episodes 1 - 3
Alan Hebden (writer)
Jose Ortiz (artist)
Eagle (UK) 1982
This is another hard-to-find gem of British comics.
'The Tower King' was serialized in 24, three-page chapters in the UK Boy's Paper Eagle in 1982. Featuring a post-apocalyptic storyline crafted by veteran 2000 AD writer Alan Hebden (Meltdown Man, Harry20 on the Rock), and outstanding artwork by Jose Ortiz, 'The Tower King' was essentially unknown to American comics readers. Which is unfortunate, because is as good as (if not superior to) many US comics of the same era.
In 2014 the UK specialty publisher Hibernia Comics issued an 80-page compilation of the entire run of 'The Tower King', but only a small number of copies were produced, making it a genuine rarity.
Posted below are the first three episodes of 'The Tower King'.
3 comments:
It's 2020, so naturally the British government is looking to turn 1980s dystopian fiction into reality...
"The UK government has announced that it has commissioned research into space-based solar power (SBSP) systems. Sparking this surprising announcement it sees potential for an unlimited constant zero carbon power source using very large solar power satellites and a system which can beam the energy to ground-based receivers connected to the national grid."
https://hexus.net/ce/news/general/146884-uk-government-looking-harvesting-solar-power-space/
Thanks for posting this, I read it avidly as a young teen. Another favourite, which appeared I think in Battle was "Invasion 1984" - a quite brutal alien invasion story which has long given me nightmares.
You Sir are a legend! I have been searching for this comic for years. It was such an inspiration to my 10 yr old self.
Post a Comment