I don't know if anything will beat the Dead Man for me - I was the exact right age to enjoy it, and there's something about the fact that Tharg was actively daring readers to guess who he really was. At the time, it could easily have been Johnny Alpha or Rogue Trooper, or indeed someone a bit more obscure like Bad Jack Keller or, hell, a golden oldie like Bill Savage or John 'Giant' Clay. That it ended up being the comic's biggest superstar was amazing.
Trifecta definitely wins it for 'most unexpected twist'.
Orlok the Assassin perhaps gets some sort of prize for being the subject of the most twists. He only actually appeared in maybe 3 episodes of Block Mania - and the fact that Block Mania was caused by Sov aggression was sort of a surprise, no? But he achieved enough fame there that his reveal in 'Age of the Wolf' was definitely played up as a big surprise, but a guessable one (as noted in the thread earlier). Then again he was a surprise villain in Triad. Then AGAIN in 'Childhood's end', where he actually pulls off a plastic face mask to show who he really is. Then AGAIN in Sin City, which didn't start off being about Sov revenge on Dredd, as I recall.
He's been dead for a decade at this point, but I wouldn't rule him out of one last surprise reveal...
I know we're not meant to include Future Shocks here, but I do love the double twist of Steve Moore's 'Slashman, Kowalski and Rat'.
Trifecta definitely wins it for 'most unexpected twist'.
Orlok the Assassin perhaps gets some sort of prize for being the subject of the most twists. He only actually appeared in maybe 3 episodes of Block Mania - and the fact that Block Mania was caused by Sov aggression was sort of a surprise, no? But he achieved enough fame there that his reveal in 'Age of the Wolf' was definitely played up as a big surprise, but a guessable one (as noted in the thread earlier). Then again he was a surprise villain in Triad. Then AGAIN in 'Childhood's end', where he actually pulls off a plastic face mask to show who he really is. Then AGAIN in Sin City, which didn't start off being about Sov revenge on Dredd, as I recall.
He's been dead for a decade at this point, but I wouldn't rule him out of one last surprise reveal...
I know we're not meant to include Future Shocks here, but I do love the double twist of Steve Moore's 'Slashman, Kowalski and Rat'.