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SOLD 2000AD: Prog 386 (1984) Nemesis The Warlock: Star Scan

Owner: Ben Heywood
Artists: Kevin O'Neill (All) , Tom Frame (Letterer) , Pat Mills (Writer)

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Title:	SOLD 2000AD: Prog 386 (1984) Nemesis The Warlock: Star Scan
Artist:	Kevin O'Neill (All)
Artist:	Tom Frame (Letterer)
Artist:	Pat Mills (Writer)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Splash Page
Views:	1,354
Likes on CAF:	6 7
Added to Site:	12/27/2021

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NOTE: THIS PIECE HAS BEEN CONSIGNED TO HERITAGE AUCTIONS, FOR SALE IN OCTOBER.

Superb back-cover index to the characters and universe of Pat Mills' Nemesis The Warlock. This was the Prog before the beginning of 'Nemesis Book 4: The Gothic Empire', and was the last page from the strip that Kevin O'Neill would draw for several years, as he and Brother Mills worked on breaking into America with Marshall Law and The Green Lantern.

Executed with Brother O'Neill's characteristic artlessness, I had always assumed the this was a cut-and-paste job, but no; each character is drawn directly onto the page. 'The Gothic Empire' was an odd one; it was drawn by underground legend Bryan Talbot, who would be the artist on Nemesis for several years, but the first two episodes were by Brother O'Neill; but drawn before his work on Book 1 of the Nemesis saga, as a third episode - never used - of the Comic Rock series that introduced the characters of Termight. Hence, Brother O'Neill has re-introduced Nemesis as the dapper metallic warlock-about-town of that earlier style, rather than the grody shapeshifter of Book 3, and the ABC Warriors from the 1970s, who had had designed with Mick McMahon, and would be re-introduced - spoiler alert - by Brother Talbot in the Gothic Empire.

...and knowing Brother O'Neill's comic nerdery, who's to say that this 1953 Frank Hampson Dan Dare Who's Who wasn't the inspiration?!

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Pen and ink on thick paper
17.5" X 14.25"

Letters: Brother Frame

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