The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire volume VI

by Mike Butterworth

240 pages, Paperback

Published September 9, 2025

About the author

John Michael Butterworth (10 January 1924 – 4 October 1986) was a British comic book writer, best known for his comic strip The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire in the British weeklies Ranger and Look and Learn.

His first novel, The Soundless Scream, appeared in 1967 followed over the next few years by a number of well-received crime novels which appeared under his full name, which has led to some confusion between his work and that of science fiction writer and Savoy Books publisher Michael Butterworth. Butterworth also turned his hand to Gothic romance novels under the pen-name Carola Salisbury and "bodice rippers" as Janette Seymour.

He died of a heart attack at the age of 62.

Reviews

[Simon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Recent Reads: The Rise And Fall Of The Trigan Empire Volume VI. Close to the end of the run of the classic strip, a change of writer from Mike Butterworth to Ken Roscoe. There's also a new focus, as the Romanesque Trigans go to space. Planetary romance becomes space opera, with the usual melodrama.

[Gary Varga · Rating 4 out of 5]

Overall, this collection of tales varies and departs in tone from the previous volumes. I guess that is due to the handover from the original writer during the time that this volume covers.

A set of stories worthy of your time due to the efforts of all the writers, illustrators, letterers, etc. All in all a good addition to the set of volumes.