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[Rogue Trooper: Volume Two]

"It's still a mad, mad, mad nu world."

It's September 1982, and Rogue Trooper: Volume Two is up on the blog.

https://thrillshots.wordpress.com/2019/06/10/shell-shocked-rogue-trooper-volume-2/

[Return of the King]

If there could only be one artist-focused Dredd Volume in the Ultimate Collection, it was always going to be Carlos Ezquerra.

Return of the King is your Thrillshot for this week: https://thrillshots.wordpress.com/2019/06/03/return-of-the-king/

With over 20 reviews now up, I've created a few Index pages to keep track of the posts.

By Publication Date: https://thrillshots.wordpress.com/index-by-publication-date/
By Mega Collection: https://thrillshots.wordpress.com/index-by-mega-collection/
By Ultimate Collection: https://thrillshots.wordpress.com/index-by-ultimate-collection/

[Fast Food]

Satire is pushed to - and possibly past - the limit in this week's collection: Fast Food.

https://thrillshots.wordpress.com/2019/05/27/fast-food/

[Robo-Hunter: Volume Two]

Yup, it's time for another round of robot-detective shenanigans with Sam Slade, Hoagey and Stogie in Robo-Hunter: Volume Two.

https://thrillshots.wordpress.com/2019/05/20/the-song-remains-insane-robo-hunter-volume-two/

It's a biggie. Thrillshots reaches "The Apocalypse War".

https://thrillshots.wordpress.com/2019/05/13/the-apocalypse-war/

I love Ace Garp - I think the 'get rich quick' schemer is a very under-utilised archetype in 2000AD. 'Hell's Pocket' is presumably absent due to being drawn by Ian Gibson - he's obviously a great artist, but I don't feel the series works with anyone other than Belardinelli in the jockbox. As for Ace's scarf - it's alive, all right. In fact, its status leads eventually to a rather touching pay-off.

He's definitely a stand-out character at this point in time for 2000 AD. Now I'm in suspense about the scarf!

[Ace Trucking Co.: Volume One]

Time to pull out the Space Trucking Dictionary and attempt to translate Ace Trucking Co.: Volume One.

https://thrillshots.wordpress.com/2019/05/06/tucker-truckin-ace-trucking-co-volume-one/

We step back in time a bit to take a look at the weird Venn diagram of talking animals, fantasy quests and manly 1980s action heroes in Meltdown Man - up on the blog now!

https://thrillshots.wordpress.com/2019/04/29/animal-rescue-meltdown-man/

"A fun read that draws on a lot of familiar influences to create something pretty unique."

Rogue Trooper: Volume One is up on the blog.

https://thrillshots.wordpress.com/2019/04/22/clone-war-rogue-trooper-volume-1/

Yep - sorcery/mysticism is usually a huge issue for me, but I think it works here because it only really works to serve the pressure put on Johnny Alpha. It's not really about Moses's resurrection, but about what Alpha is prepared to do to atone.

Thanks Broodblik, much appreciated!

Welcome back, voorms!

The journey through the Mega and Ultimate Collections continues with Strontium Dog: Volume 2.

https://thrillshots.wordpress.com/2019/04/15/child-of-the-revolution-strontium-dog-volume-2/

Another good blog, I'm enjoying these - not much to add as I reckon your conclusions are pretty spot-on.

Thanks Dandontdare!

I'm going to have to write some truly incorrect reviews soon, just so you lose some bets! "Necropolis - yawn. So boring and terrible."

It's a really good point about the difference between reading weekly and collected, particularly these early progs. They're really not designed to be read in one big go. Makes reviews tough!

Before I read this particular post, I had a bet with myself. The bet was: "City of the Damned" will be proclaimed ok, but somewhat lacking.

Yup!

There are people who absolutely love City... and in my experience, they're the ones who read it on a weekly basis. I imagine that, experienced as intended, it was pretty bloody exciting. But I didn't start reading 2000AD till a hundred progs after City... ended, and it sounds so much better as a plot summary than it actually turns out to be. Some great bits though - the "To be eyeless in hell" sequence is astounding, and about as good a summary of Dredd's character at the time as you're going to get. Overall though, it's maybe best viewed as a dry run for Necropolis, which takes the same basic concept - city becomes hell due to monstrous psychic force - and does it for real, rather than in a parallel timeline.