The 2000 AD ABC: Zenith

Subscribe to 2000 AD's KZbin channel / 2000adonline
Watch more episodes of the 2000 AD ABC • The 2000 AD A.B.C.
Zenith was a superhero for Generation X - vain, self-centred and only interested in fame and his pop career, he’s wasn’t your usual superhero! But Grant Morrison and Steve Yeowell's super-powered superbrat about to discover that there's more to life than pop!
Every week, The 2000 AD ABC brings you another bite-sized video unveiling a classic story from the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic - from ABC Warriors to Zombo! Hosted by publicity droid Molch-R, The 2000 AD ABC gives you the low-down on mind-blowing stories from some of comics’ top creators!

[@leetyler621]

An absolute masterclass in how a superhero story should be told and drawn!

[@alanobrien3736]

Read it when first published it and was drawn in by the alternate history take on WW2 and then the subsequent decades. Bought all the hard back books again recently and found that the story has stood up really well. In my top 5 2000AD characters. A must!

[@krank23]

Zenith... One of my all-time favorite superhero comics. I came across it pretty early on, translated to my native swedish in the anthology magazine Magnum, which used to mainly feature 2000AD content. Zenith informed many of my creative choices over the years; Yeowell's crisp black and white art has been a huge influence generally and I still absolutely love the bonkers story, the grounded characters etc.

[@johan.svensson]

Mikael Bergström Magnum var tokigt bra!

[@krank23]

@@johan.svensson Den och Inferno... =)

[@13strong]

Zenith Vol. 4 is one of my favourite superhero comics of all time. Yeowell's art and character designs are incredible.

[@bigjobs67]

"Accciiiiieeedddd" 😍

[@lesterstickings1574]

I totally loved Zenith. Arguably the best superhero strip of all time with none of the usual clichés. The Lloigor used to terrify me back in the day and with good reason! Beings that became gods and tried to take over the universe. Not very usual in this genre. If you haven't read it I can't recommend it highly enough!

[@grassygnoll3345]

Utterly ignored by to many super hero comic fans, which is a real shame. i love Zenith, it really is one of the best super hero stories ever.

[@acknowledgingourdiscontent]

In some respects, the grandest venture in superhero comics. Moore, Claremont, Miller or Waid's best works are unforgettable and captivating, though the audacity and conviction of Zenith is almost irresponsibly compelling: a recklessness permeates the surface of the entire series, and appears to also motivate its' compositional pathos, although the closure of Volume 4 implies a subtle master-plan operating since the first issue... So that being said, if Grant Morrison was Zenith himself, perhaps his idol Michael Moorcock was the more submerged catalyst creatively pulling the strings, his Peter St John / Mandala: he steers Zenith (the series) into a larger tradition of fantastical escapist storytelling, placing it within a deeper canon, although even the mighty Mandala mightn't claim to account for the brazen energy of Zenith himself. At once, a tool of its' influence/rs, but also aggressively, shamelessly, itself: that Zenith and Mandala dichotomy is gloriously enjoyable and maybe deliberately meta...

[@GrumpyAndrewsHorrorHouse]

Best thing Grant Morrison did imo

[@speedwolf]

ACIIID Archie will always have a place in my heart.

[@kerry3355]

ZENITH ⚡I've been looking for the books for years can't wait to get these .

[@ghettoboy5983]

seminal works from the mid - ish 80s... I read these in the comics age 17, then later as graphic novels. Political, humorous, intelligent... thanks to 2000AD for another brilliant piece of spec fic

[@TheBoyGeddes]

will be buying the hardcover's when their next on sale. love Zenith

[@bodipsypha]

One of my all-time favourites! Soon as the collected phases were printed I was on it!

[@johan.svensson]

Zenith is an all time fav. Amazing.

[@samarthur1847]

Brilliant, never bettered imho

[@njmcliffe]

Ssshhhh ... darkness is coming

[@generaldom]

This looks great.

[@johnryder1713]

Enjoyed every 137 editions, Splundig ver trig, Squax Dex Thargo

[@v1mt0]

Mr why? Still gives me nightmares

[@speedwolf]

Did you record this in the loo?

[@blindsamurai1]

can you help ???? I am trying to remember a storyline that I think was from the future shocks magazine. A human is transported to a world of 3 eyed aliens . does a 3eye female fall in love with him while a xenophobic police state (anti human) tries to track him down. does this ring any bells ????

[@a4awesomeness.]

Freaks

[@blindsamurai1]

this channel hasn't covered this yet has it ? cheers for rebooting a lost memory :)

[@SXTransmission]

Yes Freaks. I loved the part where the aliens are demanding he tell them the how to build a nuclear weapon. Being an utter idiot in just about everything he tells them they need to get a load of mushrooms ..

[@njmcliffe]

Yes - and a pet turns out to be a highly intelligent / evolved alien species??

[@cliffwoodbury5319]

THEY NEED BRISTISH FANS OF THESE COMICS TO MAKE ORIGIN STORIES ON THE CONCEPTS AND CHARACTERS BECUASE NONE OF THEM R ON KZbin!!!

[@powerist209]

If this is the caricature against Gen-X, I wonder why they usually go off scot-free in terms of societal blame?

[@Benjieboy247]

Never read it, I must soon