There might not be quite the level of thrills we had last week in Week 5, but it exemplifies just how tough this tournament is becoming. A middling week quality wise and we still get some right interesting ties and some really top draw thrills. Its only going to get harder folks!
Could two more contrasting thrills have been pulled together. Pandora Perfect, darling of the Regene Progs - we can say that 'officially' now thanks to broodbliks Sideshow Vote (https://forums.2000ad.com/index.php?topic=48547.msg1083802#msg1083802) which got it as top Regened thrill. Pandora has taken down Death Planet and Creep so far. So different from the tight urban horror of Cradlegrave. A thrill already battle hardened having triumphed over Scarlet Traces in Round 2.
Pandora Perfect - more info (https://shop.2000ad.com/series/pandora-perfect)
Vs
Cradlegrave - more info (http://www.2000ad.org/?zone=thrill&page=profiles&choice=cradle)
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 Monday 9th June and the winner gets a place in Round 4 (of 9!!!).
What on Earth is ALL of this? (https://forums.2000ad.com/index.php?topic=48011.0)
For those that need 'um and can be bothered to follow 'um there's some simple rules (https://forums.2000ad.com/index.php?topic=48011.msg1070150#msg1070150)
Any questions, just ask as ever - and have FUN
Pandora Perfect
Pandora Perfect
Cradlegrave. A masterpiece of unsettling urban horror.
Oh man if Cradlegrave doesn't win this round there's something wrong. No offence to Ms Perfect but it's just a perfectly sculpted modern British horror story that is utterly unlike anything else in the Prog, a lasting testament to the way that Smith's comic work just kept on getting better and better.
Cradlegrave, for the love of heaven!
Bah. Pandora Perfect is excellent. The best thing in Regened and a very rare humour strip in 2000 AD that's actually funny and a great read. But Cradlegrave was something else—a properly nasty creeping horror of the like that's impossible to ignore. With some regret, because Pandora is fab, Cradlegrave gets my vote.
Pandora Perfect
Cradlegrave, good to see PP getting some support though.
Cradlegrave
Cradlegrave
Promising newcomer vs stone cold classic. No contest.
Cradlegrave
Cradlegrave
Cradlegrave really is a classic. Pandora's got promise but she doesn't compare imo.
Oof. Much as I've enjoyed Pandora, and we don't get enough humour in the prog these days, its up against a classic here. Cradlegrave
Cradlegrave
cradlegrave. just.
Pandora
Cradlegrave
Cradlegrave of course.
I am a massive Roger Langridge fan and Pandora Perfect is my favourite Regened thrill [to date], but Cradlegrave is a classic and takes my vote.
Cradlegrave
SBT
Pandora Perfect is very good indeed.
Cradlegrave, like Firekind, is one of those stand-out classics.
Pandora.
Cradlegrave
Cradlegrave.
Ha, possibly the prog's lightest and grimmest stories ever. Cradlegrave, though if we get a couple more chapters of PP and they're as good as the first, that might change...
Cradlegrave all the way. It even invented (I think) a new genre - chav horror.
Hard to believe we're getting to results time already this week and what a stinker this one is. Its wonderful to see Pandora get so much support but it doesn't look like it will be enough and for good reason. Today to vote and I'll announce tomorrow.
Oof. Tough one.
Cradlegrave
VOTING CLOSED
Everybody wins, everyobody loses.
Pandora was never going to take this one, but it was great to see the cornerstone of showing how vital, refreshing and brilliant the Regened project can be got such support. We all lose cos its out, but win cos its more than shown its worth. So Cradlegrave fought through... well far from it Cradlegrave stormed this and while Pandora got its share so popular was this vote that Cradlegrave was still able to join the excuse 20+ club. The first thrill to get more than 20 votes since early in round 2. Its an absolute classic and a performance like this makes you wonder just how far it can go.
Cradlegrave
is superglued to a place in Round 4.