Together, they struggle against poachers, corrupt politicians, and the wilderness while coming ever closer to understanding the mysteries of their world, including the sentient, reptilian Grith, who apparently knew far more than they ever let on. While Jack is the Nature Hero, Hannah is the pragmatic type, believing in scientific explanations. He lives in the City In the Sea (the remains of New York, now mostly submerged), protecting people from dinosaurs and dinosaurs from people and driving his precious ancient cars (modified to run on dinosaur guano) around the nearby deserts.Īlternately working with and against Jack is Hannah Dundee, ambassador from the city of Wassoon (Washington, D.C.), who has come to the City In The Sea for hidden reasons. He also enjoyed working on classic cars, buried in the underground chambers with humanity during the long retreat from the surface. The series focused on Old Blood Mechanic Jack Tenrec, who seeks to protect mankind against another catastrophe by working with the environment instead of against it. It's somewhat better known under the label 'Cadillacs and Dinosaurs', which was the title of the first trade and rapidly supplanted the actual title in the minds of many fans. Issue 14 didn't show up until two years after issue 13, largely due to the lushly detailed artwork Schultz drew. Never officially canceled, creator Mark Schultz (not the Christian singer or the wrestler) still insists he'll be getting issue 15 out at some point. This was rapidly spun off into its own series under the name Xenozoic Tales, which premiered in February, 1987 and ran through issue 14, published in October 1996.

The world first appeared in Death Rattle #8 in a short story called Xenozoic! which introduced the characters and concepts. A world where dinosaurs hunt sabertooth cats and pterosaurs wheel above oceans filled with trilobites. So dependent are the survivors on the mechanics that they become a cult, a religion.Ĥ50 years later, mankind emerges to find a world that should not exist, filled with animals and plants from all ages of Earth's history. Mankind retreats underground, hiding in shelters, waiting for the end, kept alive by the mechanics working on the machines. In 2020, the Earth is shaken by upheavals and disaster. In this savage land, one man stands alone: Jack Tenrec.

Mighty cities have crumbled, and the dinosaurs have returned to reclaim the earth. The forces of nature have spun wildly out of control. In the 26th century, mankind faces an epic struggle for survival.

Xenozoic Tales #11 by Mark Schultz