History ComicBook / ABCWarriors

* AlternateHistory: The continuity is based around the idea that the [[UsefulNotes/SovietRussiaUkraineAndSoOn Soviet Union]] was taken over by an ultra-Stalinist leader in the late 20th century. And acts as a sequel to ''ComicBook/{{Savage}}''.

* DropTheHammer - Hammerstein's right hand is the head of a sledgehammer.

** Hammerstein's name is derived from his [[DropTheHammer sledgehammer]] right hand.

* HumongousMecha - Several, but particularly memorable was George the Gargantek.

The A.B.C. Warriors themselves are a team of war robots designed to withstand '''A'''tomic, '''B'''acterial, and '''C'''hemical warfare. They were built to take part in the long-running Volgan War, but since then have been involved in various bizarre adventures across time and space. Each robot has a distinctive personality, often one programmed by its human creators, but each is more or less able to act with free will.

** In ''Return To Earth'', Mark III Hammersteins are fitted with immobilisers to form war memorials. Hammerstein poses as one and the FBI start hitting him with everything they've got, having seen through his ruse. He is unable to move until he uses one of Deadlock's MagiTek techniques to break the immobiliser.
** How Steelhorn became the Mess. He is melted down to be scrapped, but manages to ''remain conscious'' the entire time. As a result, he has a very strong hatred towards humans.
* ArmCannon: Hammerstein has these, Mongrol has a number of guns built in and, in a recent story, Joe Pineapples improvises a weapon using one of these taken from a taxi driver.

* ContinuitySnarl - In the early stories, ''ABC Warriors'' was specifically set in the same universe as ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd''. The timeline has now been rewritten so that it couldn't possibly take place in the same universe - unfortunately, both ABC Warriors and Judge Dredd have battled descendents of Old One-Eye, a character from the earlier story ''Flesh'', who in turn battled time-travelling 23rd-century cowboys (long story) — thus, both ''ABC Warriors'' and ''Judge Dredd'' must have the same 23rd century, even though their timelines now wildly diverge. Of course, all that going back in time to hunt dinosaurs has probably screwed up all the timelines.

* DeadpanSnarker - Blackblood; to a lesser extent, Deadlock and Ro-Jaws

* FaceHeelTurn: Mek Quake was once manipulated and tricked by [[spoiler: Blackblood]] into pulling one after being locked up in a insane asylum. Ironically, this was done as part of [[spoiler: Blackblood's own Face Heel Turn.]]

* InkBlotTest: Mek Quake was subjected to one during time spent in a BedlamHouse. The only response he could come up with for all the ink blots was [[RunningGag "BIG JOBS!"]].

* MechanicalMonster - Mongrol and Mek-Quake. although they're a slight subversion, in that they're both technically good guys.

* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder - Blackblood worships a robot named [[{{Symbolism}} Judas]], who was the first to [[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters rebel against humanity]]. Betrayal is literally a central tenet of his religion.

* BigBad: The G-Men led by Doktor Grobari and Detective inspector Sturn are the current antagonists, while [[spoiler:a BigBadEnsemble is formed between the Volgan Generals [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Volkhan & Blackblood]], and their [[CorruptCorporateExecutive manufacturer]], [[GreaterScopeVillain Howard Quartz]]]].

* BigBad: The G-Men led by Doktor Grobari and Detective inspector Sturn are the current antagonists, while [[spoiler:a BigBadEnsemble is formed between the Volgan Generals [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Volkhan & Blackblood]], and their manufacturer, [[GreaterScopeVillain Howard Quartz]]]].

* BigBad: The G-Men led by Doktor Grobari and Detective inspector Sturn are the current antagonists, while [[spoiler:a BigBadEnsemble is formed between the Volgan Generals [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Volkhan & Blackblood]], and with their maker, [[GreaterScopeVillain Howard Quartz]]]].

* BigBad: The G-Men led by Doktor Grobari and Detective inspector Sturn are the current antagonists, while [[spoiler:a BigBadEnsemble is formed between the Volgan Generals [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Volkhan & Blackblood]], along with their maker, [[GreaterScopeVillain Howard Quartz]]]].

* BigBad: The G-Men led by Doktor Grobari and Detective inspector Sturn are the current antagonists, while [[spoiler:a BigBadEnsemble is formed between the Volgan Generals [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Volkhan & Blackblood]], along with their boss, [[GreaterScopeVillain Howard Quartz]]]].

* BigBad: The G-Men led by Doktor Grobari and Detective inspector Sturn are the current antagonists, while [[spoiler:a BigBadEnsemble is formed between the Volgan Generals [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Volkhan & Blackblood]], and their boss, [[GreaterScopeVillain Howard Quartz]]]].

* BigBad: The G-Men led by Doktor Grobari and Detective inspector Sturn are the current antagonists, while Volgan Generals [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Volkhan]] & Blackblood are seen as the the {{Greater Scope Villain}}s for the overall series, and [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Howard Quartz]] for the entire Mills-verse arc

* BigBad: The G-Men under Doktor Grobari & Detective inspector Sturn's leadership, with Volgan Generals Volkhan & Blackblood serving as the the {{Greater Scope Villain}}s for the series, and Howard Quartz for the overall Mills-verse arc

* AlternateHistory: The continuity is based around the idea that the SovietUnion was taken over by an ultra-Stalinist leader in the late 20th century. And acts as a sequel to ''ComicBook/{{Savage}}''.

'''''ABC Warriors''''' is a long-running comic strip written by Pat Mills, which first published in 1979. Art for the opening episodes was by Kevin O'Neill, Mike [=McMahon=], Brett Ewins and Brendan [=McCarthy=], who among them designed the original seven members of the team.

** Humanity appears to have got over the worst of this by the time they appear in ''ComicBook/NemesisTheWarlock''. Suffice it to say that that arc used a ''lot'' of tropes that will be very familiar to Warhammer40000 fans.