The Many Lives of Tomas de Torquemada!
Tomas de Torquemada,evil arch-bigot and Grandmaster of Termight(Earth,millennia in the future)already a rotting phantom(due to an “accident” in a teleporter)is undergoing a type of cell-death.
To get to the root of the problem,faithful physician Brother Mikron is hypnotically regressing Torquemada to early childhood and back through history,discovering the Grandmaster’s many past lives,each one more despicable than the last!
- Top:Be Pure-The Grandmaster is watching!
- Brother Mikron regresses Torquemada back through time!
- Sir Edwin Munday,Right-Wing Tory politician,Torquemada’s most recent unpleasant incarnation
- Not wholly unexpected previous life as Reichs-Chancellor of Nazi Germany,Adolf Hitler!
- Vile,genocidal madman,Col.John M.Chivington of the U.S Cavalry,who wished to wipe out the Native American race
- Another unsurprising regression,that of infamous Witchfinder-General,persecutor of women,Matthew Hopkins
- Torquemada’s first incarnation,his namesake,the first Tomas de Torquemada,architect of the cruel Spanish Inquisition
- Bottom:The ultimate dysfunctional family-meet the Torquemadas!
See Torquemada the God(Progs520-24,2-30May’87)and Nemesis the Warlock(Book VII):The Two Torquemadas(Progs546-57,31Oct’87-16Jan’88).Art:Kevin O’Neill and Bryan Talbot.
Nemesis the Warlock summons inner demons to battle the Monads,psychic entities which were a by-product of Torquemada’s evil “purification” plants,inhabiting the final days of Termight(future Earth).
Nemesis the Warlock(Book VI):Torquemurder Pt.1(Progs482-87,9Aug-13Sep’86).
Super script:Pat Mills.Terrific art:Bryan Talbot!
Torquemada revels in hideous creations,the Monads,a by-product of his dreadful “purification” plants,factories of mass-murder reserved for all those the Grandmaster considered “impure”!
Nemesis the Warlock(Book VI):Torquemurder Pt.1(Progs482-87,9Aug-13Sep’86).
Script:Pat Mills.Great gothic art!:Bryan Talbot.
20 Greatest Female Characters No.5:Purity Brown.
BE PURITY
BE DEFIANT
BE BRAVE!
Purity Brown right-hand to Nemesis the Warlock and human leader of alien resistance group,Credo,finds herself beneath the boot of arch-bigot,Tomas de Torquemada,Grand Master of Termight,in the guise of a Doc Marten-wearing skinhead!
Terrific art from the incomparable John Hicklenton(1967-2010)
From Nemesis the Warlock,Book IX:Deathbringer(Progs586-93,6Aug-24Sep’88,605-08,17Dec’88-7Jan’89).Script:Pat Mills.
StarScan(rear cover,Prog187,22Nov’80):Nemesis the Warlock’s symbiotic spaceship,Seth the Blitzspear.
Top:Nemesis the Warlock as a young buck with his father,the magnificent stag,Thoth,being trained in the art of hunting..
Bottom:..their quarry,the hated human Terminators,the elite shock troops of arch-bigot,Torquemada,Grandmaster of Termight.
Insane illustrations by Kev O’neill!
Kevin O’Neill’s unparalleled cover art for Nemesis the Warlock.
Top:Purely paranoid:Arch-bigot and Grandmaster of Termight,Tomas de Torquemada(Prog222,25Jul’81).
Below:Delightfully deviant:Alien resistance leader and hero of the Fringe Worlds,Nemesis the Warlock(Prog238,14Nov’81).
(Taken from former design droid Steve Cook’s blog)
Seth the Blitzpeaahh..!
Why not treat yourself,family or friends to one of Pete Fowler’s delightful figurines of Nemesis the Warlock’s trusty ship,Seth the Blitzspear,now available in vinyl from the online shop for the bargain price of £11.00,and strike a blow for the freedom of the Galaxy?!
Credo!
Nemesis the Warlock in colour-original covers!
To accompany the news Nemesis the Warlock Colour Collection is to be released later this year(September 12)here are the original covers from the US reprint series,Eagle Comics Presents:Nemesis the Warlock#1-7,stunningly realised by original artist and co-creator,Kevin O’Neill.
Go here to pre-order your copies,available in two highly collectible editions-Deviant(Standard)-£30 and Termight(Exclusive)-£40.
