''Trident'' is an

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published by

Trident Comics Trident Comics was a short-lived comic book publishing company based in Leicester, UK. Specialising in black-and-white comics created by new British talent, it was formed in 1989 as an offshoot of the comics distributor/wholesaler Neptune Di ...

from

1989 1989 was a turning point in political history with the "Revolutions of 1989" which ended communism in Eastern Bloc of Europe, starting in Poland and Hungary, with experiments in power-sharing coming to a head with the opening of the Berlin W ...

1990 Important events of 1990 include the Reunification of Germany and the unification of Yemen, the formal beginning of the Human Genome Project (finished in 2003), the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, the separation of Namibia from South ...

Publication history

It was the flagship title of Trident Comics and attempted to publish new talent as well as established talent such as

Neil Gaiman Neil Richard MacKinnon Gaiman (; born Neil Richard Gaiman; 10 November 1960) is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, audio theatre, and screenplays. His works include the comic series ''The Sandman (comic book), The Sandma ...

and

Grant Morrison Grant Morrison (born 31 January 1960) is a Scottish comic book writer, screenwriter, and producer. Their work is known for its nonlinear narratives, Humanism, humanist philosophy and counterculture, countercultural leanings. Morrison has writt ...

. Although the title initially proved popular, sales flagged when issues shipped late, and it eventually ceased publication in

1991 It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent State ...

, with the bankruptcy of Trident Comics.

Stories

Notable stories include: * ''

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'' by

Eddie Campbell Eddie Campbell (born 10 August 1955) is a British comics artist and cartoonist. He was the illustrator and publisher of '' From Hell'' (written by Alan Moore), and the creator of the semi-autobiographical ''Alec'' stories collected in ''Alec: ...

* ''The Light Brigade'' by

and

Nigel Kitching Nigel Craggs Kitching (born 29 May 1959) is a British comic book writer and artist. He is best known for his work in British comics, especially '' Sonic the Comic,'' the premiere UK depiction of Sonic the Hedgehog. Since 2001, Kitching has le ...

* '' St. Swithin's Day'' by

and Paul Grist

References

* * Comics anthologies 1989 comics debuts {{UK-comics-stub