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The Redeemer
The cries of the Redemptionist priesthood resound through the Hive in a hot pulse of anger. The priests lead the populace in prayers of hatred, calling for the Emperor's divine wrath to descend upon the galaxy. Only then can the heretic be cleansed through fire, blood and faith. Klovis is one such priest, ministering his faith throughout the Necromundan Underhives, battling to convert each non-believer through pain. But remember -- if it doesn't hurt, it doesn't count.Collected together into one volume, the full-colour Redeemer series charts the wrathful crusade of Klovis and his gang of Redemptionists as they fight the battle of faith one soul at a time.
104 pages, Paperback
Published May 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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May 14, 2021
Some 40K comics understand that the universe has features that could be considered "over the top". Pat Mills has written a tongue in cheek, "over the top" but entertaining graphic novel set in the 40K universe.
It follows the antics of Klovis the Redeemer. He is a particularly fanatical and homicidal Redemptionist priest of the Ecclesiarchy from the Hive World of Necromunda. Best known for "Scourge and Purge!", this fanatical servant of the Emperor and his band cleanse the Underhive of Necromunda of heretics and mutants.
There is a cult that is operating in the seedy underhive and Klovis will bring his wrath and fury to cleanse it. The writing is funny and the entire style plays up to the "over the top" setting. While I prefer a more somber and dark tone, I understood where the author was coming from. Bear in mind this is still a violent setting, just the humor is played up. I liked the strange Klovis and his oddly endearing fanaticism.
Certainly not for everyone, I would recommend this to 40K fans. A more fundark than grimdark comic. Decent enough story and decent art make for a good, utterly random 40K GN.
It follows the antics of Klovis the Redeemer. He is a particularly fanatical and homicidal Redemptionist priest of the Ecclesiarchy from the Hive World of Necromunda. Best known for "Scourge and Purge!", this fanatical servant of the Emperor and his band cleanse the Underhive of Necromunda of heretics and mutants.
There is a cult that is operating in the seedy underhive and Klovis will bring his wrath and fury to cleanse it. The writing is funny and the entire style plays up to the "over the top" setting. While I prefer a more somber and dark tone, I understood where the author was coming from. Bear in mind this is still a violent setting, just the humor is played up. I liked the strange Klovis and his oddly endearing fanaticism.
Certainly not for everyone, I would recommend this to 40K fans. A more fundark than grimdark comic. Decent enough story and decent art make for a good, utterly random 40K GN.
November 6, 2016
Story: 3
Art: 5
Scourge and purge!!!
A W40K comic with lots of more demented humour and ultra-violence than usual and the setting of the hive gangs filled of Necromunda was just perfect for an author like Pat Mills.
Black Library fans and 2000 AD comics too are going to have lots of fun reading this mini-series (Klovis the Redeemer reminds a lot Torquemada, the villain from Pat Mills' Nemesis the Warlock comics).
And Wayne Reynolds'artworks were just awesome!
March 23, 2018
Fantastic artwork which sets Warhammer 40'000 up in as bonkers a way as it should be.
February 1, 2024
Scourge and purge!
It's been a long time since I last read The Redeemer in the black and white pages of Warhammer Monthly, so I was a little trepidatious about returning to it, but it is all the more utterly ridiculous and ludicrously fun in colour and, mostly, holds up.
What is The Redeemer?
Warhammer 40K has the Inquisition, the paranoid, brutal, bloody Spanish Inquisition turned up to 11. Now imagine the Inquisition was distilled into one maniacal Mad Max boss zealot with a flaming brazier on his head and an eviscerator, a colossal chainsaw sword, the big book of torture, and a merry band of alternatingly bloodthirsty and craven acolytes, who roams the post apocalyptic-esque desert and delves into the dank, mutant and zombie infested underhive caverns, and you're getting closer. He has catchphrases, a theme hymn, and a steampunk cathedral landtrain. Oh, and the brazier on his head can act like a flamethrower!
This is Warhammer at its most ridiculous, calling 200AD cute and tame with their timid Judge Dredd, while the Redeemer scourges, purges, eviscerate, consecrates, and immolates across the wastelands betas and under the hive cities of Necromunda. Sheer ludicrous action, quips, and silly, gory, cheesy fun, and good times.
I am not one who usually goes in for what some call 'Bolter Porn', I like a good action or battle sequence with my Warhammer, but, honestly, I'm usually there for the tragedy and drama, especially with the Horus Heresy. BUT, a comic as utterly nonsensical, maximalist, and violently, righteously fun is absolutely the kind of thing I will thoroughly enjoy once in a blue moon, as a treat.
This is an incredible relic that certainly didn't change the world of comics or make a huge impact, but it is bloody good with sublimely ridiculous scripts from Mills and Gallagher, and truly mind-blowing and frenetic art from Reynolds.
The only criticism I can raise is that the characterisation and affect of the Ratskins feels a little too close to Native American stereotypes to be comfortable.
Otherwise, this is just a really silly good time!
It's been a long time since I last read The Redeemer in the black and white pages of Warhammer Monthly, so I was a little trepidatious about returning to it, but it is all the more utterly ridiculous and ludicrously fun in colour and, mostly, holds up.
What is The Redeemer?
Warhammer 40K has the Inquisition, the paranoid, brutal, bloody Spanish Inquisition turned up to 11. Now imagine the Inquisition was distilled into one maniacal Mad Max boss zealot with a flaming brazier on his head and an eviscerator, a colossal chainsaw sword, the big book of torture, and a merry band of alternatingly bloodthirsty and craven acolytes, who roams the post apocalyptic-esque desert and delves into the dank, mutant and zombie infested underhive caverns, and you're getting closer. He has catchphrases, a theme hymn, and a steampunk cathedral landtrain. Oh, and the brazier on his head can act like a flamethrower!
This is Warhammer at its most ridiculous, calling 200AD cute and tame with their timid Judge Dredd, while the Redeemer scourges, purges, eviscerate, consecrates, and immolates across the wastelands betas and under the hive cities of Necromunda. Sheer ludicrous action, quips, and silly, gory, cheesy fun, and good times.
I am not one who usually goes in for what some call 'Bolter Porn', I like a good action or battle sequence with my Warhammer, but, honestly, I'm usually there for the tragedy and drama, especially with the Horus Heresy. BUT, a comic as utterly nonsensical, maximalist, and violently, righteously fun is absolutely the kind of thing I will thoroughly enjoy once in a blue moon, as a treat.
This is an incredible relic that certainly didn't change the world of comics or make a huge impact, but it is bloody good with sublimely ridiculous scripts from Mills and Gallagher, and truly mind-blowing and frenetic art from Reynolds.
The only criticism I can raise is that the characterisation and affect of the Ratskins feels a little too close to Native American stereotypes to be comfortable.
Otherwise, this is just a really silly good time!
May 15, 2021
Insanity and devotion are the key themes in this, The Redeemer will kill you while wearing a big toothy grin and simultaneously professing that he does so filled with a sorrow for your lost soul.
I loved it. Cheesy humour and plenty of righteous slaughter. I enjoyed the Redeemer's brand of outwardly selfless (while inwardly self indulgent) ministry for the God Emperor.
The artwork is really good in this one but I found it difficult to follow some movements. I think The Redeemer was more driven by dialogue than by the art.
Now truth be told I'm a little lost in the lore here. I've more experience with fantasy than 40k and I'm basically ignorant of the in-universe history so I'm surprised that the Ratskins are humans wearing rat skins and not actually Skaven... any tips of what to read to learn what's going on here would be helpful for an old Skaven fan.
The following question is the end of my review but contains a SPOILER so stop now if you haven't read The Redeemer yet.
Using my limited knowledge, the undead underhive chap Voor seems to me to be the favoured of a necromancer or himself a (perhaps lesser) necromancer. When he reanimates the Rat-god and is then eaten by it, I would have expected the reanimation to end and the Rat-god to have fallen back to rest with Voor's half digested remains hanging out of its once again dead maw. Instead the story mentions that afterwards the Rat-god lumbered off into the tunnels.
Does reanimation by necromancy outlive the responsible necromancer?
I loved it. Cheesy humour and plenty of righteous slaughter. I enjoyed the Redeemer's brand of outwardly selfless (while inwardly self indulgent) ministry for the God Emperor.
The artwork is really good in this one but I found it difficult to follow some movements. I think The Redeemer was more driven by dialogue than by the art.
Now truth be told I'm a little lost in the lore here. I've more experience with fantasy than 40k and I'm basically ignorant of the in-universe history so I'm surprised that the Ratskins are humans wearing rat skins and not actually Skaven... any tips of what to read to learn what's going on here would be helpful for an old Skaven fan.
The following question is the end of my review but contains a SPOILER so stop now if you haven't read The Redeemer yet.
Using my limited knowledge, the undead underhive chap Voor seems to me to be the favoured of a necromancer or himself a (perhaps lesser) necromancer. When he reanimates the Rat-god and is then eaten by it, I would have expected the reanimation to end and the Rat-god to have fallen back to rest with Voor's half digested remains hanging out of its once again dead maw. Instead the story mentions that afterwards the Rat-god lumbered off into the tunnels.
Does reanimation by necromancy outlive the responsible necromancer?
January 13, 2022
Pat Mills and Warhammer seem like they would be a match made in Heaven. And I'm delighted to say they are. The story follows an inquisitor as he tries to save the planet from the godless heathens. Our hero is comically villainous and it's a delight seeing him kill everyone he comes across.
If you don't like black comedy then this story isn't for you. If you aren't familiar with Warhammer you'll probably understand enough to get through this book, but you'll have to accept you aren't going to understand lots of details.
I loved the art. There is a but coming though. This is a common problem with Pat Mills's and Warhammer's artists: there are always visual clarity issues. A panel won't be clear, or it will read like a panel has been ripped out. The second issue I assume must be because of how Pat Mills storyboards. That being said I think this comic has the least of these issues I've ever seen in a Pat Mills or Warhammer comic. It happens maybe once or twice unlike others where my eyes have hurt after straining them in vain to make sense of what was happening on every page - Looing at you Deff Skwadron.
If you don't like black comedy then this story isn't for you. If you aren't familiar with Warhammer you'll probably understand enough to get through this book, but you'll have to accept you aren't going to understand lots of details.
I loved the art. There is a but coming though. This is a common problem with Pat Mills's and Warhammer's artists: there are always visual clarity issues. A panel won't be clear, or it will read like a panel has been ripped out. The second issue I assume must be because of how Pat Mills storyboards. That being said I think this comic has the least of these issues I've ever seen in a Pat Mills or Warhammer comic. It happens maybe once or twice unlike others where my eyes have hurt after straining them in vain to make sense of what was happening on every page - Looing at you Deff Skwadron.
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