Daily Zenith Cover-Prog 558:Steve Dillon
WWII superhero William Whitlock aka Maximan’s backstory is explored a little in this flashback,in Zenith Interlude 1:Whitlock(Prog558,23Jan’88).Script:Grant Morrison;art:Steve Yeowell.
Daily Zenith Cover-Prog 544:Steve Dillon
Nazi supervillain,Masterman re-enters the picture and reveals his fiendish plans to superhero-turned-politician Peter St.John(Prog544,17Oct’87)
From Zenith Phase I:Tygers(Progs535-50,15Aug-28Nov’87).Script Grant Morrison.Art:Steve Yeowell.
Daily Zenith Cover:Prog 540-Steve Dillon
Sixties super-powered hippy,Mandala before he went on to be Tory MP,Peter St. John!
From Zenith(Phase I):Tygers(Progs535-50,15Aug-28Nov’87)
Daily Zenith Cover:Prog 535-Steve Dillon
To mark the reprinting of classic Thrill,Zenith former script droid Grant Morrison’s first superhero series,we’ll be posting up the covers every day.
Starting with Steve Dillon’s cover(Prog535,15Aug’87) for Phase I:Tygers(Prologue:Ground Zero),introducing WWII superhero,Maximan and Nazi supervillain counterpart,Masterman.
One of the best things about Mean-Machine Angel is his resiliency and staying power,coupled with a steadfast refusal to die,as demonstrated in this story;“A Merry Tale of the Christmas Angel”!(Prog450,28Dec’85);art:Steve Dillon.
Unlike less fortunate family members(especially Fink and his untimely demise on the Pa Angel Mark I Super Scream Torture Machine!)Mean-Machine has a habit of returning from the dead(thanks,in no small part to the regenerating elixir of the evil,Judge Child).
Originally thought dead on the planet of the Grunwalder,last resting place of Owen Chrysler(Judge Child),Elmer “Pa” Angel and Junior were retconned so that they survived with the help of the natives on Xanadu(“Awakening of Angels”,Prog958,22Sep’95).
Writer John Wagner later admitted that had been a mistake and although Pa and Junior did make it back to Earth,have spent largely the whole time forgotten,in a Mega-City One Iso-Cube,where they still remain.
Juez Dredd: Mega-City Masters #1 (c)2012 Ediciones Kraken (c)1979, 1981-86, 1988, 1991-92, 1996, 2000-02, 2008-10 2000 AD
Autores: John Wagner, Alant Grant, Gordon Rennie, Al Ewing, Dave Gibbons, Steve Dillon, Briand Bolland, John Byrne, Cam Kennedy, John Higgins, Brendan McCarthy, Kevin O´Neill, Glen Fabry, Alan Davis, Carlos Ezquerra, Simon Bisley, Trevor Hairsine, Chris Weston, Duncan Fegredo, Charlie Adlard, Staz Johnson, Kevin Walker, Colin Wilson, Mark Farmer, Tim Bradstreet.
Having drawn a handful of Future Shocks,then working closely with British comics great Steve Dillon,inking his pencils on Harlem Heroes(90’s reboot)and pivotal Rogue Trooper story “Cinnabar”,Kev Walker was ready to tackle his first solo series.
And he could not have asked for a bigger assignment;the new A.B.C Warriors run,”Khronicles of Khaos“(this cover Prog750,26Sep’91).
The previous series,”The Black Hole“,had arguably been the best to date;written by 2000AD creator,Pat Mills and exquisitely drawn by new sensation,Simon Bisley,Walker had some pretty big shoes to fill..
