Pulled from the new Previews catalogue:
2000 AD PROGS #1371-1374
Britain's award-winning cult anthology title explodes into the New Year with a thrilling mix of horror, fantasy and science fiction by some of the cream of comic creators! Future lawman Judge Dredd battles with the gangs of Cincinatti, courtesy of John Wagner and Carl Critchlow; Captain Jack Dancer and his motley crew are in search of a missing map which will take them to the magical island of Laputa in "The Red Seas" by Ian Edginton (Sojourn) and Steve Yeowell (The Invisibles); star-troopers The V.C.s must fight a war of survival on the moon of Charon, by Dan Abnett (The Legion) and Anthony Williams;
Celtic warrior Slaine repels the invading sea demons, courtesy of Pat Mills and Clint Langley; and reluctant robo-hunter Samantha Slade is embroiled in a body-sharking plot, by Alan Grant (Lobo) and Ian Gibson (Boba Fett: Enemy of the Empire). (CAUT: 4)
Magazine, 32pg, PC$3.75Ea.
JUDGE DREDD MEGAZINE #215
Future-shocked Thrills from the crazy world of Mega-City One and beyond! This issue: a new Judge Dredd thriller; Sandra's adventures on Deadworld continue in the new Anderson: PSI-Division series "Half-Life" (Part 2 of 4 by Alan Grant/Tony Luke & Arthur Ranson); Judge Death's search for Weapons of Mass Destruction bears bitter fruit in "The Wilderness Days" (Part 6 of 8 by John Wagner & Frazer Irving); the devotees of
Dredd's dinosaur nemesis get nasty in the shocking sequel to the 1980 classic "Blood of Satanus" (Part 2 of 4 by Pat Mills & Duke Mighten); and there's another one-off tale asking Whatever Happened To...? Plus: news, features, interviews and classic British comics, including the devastating Charley's War by Pat Mills & Joe Colquhoun.
(CAUT: 4)
Magazine, 100pg, FC$10.99
There's not much going on with new Titan releases, apart from a couple of softback editions of the deluxe Dredd collections.
Anyway, nice to see Carl Critchlow back on Dredd. I'm a bit surprised and disappointed that Tony Luke is going to be working on Anderson. My recollection of his work on the "Postcards from the Edge" series isn't too rosy, but I suppose that was nine years ago...
BTW - isn't this new Slaine series the end of the "Books of Invasion"?
Balls - sorry for the missing title.
All sounds wonderfull to me apart from the Red Seas stuff. still ages befor I read any of that stuff what with still being in the 1350's, lots to look forward too though..
CU Krestel
the red seas and the vcs - wow, cant wait
something to look for ward to at last
stront692
Dunno. Think there's three "invasions" and this is still the second. (Moloch, then Golamh, then someone else). So unless this is Book 3 with some new villain, or this is just Book 2 Part 2... you see what I mean? Can't remember, could be wrong. Looking forward to it, anyhoo.
Hopefully, going by the blurb, VC's will get back to what I like about it, soldiering through the extreme environments of the solar system sorta thing, and less of the locker-room buddies dialogue and intergalacic intrigue. The rest of the strips sound mighty fine. Samantha Slade should be alright... fanboy's dream, maybe, but well worth a swing. Ranson back on Anderson. Red Seas sounds like enjoyably ripe old hokum. About the only one of that lot I don't have much hope for is The Man Who Ate The Man Who Drank The Blood Of Satanus. The word "devotees" rang an alarm there, and DvD's storyline has me all culted out...
Perhaps Mills is going to have Grud-fearing Dredd burn to death in an enormous wicker dinosaur :)
now thats more of an offensive then then the current one.
looking forward to this line up. zarjaz!
"Sandra"? If there's got to be an abbreviated version, surely it's "Cass"?
Whole lot sounds pretty groovy, all in all.
Sl?ine should be Book III and as such Invasion 3.
Remember how they badly cut up books I & II? With the end of I running in the first episode of II? Yeah? Expect a quick resolution to the 2nd invastion before the 3rd one starts in the 2nd episode.
Oh Dear God When Will Slaine End?
Rest of it sounds pretty good, though. Samantha Slade could be really good, best reinvention of a ruined character since..., um..., er... (thinks of candidates: Fr1day, Tor Cyan, Durham Red, Strontium Dogs, Robohunter, Canon Fodder...)(gives up) ...best reinvention of a ruined character ever!
Nah, that all sounds okay to me!
I really wanted to ask priv8eye why he's called priv8eye, but didn't want to bugger up Devon's Daddy's welcome wagon.
So, new thread! I'm called Dudley because I work for a firm with Dudley in its name and it seemed a good idea at the time.
Plus I'm a great admirer of 5-foot comedy pianists.
What's your story?
(GordonR, garywilkinson, david page, etc - you're probably excused this thread).
Phew, something to look forward to after the current lot finishes then.
Grant and Gibson on a new Robohunter-Thank grud! And Ranson on Anderson again!
Zarjaz line up.
and reluctant robo-hunter Samantha Slade is embroiled in a body-sharking plot, by Alan Grant (Lobo) and Ian Gibson
WOW thankyou santa/tharg.