The Team Fortress 2 comic has just released its latest update, seven years since its last issue and seemingly the finale of this long journey.
Team Fortress 2, Issue 7 “The Days Have Worn Away” is the first update to the online digital comic series since January 10, 2017, and it looks like it might just be the finale of the comic based on a tweet from Valve writer Erik Wolpaw.
A photo from the last ever TF Comics meeting. (no photo: Ira Crosby) pic.twitter.com/snfI2KiM27
— Erik Wolpaw (@Wolpaw) December 20, 2024
“Did you know that the construction of the Leaning Tower of Pisa was delayed for one hundred and ninety-nine years? Literally everyone alive when construction started was dead when it was finished,” writes Team Fortress 2 in their article blog post I’m announcing a new issue. Perhaps a more extreme example of something taking a long time to complete than this comic, but an apt analogy.
Team Fortress 2 fans will find the whole gang here, including a newly married Soldier and even a maskless Spy. The issue is also dedicated to Rick May, the voice of the Soldier, who died in 2020 at the age of 79. The story itself ends a long, winding journey that TF2 fans have been waiting a long time to update, so I won’t” I’m not spoiling the rest of the comic.
The comics have served as an invaluable resource for learning more about the various characters of TF2, especially supporting characters such as Miss Pauling and the Administrator. The comics are really worth reading in their entirety if you haven’t checked them out yet.
Valve continues its trend of emerging from what feels like a hibernation of sorts in gaming, first with the release of the Steam Deck and testing of its new hero shooter, Deadlock. This new comic book edition serves as Valve’s creators are still tinkering in the background, working on new stories for our favorite games.
Matt Kim is senior features editor at IGN. You can reach it @lawoftd.
