''Banzai Battalion'' are a group of recurring characters, created by
John Wagner
John Wagner (born 1949) is an American-born British comics writer. Alongside Pat Mills, he helped revitalise British comics in the 1970s, and continues to be active in the British comics industry, occasionally also working in American comics. ...
, that appear in ''
2000 AD''. They are tiny gardening robots designed as a bug-fighting military outfit that have been deployed in a garden in
Mega-City One
Mega-City One is a fictional city that features in the ''Judge Dredd'' comic book series and related media. A post-nuclear megalopolis covering much of what is now the Eastern United States and some of Canada, the city's exact geography depends ...
where their adventures initially involved
Judge Dredd
Judge Joseph Dredd is a fictional character created by writer John Wagner and artist Carlos Ezquerra. He first appeared in the second issue of '' 2000 AD'' (1977), which is a British weekly anthology comic. He is the magazine's longest-running ...
, although in their more recent stories they have branched out into their own series.
Bibliography
They have appeared in a couple of ''
Judge Dredd
Judge Joseph Dredd is a fictional character created by writer John Wagner and artist Carlos Ezquerra. He first appeared in the second issue of '' 2000 AD'' (1977), which is a British weekly anthology comic. He is the magazine's longest-running ...
'' stories before getting their own
eponym
An eponym is a person, a place, or a thing after whom or which someone or something is, or is believed to be, named. The adjectives which are derived from the word eponym include ''eponymous'' and ''eponymic''.
Usage of the word
The term ''epon ...
ous series. All written by
John Wagner
John Wagner (born 1949) is an American-born British comics writer. Alongside Pat Mills, he helped revitalise British comics in the 1970s, and continues to be active in the British comics industry, occasionally also working in American comics. ...
:
*''Judge Dredd'':
** "Banzai Battalion" (with
Henry Flint
Henry may refer to:
People
*Henry (given name)
* Henry (surname)
* Henry Lau, Canadian singer and musician who performs under the mononym Henry
Royalty
* Portuguese royalty
** King-Cardinal Henry, King of Portugal
** Henry, Count of Portugal, ...
, in ''2000 AD'' #1135-1137,
1999
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)
** "No Man's Land" (with
Cam Kennedy
Campbell ("Cam") Kennedy is a Scottish comics artist. He is best known for his work on '' 2000 AD'', especially the flagship titles ''Judge Dredd'' and ''Rogue Trooper''.
Biography
Following work in commercial art in his hometown of Glasgow, ...
, in ''2000 AD'' #1183-1185,
2000
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)
*''Banzai Battalion'':
** "The Fitz" (with
Ian Gibson, in ''2000 AD'' #1257-1262,
2001)
** "Save the Fitz!" (with
Ian Gibson, in ''2000 AD'' prog 2003,
2002)
** "Robot Wars" (with
Steve Roberts, in ''2000 AD'' #1501-1506,
2006)
Collection
The first four stories were collected in a trade paperback by Rebellion in 2005:
*''Banzai Battalion'',
External links
2000 AD profile
Comics by John Wagner
Judge Dredd characters
British comics
2000 AD comic strips
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