Sláine - The Definitive Edition, volume 1

by Pat Mills, Angie Kincaid (illustrator), Massimo Belardinelli (illustrator)

Genres: Graphic Novels

256 pages, Paperback

Published April 15, 2025

About the author

Pat Mills, born in 1949 and nicknamed 'the godfather of British comics', is a comics writer and editor who, along with John Wagner, revitalised British boys comics in the 1970s, and has remained a leading light in British comics ever since.

His comics are notable for their violence and anti-authoritarianism. He is best known for creating 2000 AD and playing a major part in the development of Judge Dredd.

Reviews

[Davide Pappalardo · Rating 4 out of 5]

The adventures of 2000 AD's own barbarian (Celt) collected in a definitive edition series. This is the beginning, we meet in media res Sláine and Ukko, and we get to know their mythical antediluvian world (yes, it mirrors Conan's one in a British way). Soon, we meet the arch-nemesis LordWeird Slough Feg, one of 2000 AD's most fascinating charachters. The Femorian are shown too, and some hints of the cosmic horrors that will have a greater role in future plots.

Can't wait for the next installment.

[Sloe · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sometimes size really matters, you can see so much more (even if on ~6 pages the reprographics are sub-par) than before. Kincaid's art used to leave me cold, now I like it; Belardinelli's I used to like, now I love it; and McMahon I used to love - now I am lost for words. Bonus points for Tom Frame's lettering - I didn't even notice the speech ballons's shape before.

[Matt · Rating 5 out of 5]

I didn't expect Celtic mythology to be this fun.

[Niko Dasilva · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5