The RISE and FALL of the TRIGAN EMPIRE - "The Three Princes" / “De zonen van de keizer” (Dutch title)

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"The Three Princes" (The Collection)
“De zonen van de keizer” (Dutch title)

Illustrated by Don Lawrence en Written by Mike Butterworth

Originally published in issues 332 (5 May 1968) until 262 (21 December 1968) of Look and Learn magazine.

It is reprinted in Volume 4 of The Trigan Empire—The Collection (the Don Lawrence Collection).
It is reprinted in Volume 3 of The Trigan Empire (Rebellion).

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Starting with three pictures in a row containing anger, threat and fear, next is an interesting action scene, an explosion of violence and our heros are taking a beat.

These kind of action scenes often suffer from a lack of overview, but craftsman Don Lawrence knows how to handle this.
The last picture containing isolated combatants in monochrome colour seem to take away information about who’s who, but actually keeps the action, colour and visual storytelling of the complete page in balance. For sure we are aware our unarmed protagonists are losing this battle…