The HellTrekkers

by John Wagner, Alan Grant, Horacio Lalia

Cansados de vivir en el infierno de Mega-City Uno, 111 desesperados ciudadanos afrontan el desafío de cruzar la Tierra Maldita en un viaje imposible. De la mano del creador de Juez Dredd, John Wagner, y Alan Grant (unidos bajo el seudónimo F. Martin Candor) y el arte de Horacio Lalia (con la colaboración de José Ortiz en el primer episodio) Helltrekkers se publicó en 1984 como complemento serializado en la revista 2000AD entre sus nmeros 387 y 415.
Esta edición reúne por primera vez en español la obra completa.

Genres: Graphic Novels, Science Fiction, Comics

128 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1984

About the author

John Wagner is a comics writer who was born in Pennsylvania in 1949 and moved to Scotland as a boy. Alongside Pat Mills, Wagner was responsible for revitalising British boys' comics in the 1970s, and has continued to be a leading light in British comics ever since. He is best known for his work on 2000 AD, for which he created Judge Dredd. He is noted for his taut, violent thrillers and his black humour. Among his pseudonyms are The best known are John Howard, T.B. Grover, Mike Stott, Keef Ripley, Rick Clark and Brian Skuter. (Wikipedia)

Reviews

[Alex Sarll]

When Judge Dredd is such a central figure in 2000AD, it makes sense that most of the spin-offs set in his world follow different flavours of Judge, or at most other flavours of crimefighter, as in Devlin Waugh or Noam Chimpsky. Even Chopper, or the occasional series from criminal angles, remains an anti/heroic story. Hence my enduring love for this exception, a wagon train story with giant mutant fauna, about the regular folk so desperate to make a new life in this devastated, regulated world that they're prepared to put those lives on the line by crossing the Cursed Earth.

[Tomás · Rating 4 out of 5]

Una buena historia de ciencia ficción, a modo de road movie, que resulta bastante entretenida de leer pero que se disfruta sobre todo por los dibujos de Horacio Lalia.

Una suerte que se haya editado en español esta joyita.

[Rockito · Rating 2 out of 5]

Historia que nunca fue recopilada por la gente de 2000AD. Es llevadera gracias al arte de Lalia aunque nada alucinante en cuanto a historia. Tiene bastante similitudes con la saga Mad Max.

[La Revistería Comics · Rating 4 out of 5]

¿Te suena Mega-City Uno? A los protagonistas sí, ¡y no quieren saber nada más con esa megápolis maldita! John Wagner y Alan Grant se unieron bajo el seudónimo F. Martin Candor y con nuestro glorioso Horacio Lalia a los lápices serializaron Helltrekkers que por primera vez se recopila completa y en castellano en este loco y rabioso tomo.

[Variaciones Enrojo]

Recopilatorio con la historieta de Lalia, Wagner y Grant, ubicada en el mismo universo de Juez Dredd.

[Jack Bumby · Rating 5 out of 5]

Better to die in hell than live in Mega-City One!

This story is really great. It follows a group of desperate citizens as they make the all-or-nothing trek to the New Territories, via 2000 kilometres of Cursed Earth.

It's just exceptional from top to bottom. It's a real epic story, told in 30-odd progs. It's exciting and pretty grim at times. But it maintains that 2000AD humour despite the trials that these characters face. I loved every page of this.

[Davide Pappalardo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Incredibly good old classic Judge Dredd spin-off about a caravan of trekkers trying to reach the new territories beyond the Cursed Earth and start a new life. A varied and well characterized group of characters encounter many tragedies - there are a lot of gut-wrenching moments, especially towards the end - in a tale for the ages

[Gonzalo Oyanedel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Western post apocalíptico que acompaña a una caravana en su penoso tránsito por una tierra hostil esperando un futuro que quizás no llegue. Clichés de género que sin ser novedosos, entretienen mediante el buen hacer de un equipo creativo sólido en esta lides.

[Andy Horton · Rating 4 out of 5]

Classic futuristic wagon train story from 2000AD. Draws on westerns, gives them a new spin.