Victorian (comics)

Infobox comic book title
title = The Victorian


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schedule = Irregular
ongoing = Y
publisher = Penny-Farthing Press
date = March 1999 - 2004
issues = 25
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writers = Trainor Houghton
Len Wein
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creators = Trainor Houghton
TPB = Act I: Self Realization
ISBN = 0967368316
TPB1 = Act II: Self-Immolation
ISBN1 = 0967368383
altcat = American comics titles
sort = Victorian, The

"The Victorian" is a 25-issue comic book series published by Penny-Farthing Press and starting in 1999. The brainchild of creator Trainor Houghton, the series included a number of notable script writers and illustrators, including Len Wein, Glen Orbik and Howard Chaykin.

Plot

The story deals with two men, both of them more than 100 years old thanks to an anti-aging serum, both of them members of a secret society devoted to the teachings of Nietzsche. Over time, one of the men becomes convinced the world would be a better place if it were reduced to chaos so that he can take over as its savior; the other dons superhero-like armor and suit and assembles a team of followers to fight his old friend.

Collected editions

Penny-Farthing Press has released the entire run of the series in a series of five trade paperbacks:

*"Act I: Self Realization" {collects "The Victorian" #1-7, 192 pages, December 1999, ISBN 0967368316)
*"Act II: Self-Immolation" {collects "The Victorian" #8-13, 192 pages, March 2002, ISBN 0967368383)

References

*gcdb series|id=10274|title="The Victorian"
*comicbookdb|type=title|id=5929|title="The Victorian"

External Links

* [http://www.pfpress.com/books.victorian/serId/3.htm The Victorian] at Penny-Farthing Press

Reviews

* [http://www.comicsbulletin.com/reviews/105226221258428.htm Review of The Victorian Act 1] , [http://www.comicsbulletin.com/reviews/102693778170801.htm Act 2] and [http://www.comicsbulletin.com/reviews/105554373931283.htm another Act 2 review] , [http://www.comicsbulletin.com/reviews/121803904539510.htm Act 5] , [http://www.comicsbulletin.com/reviews/105867283269997.htm issue #19] and [http://www.comicsbulletin.com/reviews/109011837620981.htm #24] , Comics Bulletin