Alan Mitchell (born 1960 in

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, England) was a writer. He died on 22 June 2016.

Biography

When Mitchell was working as a shop manager for Acme Comics in Coldharbour Lane in

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,Brooks, Brad! "International Spotlight: Frank Bellamy: ''Dan Dare'' Artist Exhibited at South London Gallery," ''The Comics Journal'' #131 (Sept. 1989), pp. 13–14. in 1988, he met

Pat Mills Patrick Eamon Mills (born 1949) is an English comics writer and editor who, along with John Wagner, revitalised British boys' comics in the 1970s, and has remained a leading light in British comics ever since. He has been called "the godfath ...

. The two became writing partners. In ''

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'', a political comic from Fleetway, Mitchell worked on Books 2 and 3 of ''Third World War''. The story covered issues including matriarchy, police racism, no-go areas, private police forces, class war, and black resistance. Mitchell also wrote the

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story "Prisoner of Justice" with artist

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. Mitchell partnered Mills in the first ''ABC Warriors'' novel ''The Medusa War'' for

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based on elements changed or removed from the scripts. According to Mills:

Bibliography

Comics

*''

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'' (with co-author

): **Book II: *** "Here be dragons" (with art by Angela Kincaid (1) and

John Hicklenton John Hicklenton (8 May 1967 – 19 March 2010), aka John Deadstock, was a British comics artist best known for his brutal, visceral work on flagship '' 2000 AD'' characters like ''Judge Dredd'' (in particular ''Heavy Metal Dredd'') and '' Nemes ...

(2), in ''

'' #15-16, 1989) *** "Back in Babylon" (with art by

Carlos Ezquerra Carlos Sanchez Ezquerra (; 12 November 1947 – 1 October 2018) was a Spanish comics artist who worked mainly in British comics. He is best known as the co-creator of ''Judge Dredd''. Biography Early work Born in Ibdes, Zaragoza (province), prov ...

, in ''Crisis'' #17, 1989) *** Untitled (with art by Carlos Ezquerra, in ''Crisis'' #18, 1989) *** "Liats law" (with art by

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, in ''Crisis'' #19, 1989) *** "All about Eve" (with art by Carlos Ezquerra, in ''Crisis'' #20-21, 1989) *** "Symphony of splintered wood" (with art by Sean Phillips, in ''Crisis'' #22-23, 1989) *** "Remembering Zion" (with art by Sean Phillips, in ''Crisis'' #24, 1989) *** "The world according to Ryan" (with art by John Hicklenton, in ''Crisis'' #25, 1989) *** "Liats law II" (with art by Duncan Fegredo, in ''Crisis'' #26, 1989) *** "Book of Babylon" (with art by Sean Phillips, in ''Crisis'' #27, 1989) *** "The Dark other" (with art by John Hicklenton, in ''Crisis'' #29, 1989) *** "The rhythm of resistance" (with art by John Hicklenton, in ''Crisis'' #30, 1989) *** "The calling" (with art by Sean Phillips, in ''Crisis'' #31, 1989) *** "The man with the child in his eyes" (with art by Sean Phillips, in ''Crisis'' #33-34, 1989) *** "Black man's burden" (with art by John Hicklenton, in ''Crisis'' #35, 1990) *** "Ivan's story: Why me?" (with art by

Steve Pugh Steve Pugh ( ; born 24 March 1966) is a British comic book artist who has worked for American and British comic producers including DC Comics, DC, Marvel Comics, Marvel, Dark Horse Comics, Dark Horse and ''2000 AD (comic), 2000 AD''. He broke ...

, in ''Crisis'', #36, 1990) ** Book III: *** "Killing Me Softly" (with art by

Glyn Dillon Glyn Dillon (born 1971About: Glyn Dillon
, SelfMadeHero) is a British costume designer, as well ...

, in ''Crisis'', #43-44, 1990) *** "Anchorman" (with art by Steve Pugh, in ''Crisis'', #50, 1990) * "Prisoner of Justice" (with

, in ''Crisis'' #52, 1990) *''Coffin'' (with co-author Pat Mills and art by Morak Oguntade, in ''

Toxic! ''Toxic!'' was a British comics, British comic that was published weekly from March 28 to October 24, 1991, by Apocalypse Ltd, with a total of 31 issues. History ''Toxic!'' was the idea of Pat Mills, Kevin O'Neill (comics), Kevin O'Neill, Mike ...

'' #13-23, June–August 1991)

Novels

* ''

ABC Warriors ''ABC Warriors'' is a feature in the UK comic-book series ''2000 AD (comics), 2000 AD'' written by Pat Mills. It first appeared in program (issue) 119 in 1979 and continues to run as of 2018. Art for the opening episodes was by Kevin O'Neill ( ...

: The Medusa War'' (with co-author Pat Mills,

, 2004, )

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References

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