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TF2 didn't start with a lot of story. There wasn't room for one. But as the updates got more ambitious, we found the perfect way to explore the mercs' world: comics. Over the years, the comics have spawned ancillary characters, then assistants to the ancillary characters. Companies mentioned in passing became global empires three generations old. The game that started as a handful of guys in a desert shooting at each other slowly blossomed into the most labyrinthine story in Valve history. — TeamFortress.com, Comics overview[1]
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Comics are short stories that offer insight into the world of Team Fortress 2 as seen through the eyes of the mercenaries, their boss, and the colorful characters that make up their adventures. The storyline boasts a very loose continuity - although comics serve to explain concepts such as the origins of a weapon, some events may conflict.
The first six Team Fortress 2 comics, released individually to promote major updates, also introduced popular non-player characters, particularly the Administrator, Saxton Hale, Miss Pauling, and Merasmus. The same six comics were collected in Valve Presents: The Sacrifice and Other Steam-Powered Stories, a hardcover compilation of comics that are based on the lore of three Valve games. The book was published by Dark Horse Comics, and released on November 16, 2011.[2]
The comics that followed expanded into promotion of Winter Holiday and Halloween events, as well as the Robot War storyline of the Mann vs. Machine mode. With Ring of Fired, a certain segment of the comics stepped beyond Team Fortress 2 updates, beginning the Team Fortress Comics series, a long-running series that expands on character's stories and introduces the Team Fortress Classic mercenaries as adversaries. Comics are not particularly tied to ongoing Team Fortress 2 content or releases, but rather follow the characters through their search for missing Australium supplies.
Cuprins
List of comics
Full-length
The Naked and the Dead 10 ianuarie 2017 |
The Showdown 7 iulie 2016 |
Gargoyles & Gravel 28 octombrie 2015 |
Old Wounds 31 august 2015 |
The Contract 1 iulie 2015 |
Blood Money 29 octombrie 2014 |
Blood in the Water 2 octombrie 2014 |
Catch-Up 2 mai 2014 |
A Cold Day in Hell 2 aprilie 2014 |
Unhappy Returns 4 decembrie 2013 |
Grave Matters 28 octombrie 2013 |
Ring of Fired 27 august 2013 |
Death of a Salesbot 17 mai 2013 |
Shadow Boxers 20 decembrie 2012 |
Doom-Mates 24 octombrie 2012 |
A Fate Worse Than Chess 13 august 2012 |
Blood Brothers 12 august 2012 |
A Smissmas Story 15 decembrie 2011 |
True Meaning 13 decembrie 2011 |
Bombinomicon 27 octombrie 2011 |
Grordbort's Crash 20 iulie 2011 |
Meet the Director 5 mai 2011 |
Bidwell's Big Plan 30 septembrie 2010 |
Loose Canon 2 iulie 2010 |
A Visual History 10 iunie 2010 |
WAR! comic 17 decembrie 2009 |
The Insult That Made a "Jarate Master" Out of Sniper 20 mai 2009. |
Saxton Series
Series of Saxton Hale Comic Book Covers 2009 |
Other material
Valve Presents: The Sacrifice and Other Steam-Powered Stories
Art Pass Contest Comic
Lecture Valley (1)
Sources
- Poopy Joe – Found by clicking the phrase "poor monkey" on page 10 of WAR! Comic.
- The Poopy Joe Files - Partial transcript of U.S. Senate hearings for a court trial against Saxton Hale and associates of TF Industries. Found by clicking the banana peel at the bottom of the Pyromania Update page.
- The Insult That Made a "Jarate Master" Out of Sniper – Found on Day 7 of the Sniper vs. Spy Update.
- The last will and testament of Zepheniah Mann - Found by clicking the name "Zepheniah Mann" written on the tombstone on the Halloween Special 2009 page of the Haunted Hallowe'en Special update. Also found by clicking on the "* See issue #97" block on page 4 of Loose Canon.
- The full will without obscuring sand is here.
- The partial Mann family portrait - Found by clicking the name "Barnabas Hale" in The last will and testament of Zepheniah Mann.
- The whole Mann family portrait - Found by clicking the word "Silas" written on the tombstone on the Halloween Special 2010 page of the Scream Fortress Update.
- Hey Sniper! comic - Found by clicking the High Five Taunt tab from the Mann Сo Manniversary Catalog
- Soldier Needs a Home comic - Found by clicking the soup can on the bottom of the Pyromania Update Page
- Lecture Valley Spread - Found by clicking the period at the end of the Business Time blog post.
Trivia
- The Insult That Made a "Jarate Master" Out of Sniper marked the first appearance of Saxton Hale. Saxton Hale was initially sought as a one-shot gag, but later proved to be popular with the Team Fortress 2 community and became a notable figure in the game.
References
- ↑ Comics, TeamFortress.com, accessed March 30, 2019
- ↑ "VALVE PRESENTS: THE SACRIFICE AND OTHER STEAM-POWERED STORIES", Dark Horse Comics, accessed November 2, 2011.
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