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[limited edition hardback]

great news - hopefully 2000AD update the Treasury of British Comics website section
and offer the deluxe limited edition hardback for pre-sale !

I can't wait to pre-order !

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great news - hopefully 2000AD update the Treasury of British Comics website section
and offer the deluxe limited edition hardback for pre-sale !

I can't wait to pre-order !

glad my asking repeatedly when Volume 5 was being released , bore fruit ...

now when does Volume 6 come out ? in early 2024 ??

[such good news]

I bought Battle from 1975 to about 1983 ( College took over )
this is such good news - a must buy for me !
Hope Hellman returns to the Eastern Front - in a Tiger Tank
I also am very , very happy that the Cooley's Gun is back !!
( which i had forgot was written by the Great Gerry Finlay-Day ( every story that guy wrote , resonated with me to this day ) I loved this no-nonsense strip

[I gave up reading The Order a couple of series ago, sorry.]

loving the Pat Mills story ( please come back Mr Mills ! ) my favourite story in the Prog
with Joe Pineapples , The Out is great , Proteus Vex is superb
I enjoyed the Dredd Hag story , but nice to hear that someone else feels the same way -
 I gave up reading The Order a couple of series ago, sorry.
totally agree !

same here

update - I have received my Hardback Edition ( Number 29 of 400 - all sold out before publication ) of
The Trigan Empire Volume 4 . This is the last book (1/2 of the Volume 4 is of the art of Don Lawrence ) that will feature the artist Don Lawrence

Not quite. Lawrence returned for another stint of about 14 months immediately after the strips collected in this volume, so Book V should complete his run.

unaware of that , I read Look and Learn until 1981 or 1982
The quality difference between the 2 Artists and Lawrence was really striking ...

[Battle Picture Weekly]

" They've not reached Oli Frey's stuff yet, have they? "

No that would be in from 1976-1977 , so Volume 5 probably -

interestingly , I discovered Oliver Frey did the very first Front Cover for
Battle Picture Weekly Number 1 back in 1975 !

update - I have received my Hardback Edition ( Number 29 of 400 - all sold out before publication ) of
The Trigan Empire Volume 4 . This is the last book (1/2 of the Volume 4 is of the art of Don Lawrence ) that will feature the artist Don Lawrence and frankly his art is far better than both other artists the 1st Artist Miguel Quesada is pretty poor , the next artist Philip Corke is a bit better .
I am very glad I bought this as the story of the Trigan Empire series continues .
I remember this from Look and Learn in 1977 -
I look forward to Volume 5 as that was when I first read the art by Oliver Frey in Issue 801 in Look and Learn .
The reproduction is fantastic quality - really clear. The original artwork by Lawrence is stunning, It's such an awesome fantasy world - an old-fashioned Science Fiction version of Ancient Rome or Greece.
Frankly Oliver Frey will be better than the two replacement artists that replaced Don Lawrence ( who left over copyright issues and money when his artwork was sold abroad without his knowledge or any compensation )

[sold out]

Just an update that the Exclusive Hardback Edition is now sold out for Volume 4
but also good news !
I received official acknowledgement that the  Trigan Empire up to 1982 and the demise
of Look at Learn will be covered in future Volumes .

" The plan ( is ) we want to continue past Don Lawrence era Trigan. "

So that means until Look and Learn folded with issue 1049, dated 17 April 1982.
( due to rising production costs and falling sales )

Sad news that the Hardback Book won't be released till Wednesday 26th of October 2022 .

Gutted , this is the second or third delay to an eagerly awaited must-have release ( for me ) .

[26th of October]

Yet another push-back ( from 21st September !!!  )
Product is available for pre-purchase and scheduled for release on Wednesday 26th of October 2022

Why can't this be printed in the UK ??

message found today in my e-mail box

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Dear valued customer,
We're writing to you as you ordered one or more copies of The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire Volume IV.
 
Unfortunately due to further printing and import delays we have had to push back the publication date for The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire Volume IV by at least another month, it's possible this may still need be revised, but we will update you as soon as we know more.
The current (provisional) date for release is now 21st September 2022.

Best wishes,
Ben Smith
Head of Rebellion Books, Comic Books, Film & TV

[Wednesday 21st of September]

I spotted tonight , the 4th Volume has been pushed back to Wednesday 21st of September 2022

from 17th August 2022 ( when I am on holiday for 2 weeks and was looking forward to it )

must be supply chain problems !!

[Volume 5]

Is there any news when the next instalment of the Trigan Empire comes out - eg Volume 5 ?
as with Volume 4 being published in 3 weeks time , there will be a glaring gap .

The fourth omnibus of the science-fiction classic, The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire, collects the stories published from 1973 through to 1976..
However 1976 , was when I started reading Look and Learn - and above all
as there are the years 1976 to 1982 still to be covered , when Look and Learn was closed down ending the strip .The series ran in Look and Learn until the title ceased publication with issue #1049, in April 1982

[Jaegir]

very glad to see Jaegir back ,  enjoying whole of the Prog ( for once )
also looking forward to next issue , which now usually arrives on a Monday or Tuesday
( despite being a subscriber )

[Dredd]

I have been delayed reviewing the Prog - as 3 weeks ago Prog 2224 never arrived - and the replacement
never arrived - so had to ask for another - then that arrives finally  3 weeks later , only for the original one to show up !
anyway - very enjoyable read , and read all 4 issues yesterday

Dredd – The story is great and I also love Tom Foster's art .

Thistlebone – I find this sotory is getting much better with each issue .

Deadworld – very well done and I am enjoying it

Chorus – A delightful 3riller - much better thn the usual far - and well written and art work is fab .

Feral & Foe – I also agree, this is a great read.
I have welcomed their return - the story is really first class - and enjoying it greatly

Marks out of 5 - 5 - zero complaints