The Red Seas

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The Red Seas is series for 2000AD which mixes pirates with anomalous phenomena like zombie pirates (very similar to those in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl although the strip pre-dates the film) and the Hollow Earth. Recently in the story "The Hollow Land", Ian Edginton killed off the character of Jim who was later brought back to life but with a strange being inside him called Hnau. A sequel is expected later this year or in 2007.

The series is written by Ian Edginton and drawn by Steve Yeowell.

Contents 1 Characters 2 Installments 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] Characters

• Jack Dancer, Captain of the Red Wench
• Orlando Doyle, villain from the first installment
• Erabus, a double-headed dog's head in a jar
• Jim is Tom's son but was killed by Isabella in "The Hollow Earth". However he was brought back to life with a strange being inside of him called Hnau. But Jim is not Jim any longer because his personality and voice are in control of Hnau.
• Isabella was an old flame of Jack's but left him and found herself to be a queen of The Hollow Land. But after killing Jim in order to climb onboard the Pendant Moon and trying to torture Hnau through Jim's body, Hnau sent her to Mars where she suffoctes and apparently dies at the hand of some spider-like monsters.
• Hnau is a sort of giant ball but with all the characters faces molded onto it. He's awfully friendly and has taken over the body of Jim and can now explore The Hollow Land, the world which he owns.
• Tom is Jim's father and by the end of "The Hollow Land" is heartbroken saying that, that "thing" isn't his son.
• Isaac Newton, makes an appearance in "Underworld" and has his own stand alone adventure in "With a bound he was free...".

[edit] Installments

These are being reprinted by Rebellion:

• The Red Seas:
  • "Under the Banner of King Death. The Red Seas Book I" (in 2000 AD #1313-1321, 2002 ISBN 1-904265-68-5)
  • "Twilight of the Idols. The Red Seas Book II" (in 2000 AD prog 2004 & #1371-1379, 2003-2004 ISBN 1-904265-72-3)
  • "Meanwhile..." (in 2000 AD #1416-1419, 2004)
  • "Underworld. The Red Seas Book III" (in 2000 AD #1460-1468, 2005)
  • "The Hollow Land" (in 2000 AD #1491-1499, 2006)
  • "With a bound he was free..." (in 2000 AD #1513-ongoing, 2006)

[edit] See also

• Pirates in popular culture
• Cultural depictions of Isaac Newton

[edit] External links

• 2000AD Profile Page
• Review of Under the Banner of King Death for 2000AD Reviews
• Review of Under the Banner of King Death for the Fortean Times