Galaxy Killers v Slavers of Drule - Bolt-01 Cup - Qualifying - Long: Game 01
Into the Qualifying groups and kicking off with the first two ties from the Long Stories Region, Group 1.
All you need do is vote for your favourite between:
The Galaxy Killers - more info (http://dreddalert.blogspot.com/2014/05/strontium-dog-galaxy-killers-part-1.html)
Vs.
Slavers of Drule - more info (http://www.scienceagogo.com/store/2000AD-Prog-425-436-Strontium-Dog-Slavers-of-Drule-All-12-Judge-Dredd-Comics-VG-_234007093213.html)
Just reply in this thread naming your favourite of these two stories at the beginning of your post (or use Bold tags so I can spot it easy) and say what you like about these wonderful stories after that.
Match ends early on the morning of Friday 23rd July and the winner (I'll count up who gets the most votes basically) gets 3 points towards qualifying... huh...
... there's a spreadsheet (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1F3W5KkY37ZcH39J93nq5hR5_RhPIvaOapv7sZ0EmvUQ/edit?usp=sharing) to make following easier... if you fancy. If not, don't worry just VOTE!!!!
What on Earth is all this? (https://forums.2000ad.com/index.php?topic=47697.msg1064493#msg1064493)
Why (https://forums.2000ad.com/index.php?topic=47696.0)
on Tharg's Earth head are we doing this?
Any questions, just ask as ever - and have FUN!
Oh and my 'More info' links... well I don't say how much more and they get pretty wonky at times!
Slavers of Drule for me.
The early SD stories in the prog was not my favorites and it took a while to really settle and embed it in the prog as one of the top thrills.
Drule
Although I do recommend the Starlord collection for anyone who's missed out.
The Galaxy Killers was a weird one for me personally as I missed the resolution of the cliff hanger when Johnny and Wulf were fighting and only read it decades later when it was reprinted in the Megazine.
For me Slavers is the better story.
Slavers of Drule by a long way on this one. I don't rate Galaxy Killers whatsoever.
Also Titus Smitus is one of my favourite one-note SD characters.
Slavers of Drule - I always thought Galaxy Killers was one of the weaker Stront stories.
Slavers of Drule, easy. Those half-built gigantic stone heads were some of the first bits of 2000AD art I remember seeing, and the story still ranks as one of Ezquerra's very best on Stront.
Slavers for me
Quote from: sheridan on 20 July, 2021, 08:59:21 AM
Slavers of Drule - I always thought Galaxy Killers was one of the weaker Stront stories.
...and some of the reasons why - it's a rip-off of the Death Star. It takes away a lot of the USPs of SD (time devices, gadgets, being mutant bounty hunters). They get offered a really great ship at the end and turn it down for spurious reasons.
Galaxy Killers was the strip finding its feet. Slavers of Drule had a massive impact on younger me—I thought the whole thing was terrifying and epic. Today, it still holds up as a solidly written tale. No contest: Slavers of Drule.
Definitely Slavers of Drule. Galaxy Killers is a bit of a stumble at the start of Stront's time in the prog imo. It's not terrible but it also doesn't have the magic of later efforts.
Slavers of Drule.
Oh how I would love to buck the trend here. Unfortunately, Galaxy Killers just doesn't have a lot going for it - Sergeant Kark is hilarious, and begins Wulf's cucumber obsession; we get to see Johnny, Wulf and the Gronk sharing a bath... and that's it. And if that's the best you can say of a 9-part story, then something's gone wrong.
Slavers of Drule, then, even if it may just be the Stront tale I can remember least about.
Galaxy Killers is an odd beast - Alpha commits casual mass murder when he blows up the Slave World of Rog. It would br a brave attempt to be something different if it wasnt so indebted to Star Wars.
Sargeant Kark is a more fun villain than the Slavers and in a similar vein too... thats about the only advantage it has Slavers is less fun but less rubbish.......
If Gaalaxy Killers awas a bit less rubbish it would romp this, but as it is, Slavers of Drule wins
I recall feeling Slavers of Drule seemed a bit rushed at the time... however it still beats Galaxy Killers IMO.
Slavers of Drule it is, even just for the comedy story-name factor.
Slavers of Drule stands up to its true Seach and Destroy name - Search for the family and Destroy the slavers.
This story feels like a classic space western "my family has been kidnapped, find them" story that becomes so much more, I love it. And those near full-splash pages from this story are incredible!
While I like Galaxy Killers more than some, it's not nearly as good as Slavers.
City of the ... Slavers of Drule.
Just the one day to go on this one, so get any votes in today and tomorrow (Friday) morning I'll count up and announce the winner.
My vote.Well as others have said Galaxy Killers is a strange beast and 2000ad Stront took a little while to find its feet. Slavers of Drule (regardless of what I called it) might not be absolute peak SD but its still very good and on that basis:
Slavers of Drule
Yet another one for the Drule!
VOTING CLOSED
Not even close, not even close. Galaxy Killers might have been the first Strontium Dog thrill to burst into the Prog, but it age is showing and it could keep pace with the classic formation and solid attack of Slaver of Drule that seemed to be scoring for fun by the end. The result was clear.
Galaxy Killers 0 : Slavers of Drule 17
Slavers of Drule 3 17
The Killing 0 0
Stone Killers 0 0
Galaxy Killers 0 -17