Warrior (comics)
| Warrior | |
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Warrior #1 (March 1982), featuring an image of Axel Pressbutton by Steve Dillon.
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Quality Communications |
| Schedule | Monthly |
| Format | Ongoing series |
| Genre | |
| Publication date | March 1982 – January 1985 |
| Number of issues | 26 |
| Main character(s) |
Marvelman V Axel Pressbutton |
| Creative team | |
| Writer(s) |
Alan Moore Steve Moore |
| Artist(s) |
Steve Dillon Garry Leach |
| Creator(s) | Dez Skinn |
Warrior was a British comics anthology that ran for 26 issues between March 1982 and January 1985. It was edited by Dez Skinn and published by his company Quality Communications. It featured early work by comics writer Alan Moore, including V for Vendetta and Marvelman.
Rivalling 2000 AD, Warrior won 17 Eagle Awards during its short run. Because of thorough distribution and its format, it was one of the comic books in the British market that relied little upon distribution through then format-driven specialist shops and expensive subscriptions for its sales base.
Skinn, former editorial director of Marvel UK, launched Warrior in an effort to create a similar mix of stories to the one he had previously put together for Marvel's Hulk Weekly, but with greater creative freedom and a measure of creator ownership. The title was recycled from a short-lived reprint series Skinn had once published; he remarked that "Warrior seemed an obvious choice nobody else had picked up on—both times! It fit perfectly as a newsstand logo." He recruited many of the writers and artists he had previously worked with at Marvel, including Steve Moore, John Bolton, Steve Parkhouse and David Lloyd, adding established creators like Brian Bolland and Dave Gibbons, and emerging young talent such as Alan Moore, Garry Leach, Alan Davis and Steve Dillon.
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