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Go on, you know you want to. Titan is less than a third of the volume after all.😉

Not bothered what's included in the Chopper volume after his definittive final tale (Song of the Surfer). Everything after that was a poor rehash which risked tainting the original. Chopper clearly died and they should have let it stand.
Indigo, I would heartily recommend Titan, all the relevant Flint tales together in a lovely volume.

Good stuff Jayzus, love all the workings behind films and tv. Saw Lewis Collins prang his car by accident filming the Professionals when I was on a lunchbreak at school and close to forty years later you almost think you imagined it until I picked up the 4th BluRay set and the incident is there in black and white in the accompanying book. Only difference is that I thought it was a VW Beetle he reversed into, turns out it was a Polo. Nice to have a seemingly apocryphal tale from your youth authenticated.
Less okay was my oncologist giving me about 12 months yesterday, 18 with a following wind. No way am I going anywhere until the Mega Collection is done. I want a fucking extension!

I love how this collection keeps moving (hopefully in some minor way due to the bleatings on this thread) with Darkside now included after being officially told we weren't getting it (hope for Unamerican Graffitti yet).
I expected Breathing Space in Vol 80 but can anyone think of any good Luna One stories we won't get based on the credits?
I ask because, wanting my cake to eat as well, I thought Darkside might have been bundled with City of the Damned and In The Year 2120, although the page count was pushing it if they add in the three Question of Judgement stories that vaguely led into it. Not essential to the story but more Ron Smith and we need the definitive 'tight boots' story in any collection worth its salt.

Agree, Dreddverse has more mileage in it than 80 volumes but a 'Best of 2000AD' (Nikolai Dante hardback, Flesh Book 2 with colour centre spreads, Journey to Hell with colour centre spreads etc) while the stuff of dreams for users of this forum would be totally impractical unless they miss the last 15 to 20 years which has seen far more serialised stories which need to be collected in their entirety.
Admittedly much of this is from Mr Mills who started the process with Nemesis all those years ago.
Oh, and it would likely be a sales stinker sadly, only Dredd seems to hit anything like mainstream.

Ha, I don't think there is even 150 volumes of Dredd verse material in total. Close maybe.
I still maintain that an extra 20 volumes would ensure we got everything worth having although whatever they do it is clear that the bulk of the one part Dredd tales from the Prog and Meg will never go further than the Casefiles. Shame, as even though truth be told there is as much dross as gold in those short stories there are many gems we will miss out on.

Not read this anywhere so apologies if I'm saying something anyone else has already posted but my pet theory on the whole random horse appearing out of nowhere is that it was a really bad pun from Rob.
Ask why it's there and the answer is 'it's just big horse'.

Yehaah! Finally got my copy thanks to Denise and in spite of DHL. Lovely thing, agree the Eagle covers would have topped it off and were some of Bolland's finest work. Signatures by Lowder and Wagner emminently appropriate since they wrote the banned episodes and provide the intros.
No 38 of 250.

I would have to say that Goin' South is my favourite volume so far, loved the main strip and some of Ron Smith's finest work beautifully reproduced. Fabulous for a tenner.

Terry, if you like 'proper Dredd' not sure the Klegg volume is ideal. Much is taken up with Maelstrom and The Corps which are very much non-essential Dreddverse tales but I concede the back up stories are good with Lonely Klegghunter and Trapper Hag just about justifying the book on their owm.

The spine design is one of the few aspects I don't like about the collection. Nothing again nst the artists or the image but it all feels a bit childish and does the quality of the material a disservice. I would much prefer Casefiles style spines with the title on them.

A cause close to my heart (well bowel and liver actually) while I continue with chemo to keep the tumours at bay for as long as it can. With a prognosis such as mine you appreciate the advances that are being made. The trick is to survive long enough to see them become reality.
Well done that man, happy to support - great prizes.

I can see the difference already.

Good news Jim, guess that explains your curmudgeonness. All sweetness and light from now on eh?

Wagner, Grant, Kennedy, Hairsine and Gibson cover the Sardini stories totalling 124 pages which leaves say 50 to 70 pages of additional material which includes Williams and Higgins plus any of the aforementioned.
Looked over Barney but nothing jumped out at me. Any thoughts anyone?