I've always loved the ABC warriors, they are a very close second as my favorite characters after Dredd himself. I have read almost all the stories and I'm happy to see that Pat Mills at the start of 2023 has returned the warriors to the comic.
Mike it was Thursdays after school when the comic was delivered! ahhh 2000ad......And Transformers.....And Ninja Turtles....And In combat!...I read a lot!
Amazing how many people are unaware of these characters! Truly some of the sickest, darkest most twisted stories to come out of the UK! Absolutely awesome comics that had me utterly transfixed when I first read them. Really nothing else like them to be honest.
The art work of 2000ad was classical, so detailed,beautifully inked with so much atmosphere, would cost the equivalent of Fort Knox to make a live action of either the ABC warriors or the origin of rogue trooper
Dang the art is beautiful and the story looks interesting. I like the idea of sentient robots and the possibility of morality being integrated into the character development and plotlines. Thank you Mr H for posting the video.
philbert dez you will love any of the story's, if you like the art ..can't recommend them more , you should check out missionary man and the dead man... happy reading
Thank you for the recommendations. I'm familiar with The Deadman and is one of my favorites. Missionary man is new to me and looks quite good with its mix of a spaghetti western/cursed earth elements from the Judge Dredd universe.
philbert dez no drama fella , yeah dead man amd missionary man where my favourites.. dead man is dread but always thought that missionary man was him in the early years after the council of judges retired dread ...
So many good memory's reading the abc warriors growing up .....every time I got a new issue I would skip all the rest and go straight to the abc warriors....great storyline and the art always blew my mind...it was the judge dredd comics that got me into drawing..something I still do 25 years later...looking forward to this series..well done MR H....cheers from Australia
Paul Graham Yah my favourite composer is Joe Pineapples and his famous piece I'm a muthafuckin robot beetches in A minor brings a tear to my eyes every time
So very cool, putting an ABC Warrior remains far and away the best decision the made for the Judge Dredd Film, and wasn't out of place since the first film had that over the top style.
Ro Jaws ....some of the best characters in the 2000ad universe and the art is just outstanding ..Langley and Bisley 's art just gives it such a rich feel ..
Joe Pineapples is my favourite ABC Warrior. My Favourite artist is Simon Bisley, although I quite like Glen Fabry (Who designed the ABC robot in the first Judge Dredd movie.). Speaking of Simon Bisley, please, please, please do a video (Or ten) about Slaine.
Hans Wilder it was bisleys pen and ink art that blew me away when I first read them . How many times I had tried to draw joe the way Bisley had drawn him , standing on a body with his rifle aimed or the flash where he has shot someone but the page is made up of the bullet traveling just inspired. .couldn agree more about slain either ..
His style is weirdly unique, you can see the Frank Frazzeta influence on his work, especially his painting. But his inking is just amazing. It's unusual for pencilers to ink their own work. Penciling and inking are two different ball games. The only other person I can think of, off the top of my head who does that is Sam Keith (Sam sometimes foregoes the pencil stage altogether!) You can see the Frazzetta influence in Keith's style too. But Simon Bisley is a force of nature.
Hans Wilder couldn agree more .. you can definitely see frank frazzeta's influence in both artists ..I like the way Bisley paints to the slain work is just sublime. It was slain the horned god that I used to get my daughter into 2000ad lol
I remember them in Robusters. Where the boss was using bigger mechs to flatten and tarmac a port. One that ate rubble and laid tarmac after it. Some giant sea Robot came to fight them all. Been using SteelHorn as my Tag for near 20Years. Been a fan of 2000AD (70s) since I found 1 had come through my door. Still got the annuals!
Although it should have been seen coming I diddn't like that they used the Savage series to do a sort of origins for the ABC' s, having early versions of them being used to liberate Britain. I preferred Savage as a modern war story, no sci fi.
I’m a brand new subscriber and I absolutely love your content! You have the same taste in films, comics, and science fiction in general as I do! As a new subscriber I was looking over your Judge Dredd material and I stumbled upon the ABC Warriors. I happen to be a big fan of comics but because I’m an American, I’m not too familiar with Britain’s long lasting and hugely influential comic magazine 2000 AD. I do know that 2000 AD is an anthology style comic magazine but outside of Judge Dredd, I know very little about the other stories published within the magazine. After watching your videos on The ABS Warriors like Deadlock, I’ve become immediately hooked! How could I have missed a comic that’s so epic and insanely creative! To my knowledge there is literally nothing like it anywhere else! Do you think you can make more videos and character breakdowns of the rest of the team as well as exploring the many different adventures, storylines, and backstories to this incredibly epic series. This just goes to show how original comics from the U.K. are and how wildly creative and adult their themes are. I’m so happy that I found your channel and you definitely have a new subscriber in me. I hope to see more content on The ABC Warriors and I look forward to watching your next video! Cheers!
I'm here 2019, cos I saw Judge Dredd again and I am still in love with the ABC Robot after 15 years. LOL I still really want a ABC Warrior from Judge Dredd 1/16 statue in my lounge room with the voice and glowing eyes but no company does it
To think I used to get these brilliant stories for 30p was it fortnightly? I forget but I remember always being the first to get them as I had a paper round. The art of the abc warriors was just amazing.
Mr. H, you've given us a lot of 2000 A.D. material, and thanks for that (I never knew so much existed beyond Dredd and Megacity One!). But what about giving us a video with a comprehensive timeline to the universe of 2000 A.D. that connects it all together???
Did hammerstein and ro jaws originaly start in starlord magazine then it merged with 2000 ad , they were used to deal with disasters like earthquakes and such( i could be wrong) anyway great video sir.
With the release of Warlord's "ABC Warriors: Increase the Peace" I've been searching for videos on the game and The Algorithm tossed this up. Now to look up more of your videos on the subject. 👍👍
imagine their new enemies are the 123 Warriors. And then they join together to fight their greatest enemy as a team and that every team will be called: . . . ABC and i'll be easy as 123. I have no idea who they are, good to know i learn something knew today.
IronClaw3000 you should check them out , if you like tongue in cheek humor and really spectacular art with some of the best story's in comics .. it would be a sin not to lol
In the movie the ABC warrior was 50 or 60 years old basically he was the equivalent of Korean War or Vietnam era tech to us. I wonder if he was supposed to be the last survivor of his type?
There is a link somewhere on TH-cam with this comic book story (no voice-over) which you will find on searching. I read it on TH-cam about 2 weeks ago....
Been a massive fan of 2000ad since about 1987 and I think you’ve been doing 2000ad much justice!!! Hopefully it will introduce people to the brilliant comic !!!!..... although you seem to know maybe too much about 2000ad........ I suspect you may be Tharg !!!!!
If memory serves me right... nearly forty years ago now... didn't the ABC warriors almost topple Dredd as 2000ad's most popular story? Circa 81 I think.
Amazed with the massive spectrum of great characters from the many different story lines of 2000ad more films haven’t been made come on Hollywood we don’t want sequels upon sequels let’s have some Slaine strontium dog,Vcs,ABC warriors rogue trooper please 👍
Man I just found your information on this lot. I thought I were the only person on this planet reading this stuff (of course not). I would love a dark movie on this lot alas 99% never to happen.
ABC actually means "Always Been Corny". There was a wave of pain around the eyes when they first came out due to strains from the thousands of eye rolls from the comic community.
Gotta love how the movie JUDGE DREDD actually built puppets of ABC warriors without CGI
Yes
You just have to love the insanity of the 2000 AD comics.
Always and forever.
You don't think these machines could become a reality real?
@@dannwan8537 Yes, but Not to the more Silly/Goofy Levels some of them do in the 2000AD Universe. It might be fun but...
Grew up reading them - first came out in 1977, when I was but a slip of a lad.
When I build a robot I always make sure it withstands bacterial warfare.
Even metal eating ones?
I've always loved the ABC warriors, they are a very close second as my favorite characters after Dredd himself. I have read almost all the stories and I'm happy to see that Pat Mills at the start of 2023 has returned the warriors to the comic.
The abc warriors sounds like a Saturday morning cartoon
Rivals to the 123 Soldiers or something
Robot ninja turtles lol
Much darker than that..... Espically in the later stories after the tie in with Nemesis.
well...
Mike it was Thursdays after school when the comic was delivered! ahhh 2000ad......And Transformers.....And Ninja Turtles....And In combat!...I read a lot!
Amazing how many people are unaware of these characters! Truly some of the sickest, darkest most twisted stories to come out of the UK! Absolutely awesome comics that had me utterly transfixed when I first read them. Really nothing else like them to be honest.
Elliot Loxley could not agree more ...
The art work of 2000ad was classical, so detailed,beautifully inked with so much atmosphere, would cost the equivalent of Fort Knox to make a live action of either the ABC warriors or the origin of rogue trooper
Dang the art is beautiful and the story looks interesting. I like the idea of sentient robots and the possibility of morality being integrated into the character development and plotlines. Thank you Mr H for posting the video.
I'm sure you wont be dissapointed if you read some of their crazy adventures.
philbert dez you will love any of the story's, if you like the art ..can't recommend them more , you should check out missionary man and the dead man... happy reading
Thank you for the recommendations. I'm familiar with The Deadman and is one of my favorites. Missionary man is new to me and looks quite good with its mix of a spaghetti western/cursed earth elements from the Judge Dredd universe.
philbert dez no drama fella , yeah dead man amd missionary man where my favourites.. dead man is dread but always thought that missionary man was him in the early years after the council of judges retired dread ...
You make me love the old 2000AD again. So many memories of my first reads. Thank you for your efforts.
So many good memory's reading the abc warriors growing up .....every time I got a new issue I would skip all the rest and go straight to the abc warriors....great storyline and the art always blew my mind...it was the judge dredd comics that got me into drawing..something I still do 25 years later...looking forward to this series..well done MR H....cheers from Australia
Now you know your ABC thanks to the letter H.
Great to see this. Can't wait for a vid on Deadlock, he has quite an interesting connection with Nemesis The Warlock!
bad ass robots named after classical composers, something only the UK could do.
Paul Graham Yah my favourite composer is Joe Pineapples and his famous piece I'm a muthafuckin robot beetches in A minor brings a tear to my eyes every time
Yeah, maybe I phrased it wrong by calling them classical composers, but have you not heard of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein.
i don't know why you said the U.K. 2000AD came from Scotland
how do you figure us americans came up with 4 ninja turtles named after renaissance painters.
@@andrewescocia2707 no it never
I love ABC warriors. Also neat how they have stories over centuries - war droids - post war scavangers - unwitting servants of Khaos...etc.
Delighted that when I wanted to know more about them Mr H had already done a fabulous video. Cheers mate!
Why doesn't Hollywood seem to understand that this is their blockbuster? It's an absolute no brainer.
With sure those characters were inspiration for the game and the history of warhammer.
So very cool, putting an ABC Warrior remains far and away the best decision the made for the Judge Dredd Film, and wasn't out of place since the first film had that over the top style.
Simon Burley's inkwork was Amazing!👍👍👍👍👍
As you probably guess from my name I am a big fan of the ABC Warriors. The Volgan Wars is a good place to start for new readers.
Ro Jaws ....some of the best characters in the 2000ad universe and the art is just outstanding ..Langley and Bisley 's art just gives it such a rich feel ..
Hey, anything with robots will have me hooked. The artwork looks stunning in the video so yeah I will check it out. Thanks Mr H
Joe Pineapples is my favourite ABC Warrior. My Favourite artist is Simon Bisley, although I quite like Glen Fabry (Who designed the ABC robot in the first Judge Dredd movie.).
Speaking of Simon Bisley, please, please, please do a video (Or ten) about Slaine.
Hans Wilder it was bisleys pen and ink art that blew me away when I first read them . How many times I had tried to draw joe the way Bisley had drawn him , standing on a body with his rifle aimed or the flash where he has shot someone but the page is made up of the bullet traveling just inspired. .couldn agree more about slain either ..
His style is weirdly unique, you can see the Frank Frazzeta influence on his work, especially his painting. But his inking is just amazing. It's unusual for pencilers to ink their own work. Penciling and inking are two different ball games. The only other person I can think of, off the top of my head who does that is Sam Keith (Sam sometimes foregoes the pencil stage altogether!)
You can see the Frazzetta influence in Keith's style too.
But Simon Bisley is a force of nature.
Hans Wilder couldn agree more .. you can definitely see frank frazzeta's influence in both artists ..I like the way Bisley paints to the slain work is just sublime. It was slain the horned god that I used to get my daughter into 2000ad lol
Hans Wilder
What's the volgan republic ?
Happy shrapnel? Robots fighting zombies. I'm sold
Can’t wait for these videos
Either a tv show or a movie series... Either one would be badass
Are you likely to do the back story for Deadlock, why he joined the ABC Warriors and his subsequent evolution to Nemesis?
The character design is amazing
I remember them in Robusters. Where the boss was using bigger mechs to flatten and tarmac a port.
One that ate rubble and laid tarmac after it.
Some giant sea Robot came to fight them all.
Been using SteelHorn as my Tag for near 20Years.
Been a fan of 2000AD (70s) since I found 1 had come through my door. Still got the annuals!
Mr H, Thanks for this! I reely enjoy your vids!
Although it should have been seen coming I diddn't like that they used the Savage series to do a sort of origins for the ABC' s, having early versions of them being used to liberate Britain. I preferred Savage as a modern war story, no sci fi.
I’m a brand new subscriber and I absolutely love your content! You have the same taste in films, comics, and science fiction in general as I do! As a new subscriber I was looking over your Judge Dredd material and I stumbled upon the ABC Warriors. I happen to be a big fan of comics but because I’m an American, I’m not too familiar with Britain’s long lasting and hugely influential comic magazine 2000 AD. I do know that 2000 AD is an anthology style comic magazine but outside of Judge Dredd, I know very little about the other stories published within the magazine. After watching your videos on The ABS Warriors like Deadlock, I’ve become immediately hooked! How could I have missed a comic that’s so epic and insanely creative! To my knowledge there is literally nothing like it anywhere else! Do you think you can make more videos and character breakdowns of the rest of the team as well as exploring the many different adventures, storylines, and backstories to this incredibly epic series. This just goes to show how original comics from the U.K. are and how wildly creative and adult their themes are. I’m so happy that I found your channel and you definitely have a new subscriber in me. I hope to see more content on The ABC Warriors and I look forward to watching your next video! Cheers!
Mek quake does big jobs!
splo1nger BIG BIG JOBS
Hope he cleans up after himself ! 🤣
I'm here 2019, cos I saw Judge Dredd again and I am still in love with the ABC Robot after 15 years. LOL I still really want a ABC Warrior from Judge Dredd 1/16 statue in my lounge room with the voice and glowing eyes but no company does it
BRILLIANT. INFORMATIVE. LEFT ME HUNGRY FOR MORE
I'm looking forward to the specific videos
Those were some bad ass names. Would love to see them team up with Dredd and fight Death or the other evil judges
They were one of my favourites from 2000AD. You should also cover Slaine at some point.
I can't wait for more about the individual ABC warriors
To think I used to get these brilliant stories for 30p was it fortnightly? I forget but I remember always being the first to get them as I had a paper round. The art of the abc warriors was just amazing.
00:56
It's dangerously close to the actual reality right now
I LOVE ABC warriors!
Brilliant one of the best comics in 2000ad .... BIG JOBS ..
Great work fella ......love it
.....how could anyone dislike this ... dose not make sense
Those two who downvoted must be mr Ten Percent and Volkhan.
Ro Jaws hahah ha hahah nice
Mr. H, you've given us a lot of 2000 A.D. material, and thanks for that (I never knew so much existed beyond Dredd and Megacity One!). But what about giving us a video with a comprehensive timeline to the universe of 2000 A.D. that connects it all together???
good idea, but the universe is fairly convoluted some of its crosses over and some of it doesn't, some of it is in fact unclear as well sadly
Rogue Trooper
So many 2000ad story's need to be movies!
Did hammerstein and ro jaws originaly start in starlord magazine then it merged with 2000 ad , they were used to deal with disasters like earthquakes and such( i could be wrong) anyway great video sir.
With the release of Warlord's "ABC Warriors: Increase the Peace" I've been searching for videos on the game and The Algorithm tossed this up. Now to look up more of your videos on the subject. 👍👍
Cool! do Nemesis soon! He always seemed to crossover with the abc warriors. And his planet and race etc.
imagine their new enemies are the 123 Warriors.
And then they join together to fight their greatest enemy as a team and that every team will be called:
. . .
ABC
and i'll be easy as
123.
I have no idea who they are, good to know i learn something knew today.
IronClaw3000 you should check them out , if you like tongue in cheek humor and really spectacular art with some of the best story's in comics .. it would be a sin not to lol
where can i read these comics ??
In the movie the ABC warrior was 50 or 60 years old basically he was the equivalent of Korean War or Vietnam era tech to us. I wonder if he was supposed to be the last survivor of his type?
An big Fan of ABC Warriors and other characters reading 2000ad during the mid 1970s
NEMESIS YA GOTTA DO A FEATURE ON NEMISIS AND TOURQMADA,,
There is a link somewhere on TH-cam with this comic book story (no voice-over) which you will find on searching. I read it on TH-cam about 2 weeks ago....
Spread the word!
So is ABC Warriors a part of The Judge Dredd universe or no
Yes
Dredd sequel or Prequel : ABC Warrior Wars with a young Dredd?
No they were built in the UK. Well Hammerstien was built by ROVER. I remember reading this !
Been a massive fan of 2000ad since about 1987 and I think you’ve been doing 2000ad much justice!!! Hopefully it will introduce people to the brilliant comic !!!!..... although you seem to know maybe too much about 2000ad........ I suspect you may be Tharg !!!!!
Fantastic thank you MR H 😊
Love it. Check out volgan war if you haven't already. Art work is sublime.
Great video H now onto Bad Company please, might need to be a longer video though....
Christ I'd forgotten about Bad company till I read your comment! What a fucking strip that was! That ending to the first volume floored me as a kid!
If memory serves me right... nearly forty years ago now... didn't the ABC warriors almost topple Dredd as 2000ad's most popular story? Circa 81 I think.
+shane morrow yup!
I like that the version in the movie was designed based on Arnold Schwarzenegger
BIG JOBS
Just bought the vulgon war vol 2 on sale so Ima pick up the first one and start
Amazed with the massive spectrum of great characters from the many different story lines of 2000ad more films haven’t been made come on Hollywood we don’t want sequels upon sequels let’s have some Slaine strontium dog,Vcs,ABC warriors rogue trooper please 👍
These guys are awesome
the movie was not good.... but the robot was something that always stuck with me
Members include Happy Shrapnel, Death Metal, Killer Tank, and... Terry.
As Ro Jaws would say... "Stay Sharp"...
Man I just found your information on this lot. I thought I were the only person on this planet reading this stuff (of course not). I would love a dark movie on this lot alas 99% never to happen.
Ever looked at marshal law
Love the ABC Warriors... Joe Pineapples is my favorite
Already Been Chewed
I always found ironic they were called bacterial and chemical warriors, but they're robots.
Amazing! 😁👌🏻
PRAISE THE MACHINE!
Do a vid on Ace Trucking Co
Love the art of the current ABC warriors but not sure about the storyline though, cool review though.
I still have thos comics, some Robusters and some Volgan Wars issues, really something those brit comics...
Cool.
I like this one.
A.B.C Warriors is great!
Funny how art and reality collide sometimes.
I want an ABC WARRIOR AS MY PET
Cool robots.
The Vogons???? Those are the aliens from douglas adams hitchhikers guide, who would torture other beings by reading their poetry.
Cool vid bud new sub here👊🏻 any chance if you could cover a little known comic done in the uk in the 80s called scream.
Dude I think they should make an ABC warriors movie 2hat you think?
Judge Anderson is also good
Oh fuck yeah
All bout Carnage
Could these machines one day become reality?
I finding ABC Warriors interesting
PERFECT x
Sad you never finished the individual characters lore.
Sounds like a Hit spin off movie.
No he did have one character on the ABC Warriors deadlock laying mentioned the others
N and V
I've wanting for this hahaha
DON'T FORGET ABOUT TERRY
ABC actually means "Always Been Corny". There was a wave of pain around the eyes when they first came out due to strains from the thousands of eye rolls from the comic community.