Missionary Man | |
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Created by | Gordon Rennie Frank Quitely Garry Marshall |
Publication information | |
Publisher | Fleetway Rebellion Developments |
Schedule | Monthly/Weekly |
Formats | Original material for the series has been published as a strip in the comics anthology(s) Judge Dredd Megazine and 2000 AD . |
Genre | |
Publication date | May 1993 – July 2002 |
Main character(s) | Preacher Cain |
Creative team | |
Writer(s) | Gordon Rennie |
Artist(s) | Frank Quitely Garry Marshall Sean Longcroft Simon Davis Jon Beeston Jamie Grant Charles Gillespie Christian Bravery Henry Flint Trevor Hairsine Alex Ronald Colin MacNeil Dean Ormston Wayne Reynolds John Ridgway |
Creator(s) | Gordon Rennie Frank Quitely Garry Marshall |
Reprints | |
Collected editions | |
Missionary Man | ISBN 1-84023-465-2 |
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