2000AD #1936

Heliumputs in another solid chapter, only giving me reason to look forward to more from this proven creative team, andOutlierkind of lost me this week, meaning I need to go back and do my research on the previous run. Read Full Review

2000AD Prog 1936's Scrotnig Story of the WeekAbsalom has been a horrid read so far, and not in fun, demented, Crossed kinda way. It's protagonist is too coarse to empathise with, the dialogue muddied with clunky turns of phrase, and now, this week, it's"it's"pretty darn good. Gordon Rennie barely uses a single line of cockney slang in this instalment, instead writing Absalom as a downbeat mediator, the man tasked with sweeping everything up after the chaos settles. Absalom's present day story is bookended by a 1983 flashback, detailing one of the orphans at the children's home Absalom is investigating. It's gruesome in a good way. A very good episode, and with Rennie's incredible Jaegir returning next week, the writer is on something of a roll. Read Full Review

Gizmo

Oct 05, 2019

-- JUDGE DREDD // BLOOD OF EMERALOS: Things are getting interesting again. -- ABSALOM // UNDER A FALSE FLAG: Human sacrifices are always fun. -- SLÁINE // PRIMORDIAL: Cool issue but an odd place to end Book Two. -- OUTLIER // DARK SYMMETRIES: Um, I don't know what's going on. -- HELIUM // PART THREE: Oooo, I hate that lord mayor! On the bright side, looks like things are going blow up in her face. -- OVERALL: A little better than the previous prog. I hope Slaine is filled in with something good.