Missionary Man (comics) explained
Missionary Man is British comic strip. It debuted in the Judge Dredd Megazine in May 1993 with the introductory 7-page story "Salvation At The Last Chance Saloon", illustrated by Frank Quitely. It established that tall Preacher Cain rides the Cursed Earth performing "special sermons" in the radiation-poisoned towns, tutoring the damned with a bible and his guns. In this first outing, having educated and decimated a table of gambling mutant heavyweights he rides into the sunset, tossing a bible at the surviving townspeople - which contains a thermonuclear explosive.
In 1998 the strip transitioned to the weekly 2000 AD.
Stories
All written by Gordon Rennie:
- Missionary Man:
- "Salvation at the Last Chance Saloon" (with Frank Quitely, in Judge Dredd Megazine (vol. 2) #29, 1993)
- "A Town Called Intolerance" (with Frank Quitely, in Judge Dredd Megazine (vol. 2) #30, 1993)
- "Legend of the Unholy Drinker" (with Garry Marshall, in Judge Dredd Megazine (vol. 2) #43, 1993)
- "Bad Moon Rising" (with Frank Quitely, in Judge Dredd Megazine (vol. 2) #50-55, 1994)
- "Season of the Witch" (with Garry Marshall, in Judge Dredd Megazine (vol. 2) #56-57, 1994)
- "Sanctuary" (with Sean Longcroft, in Judge Dredd Megazine (vol. 2) #58-59, 1994)
- "The Undertaker Cometh" (with Simon Davis, in Judge Dredd Mega-Special #7, 1994)
- "Treasure of the Sierra Murder" (with Simon Davis, in Judge Dredd Megazine (vol. 2) #63-66, 1994)
- "Medicine Show" (with Jon Beeston, in Judge Dredd Megazine (vol. 2) #81, 1995)
- "Nightriders" (with Jamie Grant, in Judge Dredd Megazine (vol. 2) #82-83, 1995)
- "Mississippi Burning" (with Simon Davis, in Judge Dredd Megazine (vol. 3) #1-3, 1995)
- "Crusader" (with Charles Gillespie, in Judge Dredd Megazine (vol. 3) #17, 1996)
- "The Big Sleazy" (with Simon Davis, in Judge Dredd Megazine (vol. 3) #18-20, 1996)
- "Night of the Hunter" (in Judge Dredd Megazine (vol. 3) #26, 1996)
- "Mortal Combat" (in Judge Dredd Megazine (vol. 3) #27, 1996)
- "Juggernaut" (with Henry Flint, in Judge Dredd Megazine (vol. 3) #34, 1997)
- "The Shootist" (with Christian Bravery, in Judge Dredd Megazine (vol. 3) #36-37, 1997)
- "Storm Warnings" (with Trevor Hairsine, in Judge Dredd Megazine (vol. 3) #38, 1998)
- "Missionary Man: Prologue" (with Simon Davis, in 2000 AD #1091, 1998)
- "Mardi Gras" (with Alex Ronald, in 2000 AD #1092-1096, 1998)
- "Goin' South" (with Alex Ronald, in 2000 AD #1118-1123, 1998)
- "Apocrypha" (with Henry Flint, in 2000 AD #1124, 1998)
- "The Promised Land" (with Alex Ronald (1-3, 8-9), Trevor Hairsine (4), Colin MacNeil (5-7), Simon Davis (10-12), and Dean Ormston (13-15), in 2000 AD #1174-1188, 2000)
- "Mark of the Beast" (with Jesus Redondo, in 2000 AD #1201-1204, 2000)
- "Silence" (with Wayne Reynolds, in Judge Dredd Megazine (vol. 3) #77, 2001)
- "Place of the Dead" (with John Ridgway, in Judge Dredd Megazine (vol. 4) #9-13, 2002)
The character also makes a cameo appearance in the Judge Dredd novel Cursed Earth Asylum, by David Bishop (Virgin Books, December 1993,).
Collected editions
Some of the stories have been collected into a number of trade paperbacks:
- Bad Moon Rising (112 pages, Rebellion Developments, August 2011,) collects:
- Missionary Man (80 pages, Titan Books, June 2002,) collects:
- "Salvation At The Last Chance Saloon"
- "A Town Called Intolerance"
- "Legend of the Unholy Drinker"
- "Bad Moon Rising"
- "Season of The Witch"
- "Sanctuary"
- "The Undertaker Cometh"
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