The 100 page 2000AD Christmas Special dropped through my letter box yesterday and was a welcome treat as the lock-down continues. Tharg and his droids have provided an (almost) perfect comic for the holidays.
As expected Judge Dredd is first up and Three Kings gives us a mixture of the disturbing along with hope as a monkey and his mates help a woman get her baby back from the Judges. The child was taken as there was clone-Judge DNA found which they claimed as state property. The fascists! With the use of some robots and a little ingenuity the baby is freed and the chase is on.
Strontium Dog returns in Once Upon a Time in a Vest as Johnny Alpha, Wulf and Gronk seek another bounty though this has a twist. Great to see this classic 2000AD charcter back in action. More please! This is followed by a short adventure featuring the adult Survival Geeks story A Quiet Night In though with a pet Cuthulu called Howard it probably never would be anyway.
Visions of a Deadworld is up next in the entertaining A Girl's Gotta Eat. There is more of this promised which I look forward to. Pity I can't say the same for Proteus Vex a strip I really do not like and skipped. Awful stuff but fortunately the only let down in the whole comic.
Slaine makes a welcome return in the to be continued Dragontamer in which our Barbarian hero turns up in the city of Troy of all places. Well Slaine only goes where the Goddess directs and the Trojans need a good slap it would seem and they are left reeling from their first encounter.
Former Chief Judge Hershey also returns in a story The Brutal set in the wastelands and sees her take on some more baddies via a boxing contest? To be continued....
Meanwhile a Time Twister Story sees the Time Police try to clear up a mess but they haven't reckoned with certain alien very close to all our hearts. Finally another classic character returns and Durham Red is in prison but as usual there's someone after her. Is she safe?
Rating: 5 Stars (Recommended)
Available from: 2000ad.com
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