Forum’s Favourite Thrill - Colony Earth vs Numbercruncher - Round 1 Heat 39

[Colin YNWA]

Week… eerrrr is anyone keeping count anymore? (well yes I am its 5) and you know what if I said Week 4 was a step up in quality, well I’d suggest this week is even better. See what you reckon...

Well we’ve had a Tax Consultant, why not an Accountant - makes sense to me. Add to that an early 2000ad invasion of Earth by… well Goblin type things as I recall. Cool robots, naff aliens, does Colony Earth off much else?

Which most rattles your thrill-receptors:

Colony Earth - more info

Vs.

Numbercruncher - more info

Just reply in this thread naming your favourite thrill of these two series at the beginning of your post (or use Bold tags so I can spot it easily) and say what you like about these wonderful stories after that.

Match ends early on the morning of Sunday 28th November and the winner gets a place in Round 2 (of 9!!!).

What on Earth is ALL of this?

For those that need ‘um and can be bothered to follow ‘um there’s some simple rules

Any questions, just ask as ever - and have FUN!

[broodblik]

Numbercruncher

[Magnetica]

Colony Earth is at the same level as Death Planet and Angel.

So Numbercruncher it is.

[Tjm86]

... does Colony Earth off much else?

You mean to say that Watson's art is so easily dismissible?  :-(

[Colin YNWA]

... does Colony Earth off much else?

You mean to say that Watson's art is so easily dismissible?  :-(

And also that should say 'offer', not off... me and my bloody typos! Anyway yeah that's a fair point, though while Jim Watson's art is great to look at I felt it looked a little of a time against the other art in the Prog at the time. Put yeah the art is quite something.

[abelardsnazz]

Colony Earth.

[IndigoPrime]

Numbercruncher by a country mile. Got the HC!

[rogue69]

numbercruncher

[broodblik]

Is Numbercruncher creator-owned or Rebellion-owned ?

[IndigoPrime]

Creator-owned. The HC was put out by Titan.

[AlexF]

Got no love for Colony Earth, even the art isn't my thing - it's overall just not very 2000ADish, barring the title.
I was trying to picture one of the small aliens in the latest epsiode of Scarlet Traces - was it one of the goblins from this very story?

Anyway, Numbercruncher is REALLY good. Easy vote.

[norton canes]

Ah I used to love Colony Earth when I was a kid. Feel kinda bad voting against something I've never read, but: Colony Earth

[Blue Cactus]

Colony Earth feels to me like it’s from a slightly earlier era than 2000ad. Not terrible just not exactly fully thrill-powered. Numbercruncher is a lot of fun.

Numbercruncher

[DrJomster]

An easy one! Numbercruncher was ace!

[Huey2]

Colony earth