Author Topic: The Trigan Empire anyone? (Read 3205 times)

Sir Barnaby Hammond-Rye · « **on:** January 20, 2014, 01:25:04 PM »

Anyone remember this? I used to read the stories in Look & Learn when I was a kid - great stuff!

I recently stumbled on a site that implies they were reprinted a few years ago by, IIRC, a Dutch company. I haven't trried to locate copies yet but it got me thinking of gaming that "era"...you know , the Trigan Empire, Cato, etc. It would be sort of retro-sci/fi because though some of their stuff was modern or ww1/2 era, it was all a bit "off". It's almost like one of those Star Trek episodes where they find the Roman planet, or Greek gods. I remember there were sort of 50's era jets, though Cato (assuming I have the name right) had flyers with a sort of crecent moon shape IIRC. The ships looked like dreadnoughts or pre-dreadnoughts, with the forward pointing (ram?) prows. I think some of their guns looked like greaseguns, but I could be misremembering.

Anyway, anyone else remember the Trigan Empire?

Anyone seen these reprints? Are they still available?

Captain Blood · « **Reply #1 on:** January 20, 2014, 01:34:20 PM »

Hmmm. There was another thread on this not so long ago, but I can't find it now.
I think we established that some of the Trijan Empire strips had been reprinted in very expensive hardback format.

It was a great comic strip. The only reason I used to read Look and Learn!

Edit: Oh yeah, here we go http://www.amazon.co.uk/Trigan-Empire-COMPLETE-12-SET/dp/B001T9YKZC/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1390224884&sr=1-2&keywords=the+trigan+empire

You can buy the whole lot for a mere £699.00

Predatorpt · « **Reply #2 on:** January 20, 2014, 01:35:32 PM »

Nice to see someone who also knows Trigan! I was a big fan of it, and of the other series - 'Storm'. Unfortunately, the only reprints available are rather expensive:

http://www.donlawrence.co.uk/shop/index.php?hg=2&sg=21

€49,95 for each volume!

joroas · « **Reply #3 on:** January 20, 2014, 01:37:14 PM »

I grew up on Look and Learn. The Trigan Empire was a strange mix of Ancient Rome and Science Fiction.......

Plynkes · « **Reply #4 on:** January 20, 2014, 01:40:32 PM »

I never had Look and Learn. You used to be able to get the stories in graphic novel form too, even back in the day. For ages I thought it was a Dutch thing, because my first exposure to it was an album bought for me as a small child in Nijmegen or Arnhem or somewhere like that. It was all in Dutch, so I just looked at the pictures. Still love it, though, and later got some of the English ones back home.

I loved how it was Romans with Ray Guns... ...and Monsters!

Predatorpt · « **Reply #5 on:** January 20, 2014, 01:41:42 PM »

And the official site: http://www.triganempire.co.uk/home/index.php

Here in Portugal the stories were sold in the comic book format in the 80's and 90's.

Captain Blood · « **Reply #6 on:** January 20, 2014, 01:45:35 PM »

Quote from: Plynkes on January 20, 2014, 01:40:32 PM

I loved how it was Romans with Ray Guns... ...and Monsters!

Romans with ray guns

What's not to like?

steders · « **Reply #7 on:** January 20, 2014, 01:47:15 PM »

Yes, loved the Trigan empire.
There was a reprint done years ago by Hamlyn I think, I got mine in WH Smiths for a couple of quid!
There was also an Eagle collection which I had a chance to buy and turned down, big mistake.

Artwork was just amazing

Plynkes · « **Reply #8 on:** January 20, 2014, 01:49:45 PM »

Now you've done it. All afternoon I'm going to be imagining myself trying to fit Imperial Guard laspistols into the hands of Warlord Games plastic Romans.

steders · « **Reply #9 on:** January 20, 2014, 02:45:42 PM »

I always thought the citadel Orc fantasy tribe Wyvern would make a great Zargut

Stu · « **Reply #10 on:** January 20, 2014, 04:12:29 PM »

I've got an old hardcover collection knocking around somewhere, whoever wrote the stories was also influenced by John Carter of Mars stories.

Predatorpt · « **Reply #11 on:** January 20, 2014, 04:39:34 PM »

Quote from: steders on January 20, 2014, 01:47:15 PM

Yes, loved the Trigan empire.
There was a reprint done years ago by Hamlyn I think, I got mine in WH Smiths for a couple of quid!
There was also an Eagle collection which I had a chance to buy and turned down, big mistake.

Artwork was just amazing

The Hamlyn version is still available, but it isn't the complete version

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Trigan-Empire-Hamlyn-Publishing-Group/dp/0600387887/ref=pd_sim_sbs_b_1/276-0883293-0488165

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However, if you just want to sample this series at a budget price, the old Hamlyn book is widely available. This contains 180 pages of comics, featuring the following stories:

P008: Victory for the Trigans (the `origin' story)
P052: Electon in Danger
P078: The Legend of Hellas
P086: The Truce with Hericon
P104: The Revolution in Zabriz
P122: Battle for Trigan City
P160: The Invasion of Bolus

ar-pharazon · « **Reply #12 on:** January 20, 2014, 11:08:25 PM »

Weirdly enough my copy is at work, having just lent it to a colleague

It's the Hamlyn one, so missing a lot, but any Barsoom rules should be adaptable

zizi666 · « **Reply #13 on:** January 20, 2014, 11:46:01 PM »

Nice. I had a friend who had almost the entire series of "Trigië"
I was more a fan of Storm and have the comics up to "The voyager virus" which was so disappointing I quit buying further releases.
Thanks to this thread I had a look and found out they returned to the original Chronicles of Pandarve series, so I might have to check out the newer releases.
( well, if you can call something from 2001 new...)

BTW : a very good site re: comics (albeit in dutch) : www.stripinfo.be

Eric the Shed · « **Reply #14 on:** January 20, 2014, 11:55:31 PM »

That brings back memories along with dan dare if I recall

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