epic strip for the Eagle, written by Tom Tully.
Heros begins with a brief explanation about how,
as a young boy, Sparta falls to The Roman advance through
Greece (around 145 BC).
Arcus, commander of a Roman legion,admires his enemies even as
he slays them and when a child
survivor is brought to him, he adost the boy whom he names Heros.
The dark fantasy elements of the story allowed artist
Frank Bellamy full reign to his imagination.
After two episodes (1963) Bellamy temporarily abandons the series and leaves it for an adventure with Luis Bermejo whose work is perfectly up to par. The Spanish designer takes up the style of the English and succeeds remarkably.
Some even prefer Bermejo's design and colors. Bellamy returns for a new adventure,
leaves room for Bermejo again and returns one last time for
a short episode published in the 1966 Eagle Almanac.
Content:
143 pages Eagle Years: 1962-1966
19 pages Eagle Annual Years: 1965—1967
Total pages 165. Uncluiding the front- and backpage
The Adventures of Heros the Spartan
I— ISLAND OF DARKNESS (to be continue—EAGLE 1962-1963)
drawn by Bellamy and written by Tully
II— THE EAGLE OF THE FIFTH (to be continue—EAGLE 1963))
drawn by Bellamy and written by Tully
III— THE MAN OF VIAH (to be continue—EAGLE 1963-1964)
drawn by Luis Bermejo and written by Tully
IV— MARK THE WARRIOR (Full story—-EAGLE ANNUAL 1965)
drawn by Luis Bermejo and written by Tully
V— AXE OF ARGUTH (to be continue—EAGLE 1964)
drawn by Bellamy and written by Tully
VI— THE WOLF MEN (to be continue—EAGLE 1964-1965)
drawn by Luis Bermejo and written by Tully
VII THE SLAVE ARMY (to be continue—EAGLE 1965)
drawn by Bellamy and written by Tully
VII HEROS THE OUTLAW (to be continue—EAGLE 1965)-1966)
drawn by Luis Bermejo and written by Tully
IX— THE WOLFMEN (Full story—EAGLE ANNUAL 1966)
drawn by Bellamy and written by Tully
X— BATTLE WITH THE GAULS (to be continue—EAGLE 1966)
drawn by Luis Bermejo and written by Tully
XI— SANS TITRE (Full story—EAGLE ANNUAL 1967)
drawn by Luis Bermejo and written by Tully
Gathered and compiled by Boutje Fedannkt.
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