Lloyd, David - V for Vendetta, issue 7, cover (Jan 1989)
Artist: David Lloyd (All)
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DescriptionThis cover graced the 7th issue of V for Vendetta, the issue within which the character of Evey is given the choice between confessing and working with her captors or facing death. A powerful issue - thrilled to have this piece from it!V for Vendetta was written by Alan Moore and illustrated by David Lloyd. The series is set in a dystopian future United Kingdom imagined from the 1980s to about the 1990s. The series depicts a near-future U.K. after a nuclear war, which has left much of the world destroyed, though most of the damage to the country is indirect, via floods and crop failures. In this future, a fascist party called Norsefire has exterminated its opponents in concentration camps and now rules the country as a police state. V, an anarchist revolutionary dressed in a Guy Fawkes mask, begins an elaborate, violent, and intentionally theatrical campaign to murder his former captors, bring down the government and convince the people to rule themselves. The first episodes of V for Vendetta originally appeared in black-and-white between 1982 and 1985, in Warrior magazine, a British anthology comic published by Quality Comics. The strip became one of the most popular in that title; during the 26 issues of Warrior several covers featured V for Vendetta. When the publishers cancelled Warrior in 1985 (with two completed issues unpublished due to the cancellation), several companies attempted to convince Moore and Lloyd to let them publish and complete the story. DC Comics eventually published a ten-issue series that reprinted the Warrior stories in color, and then continued the series to completion. The first issue was released in September 1988 and the last was released in May 1989. The first new material appeared in issue #7, which included the unpublished episodes that would have appeared in Warrior #27 and #28. By way of further background, V is the only survivor of an experiment in which four-dozen prisoners were given injections of a compound called Batch 5. The compound caused vast cellular anomalies that eventually killed all of the subjects except V, who developed advanced strength, reflexes, endurance and pain tolerance. Throughout the novel, V almost always wears his trademark Guy Fawkes mask, a shoulder-length wig of straight dark-brown hair and an outfit consisting of black gloves, tunic, trousers and boots. When not wearing the mask, his face is not shown. When outside the Shadow Gallery, he completes this ensemble with a circa-17th century conical hat and floor-length cloak. His weapons of choice include daggers, explosives and tear gas. The book suggests that V took his name from the Roman numeral ‘V, the number of the room he was held in during the experiment. Social/Sharing |
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Patrick R 
Member Since 2017
1 - Posted on 8/12/2024
Clear space on the wall Chris. That is fantastic. Congrats.
Gene Park
Member Since 2004
1 - Posted on 8/12/2024
About time you posted this beauty! I remember talking with you about it over Zoom almost exactly a year ago (since I'm at the same place now as I was then!) Congrats!
K Gearon
Member Since 2011
1 - Posted on 8/12/2024
Whoa! Gorgeous piece of art...and important, much?! Great depth and perspective, and those blue hues with the rain effect...sublime stuff. Makes me wanna re-read the series - it's been too long! Huge congrats, Chris!
Comic Art Channel
Member Since 2018
1 - Posted on 8/12/2024
Whoa!! Incredible addition to an incredible collection.
E DLS
Member Since 2005
1 - Posted on 8/12/2024
This is stunning! Because of my fetish, I go right to that outstretched hand of course. Haha! But I have always loved the combination of whites, blues, and blacks. Especially when they are so masterfully applied, as they are here. So striking. Congrats on this wonderful acquisition.
Marcus Wai
Member Since 2005
1 - Posted on 8/12/2024
Seems like these Alan Moore stories take on new relevance all the time and people never learn from the strong and often too on the nose message being sent. A brilliant cover of the series and rare with V in action. Lloyd's graphic sense brings a bleak outlook with the limited color tone, the hand reaching out for help, and it's shadow trying to reach V.
Kavi H
Member Since 2018
1 - Posted on 8/12/2024
incredible cover from a late 80s classic! stunning stuff! - congrats!
Mark V
Member Since 2021
1 - Posted on 8/12/2024
Incredibly evocative cover from the series. Fittingly for the moment in the story that this cover depicts, Lloyd does a masterful job of infusing light into a rainy and gloomy London night.
Amir E
Member Since 2020
1 - Posted on 8/12/2024
Fantastic! Always loved this cover. Congrats on another great addition toyour collection!
Tom Coker
Member Since 2005
1 - Posted on 8/12/2024
Another stunning jewel in your fabulous collection Chris!
Nick - Barry - Matt - Hal - Namor
Member Since 2015
1 - Posted on 8/13/2024
Holy SH!%! this is GORGEOUS!
Oystein Sorensen
Member Since 2005
1 - Posted on 8/13/2024
Wonderful. It doesn´t get much better than this for V covers.
Rob Pistella
Member Since 2005
Forum Moderator
1 - Posted on 8/13/2024
Elegant and iconic!!! Nicely done Chris!!!
Brian G
Member Since 2020
1 - Posted on 8/13/2024
Wow! Amazing cover from a legendary series. Congrats!
Sebastien Roy
Member Since 2006
1 - Posted on 8/13/2024
This is beautiful, and so iconic. A worthy addition to a unique collection!
Duke Fleed aka #1 Groo Fan
Member Since 2013
1 - Posted on 8/13/2024
Gotta love the mood set here by Lloyd. Brilliant!
Chris C
Member Since 2004
1 - Posted on 8/13/2024
You picked a great one!! V on the cover, love the color choice and the perspective. Awesome!
Kasra Ghanbari
Member Since 2004
CAF Administrator
1 - Posted on 8/13/2024
A master of the art form creating inspired work. Huge congrats, a wonderful and distinguished piece in any collection.
M L
Member Since 2015
1 - Posted on 8/13/2024
I saw this on my phone yesterday and then just spent hours thinking about it. In the end, I realized that there is just nothing to say other than "Congrats!!!". WOW.
GianCarlo Nardini
Member Since 2004
1 - Posted on 8/13/2024
Just incredible. The mood expressed just by a slight look from under a hat and some raindrops.
NEBUR ADLAN
Member Since 2009
1 - Posted on 8/13/2024
Fantastic V cover ! What to say ? Is incredible...
J L
Member Since 2005
1 - Posted on 8/14/2024
Great, great cover. I still love the story and it holds so well.
Congrats Chris!!!!
Ruben DaCollector
Member Since 2008
1 - Posted on 8/15/2024
A beautiful monochromatic cover and how great that it features a fabulous image of the central character!
Josh F
Member Since 2010
1 - Posted on 8/18/2024
Wow, Chris, this is magic. I would love to see this in person one day! Congrats!
Chris K.
Member Since 2008
2 - Posted on 8/18/2024
Josh F wrote:
Wow, Chris, this is magic. I would love to see this in person one day! Congrats!
That can most certainly be arranged! Sounds like a Club Lago dinner needs to be put on the books sometime soon...
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