Who are The Vigilant? Meet the Steel Commando!
14th August 2018
He’s the British Army’s number one secret weapon – he is the Steel Commando!
Tomorrow is V-Day – The Vigilant hits shelves in the UK and Ireland, as well as digitally on the 2000 AD webshop and apps!
We’ve been giving readers the chance to discover the first appearances of some of the classic characters revived in this brand new title!
Created by Frank Pepper and Alex Henderson, and debuting in Thunder in 1970, the Steel Commando was a Mark 1 Indestructible Robot developed by British scientists in World War Two. He quickly became became a thorn in the side of the Axis powers but, due to a programming glitch, he would only take orders from Ernie Bates – the laziest soldier in the British Army!
Read the first episode of Steel Commando >>
Steel Commando is just one of the classic series being revived and rebooted in The Vigilant, out on 15th August!
When the evil forces of Von Hoffman and Dr Mesmer team up and pluck the immortal Adam Eterno from the winds of time, all of reality is under threat! Only The Vigilant; a mighty team composed of super-beings, warlocks, warriors and monsters stand between us and total chaos!
Join The Leopard from Lime Street, Steel Commando, Dr. Sin, Pete’s Pocket Army, Blake Edmonds, Yao, and Thunderbolt the Avenger on their premiere adventure!
This much-anticipated US-format reboot and reinvention of classic British characters from the 1970s and 1980s features the work of Simon Furman (Transformers), Simon Coleby (Judge Dredd), DaNi (Judge Anderson), Henrik Sahlstrom (Vice Press), Staz Johnson (Catwoman) and many more!
Order The Vigilant in UK and Ireland >>
Order The Vigiliant in North America >>
