Month: October 2019

Strontium Dog In Colour!

I’ve spoken of my love of Strontium Dog before now – the creation of John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra who starred in STAR LORD here in the UK before that title merged with 2000AD.

Those original STAR LORD stories were reprinted in the “Search/Destroy Agency Files” collections a few years ago but were in black and white/grey scale, when the originals were in full colour.

There’s news over the weekend that the STAR LORD stories are finally getting a coloured reprint next year!

And I, for one, will definitely be picking that up.

Mash-Up #147 Catwoman vs Vision and the Scarlet Witch

Catwoman certainly seems pleased with herself . . . but is she a killer?

100 Issues Ago June 2011

I came across this “100 Issues Ago” panel in an old JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA and thought I’d tidy it up and re-purpose it. If one month = one issue, what was I reading 100 Issues Ago?

Palmiotti and Gray had been doing some sterling work with the Freedom Fighters over several series in the years running up to this, bringing the team together in INFINITE CRISIS AFTERMATH: THE BATTLE FOR BLUDHAVEN before a couple of FREEDOM FIGHTERS titles that was coming to an end with this penultimate issue.

Here Uncle Sam battles and finally defeats the Jester who had been trying to take his place as a more tyrannical spirit of America. The celebrations are muted due to the death of one of the team and the issue ends with the President having to shut them down.

I enjoyed the team’s dynamics and, following FLASHPOINT and the rise of the New 52, Palmiotti and Gray would try to launch other versions of these heroes: Phantom Lady (with Doll Man), the Ray, and Human Bomb had their own mini-series but it went nowhere, sadly. It wasn’t until the recent FREEDOM FIGHTERS title that the characters reappeared – but that’s set on Earth-X and features different versions again.

Looking at the other comics in my collection from this time shows various series starting to wind down as something big was around the corner . . . which we’ll have to address next month.

Mash-Up #146 Strontium Dog vs Stardust

I think I’ve mentioned before that when I was a kid here in the UK, I read the short-lived STARLORD comic before 2000AD – it was only when the former was cancelled and merged with the latter that I started reading that. Thankfully, they continued the excellent Strontium Dog stories illustrated by the late, great Carlos Ezquerra.