The Vigilant, a very British shared universe, from Rebellion

[BugsySig]

British AND a shared superhero universe? Two of my favorite things! I don’t know any of the characters, but it looks fun.

More info on the book and characters here:
http://www.multiversitycomics.com/news/the-vigilant/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.comicon.com/2018/04/18/2000a ... -vigilant/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.brokenfrontier.com/vigilant- ... eath-wish/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[ironherc]

oh boy, another shared universe.......guess I'll have to might as well give them my wallet xd
I'm very interested.

[The Dirt Gang]

This has my interesting. Sounds like a wacky bunch of characters especially Pete's Pocket Army. He sounds like a NSFW character.

[BugsySig]

Some more info here on the "Scream & Misty Halloween Special" where some of these characters made their debut last year in a "Death-Man" story:

Those hoping for more nods to a classic era of UK comics will be delighted to see that last year’s character Death-Man from the 2000 AD Free Comic Book Day edition makes a return, resuming his role of hunting down those who have escaped Death’s clutches. He’s back alongside characters from ten strips from the vaults – some fondly remembered, some utterly obscure – including faces from the pages of Thunder, Buster, Speed and Jet. There’s an IPC Crisis on Infinite Earths feel to this one from Feek and Henry Flint and it underlines Rebellion’s commitment to bringing these characters to new audiences outside of simply reprinting their classic adventures.

“Deathman: The Gathering” makes it clear that this is a remix and reworking of the traditional characters. Characters from all sorts of IPC titles, not just Scream!, make it into this one – even alien shape-shifter Paddy McGinty’s Goat does! It’s readable and fun – how often do you get to see the Leopard of Lime Street mixing it up with Blake Edmonds from Death Wish? This is very far from a complete story though, and again I am not quite sure where Rebellion are planning on taking this from here on in. Are Rebellion going to launch a separate line or something? This feels somewhat similar to some of the Vertigo comics from back in the day, when that is what DC did to free themselves from the constraints of their mainstream universe.

[ironherc]

so is this from 2000 AD then?

[BugsySig]

so is this from 2000 AD then?

Yes. Apparently they bought the rights to some out of print publishers last year.

[BugsySig]

Did any of our UK members pick this up last week? Came out on 8/15...I was in Scotland for part of my honeymoon, but missed it by about 10 days!

http://www.brokenfrontier.com/vigilant- ... sh-comics/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[leonmallett]

Did any of our UK members pick this up last week? Came out on 8/15...I was in Scotland for part of my honeymoon, but missed it by about 10 days!

http://www.brokenfrontier.com/vigilant- ... sh-comics/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I am intrigued but haven't picked it up yet.

[BugsySig]

Finally got ahold of it digitally. It mashed all the characters together quickly and is a bit of a disjointed mess. I do think there’s some potential there, but it needs to be streamlined a bit.