Prog 2357: Chem Trails

[norton canes]

I see that Rob is taking us from space to MC1 and now deep into the Cursed Earth

Sort of the reverse of The Judge Child epic, which went Cursed Earth to Mega City to deep space. I'm really liking it - great touches this week with the Alchemist's amusing amnesia and PJ's cute little dinos. Helium's really enchanting me in a way Scarlet Traces, good as it was, never completely did. The Devil's Railroad remains good, very readable. Deadworld may have a plot metaphorically similar to a coagulated, many-headed, writhing corpse monster but it's still a great few pages to get lost in. And Feral & Foe continues to be a blindingly well told old-school thrill.

[dan200]

What stories has the character revealed at the end of Dredd been in before? I didn't recognize the name and it's proving ungoogleable!

[Barrington Boots]

I think its someone we haven't seen before, but I am ready to be corrected.

[Funt Solo]

This was me pondering after Ladykiller...

[spoiler]It seems as if this is the very final chapter for Maybe as he ends up a gooey stain in an explosive finale, but it's testament to his character that I suspect he's somehow gotten out of it. Of course: there's always the character he hypnotized into believing he was also Maybe (at the end of Serial Serial) to carry on the intermittent saga in some fashion.[/spoiler]

Of course, the narrative of Poison is deliberately being cagey about which direction this is going, with that repeated question of why Hershey didn't investigate herself.

[broodblik]

Of course, the narrative of Poison is deliberately being cagey about which direction this is going, with that repeated question of why Hershey didn't investigate herself.

...and that is why Poison for me is one off the best Dredd stories in recent memories

[Blue Cactus]

I reckon it's actually pizen and all part of a decades-long scheme by that criminal mastermind Fink Angel.

[Woolly]

What stories has the character revealed at the end of Dredd been in before? I didn't recognize the name and it's proving ungoogleable!

All we can deduce so far is that they're an ex Titan convict, and therefore probably an ex-judge.
Any chance it could be Sinfield?

[Funt Solo]

Any chance it could be Sinfield?

I don't think so - he was heading for a "Justice Department cube" at the end of Get Sin (prog 2003).

[Funt Solo]

Deadworld ...but I think we're now down to three strands (Death, Eastwood and the Sovs, Jess & Fairfax)

The fourth strand might be the survivors from Transpolar, who were planning to nuke Justice Department when we last saw them (in prog 2230).

[Barrington Boots]

Good one. I'd forgotten about those guys - they were very much secondary to the cool dark judges in that story!

The lack of focus I think has detracted from Deadworld of late, so I wouldn't be unhappy if that is a thread that isn't picked back up in detail in the main strip (in one of the Tales of.. shorts it'd be fine)

[Bad City Blue]

Pretty solid issue. Feral & Foe continues to be a highlight, with a strong script and amazing art. I have got quite invested in The Devil's Railroad, too.