![]() In its inspiration, The Trigan Empire is a retelling of the history of Rome. And we can only try to forget the green-skinned, ersatz Africans of Daveli. ![]() The Trigans all tend to be blond, blue-eyed Aryan types and their chief foes, the Lokans, are all drawn with a distinctly Asian cast of feature (as is Trigo's turncoat brother Klud, who's the only Vorg to sport a Lokan-style goatee). It's solidly in the tradition of John Carter or the Lensmen or Flash Gordon, and - unfortunately - it too reflects the casual racism of the '60s and '70s and earlier periods. This is the tale of Trigo and his eponymous Trigan Empire, which implausibly rises from the primitive nomadism of the Vorg tribesmen who Trigo rules to building starships - all within his lifetime. This Christmas (2012) I gave in to nostalgia (once again) and purchased a copy of The Trigan Empire, which I first read when 13 or 14 (?). I understand now that what I experienced and was thrilled by as a kid in a small way is now a global phenomenon and there are countless Trigan Empire graphic novels and so on out there to collect and love to death, but I'd be happy to just get that one treasured possession of mine back again some day. Any comic strip that mixes all the glory of ancient Rome with aliens and flying saucers has got to be a winner though, right? I was one of those nerdy 70s kids that read the semi-educational "Look and Learn" magazine when other kids were reading the Beano or Mickey Mouse or something, and I could never work out what was going on with the Trigan Empire because you only got a couple of pages of it every week and I only ever got a copy of the magazine when my stern, stingy mother and I were together in the right shop when she was in a good mood. ![]() How long it's going to take me to get hold of it again is anyone's guess. Following some kind of brain malfunction a few years later I sold it on ebay and now I wish I hadn't. My eyes nearly popped out of my head and of course I bought it again. Then I grew up and forgot all about it, until one day, about 15-20 years ago, I found a copy of it in a second-hand shop. I had this marvellous book as a kid - until some other kid stole it off me. What I've found here is, I think, pretty much the same book, give or take, but published elsewhere. ![]() ![]() It was called "The Look And Learn Book Of The Trigan Empire". I've been searching unsuccessfully for a book that was published in the UK in the late 70s under the "Fleetway Annuals" banner (I think). ![]()
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