Book I Created by Pat Mills & Carlos Ezquerra
Hamburger lady [#1-2], Coola Cola Kid [#3-4], The Killing Yields [#5-6], Blood Money [#7-8], Danse Macabre [#9-10], Made of Maize [#11-12], Sell Out [#13-14].

Book II written by Mills & Alan Mitchell (expect #22-23)
Here be dragons [#15-16], Back in Babylon [#17-18], Liat's Law [#19], All about eve [#20-21], Symphony of Splintered Wood [#22-23] (written by Mills & Mal Coney)
Remembering Zion [#24], The word according to ryan [#25], Liat's Law II [#26], Book of Babylon [#27], The Dark other [#29], The Rhythm of resistance [#30], The Calling [#31], The Beast of Babylon [#32], The man with the child in his eyes [#33-34]
BookII Epilogues -> Black Man's Burden #35, Ivan's story: Why Me? #36, Too late the hero #37, Baiting the dragon #38

Book III (written by Pat Mills & Alan Mitchell)
Rebel with a cause [#40-41], Killing us softly [#43-44], Sinergy [#45-46], Dollarology [#47-48], Ivan's Story: The Anchorman [#50], Ryan's story part 4 : The final problem [#53]

Artists on Third World War - [ Artist Crisis issue ]

Robert Blackwell     #37
Glyn Dillon          #32, #40-41, #43-44
D'israeli            #7
Carlos Ezquerra      #1-6, #9-14, #17-18, #20-21
Duncan Fegredo       #19, #26
John Hicklenton      #16, #21, #29, #35, #53
Shaun Hollywood      #31
Tim Perkins          #38
Sean Philips         #22-24, #27, #31, #33-34
Richard Piers-Rayner #30, #38
Steve Pugh           #36 ,#50
Jim McCarthy         colours #16, #21
Angie Mills          #8, #15 colours #25, #29

1950s - Britain uses Poison to destroy crops of rebels in Malaysia.

1962-1971 - Operation Hades: the United States destroys 50% of the Vietnamese jungle with Agent Orange, a poison containing Dioxin. one of the most toxic substances known to humankind.

1972 - DDT banned by the US (but still used in the Third World).

1977 - In a midnight raid, a guerrilla army of the poor in Guatemala destroys 22 pesticide planes responsible for spraying inordinate amounts of poison on crops and Indian farmworkers.

1980 - Farmworkers in Honduras strike over the multinational United Brands' use of dangerous pesticides on bananas. Their leaders receive death threats and are fired from their jobs.

1984 - A report shows pesticide residues in British foodstuffs are well above acceptable levels.

1985 - US servicemen responsible for spraying Agent Orange on the Vietnamese receive approximately $180 million for their resulting cancers, diseases and deformities of their children. Vietnamese receive $0.

1986 - Agent Orange still being used on plantations in the Third World.

1988 - 250,000 cases of pesticide poisoning in the Third World. Symptoms include muscle paralysis. nervous disorders, blurred vision, brain damage and death.

1990's - Use of poison reduced in US and Europe. following mounting evidence of its dangers. Farmers start to go back to organic farming without major financial loss. Poison still used in the Third World in overcome insect resistance.

1945-1960s - Decolonisation of the Third World. Countries gain their freedom from the West. End of National Service in Britain as it no longer has an empire to guard. Motive for colonialism: to
"Take up the white man's burden, the savage wars of peace, fill full the mouths of famine and bid the sickness cease."
Kipling

1979 - Attempted by United States to colonise Vietnam through military force fails. Third World lent money at low interest rates by the West.
1979 - The West doubles interest rates and forces down prices of Third World exports. So the Third World has difficulty paying its debts.

1980s - Debt crisis. The West forces harsh austerity measures on Third World poor resulting in misery, starvation and death. Third World industries and assets are taken over by multinationals in lieu of interest payments.

[ From here obviously a story written in 1989 has to speculate, as to the future ]

1990s - Multinationals continue to acquire or control the Third World's farming land - dictating which crops shall be grown for export to the West. Peasants are turned into slaves of the multinationals.
1996 - Global riots.

1997 - Recolonisation of the Third World continues. Countries lose their freedom to the multinationals. Start of youth selection schemes to provide troops to guard the multinational empires. Motive for the free aid: "So that today's young men and women can bear their share of the burden...fighting terrorism and subversion...helping to free the Third World from famine and sickness." British Prime Minister 1997

This story is slow moving at times.. after all it does last 200 pages. Plus 12 pages of related information like book & movie reviews and story stories. The comments on the crisis letters seem to credit the scene changes in the strip. But it also sees John Smith's power of description and use of poetic text. later seen in Tyranny Rex: Duex Ex Machina.
#28 New statesman - epilogue/prologue New statesmen - Here is some of Jim Baikie's artwork

Sticky Fingers - (from #15-20,#22-27) less than optimistic real-life drama in Camden Town. Set in the 1980s. Myra Hancock and Dave Hine returned with Tao Moto.

Troubled Souls

"A hard-edged and realistic tale straight from the streets of the city." - Belfast telegraph
This is the first Garth Ennis story published, it tackles the troubles in Northern Ireland head on and manages to maintain unbiased yet realistic perspective. The art of John McCrea, another native of the 'six counties', develops as the story goes (the above picture is from Part 7).
Here is a page of from Trouble Souls (959x1503xJPG)
First printed in Crisis Issues #15-20, #22-27, 8pages per issues

The follow-up series A few troubles more also by Garth Ennis/John McCrea and is a comedy surrounding wedding preparations also set in Belfast with some of the same characters.. Both stories were reprinted in Fleetway 96-page graphic novels.

True Faith - Garth Ennis & Warren Pleece

Set in 1980s London. Tells the story of a cynical teenager and Terry 'father to be' Adair as they want to do something about this whole 'god' thing. Unlike Garth Ennis later more famous work the Preacher there is no supernatural aspects, so the violent ending has impact. Maggie Thatcher also makes an appearance
Crisis #29-34, #36-38

3 short Stories by Garth Ennis (in 1990 and 1991) Suburban Hell: The Unusual Obsession of Mrs. Orton Story: Garth Ennis & Art: Philip J. Swarbrick - Issue #36 pages 7.. fairly tame

Light me Story: Garth Ennis, Art:Phil Winslade - Issue #61 (8 pages)
Set in America, it really gives the Garth does not the Culture. Which is worst (and wins) the american need for TV,war, guns,drugs or political correctness? Read it and see. Also features 'Fuck Communism' as Preacher.

Charlie lives with.. Fang and Snuggles Story: Garth Ennis, Art: Ian Oldham - - Issue #62 (8 pages) --- Maybe it's because have a dog,a neighbour with rabbits and access to power tools but the story hit me that most.
Note: Ian Oldham won an Amenesty International Competition in Issue #39, and got work with Garth Ennis the results are impressive.

In issue #30 True Faith had 16 pages, because......
This issue had some trouble surrounding the McCarthy/Milligan Creation 'Skin'. First the 'first episode of SKIN. all we can say is sorry, since it visibly ain't here ..The reproduction company who make our printing film refused to handle the strip because of the content. We are currently taking legal advice, trying to find another repro house and understandably miffed creators.'
Because of this and complaints, crisis gained a 'Not for sale to children' from Issue 31.

The Clicking of High HeelsStory: Sarah Bramely-Anderson Art: Floyd Hughes p7, Crisis #32

Two pretty names - Si Spencer/Sue Swassey and Phil Laskey/Carol Swain p5, Crisis #33

Squirrels in Carroll street [Soldiers of Misfortune] Story & Art by Floyd Hughes
issue 34 page 7

Didn't you love my Brother - Written by Tony Allen, Art by Dave Hine
Issue 35, 11 pages - 'Straight from the outer Fringe, ace funny man and snappy dresser Tony Allen presents a night in the life of stand-up comic.

Banged up Story: Jack Blackburn & Art: David Lloyd
One day at a time, you watch the minutes chip away at your sanity. You're on remand.

17th-30th March 1990 #40 WWIII - Book 3 starts Pat Mills/Alan Mitchell & Glyn Dillon
Murky Waters - James Robinson/Tony Salmons Back page : Reflexions by Oscar Zarate Revolver

Insiders - Story by Mark Millar, Art by Paul Grist, Colour by Daiv Hill #54-59
Waddle

I took the following text from some web-page unfornaturily can't find please direct me the orginal page and I'll link to it intead.

Revolver was a very short-lived 'groovy' outlet for the 2000 A.D. artists. It had a great Dan Dare story written by Grant Morrison and drawn by Rian Hughes which eventually concluded in Crisis.
Revolver folded after the seventh issue.

Revolver: No.1 Jul-1990 - No.7 Jan-1991 (Complete)

Excerpt from the "Outro", Revolver No.1 July 1990
Why Revolver?

Crisis
In 1989 I was working in North Sydney and a few 2000 A.D.'s had turned up at a local newsagent. I asked them if they could get a regular subscription for me. After a few weeks I went in and they gave me my "2000 A.D. magazine". It wasn't the Judge Dredd weekly, but Crisis. A small logo in the top left corner said "2000 AD Presents", so I couldn't really complain. I'd simply asked for "2000 AD".

Crisis was for a while subtitled "Third World War". The stories dealt primarily with planetary concerns: environmental, technological and societal problems. "Finn The Ecoterrorist" - recently featuring in 2000 AD Weekly - first appeared in Crisis. One of my favourite stories in Crisis is called "Troubled Souls"; about ordinary people in working-class Belfast getting caught up in the 'troubles'. The most memorable story is "The Soldier and the Farmer" set in Cambodia during the reign of Pol Pot. Crisis: No.15 April 1989 - No.63 October 1991

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