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It stars the eponymous Death's Head II, a LegacyCharacter replacing the original ComicBook/DeathsHead (who was a well established Marvel UK character).

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It stars the eponymous Death's Head II, a LegacyCharacter replacing the original ComicBook/DeathsHead [[ComicBook/DeathsHeadMarvelComics Death's Head]] (who was a well established Marvel UK character).



The limited series was swiftly followed by a ''Death's Head II'' [[ComicBook/DeathsHeadII1992 ongoing series]], also written by Abnett and initially illustrated by Sharp. This was accompanied by another 12-issue limited series, ''The Incomplete Death's Head'', which reprinted key stories from the original ComicBook/DeathsHead, using a new adventure for Deaths Head II and Tuck as a framing sequence to bind them together.

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The limited series was swiftly followed by a ''Death's Head II'' [[ComicBook/DeathsHeadII1992 ongoing series]], also written by Abnett and initially illustrated by Sharp. This was accompanied by another 12-issue limited series, ''The Incomplete Death's Head'', which reprinted key stories from the original ComicBook/DeathsHead, Death's Head, using a new adventure for Deaths Head II and Tuck as a framing sequence to bind them together.



* DeathByOriginStory: ComicBook/DeathsHead is one of Minion’s last victims, ‘Subject 105’, and his successor only develops full independence and an identity of his own after the AssimilationBackfire. [[spoiler:Eventually subverted when ''ComicBook/RevolutionaryWar'' plays with the TimeyWimeyBall and establishes that time can be rewritten, allowing both to exist in parallel]].

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* DeathByOriginStory: ComicBook/DeathsHead Death's Head is one of Minion’s Minion's last victims, ‘Subject 105’, 'Subject 105', and his successor only develops full independence and an identity of his own after the AssimilationBackfire. [[spoiler:Eventually subverted when ''ComicBook/RevolutionaryWar'' plays with the TimeyWimeyBall and establishes that time can be rewritten, allowing both to exist in parallel]].parallel.]]



* CanonWelding: Building on the canon welding that’s already in some of the original ''ComicBook/DeathsHead'' stories, the BigBad is Hob, a robot first introduced in ''Doctor Who Magazine''.

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* CanonWelding: Building on the canon welding that’s already in some of the original ''ComicBook/DeathsHead'' ''ComicBook/DeathsHeadMarvelComics'' stories, the BigBad is Hob, a robot first introduced in ''Doctor Who Magazine''.
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The initial 1992 ''Death's Head II'' [[ComicBook/DeathsHeadIITheWildHunt limited series]] (subtitled ''The Wild Hunt'') tells his origin story: he was originally a cyborg named Minion, created in 2020 by ComicBook/{{AIM}} scientist Dr. Evelyn Necker. To protect A.I.M. from a psychically predicted threat, Minion was sent to assimilate the knowledge and skills of the 106 most deadly individuals in the galaxy, killing them in the process.

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The initial 1992 ''Death's Head II'' [[ComicBook/DeathsHeadIITheWildHunt limited series]] (subtitled ''The Wild Hunt'') tells his origin story: he was originally a cyborg named Minion, created in 2020 by ComicBook/{{AIM}} [[Characters/MarvelComicsAIM A.I.M.]] scientist Dr. Evelyn Necker. To protect A.I.M. from a psychically predicted threat, Minion was sent to assimilate the knowledge and skills of the 106 most deadly individuals in the galaxy, killing them in the process.
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* HotScientist: Evelyn Necker.
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* ApocalypseHow: Catspur suffers a [[ApocalypseHow/Class4 Class 4]] due to explosions ravaging the surface of the planet - there are only two known humanoid survivors, Noon and Heron, and both are killed shortly thereafter. Death's Head still managed to run into something tentacled, vicious and subterranean - so some life remains, at least in the short term - but the world is laid waste, the ecology's ruined and most species are dead.

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* ApocalypseHow: Catspur suffers a [[ApocalypseHow/Class4 Class 4]] planetary extinction]] due to explosions ravaging the surface of the planet - there are only two known humanoid survivors, Noon and Heron, and both are killed shortly thereafter. Death's Head still managed to run into something tentacled, vicious and subterranean - so some life remains, at least in the short term - but the world is laid waste, the ecology's ruined and most species are dead.
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* BadHabits: Cicatrice's troops are disguised as Temploids, a benevolent religious sect of pacifist robots.
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* BrokenPedestal: Noon is a mentor and father-figure to Heron and she’s shocked to discover that he was a traitor.
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* CallBack: Cicatrice is revealed as the unseen GreaterScopeVillain for the previous Lionheart stories. And Noon provided cyborg components to enable the Ludites to infiltrate the Hood's rebels, explaining how they were found and slain so easily way back in the original ''ComicBook/DeathsHeadIITheWildHunt'' series.
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* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Cicatrice's troops impale a bound and unconscious Death's Head on a stalagmite-shaped rock formation, with the spike protruding from his chest and shoulder.


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* VillainRespect: Cicatrice is impressed by both Death's Head and Tuck, and directly tells them so.
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* AbortedArc: The CutShort nature of the series leaves a number of these.
** We never find out why Death's Head sought out Psyphon, or what their true relationship is.
** Cicatrice escapes and the Ludites are never fully defeated.
** Cicatrice mentions a plan to ensure that Tuck couldn't aid Death's Head on Catspur, and is amazed when she appears - a NoteFromEd suggested that it would all be explained next issue, but that issue was never published.


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* {{Cliffhanger}}: Issue #1 ends with Tuck and Death's Head on Cicatrice's four mile long spaceship, which is losing power and atmosphere as its orbit decays and it falls towards Catspur.


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* HiveMind: General Cicatrice is apparently a single being spread across multiple bodies.
* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: As soon as Death's Head is neutralised, Cicatrice's troops shoot their collaborator Noon as well.
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''Death's Head II'' is a comic series published by the Creator/MarvelUK imprint of Creator/MarvelComics. It's written by Creator/DanAbnett and was initially illustrated by Liam Sharp, with inks by Creator/AndyLanning and Bambos Giorgiou and colors by Helen Stone.

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''Death's Head II'' is a comic series published by the Creator/MarvelUK imprint of Creator/MarvelComics. It's written by Creator/DanAbnett and was initially illustrated by Liam Sharp, with inks by Creator/AndyLanning and Bambos Giorgiou and colors by Helen Stone.
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