Volgans

The Volgan Republic is the name adopted by the former USSR in the alternate world inhabited by Bill Savage, Johnny Lawless and the ABC Warriors after Russia fell to a fascist military group led by Marshal Vashkov in 1991. The Volgans invaded Britain in order to seize its newly discovered North sea oil reserves in 1999, after making a secret agreement with the United States to effectively share control of the world with them. The Volgans also conquered most of Western Europe in the Eight Hour War, but were opposed on several fronts, notably by the British resistance led by Bill Savage. They occupied their conquered territories well into the 21st Century however, using both human and later robot troops (including General Blackblood and his Straw Dogs) before eventually being conclusively defeated by the ABC Warriors, robot soldiers developed by industrialist Howard Quartz. The last Volgan War was ultimately ended by the indestructible robot Steelhorn.


 * The Volgans (who were originally clearly intended to be Russians) first appeared in Invasion! in 2000AD #1, created by writer Pat Mills. They have since become a thread linking several of Mills' 2000AD strips, including ABC Warriors, Savage and Ro-Busters, as well as cropping up in sister title Tornado in The Lawless Touch.