100. WHO IS THE TERROR BARON OF DINOSAUR CITY??

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Top 100 lines from 2000AD covers. Start with the easy ones:
Our thread title from Prog 4...

99: "Better than Super Heroes, we've got the... HYPER HEROES!" (also prog 4.)

Surely this will be a list that actually gets to 1, especially with all the covers available for viewing at http://www.2000adonline.com/index.php3?zone=covers&page=progs&FirstProg=1&LastProg=50&MaxProg=1407 !!

And we all know what will be at #1, of course.

― Vic Fluro, Monday, 20 September 2004 20:06 (twenty-one years ago)

98. "IMPOSSIBLE! The Nazis have come back from the dead to fight MACH MAN for... HIMMLER'S GOLD!" (prog 6)

― Vic Fluro, Monday, 20 September 2004 20:10 (twenty-one years ago)

97. "Aaaarh! My hyper-power is useless! What are these brutes trying trying to do with me?"

"They are trying to tear you apart, probe. Soon you will be...MACH ONE PLUS ONE!"

― Wooden (Wooden), Monday, 20 September 2004 20:26 (twenty-one years ago)

96. "Logan's force field has failed and he now weighs 2,500 TONS! Jupiter's gravity is CRUSHING him to a DOT!"

― Wooden (Wooden), Monday, 20 September 2004 20:29 (twenty-one years ago)

95. "After 1984 there could only be.... 2000AD!"

Great/absurd for several reasons:

1. Nothing to do with picture of Rogue Trooper fighting MASSIVE TANK.

2. Somewhat calendrically innacurate, viz. 1985.

3. Appeared on cover during 1981!!!

― Tom (Groke), Monday, 20 September 2004 20:31 (twenty-one years ago)

94. "DESTROY! DESTROY! DESTROY! DESTROY!" (Prog 29)

Thanks Vic, I may get to bed pretty late tonight.

― Wooden (Wooden), Monday, 20 September 2004 20:32 (twenty-one years ago)

93. "Ah-aaarrh! Two MORE of those JUICY EARTH-SWEETS I ALWAYS enjoy!" (Prog 41)

― Wooden (Wooden), Monday, 20 September 2004 20:35 (twenty-one years ago)

92. "OH, NO! Johnson, Mills and Sherpherd have got mixed up with a TYRANNOSAUR in the TIME MACHINE!" (Prog 17)

― Wooden (Wooden), Monday, 20 September 2004 20:43 (twenty-one years ago)

91. "From out of my alien head I, THARG bring you the... FUTURE!" (prog 13)

Cue shot of 2000AD hyper-heroes bursting out of Tharg's forehead in manner of 'underground' comix. Tharg himself seems oddly sedated.

― Vic Fluro, Monday, 20 September 2004 20:45 (twenty-one years ago)

90. "Only one of you is real - the rest are CLONES that must be destroyed! But which ones do I KILL?" (prog 55)

― Vic Fluro, Monday, 20 September 2004 20:58 (twenty-one years ago)

I should make it clear that the JUICY EARTH-SWEETS referred to in number 93 are in fact HUMAN BEINGS and the words are being spoken by a HIDEOUS CREATURE with big horns. One of the humans is looking around, possibly for some water to drown himself in.

― Wooden (Wooden), Monday, 20 September 2004 21:00 (twenty-one years ago)

89. "JUDGE DREDD, STRONTIUM DOG, RO-BUSTERS and FLESH...in a double-barrelled blast of sci-fi comic hyper-power! JOIN THEM AND SMASH THE THRILL BARRIER!" (Prog 86)

― Wooden (Wooden), Monday, 20 September 2004 21:08 (twenty-one years ago)

88. "He was a robot in a MAN'S WAR!!!" (Prog 88)

― Vic Fluro, Monday, 20 September 2004 21:23 (twenty-one years ago)

87. "Take 'em from behind- best way to KILL those SLIMY aliens!" (Prog 36)

86. "THE BIORGS from planet Zircon are on the rampage for their main fuel supply...EARTHMEN!" (Prog 7)

― Wooden (Wooden), Monday, 20 September 2004 21:29 (twenty-one years ago)

85. "Stomm! Now even the DEAD are rising to challenge the law!" (Prog 83)

― Wooden (Wooden), Monday, 20 September 2004 22:42 (twenty-one years ago)

84. "Have made contact with alien's facial area... Composition - flesh! Conclusion - edible!" (prog 27)

Made all the more awesome by being spoken by a frog inside and astronaut's helmet.

― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 09:17 (twenty-one years ago)

84. "Have made contact with alien's facial area... Composition - flesh! Conclusion - edible!" (prog 27)

Made all the more awesome by being spoken by a frog inside an astronaut's helmet.

― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 09:17 (twenty-one years ago)

83. "Onward, my beauties- sing while you slaughter!" (Prog 98)

― Wooden (Wooden), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 12:23 (twenty-one years ago)

2. "Where did she go? Out. What did she do? Everything" (Prog 376) (and a free KP Skips offer!)

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 12:51 (twenty-one years ago)

It's a shame that the covers during what I think of as the golden age tended to do away with giant scorpions taglines in favour of BMX competitions, reviews of ET and coupons for KP Griddles.

― Tom (Groke), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 12:56 (twenty-one years ago)

one year passes...

82-"Aieeeeee! It's...the THING from the hell planet!" (prog.2)

― Daniel_Rf (Daniel_Rf), Thursday, 30 March 2006 18:10 (nineteen years ago)

i've never seen a 2000ad before in my life

― s1ocki (slutsky), Thursday, 30 March 2006 18:14 (nineteen years ago)

Me neither.

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Thursday, 30 March 2006 18:26 (nineteen years ago)

Nor I.

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 30 March 2006 18:28 (nineteen years ago)

CARE PACKAGES FROM UK PLEASE!

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Thursday, 30 March 2006 18:28 (nineteen years ago)

Me three.

― c(''c) (Leee), Thursday, 30 March 2006 18:29 (nineteen years ago)

Topical!

ihttp://www.2000adonline.com/functions/cover.php?choice=16&Comic=2000ad

― Chuck_Tatum (Chuck_Tatum), Thursday, 30 March 2006 20:07 (nineteen years ago)

Waitasecond... it's the Capitol building that's attacking the plane?

― Chuck_Tatum (Chuck_Tatum), Thursday, 30 March 2006 20:08 (nineteen years ago)

"You ignorant unliterary Americans make me puke" - B.S. Johnson

― Ward Fowler (Ward Fowler), Thursday, 30 March 2006 21:25 (nineteen years ago)

I'm so happy this thread has been revived.

― chap who would dare to be a stone cold thug (chap), Thursday, 30 March 2006 22:08 (nineteen years ago)

81. "FROM OUT OF MY ALIEN HEAD, I THARG BRING YOU THE... FUTURE!" (Prog 13)

― chap who would dare to be a stone cold thug (chap), Thursday, 30 March 2006 22:20 (nineteen years ago)

x-post

Canadians, I'll bring some over next time I'm in town! (Which will be this summer.) Not that, er, I'm that near Winnipeg.

― Chuck_Tatum (Chuck_Tatum), Thursday, 30 March 2006 23:02 (nineteen years ago)

We've had Prog 13 already.

I think every one of the Flesh covers deserves to be on this list...

81. "The dinosaurs have got us!" "The pteranodons have got us!" "And now...THE SPIDERS HAVE GOT US!"(Prog 14)

― Philip Alderman (Phil A), Thursday, 30 March 2006 23:57 (nineteen years ago)

80. "Flight Z-40...Location Devil's Triangle...Amber alert! WE ARE BEING ATTACKED BY THE CAPITOL BUILDING!"

Beat that for Dada goodness...

― Matt Maxwell (Matt M.), Friday, 31 March 2006 01:20 (nineteen years ago)

79- "Mega City...Muder By Meteor!" (prog.25)

― Daniel_Rf (Daniel_Rf), Friday, 31 March 2006 02:12 (nineteen years ago)

This thread is one more reminder of the great many things I have missed out on simply by being an American.

― Sparkle Motion's Rising Force, Friday, 31 March 2006 04:51 (nineteen years ago)

More and more early 2000s are being scanned now, I'm trying to snag a bunch of them.

― Tom (Groke), Friday, 31 March 2006 09:04 (nineteen years ago)

2000AD is such an integral part of my childhood that I can't imagine the trauma you poor americans must feel at having to grow up without it.

Ant Wars anyone?
ihttp://www.2000adonline.com/functions/cover.php?choice=78&Comic=2000ad

― Stone Monkey (Stone Monkey), Friday, 31 March 2006 11:01 (nineteen years ago)

This one is hilarious
http://www.2000adonline.com/functions/cover.php?choice=96&Comic=2000ad

Guy ejects from a fighter plane, but is about to be SMASHED by the passenger jet that's TEN FEET BEHIND! and the passenger pilot says "We're going to hit him! That guy's dead... unless he's SUPERMAN!"

I love the way the remark had to be qualified, and intend to use similar qualifications at every opportunity.

"Oh no, my brakes have failed and I'm about to hit that pedestrian! He's going to be killed.... unless he's SUPERMAN!"
"Oh no, I missed my deadline! Joe in accounts will never get this project finished in time.... unless he's SUPERMAN!"

― Ray (Ray), Friday, 31 March 2006 12:18 (nineteen years ago)

Why is the guy pulling a towel on his head?

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Friday, 31 March 2006 13:17 (nineteen years ago)

Because he doesn't want to breathe in any bad plane bits ... unless he's Superman! And needs to protect his secret identity. You see.

― David R. (popshots75`), Friday, 31 March 2006 13:19 (nineteen years ago)

Shit, mild mannered Clark Kent is plunging to his doom! He'll never survive this...UNLESS HE'S SUPERMAN! Oh, he is.

― chap who would dare to be a stone cold thug (chap), Friday, 31 March 2006 13:33 (nineteen years ago)

Fuck, I forgot the capitalization. And this is ME we're talking about! KING CAPS! Blast!

― David R. (popshots75`), Friday, 31 March 2006 13:41 (nineteen years ago)

CAPS ARE ILC'S BREAD AND BUTTER

― chap who would dare to be a stone cold thug, yo (chap), Friday, 31 March 2006 13:47 (nineteen years ago)

I'M GOING HUNGRAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

― Eddie V. (popshots75`), Friday, 31 March 2006 13:55 (nineteen years ago)

Bold is caviar

― chap who would dare to be a stone cold thug, yo (chap), Friday, 31 March 2006 13:58 (nineteen years ago)

76- "Aieeeeee!!!" "Beware of...RATS...! The devils lapdogs" (prog.63, presumably shortly after they fired their spell-checker)

― Daniel_Rf (Daniel_Rf), Friday, 31 March 2006 18:03 (nineteen years ago)

75- "Introducing...the 180 lb JUDGE BURGER!" (prog.72)

― Daniel_Rf (Daniel_Rf), Friday, 31 March 2006 18:06 (nineteen years ago)

74- "Harry Winthorp was a mild mannered man, until he tried on...THE SUIT." "The POWER...the PAIN...the SUIT!" (prog.73)

― Daniel_Rf (Daniel_Rf), Friday, 31 March 2006 18:07 (nineteen years ago)

i gotta say the line that gives this thread its title is fucking sensational!

― s1ocki (slutsky), Friday, 31 March 2006 18:54 (nineteen years ago)

Isn't it just!

The only "2000AD" I ever read was a stupid Judge Dredd story by Garth Ennis (and I *like* Ennis); horrible horrible art too. I need to find me some vintage sci-fi dinosaur action.

― Daniel_Rf (Daniel_Rf), Friday, 31 March 2006 19:02 (nineteen years ago)

73. "THE CREEP THAT STOLE CROYDON!! THARG THE MIGHTY INVESTIGATES - INSIDE!" (Prog 207)

― chap who would dare to be a stone cold thug (chap), Friday, 31 March 2006 19:02 (nineteen years ago)

72. "GET IT THROUGH YOUR THICK SKULL, EARTHMAN ... WE DON'T HAVE POINTED EARS!" (Prog 38)

― David R. (popshots75`), Friday, 31 March 2006 19:06 (nineteen years ago)

like... i'm still freaking out on the fact that there's a dinosaur city! let alone the fact that the city has a terror baron! i can't even begin to start thinking about who it might be! that's too much!

― s1ocki (slutsky), Friday, 31 March 2006 19:17 (nineteen years ago)

I wish there was a Dinosaur City in America :(

― David R. (popshots75`), Friday, 31 March 2006 19:19 (nineteen years ago)

i wish there was a terror baron of montreal :(

― s1ocki (slutsky), Friday, 31 March 2006 19:49 (nineteen years ago)

I wish we were going to Candy Apple Island.

― c(''c) (Leee), Friday, 31 March 2006 19:50 (nineteen years ago)

i wish there was a terror baron of montreal :(

Toronto, OTOH:

http://www.mapleleafs.com/images/team/players/actionpic_domi.jpg

― David R. (popshots75`), Friday, 31 March 2006 19:53 (nineteen years ago)

The only "2000AD" I ever read was a stupid Judge Dredd story by Garth Ennis

Yeah, his run on Dredd was pretty pants generally.

― chap who would dare to be a stone cold thug (chap), Friday, 31 March 2006 20:16 (nineteen years ago)

i wish i had a pair of pretty pants :(

― s1ocki (slutsky), Friday, 31 March 2006 21:21 (nineteen years ago)

Back to work!

71- "We don't stand a chance! We're sorrounded!" "But we'll go down fighting for ROBOT FREEDOM!" (prog.114)

― Daniel_Rf (Daniel_Rf), Friday, 31 March 2006 22:32 (nineteen years ago)

70. "I AM MEKON, the supreme being... I have no fear... no feelings... NO LIMIT TO MY POWERS!!" (Prog 12)

― Vic F (Vic Fluro), Friday, 31 March 2006 23:26 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.southern.net/southern/band/MEKON/pics/band3.jpg ?

― Daniel_Rf (Daniel_Rf), Saturday, 1 April 2006 09:32 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.dandare.org/dan/aliens/mekon/mekon01.jpg

― chap who would dare to be a stone cold thug (chap), Saturday, 1 April 2006 11:53 (nineteen years ago)

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