I am getting ticked off at all these 'Dredd in the Wild West' stories (which is what the Cursed Earth has sadly been reduced to, saddled with deja vu plots) delaying the advancement of the Chief Judge Sinfield sub-plot (which is far more interesting).
Only two weeks to go!
I like it. It's saucy fun.
the woman isn't all that. You'll see what I mean. Perhaps it would have worked better if we never saw her face.
She's got a bit of a Star-treky alien vibe going on doesn't she (not that she looks particularly bad though). She gives off pheromones which causes men to react much stronger than they would normally though, which explains everyone's reactions.
Anyway:
Cover: Rather toony (not that that's a bad thing)! A different look to what I'd expect from Dante, but I like it. Lulu's critters seem to be flying off away from the action though. (Yeah I know, she's performing the 'ranged attack'.)
Dredd: As I said, saucy fun. I'm curious how she'll affect Dredd. On one side, we know he is very strong willed. On the other, he has more testosterone than the average man, and since part of her allure is chemical...
And I don't think she looks bad at all, if a bit strange. Maybe the artist should have just gone with the green hair as an obvious physical indication that she's a mutie, and dropped the rest (EDIT- on second thoughts, nah. Strange is good.) , but she isn't ugly. Incidentally, while I like the more cartoon art, I'm not sure of Dredd's appearance...
Future Shocks: Very nice! Lovely artwork. Nice twist. Am I right that the extra twist right at the end is that the signature on the back of the girl's shirt is also that 'Nano explosive' ink? It seems odd that the transmitter would work over that distance, but... well I'm probably over-thinking it. And it's space age tech, who knows. I like it a lot though.
Dante: After a mixed start, this is chugging along nicely! I'm sure a young lady shouldn't be receding that much though. I'm receding a bit, and she's beating me!
Stickleback: I like it, but I had a bit of difficulty working out what was happening in some of the panels. After the balloon's 'basket' (for want of a better word) is destroyed, it then looks like Stickleback is scrabbling on the surface of a plank... I assume that's part of the wreckage still attached to the balloon? I think they should have shown him dangling in the previous panel as a kind of perspective shot, if that makes sense. Nice freaky gag with the arm, and I'll admit, I didn't see
that coming. (
I expected treachery but not then and in that way.)
ABC Warriors: I'm not sure I quite buy the whole 'recalibrated' weapons thing*, but it certainly does explain the delay with the chatty stuff in previous episodes and the subsequent attack, as this would take time to do. I enjoy it though, and I'm very glad that the ABC warriors are getting a proper challenge rather than pretty much walking through the previous antagonists.
I think maybe it should have been established in the Steelhorn backflash a while back that his vortex hammer had been deposited on Mars though. This just seems a little too convenient. It's a good dumb robot busting strip though, and I like it for that. Would be cool if the upcoming action figures provide a Hammerstein with detachable arms. Doubt I can afford it though.
*I.e. if their weapons are capable, why wouldn't they just have been 'turned up' to their optimum level to start with? They don't strike me as the types who are too worried about excessive destruction due to overcompensation.
