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A.B.C. Warriors #2
ABC Warriors: The Black Hole
When the far-future evil human empire of Termight begins experimenting with time travel, it unleashes a force that could destroy the entire universe! But Nemesis the Warlock, Deadlocks fellow khaos-worshipper and enemy of Termight, has a plan: the Warriors must travel through the Time Wastes to the central planet of Termight and destroy its technologyand fast! Too bad that Termights legions know the Warriors are coming and have sent an elite force to stop them!
134 pages, Paperback
First published April 1, 2003
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Pat Mills
848 books230 followersPat Mills, born in 1949 and nicknamed 'the godfather of British comics', is a comics writer and editor who, along with John Wagner, revitalised British boys comics in the 1970s, and has remained a leading light in British comics ever since.
His comics are notable for their violence and anti-authoritarianism. He is best known for creating 2000 AD and playing a major part in the development of Judge Dredd.
His comics are notable for their violence and anti-authoritarianism. He is best known for creating 2000 AD and playing a major part in the development of Judge Dredd.
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April 9, 2019
There is no denying how important Mills is for the whole concept of 2000AD, but I just do not care the way he writes stuff. Too much recapping and too much telling what happens in each panel. Maybe he does not trust the artist to deliver the information. But he has a skill to wake up the interest that has been slipping in to the black hole. He throws in a bit of mystery that keeps me reading and when the interest starts to slip in to the black hole again, he reveals the mystery. That is clever.
Oh, the art is breathtaking.
Oh, the art is breathtaking.
May 8, 2023
Quite amazing that this was created in 1988, just goes to show that the anti-establishment tradition in the United Kingdom is steeped in the creative fringe, and now mainstream. The artwork is stark, austere and excellent. The story, old themes in a futuristic dystopia. I particualrly loved the part where Deadlock, in the closing battle, says something along the lines of "the greatest act of evil is convincing the world that they are good" - or something along those lines. Malcolm X harkens to this when he said "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing."
These are our times.
These are our times.
June 9, 2024
Book 2.
The ABC Warriors have been tasked by Nemesis the Warlock with repairing the black hole which powers the Terran Empire. However, seen as rogue elements, the Empire seeks to hunt them down, the Mekaniks that maintain the black hole try to destroy them and they face betrayal from within their own ranks.
I've got a real soft-spot for the ABC Warriors and I think they may be second only to Judge Dredd for me in the 2000 AD pantheon. They're such a group of misfits that it's hard not to find them compelling; from the classically heroic Hammerstein, to the outright villainous Blackblood to the hilariously irreverent Ro-Jaws.
This isn't their most compelling storyline, to be honest, but I did enjoy the way that their quest to repair the black hole throws all of the competing priorities of Order, Khaos, Good and Evil into the mix, both externally and from within the Warriors themselves. As such, each of the main characters gets something of an arc here, with Hammerstein's and Deadlock's being the most interesting and compelling. I particularly enjoyed the flashbacks where we see programmers trying to instil in Hammerstein the contradictory values of humanity: 'Rebels on our side are freedom fighters. Rebels on their side are terrorists. It's good to love animals, then kill them and eat them. But not children.'
Also worth praising is Simon Bisley's artwork which, whilst not at the heights of his fully-painted art, is always compelling.
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The ABC Warriors have been tasked by Nemesis the Warlock with repairing the black hole which powers the Terran Empire. However, seen as rogue elements, the Empire seeks to hunt them down, the Mekaniks that maintain the black hole try to destroy them and they face betrayal from within their own ranks.
I've got a real soft-spot for the ABC Warriors and I think they may be second only to Judge Dredd for me in the 2000 AD pantheon. They're such a group of misfits that it's hard not to find them compelling; from the classically heroic Hammerstein, to the outright villainous Blackblood to the hilariously irreverent Ro-Jaws.
This isn't their most compelling storyline, to be honest, but I did enjoy the way that their quest to repair the black hole throws all of the competing priorities of Order, Khaos, Good and Evil into the mix, both externally and from within the Warriors themselves. As such, each of the main characters gets something of an arc here, with Hammerstein's and Deadlock's being the most interesting and compelling. I particularly enjoyed the flashbacks where we see programmers trying to instil in Hammerstein the contradictory values of humanity: 'Rebels on our side are freedom fighters. Rebels on their side are terrorists. It's good to love animals, then kill them and eat them. But not children.'
Also worth praising is Simon Bisley's artwork which, whilst not at the heights of his fully-painted art, is always compelling.
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April 12, 2022
Black and white, great art and crazy but super incredible story!
October 7, 2025
hell yea hell yea hell yea!
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