Missionary Man (comics)

''Missionary Man'' is British comic strip. It 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''.

Stories

All written by Gordon Rennie:

*''Missionary Man'':
** "Salvation at the Last Chance Saloon" (with Frank Quitely, in ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' (vol. 2) #29, 1993)
** "A Town Called Intolerance" (with Frank Quitely, in ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' (vol. 2) #30, 1993)
** "Legend of the Unholy Drinker" (with Garry Marshall, in ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' (vol. 2) #43, 1993)
** "Bad Moon Rising" (with Frank Quitely, in ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' (vol. 2) #50-55, 1994)
** "Season of the Witch" (with Garry Marshall, in ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' (vol. 2) #56-57, 1994)
** "Sanctuary" (with Sean Longcroft, in ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' (vol. 2) #58-59, 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'' (vol. 2) #63-66, 1994)
** "Medicine Show" (with Jon Beeston, in ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' (vol. 2) #81, 1995)
** "Nightriders" (with Jamie Grant, in ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' (vol. 2) #82-83, 1995)
** "Mississippi Burning" (with Simon Davis, in ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' (vol. 3) #1-3, 1995)
** "Crusader" (with Charles Gillespie, in ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' (vol. 3) #17, 1996)
** "The Big Sleazy" (with Simon Davis, in ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' (vol. 3) #18-20, 1996)
** "Night of the Hunter" (in ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' (vol. 3) #26, 1996)
** "Mortal Combat" (in ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' (vol. 3) #27, 1996)
** "Juggernaut" (with Henry Flint, in ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' (vol. 3) #34, 1997)
** "The Shootist" (with Christian Bravery, in ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' (vol. 3) #36-37, 1997)
** "Storm Warnings" (with Trevor Hairsine, in ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' (vol. 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'' (vol. 3) #77, 2001)
** "Place of the Dead" (with John Ridgway, in ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' (vol. 4) #9-13, 2002)

The character also makes a cameo appearance in the Judge Dredd novel ''Cursed Earth Asylum'', by David Bishop (Virgin Books, December 1993, ).

Collected editions

Some of the stories have been collected into a number of trade paperbacks:

* ''Bad Moon Rising'' (112 pages, Rebellion Developments, August 2011, ) collects:
** ''Missionary Man'' (80 pages, Titan Books, June 2002, {{ISBN, 1-84023-465-2) collects:
*** "Salvation At The Last Chance Saloon"
*** "A Town Called Intolerance"
*** "Legend of the Unholy Drinker"
*** "Bad Moon Rising"
*** "Season of The Witch"
** "Sanctuary"
** "The Undertaker Cometh"

References

Missionary Man
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Comics characters introduced in 1993
Characters created by Frank Quitely
Judge Dredd characters