Finn (2000 AD)

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Finn
Publication information
Publisher Fleetway Publications
First appearance Crisis #1 (17 September 1988)
Created by Pat Mills
Carlos Ezquerra
In-story information
Alter egoPaul Phillips (or Paul Shawcross) [1]
Team affiliationsGreen Army
Eve Collins
Abilities White magic
Hand of Glory
Finn
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Cover of 2000 AD #770, 1992 featuring Finn. Artwork by Jim Elston.
Created by Pat Mills
Publication information
Publisher IPC Media (Fleetway)
ScheduleWeekly
Title(s)
Crisis
2000 AD
Genre
Publication date 19891996
Number of issues53
Creative team
Writer(s) Pat Mills
Tony Skinner
Artist(s)Jim Elston
Liam Sharp
Paul Staples
Letterer(s)Gordon Robson
Steve Potter
Editor(s) Steve MacManus and Michael W. Bennent
Tharg (Richard Burton)
Tharg (John Tomlinson)

Finn is a fictional pagan warlock eco-terrorist created by Pat Mills. He first appeared in British fortnightly anthology comic Crisis in 1989 in the strip Third World War and later moved to an eponymous series in 2000 AD after Crisis was cancelled in 1991.

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Publication history

The character was popular but the series ended in 1996. [2] According to David Bishop the reason the character was suspended was due to concerns that he was in danger of duplicating the appeal of Mills's Sláine . [3] Mills has speculated that part of the reason was because some readers were complaining in the letters page about Finn "being a sinister witch and saying his authentic pagan practices were a bad example to readers". [4]

Plot summary

Finn is the alias of Paul Phillips. In Third World War it is established that Paul was once a soldier in the British Army stationed in Northern Ireland, but he deserted to become Finn, an eco-terrorist fighting to save the planet from multi-national corporations. Third World War began as a relatively realistic story set in 2000, with very little in the way of fantasy or science fiction elements, but that changed as Finn became more prominent.

In the eponymous strip in 2000 AD it emerged that the leaders of the corporations were in fact a secret society of powerful aliens called Newts. In this strip Finn was a mini-cab driver in Plymouth by day, and a white witch fighting the aliens by night. He used military equipment alongside magical items such as the Hand of Glory.

Bibliography

He first appeared as a supporting character in the series Third World War in the comics magazine Crisis ; then in the eponymous strip in 2000 AD :

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Notes

  1. "Third World War" focuses on Finn in Book Three: The Big Heat, from issue #40.

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References

  1. Pat Mills and Tony Skinner  (w), Liam Sharp  (a)."The Origin, Part 1"2000 AD,no. 924(27 Jan 1995).
  2. Mlls, Pat (4 March 2011). "Pat Mills Unwrapped Part 2". Forbidden Planet International Blog. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
  3. Bishop, David (21 August 2006). "Typing about myself in the third person". Thrill-Power Overload. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
  4. Mills, Pat (26 September 2012). "Finn to Appear in the Megazine". Pat Mills. Retrieved 26 April 2016.

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