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Speculator Corner: Luther Arkwright

2744836-mixed1Rumours of movie adaptations of Bryan Talbot's Luther Arkwright are in the air again. Bryan Talbot mentioned such mutterings at the British Library launch of Sally Heathcote: Suffragette last week.

But for folks searching for early appearances of the character to collect, they are going to have a struggle.

The multi-dimensional psychedelic adventurer first appeared in Brainstorm Comix #3 in 1976, retitled Mixed Bunch, with The Papist Affair. It recently sold on eBay for $15.

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Before jetting over to Near Myths for five issues (alongside heavily-influenced-by-Talbot Grant Morrison) a recent issue of which sold for $8.

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Before continuing in the avant garde UK magazine pssst! from issues 2 to 10.

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There was a four pager Arkwright story in Moon Comics #3 from 1979 and two pages in Imagine #14 from TSR.

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All these were reworked and published in the nine issue series The Adventures Of Luther Arkwright from Valkyrie Press, with a tenth issue addendum featuring a Neil Gaiman poem. The nine issue set recently sold for $10 on eBay. Most of this was collected in a trade paperback and then the series remastered and republished by Dark Horse Comics in the US, beginning the publisher's long relationship with the creator.

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Before they published the second volume, Heart Of Empire. So, whether the rumours are true… happy hunting!


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Rich JohnstonAbout Rich Johnston

Founder of Bleeding Cool. The longest-serving digital news reporter in the world, since 1992. Author of The Flying Friar, Holed Up, The Avengefuls, Doctor Who: Room With A Deja Vu, The Many Murders Of Miss Cranbourne, Chase Variant. Lives in South-West London, works from Blacks on Dean Street, shops at Piranha Comics. Father of two. Political cartoonist.
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