Christmas Prog line-up revealed

[nxylas]

Aside from the initial Verdus story, Robo-Hunter always left me cold.  Gibson's artwork was the only redeeming quality

Day of the Droids was fun, too, but I can't help feeling that if Robo-Hunter was created now, it would be in the Regened progs, with a much younger protagonist. As for Gibson, I'm normally in favour of sticking with a strip's original creative team, but in this case, it's easy to see why Jose Ferrer was replaced early on in its run.

[JayzusB.Christ]

Wasn't Sam only meant to be 25 or so in the early runs?  Admittedly he looked way older, like the 'teenage' middle-aged bikers in I Was a Teenage Tax Consultant.

[Tjm86]

Wasn't Sam only meant to be 25 or so in the early runs?  Admittedly he looked way older, like the 'teenage' middle-aged bikers in I Was a Teenage Tax Consultant.

The first Verdus story had the shield "failing" and de-aging both Slade and Kidd, hence the baby.  So yes, Slate was supposed to be physically younger.

[JayzusB.Christ]

Ah, ok.  It's been way too long - must have a festive re-read.

[nxylas]

Wasn't Sam only meant to be 25 or so in the early runs?  Admittedly he looked way older, like the 'teenage' middle-aged bikers in I Was a Teenage Tax Consultant.

The first Verdus story had the shield "failing" and de-aging both Slade and Kidd, hence the baby.  So yes, Slate was supposed to be physically younger.

Yes, I remember now. So it wouldn't be too much of a tweak to de-age him further and make him physically around the same age as Cadet Dredd, but with his own office and employees/robots. As I recall, the reason for doing Cadet Dredd and Young Johnny Alpha stories is that kids nowadays don't want to read stories with adult heroes.