Trident was an anthology title, and its first issue featured work such as Eddie Campbell's Bacchus, Neil Gaiman and Nigel Kitching's The Light Brigade and Grant Morrison and Paul Grist's St. Swithin's Day.

In 1989, Trident Comics also launched The Saga of the Man-Elf (created by Michael Moorcock) as well as Fantasy Advertiser on a bi-monthly basis.

It proved controversial due to its subject matter, which had to do with a British teenager's fantasy about assassinating Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.

[4] After this success, 1990 saw more titles such as Paul Grist's Burglar Bill, Mark Millar and Andrew Hope's, The Shadowmen, and Eddie Campbell and Phil Elliott's Lucifer.

Eventually, in 1992 Neptune Distribution went bankrupt and was acquired by the American competitor Diamond Comics Distributors,[5] which spelled the end for both Trident and Apocalypse.