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Bad Company was a 2000AD comic strip Alan Grant and John Wagner, but that was recreated from the ground up by Peter Milligan, Brett Ewins and Jim McCarthy when it launched in 1986 with 2000AD #500. A science fiction war comic it sees the survivors of a platoon banding together, made up of all manner of strange individuals. The last time[...]

  Peter Milligan is returning after thirteen year to the sci-fi weekly comic 2000AD to revive his co-creation Bad Company, the series he created thirty years ago with Brett Ewins and Jim McCarthy in 1986, hoping it will be "a fitting tribute to a man without whom Bad Company would never have been what it was"[...]

Estrada's goal is to raise $23,000 to cover the costs of design, production, and printing of 2,000 copies, along with shipping, distribution, and backer rewards. Here are photos of Garth Ennis, Grant Morrison and Peter Milligan that Jackie has shared with Bleeding Cool… and many more besides. And more to come… I'm suddenly getting flashbacks to my[...]

Here we have a writer to writer interview with Peter Milligan of Terminal Hero talking about the new series with writer Roger Langridge. PETER MILLIGAN: I'm a fan of some of the classic comic book magicians, from Doctor Strange – one of my favorites – to John Constantine – naturally – but where would you place[...]

Writer's commentary by Peter Milligan for issue #5 of Terminal Hero. Rory wasn't the only one to take the strange and terrible  Treatment Q.  The issue opens with Mia and Minesh enjoying – if that's the right word – the treatment's dubious pleasures. Minesh offers to spread sacred vibhuti over Mia's wounds Vibhuti being the sacred ash[...]

In stores this week from Valiant is Eternal Warrior: Days of Steel #3, the conclusion to the minseries by Peter Milligan and Cary Nord This issue ships with a cover by Trevor Hairsine and a variant by Al Barrionuevo. The Eternal Warrior's gambit to save an oppressed people…has seemingly failed Will he fall short of his[...]

Frank Barbiere, writer of Solar: Man of the Atom #7, talks with Peter Milligan about Terminal Hero #4, both on sale now. FRANK BARBIERE: In Terminal Hero, you use a lot of shocking, horrific imagery in the story What is it that scares you personally? Do you think your ideas of "horror" translate over to the[...]

Peter Milligan, writer of Terminal Hero #4, had a couple quick questions for Frank Barbiere about Solar: Man of the Atom #7, both on sale November 19th PETER MILLIGAN: In its own jokey way, there seems to be a lot of parent/child, father/daughter transaction going on Would you say this is at the core of what the[...]

We have an advanced preview of Eternal Warrior: Days of Steel #2 by Peter Milligan (Hellblazer) and Cary Nord (Conan) from Valiant. A child who will save his people was born in the wilderness, under a blood moon…and now Gilad Anni-Padda, the Earth's Eternal Warrior, must guard him and train him to become the savior he was foretold[...]

The issue is written by Peter Milligan (Hellblazer) and drawn by Robert Gill (Armor Hunters: Harbinger) and features covers by Russell Dauterman (Thor), Rian Hughes (Batman: Black and White), and Kalman Andrasofszky (X-23). From a posh girls' boarding school…to the slimy gutter of the London punk scene…to sniffing voodoo glue in a Louisiana swamp, how did Shadowman's black magic bon vivant haul[...]

The first round of Dynamite's Creators Unleashed line all wraps up at once in January as Joshua Hale Fialkov's The Devilers, Duane Swierczynski's Ex-Con and Peter Milligan's Terminal Hero all have their final issue Plus we have the rest of the January solicitations. THE DEVILERS #7 (OF 7) Cover: Jock Writer: Joshua Hale Fialkov Art: Matt Triano ON[...]

Jay Spence, writer of the Bad Kitty one shot, talks with Peter Milligan about Terminal Hero #3, both on sale now. Jay Spence: What made you choose Terminal Hero as a title and how does it personally "translate" for you? Peter Milligan: I think it's risky having such a potentially depressing word as "terminal" in the title[...]

Valiant has sent out an advanced preview of Bloodshot #25, a 48-page anniversary special that includes the work of Peter Milligan, Lewis LaRosa, Howard Chaykin, Duane Swierczynski, Manuel Garcia, Justin Jordan, Rafer Roberts and more. The book will feature covers by LaRosa, Al Barrionuevo, Rafael Albuquerque, Bryan Hitch and Don Perlin. Bloodshot #25 arrives in stores on November[...]

Lewis LaRosa's first full-length comic art for a decade (not since Garth Ennis's Punisher MAX or Bad Planet with Steven Niles back in the mid nougties) is with Peter Milligan on Bloodshot #25. And here are eleven inked pages of his work from that upcoming issue.   I can feel an Artists's Edition coming on, can't you? Also featured[...]

These issues will also be available through Dynamite Digital. Ex-Con #2 by Duane Swierczynski and Keith Burns and cover by Tim Bradstreet– click here for more information. Terminal Hero #3 by Peter Milligan and Piotr Kowalski and cover by Jae Lee – click here for more information. With the final order cutoff coming[...]

Writer and creator Peter Milligan goes through his latest issue of Terminal Hero giving us the inside story on what he was trying to do with the issue and how he sees things And we get to mix in the beautiful art of Piotr Kowalski. TERMINAL HERO TWO: COMMENTARY The tumour that was going to kill Rory[...]

This November Valiant is kicking off a new three-issue miniseries by Peter Milligan and Cary Nord focusing on Gilad Anni-Padda. Here we get a really nice preview of Eternal Warrior: Days Of Steel #1. For more than 10,000 years, the Eternal Warrior has stood on guard, protecting the Earth from all who would seek to do it[...]

15. It will be the first new Miracleman/Marvelman story officially published since the last published issue of the Eclipse run by Neil Gaiman and Mark Buckingham. Depending on whether you count those issues of Spawn with  Michael Moran and the Man Of Miracles, of course. The annual will also contain a new story by Peter Milligan and Mike Allred; and[...]

By David Dissanayake Dark Engine is a series that I don’t think everyone will enjoy. I, however, enjoy it immensely and I am going to tell you why. In

They're bringing in folks like: Peter Milligan (X-Men: Legacy), Lewis LaRosa (Punisher MAX), Howard Chaykin (Satellite Sam), Duane Swierczynski (Deadpool vs X-Force), Manuel Garcia (Black Widow), Duffy Boudreau (BlackAcre), Al Barrionuevo (The Authority), Justin Jordan (Spread), Rafer Roberts (X-O Manowar #25), Barry Kitson (Empire), and newcomer Daniel Kibblesmith It also features standard covers by Lewis LaRosa and Al Barrionuevo; incentive[...]

But then Cody is given just 48 hours to set things right — and he has no choice but to join forces with his ex-girlfriend to track down an arsonist hiding somewhere along the California coast. TERMINAL HERO #4 Writer: Peter Milligan Art: Piotr Kowalski Cover: Jae Lee FC  •  32 pages  •  $2.99  •  Mature  •  11/5 Rory[...]

Peter Milligan is the man who saw his work with Brendan McCarthy banned by a printer for moral turpitude. He should have more luck with Valiant however, working with Cary Nord on their new Eternal Warrior title, reviving the series originally launched in the nineties by Jim Shooter and John Dixon, recently revived by Greg Pak and Trevor Hairsine. Well[...]

Randlett (@dsrandlett) I've never been the world's biggest Peter Milligan fan Like many who count comics as a hobby, I've drifted in and out of the scene as personal funds allowed, and much of Milligan's most well known output was coming out either when I was too young to get it or when I was in[...]

Today we have him talking to Peter Milligan (Terminal Hero) about his longevity in the comic industry. JOE CASEY Let me get an obvious question out of the way: Would you consider Terminal Hero a Vertigo comic that Vertigo's not publishing (btw, that's my ham-fisted way of asking, "Why Dynamite?")…? PM:  It's true, Terminal Hero is a[...]

Dynamite's new Creators Unleashed title Terminal Hero hit stores this week and series creator/writer Peter Milligan went through the issue and shares his thoughts with our readers. A comic book about cancer?  Terminal cancer? Oh God, that sounds so bloody depressing. Cancer is at the heart of the book In that it's our hero Rory being diagnosed[...]

The second book from Dynamite's new Creators Unleashed line is Terminal Hero by Peter Milligan and Piotr Kowalski Vampirella writer Nancy Collins talked with Milligan about the new series, the heroic tendencies of the lead character and the use of psychedelic drugs. NANCY COLLINS: Before we get into the interview, I'd like to take the time[...]

Continuing our exclusive first look at the covers and solicitations for Dynamite coming out in October we've got two of the Creators Unleashed titles: The Devilers by Joshua Hale Fialkov and Matt Triano and Terminal Hero by Peter Milligan and Piotr Kowalski. A – Devilers #4 A Deviler DIES RIGHT HERE! As the true villain is revealed,[...]

And the Melon of Doom. But we don't talk about the Melon of Doom. Meet The Guests Among the foreign visitors fooled into thinking Scotland's a place of glorious sunshine and warmth were the Con's four biggest guests making their GCC debut: Erik Larsen (Savage Dragon), Gail Simone (Batgirl, Red Sonja), Peter Milligan (Hellblazer, X-Men) and Howard Chaykin[...]

I got a chance to read Terminal Hero #1 by Peter Milligan and Piotr Kowalski and came away with some thoughts about the book After having interviewed Milligan a few weeks back I had a different idea of what the series was going to be He spoke about how it was a more personal story[...]

As the second part of Dynamite's new Creator Unleashed! line, Peter Milligan is taking on some very serious subject with Terminal Hero Milligan spoke about the new series, the symbolism involved and the humour that comes from the dark places. BLEEDING COOL: Rory's powers seem to be all over the place Are they manifestations from his[...]