Missionary Man debuted in the Judge Dredd Megazine

Judge Dredd Megazine

Judge Dredd: The Megazine is a monthly British comic magazine, launched in October 1990. It is a sister publication to 2000 AD. Its name is a play on words, formed from "magazine" and Dredd's locale Mega-City One.-Content:...

in May 1993 with the introductory 7-page story "Salvation At The Last Chance Saloon" illustrated by Frank Quitely

Frank Quitely

Vincent Deighan, better known by the pen name Frank Quitely, is a Scottish comic book artist. He is best known for his frequent collaborations with Grant Morrison on titles such as New X-Men, We3, All-Star Superman, and Batman and Robin, as well as his work with Mark Millar on The...

. It established that tall Preacher Cain rides the Cursed Earth

Cursed Earth

The Cursed Earth is a part of the fictional universe from the Judge Dredd series that appears in the UK comic book 2000 AD.-Background:...

 performing "special sermons" in the radiation-poisoned towns, tutoring the damned with a bible and his guns. In this first outing, having educated and decimated a table of gambling mutant heavyweights he rides into the sunset, tossing a bible at the surviving townspeople - which contains a thermonuclear explosive.

In 1998 the strip transitioned to the weekly 2000 AD.

Stories

All written by Gordon Rennie

Gordon Rennie

Gordon Rennie is a comics writer, responsible for White Trash: Moronic Inferno, as well as several comic strips for 2000 AD and novels for Warhammer Fantasy....

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• Missionary Man:
  • "Salvation at the Last Chance Saloon" (with Frank Quitely
    Frank Quitely
    Vincent Deighan, better known by the pen name Frank Quitely, is a Scottish comic book artist. He is best known for his frequent collaborations with Grant Morrison on titles such as New X-Men, We3, All-Star Superman, and Batman and Robin, as well as his work with Mark Millar on The...
    
    , in Judge Dredd Megazine
    Judge Dredd Megazine
    Judge Dredd: The Megazine is a monthly British comic magazine, launched in October 1990. It is a sister publication to 2000 AD. Its name is a play on words, formed from "magazine" and Dredd's locale Mega-City One.-Content:...
    
    (vol. 2) #29, 1993)
  • "A Town Called Intolerance" (with Frank Quitely, in Judge Dredd Megazine (vol. 2) #30, 1993)
  • "Legend of the Unholy Drinker" (with Garry Marshall, in Judge Dredd Megazine (vol. 2) #43, 1993)
  • "Bad Moon Rising" (with Frank Quitely, in Judge Dredd Megazine (vol. 2) #50-55, 1994)
  • "Season of the Witch" (with Garry Marshall, in Judge Dredd Megazine (vol. 2) #56-57, 1994)
  • "Sanctuary" (with Sean Longcroft, in Judge Dredd Megazine (vol. 2) #58-59, 1994)
  • "The Undertaker Cometh" (with Simon Davis
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    Simon Davis a British comics artist best known for his fully painted art work on Sinister Dexter, Black Siddha and Stone Island...
    
    , in Judge Dredd Mega-Special #7, 1994)
  • "Treasure of the Sierra Murder" (with Simon Davis, in Judge Dredd Megazine (vol. 2) #63-66, 1994)
  • "Medicine Show" (with Jon Beeston, in Judge Dredd Megazine (vol. 2) #81, 1995)
  • "Nightriders" (with Jamie Grant, in Judge Dredd Megazine (vol. 2) #82-83, 1995)
  • "Mississippi Burning" (with Simon Davis, in Judge Dredd Megazine (vol. 3) #1-3, 1995)
  • "Crusader" (with Charles Gillespie, in Judge Dredd Megazine (vol. 3) #17, 1996)
  • "The Big Sleazy" (with Simon Davis, in Judge Dredd Megazine (vol. 3) #18-20, 1996)
  • "The Shootist" (with Christian Bravery, in Judge Dredd Megazine (vol. 3) #26-27, 1997)
  • "Juggernaut" (with Henry Flint
    Henry Flint
    Henry Flint is a British comic book artist who has worked mainly for British sci-fi comic 2000AD.-Biography:Flint has established a cult following for his hyper-detailed and wildly inventive work on series such as Judge Dredd, Zombo,,ABC Warriors, Shakara, Low Life and Aliens.A recent project was...
    
    , in Judge Dredd Megazine (vol. 3) #34, 1997)
  • "Storm Warnings" (with Trevor Hairsine
    Trevor Hairsine
    Trevor Hairsine is a British comics artist, whose detailed style has been compared to that of Bryan Hitch.In August 2005 Marvel Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada named him as one of Marvel Comics's "Young Guns", a group of artists who have the qualities that make "a future superstar...
    
    , in Judge Dredd Megazine (vol. 3) #38, 1998)
  • "Missionary Man: Prologue" (with Simon Davis, in 2000 AD #1091, 1998)
  • "Mardi Gras" (with Alex Ronald, in 2000 AD #1092-1096, 1998)
  • "Goin' South" (with Alex Ronald, in 2000 AD #1118-1123, 1998)
  • "Apocrypha" (with Henry Flint, in 2000 AD #1124, 1998)
  • "The Promised Land" (with Alex Ronald (1-3, 8-9), Trevor Hairsine (4), Colin MacNeil
    Colin MacNeil
    Colin MacNeil is a British comics artist, best known for his work on 2000 AD and in particular on Judge Dredd and other stories within his world like Shimura and Devlin Waugh....
    
     (5-7), Simon Davis (10-12), and Dean Ormston
    Dean Ormston
    Dean Ormston is a British born comic book artist. His most notable work has been for the British comic 2000 AD and for DC Comics' Vertigo imprint.-Biography:...
    
     (13-15), in 2000 AD #1174-1188, 2000)
  • "Mark of the Beast" (with Jesus Redondo
    Jesus Redondo
    Jesús Redondo Román is a Spanish comic artist who has been published in many countries, including Spain, the UK, the Netherlands, Sweden and the USA....
    
    , in 2000 AD #1201-1204, 2000)
  • "Silence" (with Wayne Reynolds
    Wayne Reynolds
    Wayne Reynolds is a British artist whose work has appeared in comics and role-playing games.-Early life and education:Wayne Reynolds was born in Leeds, UK...
    
    , in Judge Dredd Megazine (vol. 3) #77, 2001)
  • "Place of the Dead" (with John Ridgway
    John Ridgway (comic artist)
    John Ridgway is a British comics artist.-Career:Ridgway began his career initially as a hobby, drawing D.C.Thompson's Commando War Stories alongside professional work as a design engineer...
    
    , in Judge Dredd Megazine (vol. 4) #9-13, 2002)

The character also makes a cameo appearance in the Judge Dredd

Judge Dredd

Judge Joseph Dredd is a comics character whose strip in the British science fiction anthology 2000 AD is the magazine's longest running . Dredd is an American law enforcement officer in a violent city of the future where uniformed Judges combine the powers of police, judge, jury and executioner...

 novel, "Cursed Earth Asylum", by David Bishop

David Bishop

David Bishop is a screenwriter and author. Born in New Zealand, he was a UK comics editor during the 1990s, running such titles as the Judge Dredd Megazine and 2000 AD, the latter between 1996 and the summer of 2000....

 (Virgin Books

Virgin Books

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, December 1993, ISBN 0-352-32893-2)

Collected editions

Some of the stories have been collected into a number of trade paperbacks

Trade paperback (comics)

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• Bad Moon Rising (112 pages, Rebellion
  Rebellion Developments
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  , August 2011, ISBN 1907992235) collects:
  • Missionary Man (80 pages, Titan Books
    Titan Books
    Titan Publishing Group is an independently owned publishing company, established in 1981. It is based at offices in London, England's Bankside area. The Books Division has two main areas of publishing: film & TV tie-ins/cinema reference books; and graphic novels and comics reference/art titles. The...
    
    , June 2002, ISBN 1840234652) collects:
    • "Salvation At The Last Chance Saloon"
    • "A Town Called Intolerance"
    • "Legend of the Unholy Drinker"
    • "Bad Moon Rising"
    • "Season of The Witch"
  • "Sanctuary"
  • "The Undertaker Cometh"