Button Man

1 primary work • 2 total works

Button Man: Get Harry Ex

by John Wagner

Published 4 April 2018

The world didn't seem to need a man like Harry Exton anymore. An ex-soldier and mercenary, Harry was a human-killing machine without a vocation, until an old colleague told him about 'The Game'. The players, known as 'Button Men' are paid to fight to the death in a modern-day gladiatorial contest. Organised by mysterious backers known as 'Voices', the killing game offers bountiful financial rewards... if you live. Harry decides to participate, but soon discovers that death offers the only way out! The world didn't seem to need a man like Harry Exton anymore. An ex-soldier and mercenary, Harry was a human-killing machine without a vocation, until an old colleague told him about 'The Game'. The players, known as 'Button Men' are paid to fight to the death in a modern-day gladiatorial contest. Organised by mysterious backers known as 'Voices', the killing game offers bountiful financial rewards... if you live. Harry decides to participate, but soon discovers that death offers the only way out! Written by John Wagner (Judge Dredd, A History of Violence) with art by Arthur Ranson (Anderson: Psi Division, Mazeworld) Button Man is an action-packed thriller, deservedly regarded as one of the greatest strips ever to be published in 2000 AD.

Button Man: The Killing Game

by John Wagner

Published 2 January 2007

THE GAME IS ON!

Harry Exton is a professional killer - a former soldier. But soldiers-for-hire are a dying breed and the work is drying up. So Harry returns to England, and civvy street. Until a friend tells him about the killing game. Modern-day gladiatorial contests - man against man, usually to the death. A game of murder played for high stakes. A game arranged by mysterious backers known as the 'Voices'. For a professional killer like Harry, the rewards are plentiful - but once the game begins, will he be able to walk away?

Written by John Wagner (A History of Violence) with art by Arthur Ranson (Anderson: Psi Division), Button Man is a true 2000 AD classic.