Nikolai Dante - duellist, lover and brigand. In the Russian Empire of 2666 AD, the young swashbuckler finds himself embroiled in the Machiavellian power-play between the House of Romanov and Vladimir the Conqueror, Tsar of All the Russias.

He's a lover, adventurer and gambler-and he's too cool to kill. His name is Nikolai Dante, and he's fighting and drinking a path of mayhem and glory across future Russia! Having discovered his heritage and bio-bonded with the awesome Weapons Crest, Dante is getting to know his family a little better by acting as his father Dmitri's agent, accompanying his siblings on a tour of family duty—in other words, spying, murder and intrigue! But does he have what it takes to be a true Romanov? Suggested For Mature Readers. Collects: \- The Trouble with Arbatovs (Prog #1083) \- Cruel Britannia (Prog #1084) \- The Great Game (Prog #1101–#1110) \- The Octobriana Seduction (#1113–#1116) \- Masque of Dante (Prog #1125–#1127) \- The Moveable Feast (Prog #1128–#1130) \- Tour of Duty (Prog #1131–#1133) \- The Cadre Infernale (Prog #1134–#1137) \- The Hunting Party (Prog #1139–#1140)

The Russian Empire is being torn apart by war between the Tsar and the Romanovs. Streetwise swashbuckler Nikolai Dante is in the middle of the action, leading a rabble called the Rudinshtein irregulars. Collects: \- Rudinshtein Irregulars (Prog #1183-#1190) \- Love and War (Prog #1200-#1207) \- Battleship Potemkin (Prog #1213-#1220)

The Russian Empire is being torn apart by the war between the Tsar and the Romanovs. Nikolai Dante has re-named himself Nikolai Romanov and joins the conflict against members of his own family. Leading the Rudinshtein Irregulars Dante must wade through the horrors of war to finally find a chance of peace but, at the end of day, who will survive? Collects: \- One Last Night in the House of Sin (2000AD Prog 20010) \- The Beguiling (Prog #1234-#1235) \- Fiends 4 episodes (Prog #1236-#1239) \- The Romanov Empire (Prog #1250-#1262)

Nikolai Dante - duellist, lover and brigand. In the Russian Empire of 2666 AD, the young swashbuckler finds himself embroiled in the Machiavellian power-play between the House of Romanov and Vladimir the Conqueror, Tsar of All the Russias. Collects: \- The Return of the Gentleman Thief (Prog #1273-#1274) \- The Romanov Job (Prog #1280-#1287) \- Hell and High Water (Prog #1322-#1328) \- The Sea Falcon (2000AD Prog 2004) \- Agent of Destruction (Prog #1420-#1427)

Nikolai Dante - duellist, lover and brigand. In the Russian Empire of 2666 AD, the young swashbuckler finds himself embroiled in the Machiavellian power-play between the House of Romanov and Vladimir the Conqueror, Tsar of All the Russias. Collects: \- How could you believe me...? (Prog #1428-#1431) \- Primal Screams (Progs #1433-#1436) \- Devil's Deal (2000AD Prog 2006) \- Usurper (Prog #1487-#1489) \- The Depths (Prog #1500-#1501) \- Dragon's Island (Prog #1502-#1507) \- Sword of the Tsar (Prog #1511-#1516)

Year of the Tsar 2674 AD, and the bastard son of the Romanov's - Nikolai Dante - has bonded with a cyberorganic Weapons Crest, an alien combat computer, which allows him to extrude lethal bio-blades. Following the civil war, Tsar Vladimir is strengthening his control over imperial Russia - and Dante is his troubleshooter. Collects: \- The Road of Bones (2000AD Prog #2007) \- Deadlier than the Male (Prog #1518-#1520) \- Hellfire 6 episodes (Prog #1526-#1531) \- The Beast of Rudinshtein (Prog #1532-#1535) \- The Dissenter (Prog #1537) \- Thieves' World (Prog #1538#1544) \- The Chaperone (Prog #1560-#1564) \- Destiny's Child (2000AD Prog #2008) \- The Tsar's Daughter (Prog #1578-#1580)

Year of the Tsar 2676 AD, bastard son of the Romanovs, Nikolai Dante, leads a rebellion against Vladimir the Conqueror. Supported by the tyrant's daughter, Jena Makarov, his mother pirate queen Katarina Dante and some of his weapons-crest-enabled siblings, can Dante finally bring down Vladimir And if so, can he bring peace to the empire, or is there someone else vying for power Dante's adventures are brought to a stunning conclusion as the epic globe-trotting tale of future empire, revolution, love, lust and action. The future will never look the same again.

For over fifteen years, Nikolai Dante the swashbuckling 'Hero of the Revolution' has been entertaining the readers of 2000 AD as he fought, thieved and loved his way through life in 27th-Century Russia. A long-running story of grand adventure which began in 1997 reaches its conclusion in 2012. One of 2000 AD's most popular characters, Dante has become an iconic part of the British comics scene. In this final instalment of his epic story, Dante must escape from captivity in order to lead the Revolutionary army in its fi nal battle against his tyrannical father, the psychotic Dimitri Romanov.