tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post2490474237148626830..comments2024-03-28T08:40:05.320+00:00Comments on Steve Does Comics: Happy birthday, Starlord, No, not that one. The other one.Steve W.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-63332512274013517652016-06-03T08:54:08.412+01:002016-06-03T08:54:08.412+01:00Thanks for the link, John. It's nice to know t...Thanks for the link, John. It's nice to know they're still available out there.Steve W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-25729525651904730672016-06-02T23:55:02.365+01:002016-06-02T23:55:02.365+01:00In case anyone's still interested, some geezer...In case anyone's still interested, some geezer's posted scans of the whole run here - http://www.starlordcomic.com/<br /><br />I had all of them. Where they went, I have no idea. Strontium Dog was obviously the stand-out feature, even then. I was about 15 at the time and absolutely besotted with Ezquerra's art style.Dubblejayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01949513394153160107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-30157260237285169332015-05-17T23:12:13.629+01:002015-05-17T23:12:13.629+01:00Now THIS is the comic that the fledgling 2000 AD S...Now THIS is the comic that the fledgling 2000 AD SHOULD have been! It wasn't until it absorbed this comic that it became the legend that it went on to become!<br />Incidentally, I have no recollection of Tornado, either!John Pitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08035300858247327343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-10262137515308389422015-05-16T00:05:32.644+01:002015-05-16T00:05:32.644+01:00I bought the first three issues, no doubt encourag...I bought the first three issues, no doubt encouraged by the free gifts, as a pre-teen. From memory the material wasn't likely to appeal to a much older audience and so the Clint Eastwood reference was probably lost. I suspect anyone old enough to have seen Dirty Harry or the sequels would have found these a bit tame. Looking at the run of covers, they seem very busy, without being particularly attractive. <br /><br />Daren (DW)<br /><br /> <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-74171676595764127002015-05-15T14:40:38.879+01:002015-05-15T14:40:38.879+01:00Well, Steve, that doesn't seem confused to me ...Well, Steve, that doesn't seem confused to me at all, its just a description of a British boys comic of the 70s, which were often a mix of genres.<br />But the times were against that kind of thing by 1980; and with the reversion to the standard cheap format (after the failure of Starlord) I think potential readers like yourself may have been put off by something that seemed intended for a younger age group...? <br /><br />-seanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-1714835374723132722015-05-15T09:17:41.507+01:002015-05-15T09:17:41.507+01:00It's weird. I have no memory at all of Tornado...It's weird. I have no memory at all of Tornado or of its merger with 2000 AD. Looking at the covers on the GCD, it looks like it was somewhat unfocused. It seemed to be a war comic, a football comic, a humour comic and a science fiction comic all rolled into one.Steve W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-74622971987111005832015-05-14T21:58:22.634+01:002015-05-14T21:58:22.634+01:00Sorry, forgot to sign that last comment
-seanSorry, forgot to sign that last comment<br /><br />-seanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-15510927694697561112015-05-14T21:55:49.014+01:002015-05-14T21:55:49.014+01:00I believe the stories you're trying to remembe...I believe the stories you're trying to remember were Planet of the Damned and Mind Wars, Steve. Although I recall Planet... as being about people accidentally lost in the Bermuda Triangle (or something like that) rather than explorers as such.<br /><br />Anyway, its an interesting question why Starlord wasn't a success, given that Strontium Dog and RoBusters went on to long, popular runs, and its fair to say that the merger of both titles was when 2000AD first really hit its stride.<br />I reckon you're right about the price - frankly the stories taken together just weren't good enough to match the better reproduction and justify those extra pennies. Not unlike Crisis a while later.<br /><br />Nice one, Steve - you doing Tornado next?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-19117747596396458162015-05-14T21:17:43.859+01:002015-05-14T21:17:43.859+01:00I believe the stories you're trying to recall ...I believe the stories you're trying to recall were Mind Wars and Planet of the Damned, Steve. <br /><br />That's an interesting question about why Starlord wasn't a success, since Strontium Dog and the Ro-Busters went on to be popular in 2000AD (and arguably, it was when the two titles merged that 2000AD really started to hit its stride - before that, only some of the Dredd stuff was really that good).<br /><br />I think you're probably right about the price - the idea may have been to produce a better quality comic aimed at older readers, but frankly the stories, taken together, just weren't good enough to match the better reproduction. Same happened with Crisis a while later.<br /><br />Nice one Steve - you going to do Tornado next?<br /><br />-sean<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-64954868224111554572015-05-14T19:22:40.586+01:002015-05-14T19:22:40.586+01:00I had and have all the issues, sans free gifts of ...I had and have all the issues, sans free gifts of course, and still love them. Timequake was my favourite story at the time, though Strontium Dog remains the most well known. A sadly truncated run for a fine 70's comic.HannibalCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03970584876708307571noreply@blogger.com