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Watch out – it’s The Vigilant!

 

“Starts with a bang and keeps the pressure up” – majorspoilers.com

“a great tale, that’s peppered with the return of many a terrific hero” – downthetubes.net

These are classic British Superheroes remade for a 21st Century audience by today’s top graphic novel stars – enter THE VIGILANT! 

Lost in the mists of time, home-grown British superheroes once entertained and enthralled millions of kids…Now, the likes of Adam Eterno, Blake Edmonds, Thunderbolt the Avenger, and The Leopard from Lime Street are back for a new generation of readers! 

These classic British superheroes of a Golden Age of comics are remade for a 21st Century audience in all-new comic re-imaginings! 

Written by Simon Furman (Transformers) and drawn by an all-star roster of artsists including Simon Coleby (Dark Souls), DaNi (Coffin Bound), Henrik Sahlstrom (The Thirteenth Floor), Staz Johnson (Spider-Man), and Will Sliney (Spider-Man 2099).  This new superteam is ideal for fans of Alan Moore’s League of Extraordinary Gentlemen! 

Order the standard paperback or the limited edition hardcover, available exclusively from the Treasury of British Comics webshop!

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Pre-order the new collection of criminal mastermind The Spider!

Rebellion presents the brand-new definitive reprint collection of the adventures of criminal mastermind The Spider – the most popular British comic book villain of the sixties written by Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel!

Equipped with a razor-sharp mind, superb athletic ability and a vast array of cutting-edge gadgets, The Spider has his sights set on taking over the New York underworld and establishing a ‘Syndicate of Crime’. Join the menacing Spider on his earliest adventures, recruiting other fiends into his fledging empire and seeing off competition from other villainous foes, including the master of illusion, Mirror Man!

Fully remastered and collected for the first time, this volume presents many of the super-crook’s exciting 1960s adventures in an archival quality reprint of an historic comic strip.

This collection features astonishing art by Reg Bunn and was originally serialised in Lion from 26th June 1965 – 18th June 1966, with the story from Lion Annual 1967 is presented in its original colour for the first time!

This collection – titled Jerry Siegel’s The Syndicate of Crime in North America – is a must have for all comic fans!

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OUT NOW: Hugo Pratt’s ‘Night of the Devil’

The fourth in a major series of new collections bringing the long lost UK war comics of master artists back to print!

This new collection contains two exciting and explosive war stories lushly illustrated by Hugo Pratt, comics legend and creator of iconic character, Corto Maltese.

In ‘Night of the Devil’, take a hallucinatory trip through the oppressive heat of the Burmese jungle along with British soldiers engaged in desperate skirmishes with the enemy.

In ‘Bayonet Jungle’, Private Jack Green’s presence is seen as an omen of bad luck but he struggles to prove himself to the experienced soldiers of Third Platoon as they fight against the Japanese army that surrounds them.

Presented in a larger format than originally published to better show off Pratt’s incredible artwork. This volume differs from others in this line as it focuses presents on Burma, an arena of the Second World War rarely chronicled, especially in comics.

These stunning ‘lost’ stories have never been reprinted and are a real eye-opener to fans of Pratt’s work as they form a missing link in his artistic journey.

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PRE-ORDER – Major Eazy Vol.1

Sauntering from the pages of the groundbreaking Battle, the earliest stories of Major Eazy have been collected in order for the first time!

Major Eazy Vol. 1 : The Italian Campaign is available to order from treasuryofbritishcomics.com and from all good book and comic book stores.

Created by Alan Hebden (Rat Pack) and Carlos Ezquerra (Judge Dredd), Major Eazy is a laconic, laid-back British Army officer during the Second World War who has a total disregard for authority or protocol. Based on actor James Coburn’s performance in The Magnificent Seven, Eazy was one of the most popular characters from Battle, his irreverence and coolness under pressure earning him legions of fans as he went on to command the band of convict commandos know as the Rat Pack.

Major Eazy: The Italian Campaign takes readers from the pulse-pounding invasion of Sicily to the German surrender at Brenner Pass, collecting all of his adventures in the Italian theatre. Rebellion’s experienced reprographics team has also restored all of the strip’s colour pages, which have never before been reprinted.

This 128-page collection – available in paperback and exclusive treasuryofbritishcomics.com hardcover – is the first in a two-volume series that will collect Eazy’s (mis)adventures!

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OUT NOW – The Steel Claw: Invisible Man!

The first collection of classic comics The Steel Claw is available to buy now!

Louis Crandell was but a lowly lab assistant with a prosthetic, steel hand until an experiment gone awry results in a horrific explosion. Surging with electric charge which bestows Crandell the power of invisibility with the exception of his steel hand, so commence a series of uncanny thrills!

Written by stalwarts of the British comics industry, Ken Bulmer (Jet-Ace Logan) and Tom Tully (Roy of the Rovers, Janus Stark) and illustrated by the legendary Spanish artist, Jesús Blasco (Capitán Trueno), Rebellion’s Treasury of British Comics is proud to present the first in a series of graphic novels collecting together for the first time every strip of 1960s adventure comics like none other!

Available in paperback and digital – or limited edition hardcover with brand new cover by the legendary Brian Bolland (Batman: The Killing Joke), which is only available on from the 2000 AD and Treasury of British Comics webshop.

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Pre-order The Steel Claw: Invisible Man now!

The first collection of classic comics The Steel Claw is available to pre-order now!

Louis Crandell was but a lowly lab assistant with a prosthetic, steel hand until an experiment gone awry results in a horrific explosion. Surging with electric charge which bestows Crandell the power of invisibility with the exception of his steel hand, so commence a series of uncanny thrills!

Written by stalwarts of the British comics industry, Ken Bulmer (Jet-Ace Logan) and Tom Tully (Roy of the Rovers, Janus Stark) and illustrated by the legendary Spanish artist, Jesús Blasco (Capitán Trueno), Rebellion’s Treasury of British Comics is proud to present the first in a series of graphic novels collecting together for the first time every strip of 1960s adventure comics like none other!

Available in paperback and digital – or limited edition hardcover with brand new cover by the legendary Brian Bolland (Batman: The Killing Joke), which is only available on from the 2000 AD and Treasury of British Comics webshop.

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  • Hardcover cover by Brian Bolland
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Pre-order the new Hugo Pratt hardcover, ‘Night of the Devil’

The fourth in a major series of new collections bringing the long lost UK war comics of master artists back to print!

This new collection contains two exciting and explosive war stories lushly illustrated by Hugo Pratt, comics legend and creator of iconic character, Corto Maltese.

In Night of the Devil, take a hallucinatory trip through the oppressive heat of the Burmese jungle along with British soldiers engaged in desperate skirmishes with the enemy. In Bayonet Jungle, Private Jack Green’s presence is seen as an omen of bad luck but he struggles to prove himself to the experienced soldiers of Third Platoon as they fight against the Japanese army that surrounds them.

Presented in a larger format than originally published to better show off Pratt’s incredible artwork, these stunning ‘lost’ stories have never been reprinted and are a real eye-opener to fans of Pratt’s work as they form a missing link in his artistic journey.

This hardcover volume also includes a new introduction to Hugo Pratt’s life and work by comics critic Chloe Maveal.

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Misty Winter Special – out now!

With the nights drawing in it’s the perfect time for traditional Christmas ghost stories – and the brand new Misty Winter Special is out now! 

Written by Anna Savory (Tales from the Satanic Library) & V.V. Glass (Doctor Who), and illustrated by V.V. Glass, ‘Infection’ is a disturbing tale about how far people are expected to conform to societal standards no matter how warped the rules become! And in ‘Home for Christmas’, writer Lizzy Boyle (Scream! & Misty) and artist David Roach (Anderson, Psi Division) unveil a harrowing ghostly home-invasion that reveals dreaded sins of the past!

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Published between 1978 and 1980, Misty was the weekly anthology comic aimed at young girls that told tales with supernatural or spooky themes, and this winter special features two brand new tales designed to honour Misty‘s legacy and send a shiver down your spine! 

All this is wrapped in a brand new cover by Simon Davis (Sláine)!

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‘The Angry Planet’ first collection from new series, ‘The Fleetway Files’

Rebellion and Hibernia Comics is pleased to announce The Fleetway Files – a new series in association with The Treasury of British comics which aims to present the very best of Fleetway comics and build into an unmissable collection!

The first release in this series is a lost classic, Alan Hebden and Massimo Belardinelli’s The Angry Planet – collected from the pages of Tornado and never before reprinted! This perfect bound 90-page collection retails at £10.49 and is available to order now.

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Tornado (originally titled Heroes until a last-minute name change dictated by IPC management) was launched as a companion to 2000 AD and was designed to be a mixed-content adventure comic. It included strips that spanned genres and time periods like Blackhawk, Captain Klep, Victor Drago (the detective Sexton Blake in all but name, thanks to a copyright issue) and The Mind of Wolfie Smith. It was not to last however and Tornado merged into 2000 AD after just 22 issues.

The Angry Planet featured in all 22 issues, but unlike Wolfie Smith and Blackhawk it concluded in the pages of Tornado. A sequel titled Mars Force was planned, which was to be set 50 years after the end of The Angry Planet and Belardinelli drew several pages which featured a new set of characters designed by Brian Bolland. Sadly, it never materialised.

The Angry Planet touches on themes such as resource scarcity and corporate control that remain relevant today, but at heart it’s a rollercoaster sci-fi tale about rebellion. So, dive straight in and be blown away by Hebden’s usual hard-nosed characters and dynamic script and cover to cover with Belardinelli’s astonishing artwork as you join the first-generation Martians and their efforts to overthrow the dastardly Mars Inc.!

Collected from the pages of Tornado, this perfect bound 90-page collection retails at £10.49.

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She’s the original influencer – meet Sugar Jones!

She’s the original influencer – meet Pat Mills and Rafael Busóm Clúa’s SUGAR JONES! 

Sugar is seen by the world as a charming twenty-something host of her own late-night variety show, beloved by viewers up and down the nation.

Only her overworked and underappreciated assistant, Susie Ford, knows her secret – that Sugar is really a selfish, sour, old schemer who’ll do anything to look good on television! – and though Sugar’s own ambition and vanity frequently rebounds on her, Susie continues to do her best to protect Sugar.

The collection brings together the original stories from the pages of Pink. Enjoy Pat Mills’ needling of the trappings of fame alongside Rafael Busóm Clúa’s absolutely gorgeous artwork. 

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