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Slaine: The Definitive Edition Vol. 2 review

Collects the complete Slaine heroic fantasy saga of prehistoric Britain and Eire (before the flood) scripted by Pat Mills, in order, in multiple large-format volumes!  The 2000 AD Definitive Editions are available in two versions: in paperback (available everywhere) or in gorgeous WEBSHOP EXCLUSIVE limited-edition embossed HARDBACK (only available from shop.2000ad.com). Inside this magnificent tome you will find the following stories: THE BATTLE OF CLONTARF (IN COLOR! art: Massimo Belardinelli. 23 April 1014, near Dublin. Brian Boru (High King of Ireland) and his Celtic soldiers are fighting a Viking (Norsemen) horde which is aided by El World demons summoned by Elfric Serpent-Eye (Viking Wizard King, a Dark El/Dev-El, a macrobe that can take human form, a Cythron agent). Murdach (son of Brian Boru) explains to Liag that he will be reborn, the Ever-Living Ones transfer Slaine's spirit to Murdach's body, Slaine warps-out and enters the fray. Elfric wounds Slaine, Slaine beheads ...

Slaine: The Definitive Edition Vol. 1 review

Collects the complete Slaine heroic fantasy saga of prehistoric Britain and Eire (before the flood) scripted by Pat Mills, in order, in multiple large-format volumes!  The 2000 AD Definitive Editions are available in two versions: in paperback (available everywhere) or in gorgeous WEBSHOP EXCLUSIVE limited-edition embossed HARDBACK (only available from shop.2000ad.com). Inside this magnificent tome you will find the following stories: THE TIME MONSTER (art: Angela Kincaid. In the realm of the Drune Lords (evil Priest-Kings of the Southern tribes), Slaine mac Roth (a Celtic berserker, a warped warrior of the Sessair tribe, named after Slaine mac Dela, an homage to Cu Chulainn and the fire axe wielded actor Jack Nicholson) and Ukko (a Karelian dwarf, named after the thunder god in Finnish mythology) commit a sacrilege by killing a time-displaced Tyrannosaur (a reference to Flesh by Pat Mills & Boix), they take its heart to Fand in Gabala (inspired by Bluegate Fields in 1872 by G...