Trigan

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Trigan stands for the English comic series The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire (later just The Trigan Empire ), which was written by Mike Butterworth and drawn mainly by Don Lawrence . The series ran from 1965 to 1982.

It was especially the outstanding pictures of Don Lawrence that made the series so successful. When other cartoonists took over the series, the success quickly waned.

Synopsis

The stories are about the experiences of the imperial family in the kingdom of Trigan, which is located on the distant planet Elekton. The kingdom of Trigan is very similar to the Roman Empire , the capital Trigan City lies on five hills, the emperor and the soldiers wear Roman uniforms. In addition to these historical elements, science fiction elements are also built in. In addition to swords, laser weapons are used and, in addition to cavalry, there is also an air force with jets. In addition, there is also an exotic fauna and flora on Elekton with dinosaur-like monsters, giant octopuses , etc.

The empire and rule of the emperor Trigo is threatened again and again by the green-skinned, slit-eyed Lokaner and other savage peoples who strive for rule over Elekton. Even extraterrestrial threats or schemers and traitors threaten the empire, which is saved every time by the blonde Trigo, his nephew Janno and the toga-wearing scholar Peric (also: "Perik").

On Elekton there is another great empire called Herikon, which is similar to ancient Byzantium .

Release history

The stories of different lengths that build on each other had no titles, so that they can be found under completely different titles in different combinations. They first appeared in the English magazine Ranger and later in Look and Learn .

In Germany, the first story was published in 1973 by Moewig-Verlag in “SC Super Sonderheft 7” with the disfiguring title “Trigo - Herr über Atlantis” and a text by Mike Butterworth. In it, foreign-language documents are found in a crashed spaceship, which after a lengthy translation tell the story of the hero Trigo.

Further titles were published from 1975 to 1978 by Gevacur-Verlag in Kobra magazine under the name Das Reich Trigan . The same publisher also released five albums in which individual stories were summarized.

The following list of stories results from the new edition at Panini from 2015 - 2019. Here, the stories about the Trigan Empire have been reissued in 18 volumes.

No. title Illustrator
1 Victory for Trigan Don Lawrence
2 Crash in the jungle Don Lawrence
3 The falling moon Don Lawrence
4th The invaders of Gallas Don Lawrence
5 Land of No Return Don Lawrence
6th Revolt of the Loka Don Lawrence
7th War with Herikon Don Lawrence
8th Revolution in Zabris Don Lawrence
9 Vannus intrigue Don Lawrence
10 Darak's revenge Don Lawrence
11 The glowing balls Don Lawrence
12 The reign of Empress Thara Don Lawrence
13 The Lord of life and death Don Lawrence
14th The three princes Don Lawrence
15th The spurs from space Don Lawrence
16 The lost city Don Lawrence
17th Danger from the volcano Ron Embleton
18th Invisible on the run Don Lawrence
19th The ultimate weapon Don Lawrence
20th The tyrant Don Lawrence
21st The red death Don Lawrence
22nd The puppet emperor Don Lawrence
23 The five tasks Don Lawrence
24 Danger from below Don Lawrence
25th Invasion of the Rallus Don Lawrence
26th The city of jewels Don Lawrence
27 The unscrupulous servant Don Lawrence
28 The duplicator Don Lawrence
29 The masked Don Lawrence
30th The prisoner of Zerss Don Lawrence
31 The toy killers Don Lawrence
32 The hypnosis medallion Miguel Quesada
33 The ominous box Don Lawrence
34 The Hydro Man Don Lawrence
35 The curse of the mummy Don Lawrence
36 The lost years Don Lawrence
37 Journey to Oracadia Don Lawrence
38 Doum Castle Secret Don Lawrence
39 The house of five fashions Don Lawrence
40 Planet of the Outlaws Don Lawrence
41 The glass palace Don Lawrence
42 The horror of Tarron Don Lawrence
43 The sun worshipers Don Lawrence
44 The Vorgplanet Miguel Quesada
45 The flood Philip Corke
46 The elixir of eternal youth Philip Corke
47 The assassin Philip Corke
48 The alien seeds Philip Corke
49 The Vorg stone Philip Corke
50 The brief reign of Emperor Sennos I. Ron Embleton
51 The weather machine Philip Corke
52 The man from the future Don Lawrence
53 The mission of Lukaz Rann Don Lawrence
54 Torga's mind control Don Lawrence
55 Nastor the faith healer Don Lawrence
56 The perfect collection Don Lawrence
57 The green fog Don Lawrence
58 The hidden valley Don Lawrence
59 Danger from space Don Lawrence
60 The council of the sage from Vorg Ernest Ratcliff

Authors

  • Mike Butterworth
  • Ken Roscoe

Illustrator

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