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Captain Britain was rejuvenated by Alan Moore in one of Moore's most celebrated series.
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Am I legit explaining this **** to you? Do you not know of Alan Moore's tenure with Captain Britain? Do you not know who Kitty Pryde is?
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Also, I must point out the irony in your statement above, re who cares when she's so awesome, when applied to your trashing of the covers of the albums I recently reviewed, without bothering to even check out the music, specifically that Gert Emmin one. Who's being shallow now, huh?
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First print date: January 30 1982
Prog appearance: 249 Writer(s): John Grant Artist(s): Carlos Ezquerra Total episodes: 25 The Apocalypse War, Episode V As the city shakes to the barrage of the Sov missiles, some people take Block Mania a stage further, perhaps developing acute Future Shock Syndrome, becoming full-blown Futsies. These decide literally to dance as they die, resulting in a new craze sweeping Mega-City One, or what's left of it: Apocalypse Fever. The musical expression of this is called Apocalypso, but sadly, music doth not have charms to soothe these savage beasts, and the Apocalypso dancers are vapourised as another missile strikes. Dredd decides enough is enough: if he can't protect Mega-City One, then by Grud he can ensure they take East-Meg One with them! He gives the order to launch the TADs, or Total Annihilation Devices, warheads that make the Sov missiles seem puny in comparison. Having done what he can, Dredd visits Chief Judge Griffin, recovering the the med-bay, and tells him of the latest developments. Griffin approves, saying that they must go down fighting, but still wondering why the Sovs began this very short intercontinental war, which must and can only end in both the antagonists' destruction? Dredd has no answers; for him, it's enough that the Sovs did attack, and he has no intention of ruminating on their motives any further. However as the TADs approach East Meg One, Snekov gives the order for all non-essential power to be cut, and channelled to a massive defence shield, like a transparent dome over the city, which he calls the Apocalypse Warp. The TADs, encountering this force field, merely seem to dissolve into it. This is not good: MAD is what kept the superpowers at bay and even though the Sovs have gone beyond that, Dredd and Griffin still believe that though this is the end for them, the Sovs will also be destroyed. If their enemy have some way to neutralise an attack on them, then the scales have been tipped, and in this deadly game of poker the Sovs hold all the cards. Quotes The Apocalypso, as sung by Cy: “Apocalypso, apocalypso, everybody sing and shout! Apocalypso, apocalypso, them sneaky Sovs they nuke us out! Apocalypso, apocalypso, the whole city's goin' boom, Apocalypso, apocalypso, we all dancin' to our doom! Apocalypso, apocalypso, the Mega-City going to Hell. Apocalypso, apocalypso, apart from that we doin' swell. Apocalypso, apocalypso the bombs they come to fry our fat. Apocalypso, apocalypso, population's goin'...” He doesn't finish, but the impact of the nuke provides the punchline and the rhyme, as it SPLATS down on him! Judge Hackett: “Those murdering East Meggers! Every sector south of the 35th parallel – nuked out!” Dredd: “Get a grip on yourself, Hackett!” Hackett: “Don't you understand Dredd! We're talking about 150 million people! Wiped out – just like that! It's monstrous! I can't believe it! I won't!” Dredd (punching Hackett out): “Prone to hysteria. Somebody at the Academy should have spotted it.” Bulgarin: “There is no more to be said. You have our terms: unconditional surrender, or the Apocalypse!” Dredd: “Surrender? And condemn my city to Sov-block slavery? Never!” Griffin: “What I don't understand is why? Why did they start this insane war?” Laughing in the face of death The emergence of Apocalypso is quite amusing. Anything in the fact that it happens to be a black man leading the performance? I AM THE LAW! In the absence of, we assume, any Judge of higher rank, Dredd assumes the awful responsibility for sending certain death hissing through the air towards their attackers. Anyone else would probably hesitate at condemning millions to death at the touch of a button, but for Dredd it's surely seen by him as nothing more than an expected and indeed required response to the battering they have taken from the Sovs. Interesting, too, to see that Dredd makes no allowances for the pressures of this extraordinary situation on people, as he answers Judge Hackett's hysterical outburst by socking him and growling “Prone to hysteria” and blaming the fact that this most un-Judgelike trait was not caught on the Academy of Law process. All he's really concerned about, in this case, is that Hackett has disgraced his uniform by being weak, and were the situation different and he could afford the time (and were any iso-blocks still standing) he would surely have him charged and imprisoned for dereliction of duty, bringing the force into disrepute, and anything else he could think of. Welcome to the world of tomorrow! Where hidden deep in silos throughout the Cursed Earth, under the sea and even on orbiting satellite platforms, TADs sleep, awaiting the call to action which will fling them into battle. Each huge missile is capable of levelling a city the size of Mega-City One. They are the ultimate retaliatory – or indeed, pre-emptive strike – weapon.
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If Ms Pryde though has been in the X-Men then I probably will pass, as Excelsior! is to concentrate on smaller, lesser-known heroes, and I really wouldn't be interested in an ex X-Man, as it were. I might check out Captain Britain though. I feel I may have read some of his stories.
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Who the **** can keep up with all of your lame threads?
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