Judge Dredd: Lawman of the Future is a comic from the mid 90s that
came out to tie in with the Stallone movie and used the designs from the
film. However it didn’t seem to be particularly set in the movie
universe. They wisely never had Dredd remove his helmet and no reference
was made to the events of the movie. It lasted 23 issues and ended with
an Action Special which contained an index of every issue released and
the stories in them. The covers had some nice art work and some of the
stories were illustrated by Geoff Senior who is a personal fave from his
days on Marvel UK’s Transformers comic.
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Monday, 29 January 2018
Saturday, 13 January 2018
Bucky O'Hare
Bucky began life in 1978, created by Larry Hama of G.I Joe fame but wasn't published until 1984 in Neal Adams Echo of Future Past comic, later to be reprinted in it's own 5 issue mini series to tie in with the cartoon and toyline of 1991.
A UK comic was also released at that time, reprinting the 5 US comics and then continuing the story with original UK material for another 15 issues.
The animated series titled Bucky O'Hare and The Toad Wars which aired in 1991 only lasted 13 episodes before being cancelled. The first two episodes are heavily based on the original 5 issue comic run. So far it has not had a US DVD release though the UK got the complete series.
The cartoon series was of course created to advertise the toyline that consisted of ten characters along with a few vehicles. In this first and only wave we saw Bucky, Deadeye, Bruiser, Blinky, Willy, Commander Dogstar, Toadborg, Al Negator, the Toad Air Marshall and a Toad Stormtrooper released. Noticably absent is Jenny, the final member of Bucky's crew who would have seen release in a planned second wave. Unfortunately with the first wave toy sales not meeting expectation, the second wave was cancelled.
However, in early 2018 Boss Fight Studio released the first two figures in a new line of Bucky O'Hare toys. To scale with the original toyline but featuring modern articulation and highly detailed sculpts based on the original comic art. The first wave consisting of Bucky himself and Jenny! So long time fans can finally complete the crew of the Righteous Indignation. Wave two will add Deadeye to the line up while wave 3 will include an updated Toad Storm Trooper.
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