MYTEK The MIGHTY Volume Three...

MYTEK copyright REBELLION

Above, the third volume in a series of four, reprinting all of the Mytek The Mighty strips from Valiant.  I've recently completed volume one and thoroughly enjoyed it and am looking forward to working my way (slowly) through all four books when the final one is published soon.  To be honest, I was never much of a fan of the strip on the few occasions I encountered it in my youth, as Mytek was no longer featured in Valiant by the time I started buying it.  His strips were reprinted in Vulcan around the mid-'70s, but never really grabbed me for some reason, maybe because I was too entranced by Don Laurence's art in The Trigan Empire.

It could also have been because Mytek, being a robot, doesn't really have much, if any, of a 'personality' and doesn't speak, not even in a Hulk-like way, though it's possible he developed the ability to talk in later strips which I haven't yet read.  The stories pull no punches - people are routinely killed by the dozens, if not hundreds, at regular intervals under Mytek's onslaught against villages, towns, and cities, while in the control of Gogra the dwarf (now there's a catchy name), with none of the customary copouts usually seen in comics such as "Luckily, the buildings were deserted as they were due for demolition".  Make no mistake - people die!

The artwork is top-notch, though the size of Mytek seems to vary on occasion.  I still prefer Rebellion's Robot Archie volumes as Archie has a personality and is an ego-maniac with attitude, lending a touch of humour to his otherwise serious adventures, but all lovers of classic British comics will be sure to enjoy Mytek's four volume series (4 coming soon), available from Steve Holland's Bear Alley Books.  Get your orders in now - link in sidebar.