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Britain of 1999 AD is a nation under the heel of the brutal Volgan republic! But one man ain't beaten: London lorry driver Bill Savage. Armed only with his trusty 'shooter' Savage fights on - a one-man army versus the might of the Volgan war machine!
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
By DavyA
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Format:Paperback
NATO is smashed, Britain & Europe are under the jackbooted heel of the Volgan Republic Of Asia.
Enter True Brit wagon driver Bill Savage, his lorry commandeered by the Volgans ,he makes his way home to London, only to be told by a neighbour that his house has been blown up & his wife & children killed by a stray Volgon tank shell.
Nothing survives the ruins except Savage's shotgun (his "cannon")& Savage grabs his shooter to wage a war of resistance against the Volgs.
He starts off alone but is quickly enlisted in the British Resistance, where he heads up a section known as the "Mad Dogs", with his new best mate Silk.
The Volgan invasion is a bloodthirsty affair, with reprisal shootings, hangings, forced labour,slavery & curfews.
Echoes of the Nazi occupation of Europe, combined with Soviet political dogma, characterise the Volgans & Bill ain't gonna take it lying down (guv) !
He spreads his fight across the country & into Scotland, facing shoot outs, betrayal, torture, hair raising escapes & tragedy.
This is a hugely entertaining comic strip from the early days of 2000ad. Don't expect the finesse associated with graphic novels today. Your expectation should be of a comic strip of its time, an advert for British grit against overwhelming odds, with a few stereotypes of the UK thrown in for good measure (ie Geordies, Scots etc)
Great action, great stories & Savage is a bloke you really wouldn't want to mess with - cold & hard as a lump of British steel.
I bought this for the nostalgia value & I love it. I'm sure blokes pushing 40 (& 40 plus) will revel in this revisit to the 2000ad of their youth. Cracking.
Enter True Brit wagon driver Bill Savage, his lorry commandeered by the Volgans ,he makes his way home to London, only to be told by a neighbour that his house has been blown up & his wife & children killed by a stray Volgon tank shell.
Nothing survives the ruins except Savage's shotgun (his "cannon")& Savage grabs his shooter to wage a war of resistance against the Volgs.
He starts off alone but is quickly enlisted in the British Resistance, where he heads up a section known as the "Mad Dogs", with his new best mate Silk.
The Volgan invasion is a bloodthirsty affair, with reprisal shootings, hangings, forced labour,slavery & curfews.
Echoes of the Nazi occupation of Europe, combined with Soviet political dogma, characterise the Volgans & Bill ain't gonna take it lying down (guv) !
He spreads his fight across the country & into Scotland, facing shoot outs, betrayal, torture, hair raising escapes & tragedy.
This is a hugely entertaining comic strip from the early days of 2000ad. Don't expect the finesse associated with graphic novels today. Your expectation should be of a comic strip of its time, an advert for British grit against overwhelming odds, with a few stereotypes of the UK thrown in for good measure (ie Geordies, Scots etc)
Great action, great stories & Savage is a bloke you really wouldn't want to mess with - cold & hard as a lump of British steel.
I bought this for the nostalgia value & I love it. I'm sure blokes pushing 40 (& 40 plus) will revel in this revisit to the 2000ad of their youth. Cracking.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
There are few opening passages that are as memorable as the first few pages of Invasion, itself the first salvo in the very first issue of 2000AD. Here was a story that seared itself into the conciousness of many a 10 year old - myself included. The air drop of Volgan troops over the BT Tower in London, a nuclear blast, an Angela Rippon lookalike broadcasting the final 'free broadcast' and the assassination of a female politician outside St. Pauls are all within the first few pages, brilliantly rendered by Jesus Blasco. The quality was retained over the next few weeks, but inevitably waned towards the end of the series run just a year later. A superb reminder of what 2000AD was, and could still be.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
By J. Kerr
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
Oh this brought back so many memories' I loved 2000AD when I was a teenager, the Invasion story was one of my favourites.
Dark, gritty, pulling no punches and ultra violent, what more could your average adolescent want? I remembered most of the storyline from 30 years ago, which probably shows you how it affected me at the time, it covers the quasi Russian invasion of Europe and the UK, in an alternative timeline. Britain is down but not out as slowly the resistance hits back. If you enjoy alternative Sci Fi you will like this, go on you know you want to!
Dark, gritty, pulling no punches and ultra violent, what more could your average adolescent want? I remembered most of the storyline from 30 years ago, which probably shows you how it affected me at the time, it covers the quasi Russian invasion of Europe and the UK, in an alternative timeline. Britain is down but not out as slowly the resistance hits back. If you enjoy alternative Sci Fi you will like this, go on you know you want to!
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Raw, un-PC and viscerally exciting
I bought this because I had read fragments of this story arc as a child in 2000AD and I began collecting compilations of 2000AD story volumes in an attempt to relive the excitement... Read more
Published 2 months ago by subversive@lineone.net
1.0 out of 5 stars
What a crap
I have to admid I never heared of Invasion when I was a kid - thank dear God for that!!! I really like Rogue Trooper and when I bought the Rogue Trooper Volumes from 2000AD I... Read more
Published 21 months ago by Möbius
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