01 June, 2007, 06:27:46 PM
Defoe 1666 looks more like canon fodder 1666 to me
Title: Re: New Thrills for June!............
Post by: JOE SOAP on 02 June, 2007, 12:06:10 AM
Post by: JOE SOAP on 02 June, 2007, 12:06:10 AM
***Defoe 1666 looks more like canon fodder 1666 to me***
...except better.
...except better.
Title: Re: New Thrills for June!............
Post by: Leigh S on 02 June, 2007, 07:46:22 AM
Post by: Leigh S on 02 June, 2007, 07:46:22 AM
IIRC, Alan Grant gave away some details of the plans for Visible Man book II back when he was interviewed while on the comics editorial in 1980ish.
The idea was (aggain, IIRC) that Frank would meet aliens, but they would be microscopic and invade his body, and you (and he!) would see them battling it out for control...
Sounds weird, but would ahve been interesting - my third IIRC makes me think that the powers that be vetoed it...
I'll try and dig out some quotes later on.
The idea was (aggain, IIRC) that Frank would meet aliens, but they would be microscopic and invade his body, and you (and he!) would see them battling it out for control...
Sounds weird, but would ahve been interesting - my third IIRC makes me think that the powers that be vetoed it...
I'll try and dig out some quotes later on.
Title: Re: New Thrills for June!............
Post by: Mardroid on 06 June, 2007, 02:14:27 AM
Post by: Mardroid on 06 June, 2007, 02:14:27 AM
Oh... and Defoe's gun is 6 barrels not 3.. I was wrong.
The name they gave for it - 'Sweeper' seems most appropriate.
The name they gave for it - 'Sweeper' seems most appropriate.
Title: Re: New Thrills for June!.........
Post by: Peter Wolf on 06 June, 2007, 06:23:25 PM
Post by: Peter Wolf on 06 June, 2007, 06:23:25 PM
This does look good and even better its black and white too. Call me old fashioned but i love black + white.
Title: Re: New Thrills for June!............
Post by: Peter Wolf on 06 June, 2007, 06:50:58 PM
Post by: Peter Wolf on 06 June, 2007, 06:50:58 PM
The majority of the undead in Dafoe will have come from either Aldgate, East london, Where Aldgate East tube is. The tube tunnel goes through it. The other is under the park in Finsbury Park. Never liked Finsbury Park come to think of it.