I'm gonna read them all...

[ZenArcade]

Well here I go prog 770 book 1!

[Trout]

[spoiler]It's working, Cosh. I think we've broken him![/spoiler]

[ZenArcade]

After having trudged my way through Book 1 last night, my servo-motors are well out of sync. Ah well It'll be the hair shirt tonight again with Book 2. Z

[Skullmo]

Christ, the more I read this thread, the more my mind recoils from the 800's. Finn just about sums up the sheer will sapping tedium. I'm proud to say I've never read one single page of this utter bollocks. Z

I have never read it but it is rubbish. Nice.

I really enjoyed Finn. The final book felt like it had been chopped up a bit by the editor (as do many stories around this time in the prog), but apart from that I really enjoyed it. As with a lot of Pat Mills' stories it sometimes relies on your knowing some of the material that it references,

[I, Cosh]

I guess I'll probably feel a bit bad once you've read it and realise it is utter bollocks!

[Skullmo]

I guess I'll probably feel a bit bad once you've read it and realise it is utter bollocks!

Next you will be saying David Icke's books are rubbish too!

[James Stacey]

There was less of the hey, why get hung up about my wanting to sleep with other people Hollyoaks inter-racial relationship melodrama and being haunted by his tour of duty on the Shankhill Road once Mills transplanted him from Central America to Cornwall, shoved an uzi in each of his hands, oiled and airbrushed his pecs, and phoned David Icke to see if he could think of an interesting villain for him to fight.

Clearly Finn used a P90 not an uzi.

[NapalmKev]

Finn was great, a new series would be more than welcome!

I can't remember the Prog number (between 1000/1250, maybe) but it featured a story about some Shite toy miniatures (was it Havok?). Anyway whatever it was it prompted me to leave the Prog for many years.

Cheers

[Skullmo]

The prog that had the prog length sequel to City of the Damned was what killed my enjoyment.  I can remember thinking not even a wagner dredd is good anymore.


Thankfully things picked up again later!

[TordelBack]

The prog that had the prog length sequel to City of the Damned was what killed my enjoyment.  I can remember thinking not even a wagner dredd is good anymore.

Tragic confession:  I was firmly on the wagon at the time of 2120, but saw the prog in the newsagents and (marvelling that I should have lived so long as to see this day) in a fit of curiosity read it there and then.  I replaced it on the shelf and gave it another year or so.  I know, I was taking the polystyrene out of Tharg's mouth, so I don't ask for forgiveness, only understanding.

[Trout]

The prog that had the prog length sequel to City of the Damned was what killed my enjoyment.  I can remember thinking not even a wagner dredd is good anymore.

Tragic confession:  I was firmly on the wagon at the time of 2120, but saw the prog in the newsagents and (marvelling that I should have lived so long as to see this day) in a fit of curiosity read it there and then.  I replaced it on the shelf and gave it another year or so.  I know, I was taking the polystyrene out of Tharg's mouth, so I don't ask for forgiveness, only understanding.

I need to dig that comic out and re-read it. I liked it at the time and can't understand why others don't.

[judgerufian]

Dragging Finn back to the forefront, I always thought of it as a modern day Slaine especially in its general look. I remember not liking it much on first read...was very disappointed on seeing it as a floppy with the Meg and not that impressed second time around whereas Paul in Third World War was actually quite readable once you penetrated the right on-ness of the strip.
Maybe Third World War needs re-reading too!

[Skullmo]

Dragging Finn back to the forefront, I always thought of it as a modern day Slaine especially in its general look. I remember not liking it much on first read...was very disappointed on seeing it as a floppy with the Meg and not that impressed second time around whereas Paul in Third World War was actually quite readable once you penetrated the right on-ness of the strip.
Maybe Third World War needs re-reading too!

I always thought Finn was going to be revealed as a reincarnation of Slaine

[James Stacey]

Same here.

[Recrewt]

Isn't it that similarity that eventually did for Finn?  I'm sure I read somewhere that it was cancelled due to it being too much like Slaine.