Missionary Man (comics)

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Creative team
Missionary Man(comics)
Art by Frank Quitely
Publisher	Rebellion Judge Dredd Megazine / 2000 AD
Schedule	monthly / weekly
Format	anthology
Publication date	1993-2002
Writer(s)	Gordon Rennie
Artist(s)	Frank Quitely, Garry Marshall
Creator(s)	Gordon Rennie Frank Quitely, Garry Marshall

Missionary Man debuted in the Judge Dredd Megazine in May 1993 with the introductory 7-page story Salvation At The Last Chance Saloon illustrated by Frank Quitely. It established that tall Preacher Cain rides the Cursed Earth performing "special sermons" in the radiation-poisoned towns, tutoring the damned with a bible and his guns. In this first outing, having educated and decimated a table of gambling mutant heavyweights he rides into the sunset, tossing a bible at the surviving townspeople - which contains a thermonuclear explosive.

In 1998 the strip transitioned to the weekly 2000 AD.

[edit] Collections

A trade paperback was published by Titan Books in June 2002, collecting the early Megazine installments:

Salvation At The Last Chance Saloon
A Town Called Intolerance
Legend Of The Unholy Drinker
Bad Moon Rising (6 parts)
Season Of The Witch (2 parts)

[edit] Stories

All written by Gordon Rennie:

"Salvation at the Last Chance Saloon" (with Frank Quitely, in Judge Dredd Megazine #2.29, 1993)
"A Town Called Intolerance" (with Frank Quitely, in Judge Dredd Megazine #2.30, 1993)
"Legend of the Unholy Drinker" (with Garry Marshall, in Judge Dredd Megazine #2.43, 1993)
"Bad Moon Rising" (with Frank Quitely, in Judge Dredd Megazine #2.50-2.55, 1994)
"Season of the Witch" (with Garry Marshall, in Judge Dredd Megazine #2.56-2.57, 1994)
"Sanctuary" (with Sean Longcroft, in Judge Dredd Megazine #2.58-2.59, 1994)
"The Undertaker Cometh" (with Simon Davis, in Judge Dredd Mega-Special #7, 1994)
"Treasure of the Sierra Murder" (with Simon Davis, in Judge Dredd Megazine #2.63-2.66, 1994)
"Medicine Show" (with Jon Beeston, in Judge Dredd Megazine #2.81, 1995)
"Nightriders" (with Jamie Grant, in Judge Dredd Megazine #2.82-2.83, 1995)
"Mississippi Burning" (with Simon Davis, in Judge Dredd Megazine 3.01-3.03, 1995)
"Crusader" (with Charles Gillespie, in Judge Dredd Megazine #3.17, 1996)
"The Big Sleazy" (with Simon Davis, in Judge Dredd Megazine #3.18-3.20, 1996)
"The Shootist" (with Christian Bravery, in Judge Dredd Megazine #3.26-3.27, 1997)
"Juggernaut" (with Henry Flint, in Judge Dredd Megazine #3.34, 1997)
"Storm Warnings" (with Trevor Hairsine, in Judge Dredd Megazine #3.38, 1998)
"Missionary Man: Prologue" (with Simon Davis, in 2000 AD #1091, 1998)
"Mardi Gras" (with Alex Ronald, in 2000 AD #1092-1096, 1998)
"Goin' South" (with Alex Ronald, in 2000 AD #1118-1123, 1998)
"Apocrypha" (with Henry Flint, in 2000 AD #1124, 1998)
"The Promised Land" (with Alex Ronald (1-3, 8-9), Trevor Hairsine (4), Colin MacNeil (5-7), Simon Davis (10-12), and Dean Ormston (13-15), in 2000 AD #1174-1188, 2000)
"Mark of the Beast" (with Jesus Redondo, in 2000 AD #1201-1204, 2000)
"Silence" (with Wayne Reynolds, in Judge Dredd Megazine #3.77, 2001)
"Place of the Dead" (with John Ridgway, in Judge Dredd Megazine #4.9-4.13, 2002)