Sneak Peek: The Troop #2

By John Freeman on January 13, 2016 • ( 1 )

The Troop #2 Cover A by Joshua Cassara

Here’s a quick look at the second issue of the tongue in cheek superhero series The Troop from Titan Comics.

Not bought it yet? Check out the preview pages below, although be warned, ‘toilet humour’ themes ahead… literally!

It’s a fun title and we think you might want to give it a try…

THE TROOP #2
Writer: Noel Clarke
Artist: Joshua Cassara
Cover A: Joshua Cassara
Cover B: Yishan Li
Publisher: Titan Comics
Format: Softcover
Page Count: 32pp
On Sale Date: Now

Torrent, a young woman who can turn herself into water and travel via people’s bladders! Hotshot, sex bomb and pyro-boy! Virus, a little girl who spreads disease like a plague louse!

Superheroes with very little that’s super about them, they have been brought together by a mysterious billionaire who seems keen to protect them from an equally mysterious but far more lethal organisation with big guns and cool suits.

The Troop #2 Cover B by Yishan Li

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John is the founder of downthetubes, launched in 1998. He is a comics and magazine editor, writer, and Press Officer for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He also runs Crucible Comic Press.

Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine and Overkill for Marvel UK, Babylon 5 Magazine, Star Trek Magazine, and its successor, Star Trek Explorer, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics; and has edited several comic collections and graphic novels, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”, and Hancock: The Lad Himself, by Stephen Walsh and Keith Page.

He’s the writer of comics such as Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs”, with Dave Hailwood.