The central player in these first two volumes is Trigo of the Vorg tribe, whose fears that the militaristic Lokan Empire will wipe out his people are the catalyst for the formation of the Trigan Empire. Two bumper compilations have been published so far with a third coming this summer. Written by Mike Butterworth and illustrated by Don Lawrence, The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire has been collected by Rebellion’s Treasury of British Comics line in gorgeously presented editions. The word “epic” is much overused in comics commentary but there is no better description for this near two decades-long saga. It was set on a planet called Elekton with similarities to our own a world where super-science was employed by civilisations that resembled ancient Earth ones, with flora and fauna that was sometimes familiar and sometimes totally alien. Initially published as The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire, the strip’s original home was in the pages of Ranger in 1965 before it moved to Look and Learn the following year. My gateway to this amazing use of the form was through friends whose parents banned comics from the house but made an exception for Look and Learn, and I would voraciously read multiple chapters of The Trigan Empire saga on visits to their houses. Because within its otherwise far too worthy pages was one of the most spellbinding strips in the history of UK comics – The Trigan Empire.
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Despite its educational focus, though, we all secretly yearned to be able to read each issue of Look and Learn. Its comics content though was extremely limited so it was never even a consideration on the weekly comics shopping trip.
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Racked among those comics was a magazine weekly called Look and Learn which was full of the most beautifully illustrated articles on history, science, geography and literature. With pocket money limited, and the newsagent shelves absolutely crammed full of weekly anthology comics of every genre imaginable, it was a near impossible choice to select just a couple of gems from the bursting treasure chest of comics wonders. TREASURY OF BRITISH COMICS WEEK! If you grew up as a comics fan in the 1970s in the UK you’ll no doubt have a version of this story to tell.