Schedule Irregular Publication date March 1999 - 2004 Act I: Self Realization ISBN 0-9673683-1-6 Creator Trainor Houghton | Format Ongoing series Number of issues 25 Publisher Penny-Farthing Press | |
Writer(s) Trainor Houghton
Len Wein | ||
The Victorian is a 25-issue comic book series published by Penny-Farthing Press and starting in 1999. The brainchild of creator Trainor Houghton, the series included a number of notable script writers and illustrators, including Len Wein, Glen Orbik and Howard Chaykin.
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Plot
The story deals with two men, both of them more than 100 years old thanks to an anti-aging serum, both of them members of a secret society devoted to the teachings of Nietzsche. Over time, one of the men becomes convinced the world would be a better place if it were reduced to chaos so that he can take over as its savior; the other dons superhero-like armor and suit and assembles a team of followers to fight his old friend.
Collected editions
Penny-Farthing Press has released the entire run of the series in a series of five trade paperbacks: