ABC WARRIORS Book One & Two Set

ABC Warriors One & Two. Over the years, it has been one of the strangest features in an innovative comic, and never more so than in these introductory strips from 1979 when Pat Mills was fired by thoughts of a wild adventure comic about robots. That never came about, which was unfortunate for Mills, but a stroke of good fortune for 2000AD readers as he funneled his creative fervor into weird stories drawn by some fantastic artists. Where else are you going to find a 75-page collection featuring art by Dave Gibbons, Brendan McCarthy, Mike McMahon and Kevin O’Neill. The ABC of the title stands for "Atomic, Bacterial and Chemical," the types of warfare robots could supposedly withstand, and by the end of this book four more robots have fleshed out the team. Deadlock is a mystic, Mongrol strong and near mindless, the Hulk of the team if you will, guerrilla warfare tactics originate with General Blackblood, and the Mess is an infiltration specialist. In that the ABC Warriors continue their mission of taming Mars. As nice as the format is, the series is now more easily found combined with Book Two as The Meknificent Seven or on pulp paper gathered with other stories as the first Mek Files collection.

ABC Warriors Book One:

A new, previously unprinted three-page prologue commissioned specially by Titan Books for this collection ABC Warriors, reprinted from 2000AD Prog #119 Volgow, reprinted from 2000AD Prog #120 Mongrol, reprinted from 2000AD Progs #121-122 The Order of Knights Martial, reprinted from 2000AD Progs #123-124 The Bougainville Massacre, reprinted from 2000AD Progs #125-126 Steelhorn, reprinted from 2000AD Progs #127-128 Mars, the Devil Planet, reprinted from 2000AD Prog #129 Cyboons (part 1), reprinted from 2000AD Prog #130

Also included in this collection: two new illustrations and a one-page drawing by Kevin O’Neill, as well as a reprint of the cover to 2000ADProg #130

ABC Warriors Book Two:

Cyboons (part 2), reprinted from 2000AD Prog #131 The Red Death, reprinted from 2000AD Progs #132-133 Golgotha, reprinted from 2000AD Progs #134-136 Mad George, reprinted from 2000AD Progs #137-139 A new three page Epilogue specially commissioned by Titan Books

Also included in this collection: a new illustration by Mike Mahon; a one-page introduction by Kevin O’Neill; a reprint of the cover to 2000AD Prog #130;  ‘Flesh File’ page and three reprinted 2000AD covers from Progs #132, #135 and #138

Out Of Print. Condition: Very Fine Minus. Two Lightly tipped corners.