I like Tank Girl, and I'm afraid I found this book a chore to get through. Tank Girl stories tend to be.. insular, and that means it takes a bit to get into them, but here I just found it too much trouble for what you actually get.

Thank you Netgalley for letting me read and review this book. Tank Girl is an awesome graphic novel by Alan Martin. The art style is stunning. The adventures are outlandish and fun.

I always pick up any volume of tank girl when I see it. I'm an absolute sucker for the art style and it's always worth for me based on that alone. The adventures are always fun and nice to read as well.

This was silly and fun, and fits in with my "I've only seen the movie" vision of Tank Girl pretty well. There's action aplenty, lots of cartoony violence, an Arthurian tale (side note: I know it was probably part of the jokey-joke stuff here, but please people, will you STOP confusing the sword in the stone with Excalibur?!? They are two different swords!), a time travel adventure to the California coast in the 1960's, a race to see who has to make the tea, and we get the "true story" of how Tank Girl, Jet Girl, and Sub Girl met, plus the art is great and we get a fabulous cover gallery. What more could you want? Just read this, it's good!

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Alan Martin regularly comes up with interesting and off the wall stories for Tank Girl and this one is no exception. Paired with great art, this is a fine addition to the Tank Girl library.

I think the writing in recent Tank Girl books is still strong, and I think the recent war themes are Very Tank Girl. However, the recent art style just looks too smooth, too flash, too beautiful and too modern. The punk-ness of Tank Girl has been lost.

Just delightful. Fun for existing Tank Girl fans and people looking to get into the character. This volume is a combination of two short run stories featuring quick little one-shots throughout. Already on the list to be ordered for the libraries.

As in 'fucking' when you swallow the first syllable, but also because one of the stories in here sees the lead caught up in a scabrous reworking of Arthurian myth, and perhaps Once And Future in particular given the way it ends up with two rival kings thanks to the myth's two rival swords. And if you think that's a tenuous pun, just wait until you see the contortions involved in its take on the Grail. Still, smashing ye olde manner of speech into standard Tank Girl dialogue has its moments:
"Surrender, ye poxy resins! The sword of righteousness is ours! We have the higher moral ground!"
"Fuckarama!"

Plus an origin story I could have sworn had already been done previously, but then it's a long time since I read the early stuff; a crossover with sixties surf kids the Kook Patrol, and if you're not familiar with them, don't worry, their solo introduction is in here right before said crossover; and a car race, complete with modding, to see who has to make the tea, which is such a splendid imbalance of effort that I can't help but love it.

(Netgalley ARC)

Well, that was everything I wanted from a Tank Girl comic. It made no sense, she changed her clothes a million times for no reason, and Booga features prominently. At one point Sub-girl says “Memory can be a strange and bullshitty thing.” That is brilliant.


Thanks to Net Galley and Titan comics for the ARC.

Just when you thought the title of this was missing at least an apostrophe to hide the three letters at the beginning of King, you find the title is to be taken literally. For the f**king Tank Girl character has found a risible reason to come to Cornwall, taken the sword out of the stone and become the rightful King Tank Girl of the title. Mind you, I don't know why I bothered with that much detail, because it hardly matters what is on these pages – Tank Girl being more or less review-proof, and the book packed with so much else besides – car races, surfing scenes, chess-playing scenes, bare naked arses and a lot of teenagerish swearing. In fact the title story seems to just be chosen for the potential pun – the few issues that were put out containing as they were a majority of King-free strips. A lot of it is more for the fan than I – I never really found anything from Deadline that I liked – so despite the quote on the back saying this is a wonderful jumping-on point, this will be one more TG book that the fans need yesterday, and the rest of us will remain quite bemused by.

I am so excited that we have another Tank Girl book! Tank, Jet, and Sub are up to some wonderful shenanigans in this volume. Now I want more!

Wow! Wow! Wow! I love Tank Girl. I watched the movie when I was growing up and never forgot the girl power of Tank Girl. This comic was super and reminded me of the joy of Tank Girls outrageous adventures. The illustrations are great and the plot is wild. Loved every page. Thanks to NetGalley for giving me a pre published copy to read.

Oh tank girl my nostalgia was in full force. I loved all the quirky stories and banter. And as always the illustrations are so detailed and beautiful 🤩

Thanks NetGalley for the review copy

As always Tank Girl is iconic, the stories are bizarre and the illustrations are amazing - a great edition to the comics of tank girl and a fun read too

I read Tank Girl as a teenager, met Lori Perry and everything. I have always adored the quick wit, the art style and the insanity that is Tank Girl.

Tank Girl to me always Was gritty and while not bad, just different, this one felt a bit more goofy? A slight bit more extra light hearted with different references than before.

Even that being said the stories were solid and as always the art and flow is impeccable! A fun and a true Tank Girl story at its core. Really enjoyed it.

Ironically I've always been a massive Tank Girl fan even though I've never read any of the comics. Blame it on my obsession with the Tank Girl movie and the lack of Tank Girl imports to South Africa. Naturally being given the opportunity to read my first Tank Girl made me ridiculously excited and I sped through during a work break. And did it make my week more bearable? Hell yes!

Even though I have nothing to compare it to I've always loved the gutsy Tank Girl and her crew even though she goes on a power trip and almost destroys her relationship with her friends and boyfriend, Booga, at the same time. It's witty, bold and a lot of fun, everything I was expecting a Tank Girl to be. There's a stab at British royalty, Arthurian legends, Four weddings and a funeral and even the Jack Reacher books (this version is aptly named Jack Reacharound) The main story is alternated by two others -- the story (or stories!) of how Tank Girl, Jet Girl and Sub Girl met and a surfing themed 60's story which sees the gang transported to California.

I have a lot of respect and admiration for graphic novel artists. Alan Martin is once again responsible for the stories and the artwork is by Brett Parson. Both are brilliant and Parson captures the Tank Girl essence perfectly. Comic fans will love this and even if you're not, Tank GIrl might just be the one to win you over. Highly recommended and so much fun. Just what we need at the moment!

I haven't read Tank Girl in years and years. Back in the day Tank Girl was one of my favorite comics. I loved the punky lunacy of the Tank Girl world.

This is not your father's Tank Girl. This a fun series of vignette's straight out of Tank Girl's subconscious. The stories are silly and full of late 60s/early 70s energy. The art is fun and has an Archie/National Lampoon hybrid style.

There's very little edge here, but there is lots of cheek and more than a little goofy fun.

My thanks to both NetGalley and the publisher Titan Books for an advanced copy of the continuing adventures of a young lady and her tank.

Not many characters from the independent comic book scene of the 80's and 90's have continued to adventure into the twenty- first century. Nor has a character who had a movie that was so poorly received by critics and audiences keep a sense of adventure and strong message alive. That's our Tank Girl. In Tank Girl: King Tank Girl co- creator and writer Alan C. Martin and artist Brett Parson offers us an adventure that takes place early in the career from this destructive young woman, her posse, and her armoured chariot.

The adventure begins with Tank Girl pining for a lost toy, one that was known more as choking hazard for children, than as something people wanted to play with. A quest is started when her boyfriend Booga, remembers that he had a toy just like that when he was on vacation in a small town in England, one that he buried in the front yard of their cottage. Soon the crew is sailing for Merry Olde England with dreams to toy treasures to be unburied. Arriving in England they come across a stone with a very large sword in the center of it. One High Explosive round later the sword is free from the rock, and Tank Girl is made King. High jinks ensue. The book also has a second story, featuring the Kook Patrol, a group of 1960's surfers looking for the perfect wave and perfect day at the beach. The crew from Tank Girl come across these surfing nomads in a time travel adventure trying to escape from enemies, hiding in giant sandcastles, learning to surf. Again hilarity ensues.

The stories are good, very reminiscent of the earlier stories, maybe not as anarchic as past adventures but still good. I reminder about who the character was or a summation of what has happened might have helped. I'm not up on her current stories, nor even Tank Girl's publishing history. The book was funny, and breezy easy to understand and fun. The art was very good, the lines clear, the characters distinctive but with a look that holds together throughout the story, and through various outfit changes. I liked the background graphics too. Those really stood out to me for some reason.

Recommended for past fans and for new fans who like a little chaos in their storytelling. Also watch the movie, it is not as bad as some people say. In fact it holds up pretty darn well.