Suddard: Requim of an old man

Running from May 1977 to August 1982, "Suddard: Requiem of an Old Man" was a long running comic book based on the Old Man Suddard films. set five years before the original film. The comic features a mentally insane Suddard travelling from country to country attacking people in a way that only he can, striking fear into the hearts of many.

Featuring the artwork of Grent Albarro, this comic often featured stylised covers, which are seen as collector's items these days. This series also gave rise to some of the stranger characters of the Old Man Suddard universe such as Old Woman Suddard, aimed at women and Old Man Suddard the Rabbit, aimed at young children.

Featuring many long running story arcs, such as Suddard in Space and Suddard Does Countdown, this series still proves to be critically acclaimed to this day.

Also shown in Requiem was the origin story of Suddard in which he was horribly mauled by tigers. This origin is widely believed to be the true origin of Suddard.

Requiem of an Old Man did what no other comic of its time did and actually looked deeply at the Suddard character. The comic painted the character as a fragile killer, not the murderer that is so prominent in the films.

There have been many attempts at continuing the Suddard comic legacy. Failed comic continuations include Suddard 3000: Cyber Suddard, Suddard Reborn, and the puzzling Suddard Presents which did not feature any Suddard characters or elements of the trademark Suddard mythology.

Trivia

Old Man Suddard had grey skin in the first issue but went on to get his usual tone of Suddardy pink, a colour which is still used for artist references to this day.

Requiem of an Old Man is considered to have paved the way for the later acclaimed comic book mini-series, Suddard Year One: Young Man Suddard.