The Resistance was the first Invasion story and the first story to appear in 2000AD Prog 1. It covers the original Volgan invasion of Britain and Savage's recruitment by the Resistance.
Synopsis[]
Part One[]
The Volgan Republic of Asia breaks through the N.A.T.O. Ring of Steel bordering the Volgan frontier, and goes on to invade Britain. A nuclear bomb is detonated in the midlands. Within eight hours, the Volgans are in full control of the country. The government surrenders and the royal family flee to exile in Canada. Lorry driver, Bill Savage returns home to find his house destroyed and his family killed. Retrieving his shotgun, he destroys a Volgan patrol vehicle, killing all the soldiers within it[1].
Part Two[]
Savage wipes out a Volgan tank crew in a south London pub and destroys their tank with a Molotov cocktail. This attracts the attention of Lt. Peter Silk[2].
Part Three[]
Simon Creepton is appointed Prime Minister of occupied Britain. Silk traces Savage to a transport cafe where he asks him to join the Resistance. Savage turns him down as Volg troops, alerted by the cafe owner, attempt to arrest them. Seeing that the Resistance would have been captured without his help, Savage accepts the offer to join, though on his own terms[3].
Part Four[]
Savage is taken on a tour of the Resistance secret base. The Brigadier introduces him to other non-military members of the Resistance but Savage finds a spy. Uncovered, the spy takes the Brigadier hostage to effect his escape, but Savage follows them, killing the spy and rescuing the Brigadier. Savage is made leader of the Mad Dogs resistance group[4].
Part Five[]
The Mad Dogs overrun a checkpoint and load looted explosives onto their van. Savage leads his team to Trafalgar Square, gives a brief speech to let the British people know that there is a British Resistance and then blows up Nelson's Column as Volgan tanks enter the square. The Mad Dogs escape to the Isle of Dogs, where they make their base[5].
Recurring Characters[]
Bill Savage[]
- Savage is a lorry driver who returns home after the invasion to find his home destroyed and his family killed. He finds his shotgun and exacts revenge on the Volgans. He is recruited by the Resistance to lead a group of Resistance fighters known as the Mad Dogs[1].
Lieutenant Peter Silk[]
- Silk is a lieutenant in the Resistance. He recruits Savage and acts as second-in-command of the Mad Dogs[2].
Brigadier Bentley Pearson[]
- Pearson is the leader of the Resistance[3].
Marshal Vashkov[]
- Vashkov is the leader of the Volgans[1].
King Charles III[]
- King Charles III is the reigning monarch at the time of the invasion. He flees to exile in Canada[1].
Simon Creepton[]
- Creepton is a Volgan collaborator who is appointed Prime Minister after the invasion[3].
Other characters[]
Lady Shirley Brown[]
- Lady Shirley Brown is Prime Minister at the time of the Volgan Invasion of Britain. She is executed on the steps on St Paul's Cathedral.[1]
Whitey[]
- Whitey was a friend and neighbour of Bill Savage before the invasion. It was Whitey that told him that his family had been killed when a stray shell from a Volg tank destroyed his house.[1]
George[]
- George is the landlord of a South London pub, previously known to Savage, where he wipes out a Volgan tank crew.[2]
Blaster[]
- Blaster was an demolitions expert before the Volgan invasion. In Savage's Resistance group, the Mad Dogs, he rigged explosives around Nelson's Column to crush Volgan tanks entering Trafalgar Square.[5]
Locations[]
- London[1]
- Midlands[1]
- M-Four Expressway[1]
- Rhondda[1]
- Belfast[1]
- Leeds[1]
- Edinburgh[1]
- Aberdeen[1]
- North Sea oilfields[1]
- Salisbury Plain[2]
- A11[3]
- East Anglia[4]
Organisations[]
- BBC Three[1]
- Volgan Republic of Asia[1]
- Volgan Security cops[5]
- Daily Mirror
- N.A.T.O. (mentioned)
- The Resistance[3]
Events[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 Invasion: The Resistance Part One, 2000AD Prog 1
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Invasion: The Resistance Part Two, 2000AD Prog 2
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Invasion: The Resistance Part Three, 2000AD Prog 3
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Invasion: The Resistance Part Four, 2000AD Prog 4
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 5.9 Invasion: The Resistance Part Five, 2000AD Prog 5