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Unable to find out who is behind the conspiracy, Dandridge goes to an old pub he used to frequent where he meets an old friend for the first time since his death. He finds out from Chelsea Tommy that their is a special delivery at a nearby warehouse, but discovers the head of Shelley in a box. |
Unable to find out who is behind the conspiracy, Dandridge goes to an old pub he used to frequent where he meets an old friend for the first time since his death. He finds out from Chelsea Tommy that their is a special delivery at a nearby warehouse, but discovers the head of Shelley in a box. |
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| − | Dandridge is set upon by the coppers, and is aided by the body of Shelley, which erupts from a nearby create, sans head. With the fight over, Dandridge explores the van and finds more coppers in the back. Unlike the robotic coppers, these are supernatural automata which have been filled with concentrated ectoplasm<ref>Dandridge: [[The Copper Conspiracy]] Part Four, [[Prog 1827|2000AD Prog 1827]]. |
+ | Dandridge is set upon by the coppers, and is aided by the body of Shelley, which erupts from a nearby create, sans head. With the fight over, Dandridge explores the van and finds more coppers in the back. Unlike the robotic coppers, these are supernatural automata which have been filled with concentrated ectoplasm<ref>Dandridge: [[The Copper Conspiracy]] Part Four, [[Prog 1827|2000AD Prog 1827]]</ref>. |
Dandridge rewires one of the robotic coppers and disguises Shelley and himself (with Shelley's head remaining disembodied) so that it can drive the van back to its home base. This turns out to be a disguised underground factory underneath a [[Little Eater]] motorway service station. The factory contains ramshackle maintenance droids, an ectoplasm assembly line and the Blade of Oberon. |
Dandridge rewires one of the robotic coppers and disguises Shelley and himself (with Shelley's head remaining disembodied) so that it can drive the van back to its home base. This turns out to be a disguised underground factory underneath a [[Little Eater]] motorway service station. The factory contains ramshackle maintenance droids, an ectoplasm assembly line and the Blade of Oberon. |
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Revision as of 21:19, 18 May 2013
The Copper Conspiracy was a Dandridge story, running from 2000AD Prog 1824 onwards.
It was written by Alec Worley, with art by Warren Pleece and letters by Ellie de Ville.
Synopsis
The story opens with Miss Blake being questioned by detectives about the theft of the Blade of Oberon by and from Shelley.
Three robotic 'coppers' trace Dandridge's journeys around the Mediterranean before catching up with him at a Monte Carlo hotel where he is partying with twenty Swedish models and whomever has been sent up to try to halt proceedings.
Too drunk to effectively resist, the three coppers capture him and transport him back to Britain though he manages to sabotage the one carrying him, Dennis, from the inside and crashes in a field. He quickly analyses his kidnappers as being made from copper with a high-grade Animatum Spiritum complex metal frame powered by a ghost battery. [1]
Unable to find out who is behind the conspiracy, Dandridge goes to an old pub he used to frequent where he meets an old friend for the first time since his death. He finds out from Chelsea Tommy that their is a special delivery at a nearby warehouse, but discovers the head of Shelley in a box.
Dandridge is set upon by the coppers, and is aided by the body of Shelley, which erupts from a nearby create, sans head. With the fight over, Dandridge explores the van and finds more coppers in the back. Unlike the robotic coppers, these are supernatural automata which have been filled with concentrated ectoplasm[2].
Dandridge rewires one of the robotic coppers and disguises Shelley and himself (with Shelley's head remaining disembodied) so that it can drive the van back to its home base. This turns out to be a disguised underground factory underneath a Little Eater motorway service station. The factory contains ramshackle maintenance droids, an ectoplasm assembly line and the Blade of Oberon.
Locations featured
Camden - an unnamed biker bar [3]
The French Riviera [4]
Cannes [5]
Monte Carlo [6]
Records Department [7]
The Ash Tree, a pub
Little Eater
Characters
Miss Angela Blake
Roger Moore (mentioned) [8]
The Sultan of Brunei (mentioned) [9]
Inga, a Swedish model [10]
Anita, a Swedish model [11]
Dennis / The Fat Man / Number One, a copper [12]
Number Two, a copper [13]
Number Three, a copper [14]
The Wailing Widow of Wemberley Common[16] (referred to)
Items
Roger Moore's Bentley
Hot air balloon
Ghost battery
Runic binding tape
Wollstonecraft's Self-Stitching Thread
Entities featured
Interview (fictional magazine)
Bonhomie (fictional magazine)
H.M. Ecto-Revenue[17].
References
- ↑ Dandridge: The Copper Conspiracy Part Two, 2000AD Prog 1825
- ↑ Dandridge: The Copper Conspiracy Part Four, 2000AD Prog 1827
- ↑ Prog 1824
- ↑ Prog 1824
- ↑ Prog 1824
- ↑ Prog 1824
- ↑ Dandridge: The Copper Conspiracy Part Three, Prog 1826
- ↑ Prog 1824
- ↑ Prog 1824
- ↑ Prog 1825
- ↑ Prog 1825
- ↑ Prog 1825
- ↑ Prog 1825
- ↑ Prog 1825
- ↑ Dandridge: The Copper Conspiracy Part Three, Prog 1826
- ↑ Dandridge: The Copper Conspiracy Part Three, Prog 1826
- ↑ Dandridge: The Copper Conspiracy Part Three, Prog 1826