 Badger's strips became increasingly political, and Richardson ended the strip in order to bring the character back to his original concept.Artist Chris Warner was hired to revamp the character based on Richardson's original "APA-5" drawing and created the definitive look for the character, that was given a new launch in 1989 in the pages of Dark Horse's "Mayhem" anthology.Aspiring writer John Arcudi and artist Doug Mahnke were hired to create the new adventures, which became the first very popular use of the character, "a combination of Tex Avery and The Terminator".