The Treasury of British Comics is an initiative by Rebellion. That’s the company behind computer games like Sniper Elite and the Judge Dredd comic book.
Essentially, they bought the rights to about 150 years of old British comic books and are bringing many of them back (even if for just one last time).
The 2020 schedule for the archive was announced today. In it, we find Don Lawrence’s Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire and the long-lost war comics from Hugo Pratt.
There is no shortage of war comics in the bundle, but that’s what sold well in the UK during the last century, especially during the pre-war tensions and post-war recovery.
Third World War
Pat Mills, Carlos Ezquerra, Angela Kincaid, D’Israeli
Billy’s Boots
Fred Baker, Colin Page, Mike Western, Tom Kerr, Bill Lacey
War Picture Library: Battle Stations
Donne Avenell, Hugo Pratt
The Rise and Fall of The Trigan Empire Volume 1
Mike Butterworth, Don Lawrence
Masters of British Comic Art
David Roach
War Picture Library: Battle of Britain
Ian Kennedy
The Complete Johnny Future
Alf Wallace, Luis Bermejo
Concrete Surfer
Pat Mills, Christine Ellingham
War Picture Library: Battler Britton
V.A.L. Holding, Hugo Pratt
Death Squad
Alan Hebden, Eric Bradbury, Carlos Ezquerra
The Best of Sugar Jones
Pat Mill, Rafael Busóm
The Vigilant
Simon Furman, Simon Coleby, and a host of legendary artists.
The Thirteenth Floor Vol Two
John Wagner, Jose Ortiz
Black Max Vol. 2
The saga continues for the World War I ace and his giant bats.
The Trigan Empire Vol. 2
Mike Butterworth, Don Lawrence
Cor! Buster
Cavan Scott, Neil Googe, Hilary Barta, and many others.
Ken Reid’s Football Funnies
Ken Reid, Hugh Fowler
The release dates are for the UK schedule. When a comic book is also due out in America, then it usually with a day or two variances on either side.
