2000 AD

[Philip Ayres]

anyone got a paper copy of 2397?

Is there dialogue on page 24?

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[Pinwig]

I'm out atm but I'm sure that did. I remember the conversation.

[Philip Ayres]

2000ad have acknowledged the issue x.com/2000AD/status/1828724487950369166

Our Droids are looking into it now, Earthlet! We'll get this fixed ASAP

[Fortmax2020]

It was fine on mine.

[Fortmax2020]

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Was it just me that felt the conclusion to the Dredd story in the latest prog was a bit of a cop out? And that a magic button to turn of all the robots is maybe something you keep on you rather than locked away in a hard to access in an emergency safe?

[Philip Ayres]

Yes. did seem like

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Wagner got bored of the story

[Fortmax2020]

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Hoping they do something interesting with the robot Judges going forward. They've slow burner built them up well over the last number of years. This story was almost inevitable and needing to be gotten out of the way. Almost.

[Philip Ayres]

Nice to have the actual cover for Judge Dredd Case Files 45 at last - text was wrong on all the preview images.

OK, yes, the purple should be at the top and the bottom black but that's been wrong for all the books in the 40s so I imagine we're stuck with it now!

Also nice to finally get to read What I Did For Chrissmas, the last PJ Maybe story (to date) that hasn't been previously collected in any form!

[Philip Ayres]

2000ad: That double sized Brink was a bit grim in places!

[Pinwig]

I thought that would end this week, but these Brink series get bigger and bigger!

[Fortmax2020]

Ugh. Unfortunately. I seem to be one of the few not gripped by it. Read the first series and wasn't impressed. Tried the next but now it is a skip from me every time. Life is too short.

[Philip Ayres]

Brink is one of my favourite things in the Prog when it's there

[The Doctor]

I really must get the trades.

-Ralph

[Philip Ayres]

Just picked them up a week or so back for not much more than a tenner each

Books Etc has most in stock last time I checked

www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781781085509
www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781781086285
www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781781086766
www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781781089392
www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781786185693

[The Doctor]

All in good time.

-Ralph

[Pinwig]

Still enjoying the parallels between 2000AD today and 40 years ago. Both have just had jumping on progs. 40 years ago there were new stories for Dredd, Rogue and Ace Trucking, then the return of Nemesis for book four and the first part of Hell trekkers.

[The Doctor]

Loved HELL TREKKERS.

-Ralph

[Philip Ayres]

Fab stuff. Great it finally got a proper trade the other year

[Pinwig]

I was going to say I first encountered it in 2000AD Extreme, but having checked I see the repeat run was in the Meg about twenty years ago. It's a shame Ortiz only did the first part, he's absolutely the right artist to do that series.

I also like the way the prog printed a two part poster listing all the wagons and their occupants so you could cross names off as they died.

[The Doctor]

CROSS OFF NAMES AS THEY DIED.

-Ralph

[Philip Ayres]

Dead, dead, dead, they died first.....

[Philip Ayres]

Case Files 47 22nd May

www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1837865248/

In the wake of the events of Tour of Duty, the backlash continues as Mega-City One acclimatises to the new mutant laws. Integration isn’t easy and one man stands as the thin blue line between the norms and the muties – that man is Judge Dredd.

The best-selling series collecting The Law in order continues as the ultimate lawman of the future brings his unique brand of policing to the streets and creeps of the dystopian nightmare he calls home.

Written by John Wagner (A History of Violence), Al Ewing (The Immortal Hulk), Pat Mills (Marshal Law), Gordon Rennie (Missionary Man) and Ian Edginton (X-Force) with art by Simon Fraser (Kingsman: The Red Diamond), Vince Locke (The Sandman), Henry Flint (Zombo), Paul Marshall (Firekind), Ben Oliver (Ultimate X-Men), Carl Critchlow (Batman/Judge Dredd), Nick Dyer (Judge Dredd), PJ Holden (Terminator/RoboCop), Dave Taylor (Zorro), Colin Wilson (Point Blank) and Mike Collins (Captain Britain).

Distributor page will be at www.simonandschuster.co.uk/books/9781837865246 which should give us more info.

Based on 46's contents, due Jan...

1577-1581 …Regrets (Tour of Duty: Backlash)
1582-1586 Road Stop
1587-1588 Ownership
1589-1595 The Edgar Case (Tour of Duty: Backlash)
1596-1599 Blindside!
1600-1603 Mutie Block (Tour of Duty: Backlash)
1604-1606 Firestorm (400 First Shots)
1607 The Informant
1608 Still Mental After All These Years
1609 Steamers
1610 Whole New Judge Dredd

269 Mind Games
270-271 Red Handed
272 Mind Ripper
273-277 Ratfink (reprinted 328 Ratfink)

.... I expect 47 to be something like:

1611-1612 Mutopia (Tour of Duty: Backlash, Blaze of Glory)
1613-1616 Birthday Boy
2009 One For The Boys
1617-1626 The Ecstasy
1627 Cockroaches
1628-1633 Backlash (Tour of Duty: Backlash)
1634 Born to Zoosh
1635-1636 The Performer (The XXX Files, Blaze of Glory)
1637-1639 It Came From Bea Arthur Block

278 Koan (reprinted Blaze of Glory)
279 The Gift of Mercy
280-281 Magic Bullets
282 Borrowed Time
283 The Americans

Despite what the text says Tour of Duty proper doesn't start till 1649's Under New Management, the first issue in Tour of Duty: Mega City Justice

[tomwe]

Oh wow the Case Files have nearly caught up to my collection! I own every Prog from "Prog 2010" & 1666 onwards.

[Philip Ayres]

I hadn't realised it till I checked just now but the current case files, 45, passes the point where this version of the forum started on 2nd November 2007

tmukhub.proboards.com/post/1/thread

1555-1566 Mandroid: Instrument Of War (Mandroid) 19/09/2007 - 05/12/2007
2008 The Spirit of Christmas (Tour of Duty: Backlash) 12/12/2007
1567 Magic Moments 02/01/2008
1568 Gorrila/Z 09/01/2008 - 20/02/2008
1569-1575 Emphatically Evil:The Life And Crimes Of PJ Maybe (Tour of Duty: Backlash) 16/01/2008 - 27/02/2008
1576 Nuked! 05/03/2008

257-265 Blood Of Satanus III: The Tenth Circle 1/5/07 to 11/12/07
261-263 The Gingerbread Man (reprinted The Henry Flint Collection) 21/8/07 to 16/10/07
264 Tribal 13/11/2007
265 The Listener 11/12/2007
266 What I Did For Chrissmas 08/01/2008
267 The Menagerie 05/02/2008
268 Blood Money 04/03/2008

Digitally I have every Prog 1700+ and Meg275+

[Pinwig]

I have every prog and every Meg physically, except for a small hole I'm still needing to fill - Megazine Vol 3 1-33 and 50.

[The Doctor]

I saved so much space from giving away my issues it was amazing. I'll stick to 2000ad/Megazine issues as ephemeral items to read and pass on. Will bolster my trade collection instead.

I don't have any interest in digital editions.

-Ralph

[Philip Ayres]

Oct 15, 2024 10:21:50 GMT Philip Ayres said:

Case Files 47 22nd May

www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1837865248/

I expect 47 to be something like:

1611-1612 Mutopia (Tour of Duty: Backlash, Blaze of Glory)
1613-1616 Birthday Boy
2009 One For The Boys
1617-1626 The Ecstasy
1627 Cockroaches
1628-1633 Backlash (Tour of Duty: Backlash)
1634 Born to Zoosh
1635-1636 The Performer (The XXX Files, Blaze of Glory)
1637-1639 It Came From Bea Arthur Block

278 Koan (reprinted Blaze of Glory)
279 The Gift of Mercy
280-281 Magic Bullets
282 Borrowed Time
283 The Americans

Despite what the text says Tour of Duty proper doesn't start till 1649's Under New Management, the first issue in Tour of Duty: Mega City Justice

Nearly. 1611-1643 according to 2000ad.com/news/mutopia-pre-order-judge-dredd-the-complete-case-files-vol-47/

Those extra issues give us

1640-1643 High Spirits

[Pinwig]

40 years ago this week Prog 393 kicked off Dredd epic City of the Damned, plus Slippery Jim diGriz returned for the start of the long overdue Stainless Steel Rat for President.