The Mean Arena
Parkour meets Rollerball. In a hyper-violent, near-future, close-combat, team sport: star player Matt Tallon seeks revenge for his brother's suspicious death. Where Harlem Heroes focussed on the team, this wisely has a central hero and a dramatic question, with other members of the team sketched in as needed. There's a theory that this may have been cribbed from the novel Killerbowl.
The 90s outing (minus the "The") is not a reboot or a retcon: just a brand new story that uses the same name. This is more like Gladiators (the tele show) crossed with that spikey platform from Flash Gordon, but not as exciting as either of them (together or alone).
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The Mean Arena
(1980-1982) |
Mean Arena
(1993) |
Art by Steve Dillon, then Anthony Williams
- The 2000 AD ABC: The Mean Arena
- Shop: The Mean Arena
| Story Title | Parts | Pages | w indicates a wraparound coverCovers | Year(s) | Issues | Writer | Artist | Colourist | Letterer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Not to be confused with "The Mean Arena".Mean Arena | 12 | 63 | 857: Anthony Williams 863: Anthony Williams 2 | 1993 | 852-863 | Alan McKenzie | Anthony Williams | <-- | Jack Potter | >> Posters << |
From Tharg's Thrill ArchivesPart 17: Mean Arena | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1994 | 898 | n/a | Anthony Williams | <-- | n/a |
| year | episodes | pages |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 11 | 43 |
| 1981 | 29 | 117 |
| 1982 | 32 | 131 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 12 | 63 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 5 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
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