Nemesis The Warlock: Deadlock The Colour Stories

Previously, the heroes were invariably male, white, British, had no wives or families and stood firmly for the establishment.

I’m blown away by Nemesis the Warlock: the Definitive Edition, Vols 1 and 2. My compliments to the publishers, Rebellion, and especially their designer Gemma Sheldrake for the truly inspired front and back covers.

Volume 2 is now on sale from the 2000AD store.

Such a Definitive Edition requires a Definitive Commentary, a companion piece for when you’re looking at the beautiful art by art-creator Kevin O’Neill and the other talented artists that followed him. So it’s time for The Secret History of Nemesis the Warlock, an episode by episode revelation of what really went on behind the scenes.

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Warlocks and Wizards

A great little six-page colour story starts the colour series. The art is by Carl Critchlow, who has done an excellent job. It features Nemesis, Deadlock and the ABC Warriors, too, and they are all on verbal as well as visual form.

I was particularly struck by the first page, which shows our alien demon as a hero, ‘putting fresh humans on his wife’s grave.’