''Rogue Trooper'' is a
science fiction
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strip in the British
comic
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''
2000 AD'', created by
Gerry Finley-Day
Gerry Finley-Day (born 1947, Broughty Ferry, Dundee) is a Scottish comics writer, prolific from the 1960s to the 1980s, best known as the creator of "Rogue Trooper".
Career
He began his career at D.C. Thomson & Co., before becoming the edit ...
and
Dave Gibbons
David Chester Gibbons (born 14 April 1949) is an English comics artist, writer and sometimes letterer. He is best known for his collaborations with writer Alan Moore, which include the miniseries ''Watchmen'' and the Superman story "For the Man ...
in 1981. It portrays the adventures of a "
Genetic Infantryman" named Rogue and three
uploaded minds mounted on his equipment who search for the Traitor General.
The series was
rebooted
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in 1989 in the story "The War Machine", featuring a new version of the character called
Friday
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. This version of the character last appeared in 1996. The original character returned in 1999 and all stories since then have featured the original Rogue. The character has also featured in a number of
''2000 AD'' crossovers.
Publication history
Gibbons left the strip early on to be replaced by a succession of artists and writers who have taken the strip in several different directions over the years. Artists to have drawn the character include
Brett Ewins
Brett Ewins (1955 – 16 February 2015) was a British comic book artist best known for his work on ''Judge Dredd'' and ''Rogue Trooper'' in the weekly anthology comic '' 2000 AD''.
Biography
Ewins studied Conceptual Art at Goldsmiths College, ...
,
Cam Kennedy
Campbell ("Cam") Kennedy is a Scottish comics artist. He is best known for his work on '' 2000 AD'', especially the flagship titles ''Judge Dredd'' and ''Rogue Trooper''.
Biography
Following work in commercial art in his hometown of Glasgow, ...
and
Colin Wilson
Colin Henry Wilson (26 June 1931 – 5 December 2013) was an English writer, philosopher and novelist. He also wrote widely on true crime, mysticism and the paranormal, eventually writing more than a hundred books. Wilson called his phil ...
. This quest continued from 1981 until 1985, when the G.I. had his final confrontation with the traitor general and, after a brief further run set on the Planet Horst, Finley-Day ceased writing the strip.
Simon Geller Simon Geller (1919/1920 - 1995) was an American classical music station radio personality who ran a one-man radio station in Gloucester, Massachusetts.
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Geller was a radio engineer before starting his own station. The station, WVCA ...
took over, reinventing the character as an intergalactic hitman attempting to end the war by assassinating key figures, but this new direction was dropped in 1989.
John Smith wrote a 'flashback' story, "Cinnabar", set in Rogue's deserter days, before original series artist Dave Gibbons returned to write a much more radical revamp of the character.
In "The War Machine", Gibbons and artist
Will Simpson created a different war, set on a different planet, starring a different Genetic Infantryman, this time called
Friday
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. The bio-chips were dropped, and Gibbons concentrated on the politics and economics of war and the sinister nature of the genetic engineering involved. A new ongoing series featuring Friday followed, written by
American
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** American ancestry, pe ...
writer
Michael Fleisher
Michael Lawrence Fleisher (November 1, 1942 — February 2, 2018) was an Americans, American writer known for his DC Comics of the 1970s and 1980s, particularly for the characters Spectre (DC Comics character), Spectre and Jonah Hex.
Biography
...
. In Fleisher's final story, "Scavenger of Souls", the bio-chips are reintroduced via an alien 'soul collector'.
Fleischer was replaced with
Steve White, who made the military aspect of the strip more up-to-date and tried to reconcile the two versions of the character. He also reintroduced
Venus Bluegenes
''Rogue Trooper'' is a science fiction strip in the British comic '' 2000 AD'', created by Gerry Finley-Day and Dave Gibbons in 1981. It portrays the adventures of a " Genetic Infantryman" named Rogue and three uploaded minds mounted on his ...
(Helm's treacherous girlfriend from an earlier story who gained a more prominent role during the Simon Geller run) who had her own short spin-off run. His run on the character was the ''2000 AD'' debut of artist
Henry Flint
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.
The character was rested after White's last story in 1996. In 1997 a related character, blue-skinned ambulance pilot
Tor Cyan ''Tor Cyan'' is a '' 2000 AD'' comic-book title written by John Tomlinson. It is a continuation of ''Mercy Heights'', which introduced the title character Tor Cyan as a futuristic 'ambulance driver'. In ''Tor Cyan'', Tor Cyan is the pilot of a medi ...
was introduced in the story ''Mercy Heights''.
In 2002 the original Rogue was reintroduced, again in
flashback to his days hunting the traitor general, written by
Gordon Rennie
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In May 2008, he announced he was leaving comics to concentrate f ...
. Artists have included
Staz Johnson
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Johnson got his start working on magazines which covered the then-burgeoning fantasy rol ...
,
Dylan Teague
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,
Mike Collins,
Simon Coleby
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and
PJ Holden
Paul Jason Holden (born 28 December 1969) is a Northern Irish comic artist based in Belfast.
He has worked for '' 2000 AD'', ''Warhammer Monthly'', and '' Judge Dredd Megazine''. Among other stories for these publications, he has provided the a ...
. In 2004 Rennie stated that he had intended to revamp the character yet again, but had been blocked by ''2000 AD'' editorial. He also hints that any return to the Rogue Trooper universe will concentrate on supporting cast and not include the Rogue character. This can be seen in the new series ''
The 86ers
''The 86ers'' is a '' 2000 AD'' comic story set in the Rogue Trooper universe and created by writer Gordon Rennie and artist Karl Richardson, now being drawn by PJ Holden.
The story stars G.I. pilot Rafaella "Rafe" Blue and her robot Gabe. The ...
''.
Plot synopsis
The story is initially set on the planet Nu-Earth, where a
war of attrition
The War of Attrition ( ar, حرب الاستنزاف, Ḥarb al-Istinzāf; he, מלחמת ההתשה, Milhemet haHatashah) involved fighting between Israel and Egypt, Jordan, the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) and their allies from ...
between two factions, the Norts and Southers, is being fought. The Norts are a
fascist
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society, whom the Traitor General was briefly allied with, while the Southers are democratic.
There are similarities and occasional references to past Earth conflicts including the
American Civil War
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and both World Wars, with the Norts resembling Germany, and the Southers the
Allied forces. During the conflict, the use of chemical and
biological weapons
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have poisoned the planet's atmosphere and oceans. As a result, what remains of the population of the planet, including the troops of both sides, live in enclosed domed military bases and habitats. They wear protective suits, helmets and respiration gear when outside their domes. These suits are known as "
chemsuits". Any damage to the helmet or chemsuit is usually fatal to the wearer.
In an attempt to bring an end to the stalemate, the Southern High Command have created the GI, or "Genetic Infantryman". The GI is a soldier
genetically engineered
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to be immune to the poisonous atmosphere of Nu-Earth, and therefore be able to fight without chemsuits. The Southern High Command deploy the entire GI Regiment in a mass spaceborne capsule drop over an area known as "The Quartz Zone", which resembles one of the Earth's Poles because the surface has an icy, glacier-like nature. The assault was intended to be a surprise attack, but because a traitor within the Southern High Command has passed details of it to the Norts, they are expecting the attack. The Norts employ elite infantry known as the Kashan and Kashar Legions to repulse the assault, and the entire GI Regiment - apart from Rogue - are wiped out. This event is referred to as "The Quartz Zone Massacre". Rogue, the only surviving G.I., goes
AWOL
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in order to track down the traitor. Along the way he thwarts numerous Nort schemes, discovers and inadvertently destroys the only portion of Nu-Earth not contaminated by chemical weapons, and is betrayed by every female character he encounters.
A later storyline – "MilliCom Memories" – shows how the GIs progress through their training, and that rather than a name each GI has a letter suffixed by their age. Rogue is "R", Gunnar "G", Helm "H" and Bagman "B". Two other troopers "D" and "N" are referenced in the storyline. During their training each GI is given a nickname - Gunnar is so named because of his marksmanship ability. Millicom Memories showed there were other prototype GIs before the development of Rogue's class, some of which were
killed during his training.
In a multi-part story titled "The Marauders", Rogue encounters a group of deserters from both Nort and Southern sides, who operate as scavengers from a hidden base and attack both Nort and Southers in order to obtain food, ammunition and supplies. Unknown to Rogue, the commander of The Marauders is the Traitor General. Due to an accident the General was severely burned and is now unrecognisable. The General later reveals himself to Rogue, then captures and tortures him. Rogue eventually escapes, and with the help of one of the Marauders (a Souther pilot known as 'Player'), defeats the Marauders that pursue him. The Traitor General escapes, destroying the Marauder base as he does so.
In "All Hell on the Dix-I Front" a massive Nort assault forces the Southerners to retreat from a vast area of Nu-Earth, similar to the
Ardennes assault of World War II. During this, other Elite units of the Nort military are introduced, such as the Sun Legion, a Regiment of solar glider troops, and the Scum Marines, an amphibious assault force. "Sister Sledge", a military nurse accompanied Rogue during the Dix-I campaign. She is secretly an enemy agent known as a "filth columnist" and dies in the final episode of the series when Bagman causes her to fall from a boat into the heavily polluted and toxic "Scum Sea".
"Fort Neuro" introduced a defensive line that has been cut off from both Southers and Norts since the beginning of the war. The Fort has been split into separate sectors by the same clouds, meaning each sector operates independently of each other, without any contact or cohesion. The soldiers within each sector are suffering from
posttraumatic stress disorder
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so the French sector – known as "Franks" – wear
Napoleonic era
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uniforms, and hold
grand balls that were popular in that period. Other sectors display similar erratic behaviour, with the English troops – known as "Lime-ees" – dressing as
holiday camp
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redcoats and behaving as though they are on a perpetual holiday, while the "Rom" garrison fashion themselves as 1950's
Teddy Boys
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- or "Romeos".
Rogue is immune to all known toxins, diseases, and acids with three known exceptions:
* A new plant is discovered after
permafrost
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is melted in an arctic zone, which renders him unconscious.
* In the flashback story ''"Cinnabar"'' a retrovirus is engineered specifically to target his immune system, making him susceptible to all other Nu-Earth hazards, ultimately forcing him to wear a chem-suit.
* On Horst, Rogue is bitten by one of the Dragoid creatures causing him to pass out. As Bagman points out, Rogue was engineered to be resistant to conditions on Nu Earth, not those unique to Horst. However, the toxin quickly wears off, and in fact has a beneficial effect on Rogue.
In a lighter moment during the Fort
Neuro series, Rogue is shown to have difficulty breathing when in a staff car full of officers from the "
Rom
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* ...
" sector, who in anticipation of a good night out with the neighbouring "
Scan
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* Shared Check Authorization Network (SCAN), a database of bad check writers and collection agency for bad ...
" sector, have applied too much
aftershave
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It often contains an antiseptic agent such as de ...
.
The Biochips are infected by a latent malady unknowingly contracted whilst passing through the Neverglades area of Nu Earth. The unnamed condition renders them susceptible to "Enzyme E dysfunction", which causes their newly re-gened bodies to disintegrate, leaving only their bio-chips.
Historical influences
Many elements of the Rogue back-story were inspired by
World War II
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, the
American Civil War
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and the
Cold War
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.
Norts (Northerner Unionists) fought against generally less-well equipped
Southers
''Rogue Trooper'' is a science fiction strip in the British comic book, comic ''2000 AD (comics), 2000 AD'', created by Gerry Finley-Day and Dave Gibbons in 1981. It portrays the adventures of a "Supersoldier, Genetic Infantryman" named Rogue ...
(Southern Confederates), and several battles were referenced, such as the
First Battle of Bull Run
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connotations their dialect and names are mostly quasi-
Slavic, as if they represented a futuristic version of the
Soviet Bloc
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, although there is some usage of German names as well, for example General Vagner, Admiral Torpitz (a play on the
German admiral Tirpitz). Their conduct and methods of waging war are also more barbaric than those of the comparatively civilised Southers. Although as the series develops the Southers are also shown committing comparably immoral acts as well. "Genetic Infantryman" is a direct homage to the supposed "
Government Issue
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" tag that American troops were nicknamed after.
Bibliography
The Rogue Trooper has appeared frequently in comics and
other media.
Stories in regular issues
The original run, mostly written by
Gerry Finley-Day
Gerry Finley-Day (born 1947, Broughty Ferry, Dundee) is a Scottish comics writer, prolific from the 1960s to the 1980s, best known as the creator of "Rogue Trooper".
Career
He began his career at D.C. Thomson & Co., before becoming the edit ...
, was:
* "Rogue Trooper" (with art by
Dave Gibbons
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, in ''
2000 AD'' #228, 1981)
* "Nu Paree" (with art by Dave Gibbons, in ''2000 AD'' #229, 1981)
* "Glass Zone" (with art by Dave Gibbons, in ''2000 AD'' #230, 1981)
* "Doomsday Valley" (with art by Dave Gibbons, in ''2000 AD'' #231, 1981)
* "Terror of the Decapitators" (with art by Dave Gibbons, in ''2000 AD'' #232, 1981)
* "Raiders" (with art by Dave Gibbons, in ''2000 AD'' #234, 1981)
* "Scum Sea" (with art by Dave Gibbons, in ''2000 AD'' #235, 1981)
* "Ascent To Buzzard-Three" (with art by
Colin Wilson
Colin Henry Wilson (26 June 1931 – 5 December 2013) was an English writer, philosopher and novelist. He also wrote widely on true crime, mysticism and the paranormal, eventually writing more than a hundred books. Wilson called his phil ...
, in ''2000 AD'' #236-238, 1981)
* "The Rookies" (with art by Dave Gibbons, in ''2000 AD'' #239-240, 1981)
* "Blue Moon" (with art by Colin Wilson, in ''2000 AD'' #241, 1981)
* "Poison" (with art by Mike Dorey, in ''2000 AD'' #242-243, 1981)
* "Fear of the Machine" (with art by Colin Wilson, in ''2000 AD'' #246-248, 1982)
* "The Dreamweavers" (with art by Dave Gibbons, in ''2000 AD'' #249-250, 1982)
* "The Buzzard" (with art by Colin Wilson, in ''2000 AD'' #251-253, 1982)
* "The Petrified Forest" (with art by Mike Dorey, in ''2000 AD'' #254-257, 1982)
* "War of Nerves" (with art by Colin Wilson, in ''2000 AD'' #258, 1982)
* "Bagman Blues" (with art by
Brett Ewins
Brett Ewins (1955 – 16 February 2015) was a British comic book artist best known for his work on ''Judge Dredd'' and ''Rogue Trooper'' in the weekly anthology comic '' 2000 AD''.
Biography
Ewins studied Conceptual Art at Goldsmiths College, ...
and
Eric Bradbury
Eric Bradbury (4 January 1921 – May 2001) was a British comic artist who primarily worked for Amalgamated Press/ IPC from the late 1940s to the 1990s.
He studied at Beckenham Art School from 1936, and served in the RAF as a rear gunner o ...
, in ''2000 AD'' #260-262, 1982)
* "The Body Looters" (with art by
Cam Kennedy
Campbell ("Cam") Kennedy is a Scottish comics artist. He is best known for his work on '' 2000 AD'', especially the flagship titles ''Judge Dredd'' and ''Rogue Trooper''.
Biography
Following work in commercial art in his hometown of Glasgow, ...
, in ''2000 AD'' #265, 1982)
* "All Hell on the Dix-I Front" (with art by Colin Wilson, Cam Kennedy and Brett Ewins, in ''2000 AD'' #266-277, 1982)
* "Assassination Run" (with art by Cam Kennedy, in ''2000 AD'' #278-279)
* "Hats Off to Helm" (with art by Cam Kennedy, in ''2000 AD'' #280-281)
* "Marauders" (with art by Colin Wilson and Cam Kennedy, in ''2000 AD'' #282-289)
* "Fort Neuro" (with art by Brett Ewins and Cam Kennedy, in ''2000 AD'' #290-310, 1982–1983)
* "Major Magnam" (with art by Brett Ewins, in ''2000 AD'' #311-315, 1983)
* "Bigfoot" (with art by Cam Kennedy, in ''2000 AD'' #316, 1983)
* "Bio-Wire" (with art by Cam Kennedy, in ''2000 AD'' #317, 1983)
* "Milli-Com Memories" (with art by Cam Kennedy, in ''2000 AD'' #318-322, 1983)
* "Vid-Vultures" (with art by Brett Ewins, in ''2000 AD'' #323-326, 1983)
* "Eye of the Traitor" (with art by Cam Kennedy, in ''2000 AD'' #327-332, 1983)
* "Frisco Phog" (with art by Boluda, in ''2000 AD'' #333-334, 1983)
* "From Hell to Eternity" (with art by Brett Ewins, in ''2000 AD'' #335-340, 1983)
* "Mega-Minefield" (with art by Boluda, in ''2000 AD'' #341-342, 1983)
* "Gasbah" (with art by Cam Kennedy, in ''2000 AD'' #343-347, 1983)
* "Timeslip" (with art by Boluda, in ''2000 AD'' #348-349, 1983)
* "Colonel Kovert" (with art by Cam Kennedy, in ''2000 AD'' #350-355, 1984)
* "You Only Die Twice" (with art by Cam Kennedy, in ''2000 AD'' #358-364, #366-368, 1984)
* "Message From Milli-Com" (with art by Cam Kennedy, in ''2000 AD'' #369-377, 1984)
* "Just Routine" (with art by
Trevor Goring, in ''2000 AD'' #378, 1984)
* "Blind Terror" (with art by Steve Dillon, in ''2000 AD'' #379-380, 1984)
* "Death Valley" (with art by Cam Kennedy, in ''2000 AD'' #381-383, 1984)
* "M For Murder" (script by
Steve McManus, (credited as "Rogan") with art by Cam Kennedy, in ''2000 AD'' #384-386, 1984)
* "To the Ends of Nu Earth" (with art by Cam Kennedy, in ''2000 AD'' #387-392, 1984)
* "Re-Gene" (with art by Cam Kennedy, in ''2000 AD'' #401-406, 1985)
* "The Return of Rogue Trooper" (with art by
José Ortiz, in ''2000 AD'' #410-419, 1985)
* "Antigen of Horst" (with art by José Ortiz, in ''2000 AD'' #422-426, #428-432, 1985)
* "Return to Milli-Com" (with art by Cam Kennedy, in ''2000 AD'' #444-449, 1985)
Subsequently, Rogue Trooper appeared in stories by three other writers:
* "The Hitman" (written by
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and
Steve MacManus
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Biography
Born in London and educated in Devon, MacManus joined IPC in 1973, aged 20, as a sub-editor on ...
, with art by
Steve Dillon
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Dillon was born in London in 1962 and raised i ...
, in ''2000 AD'' #495-499, 1986)
* "Hit One" (written by Simon Geller, with art by Steve Dillon, in ''2000 AD'' #520-531, 1987)
* "Hit Two" (written by Simon Geller, with art by Steve Dillon, in ''2000 AD'' #568-572, 1988)
* "Hit Three – The Violent Majority" (written by Simon Geller, with art by Steve Dillon, in ''2000 AD'' #574-575, 1988)
* "Through the Eyes of a Gun" (script and art by Steve Dillon, in ''2000 AD'' #589, 1988)
* "Hit Four – The New Moral Army" (written by Simon Geller, with art by Steve Dillon, in ''2000 AD'' #598-600, #602-603, 1988)
The Hitman storyline concluded in the ''2000 AD Winter Special 1989'' (see below).
There was then a story set before the Hitman series:
* "Cinnabar" (written by
John Smith, with pencils by
Steve Dillon
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Dillon was born in London in 1962 and raised i ...
and inks by
Kev Walker
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Biography
Walker be ...
, in ''2000 AD'' #624-630 and 633–635, 1989)
Stories in specials and annuals
* "Milli-Way Sixty-Six!" (written by Gerry Finley-Day, art by
Eric Bradbury
Eric Bradbury (4 January 1921 – May 2001) was a British comic artist who primarily worked for Amalgamated Press/ IPC from the late 1940s to the 1990s.
He studied at Beckenham Art School from 1936, and served in the RAF as a rear gunner o ...
, in ''2000 AD Sci-Fi Special 1982'')
* "Pray for War" (written by
Alan Moore
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, art by
Brett Ewins
Brett Ewins (1955 – 16 February 2015) was a British comic book artist best known for his work on ''Judge Dredd'' and ''Rogue Trooper'' in the weekly anthology comic '' 2000 AD''.
Biography
Ewins studied Conceptual Art at Goldsmiths College, ...
, in ''2000 AD Annual 1983'', 1982)
* "The Droidonators" (written by Gerry Finley-Day, art by Boluda, in ''2000 AD Sci-Fi Special 1983'')
* "First of the Few" (written by Alan Moore, art by
Jesus Redondo
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Down the Tubes, 9 June 2011 is ...
, in ''2000 AD Annual 1984'', 1983)
* "Portrait of a Rebel!" (written by Simon Gellar, art by Brett Ewins, in ''2000 AD Sci-Fi Special 1984'')
* "The War of Words" (written by
Ian Rogan, art by
Robin Smith, in ''2000 AD Annual 1985'', 1984)
* "On the Rogue Again" (text story, writer unknown, illustrated by
Cam Kennedy
Campbell ("Cam") Kennedy is a Scottish comics artist. He is best known for his work on '' 2000 AD'', especially the flagship titles ''Judge Dredd'' and ''Rogue Trooper''.
Biography
Following work in commercial art in his hometown of Glasgow, ...
, in ''2000 AD Sci-Fi Special 1985'')
* ''untitled story'' (written by Simon Gellar, art by Cam Kennedy, in ''2000 AD Annual 1986'', 1985)
* "Killothon" (written by
Pat Mills
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, art by
Mike Collins and
Mark Farmer
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Farmer got his start in the UK comics industry before becoming part of the British Invasion, the wave of ...
, in ''
Diceman'' 3, 1986)
* "The Fanatics" (written by
Peter Milligan
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, art by José Ortiz, in ''2000 AD Sci-Fi Special 1986'')
* "Nort by Nortwest" (written by
Peter Milligan
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, art by José Ortiz, in ''2000AD Annual 1987'', 1986)
* "Space Zombies" (written by Pat Mills, art by Mike Collins, in ''Diceman'' 5, 1986)
* "The Hit: Conclusion" (written by Steve Dillon, with art by Chris Weston, in ''2000 AD Winter Special'', 1989)
After the ''Friday'' reboot
(For the full series of stories featuring Friday, see
Friday (2000 AD)#Bibliography.)
Rogue also appeared in crossovers with the new "
Friday
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" series (leading up to the deaths of Rogue and Bagman in #949), all written by
Steve White:
* "Blue on Blue" (with art by
Henry Flint
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People
*Henry (given name)
* Henry (surname)
* Henry Lau, Canadian singer and musician who performs under the mononym Henry
Royalty
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** King-Cardinal Henry, King of Portugal
** Henry, Count of Portugal, ...
, in ''2000 AD'' #928-931, 1995)
* "Mind Bombs" (with art by
Edmund Perryman/
Nick Abadzis
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Lambiek's ''Comiclopedia''. Retrieved Jan. 28, 2020. i ...
, in ''2000 AD'' #937-939, 1995)
* "Ascent" (with art by
Steve Tappin
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Early life
Tappin was born on 5 September 1966. He earned an MBA from Cranfi ...
, in ''2000 AD'' #946-949, 1995)
After the new series finished, the original series returned in a story set after Rogue's death, written by
John Tomlinson:
* "Remembrance Day" (with art by Dave Gibbons, in ''2000 AD'' Prog 2000, 1999)
The original Rogue later returned in stories set before his death, all written by
Gordon Rennie
Gordon Rennie is a Scottish comics writer, responsible for ''White Trash: Moronic Inferno'', as well as several comic strips for '' 2000 AD'' and novels for ''Warhammer Fantasy''.
In May 2008, he announced he was leaving comics to concentrate f ...
:
* "What Lies Beneath" (with pencils by
Staz Johnson
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Biography
Johnson got his start working on magazines which covered the then-burgeoning fantasy rol ...
and inks by
David Roach David Roach may refer to:
*David Roach (American football) (born 1985), American football safety
*David Roach (saxophonist) (born 1955), British classical saxophonist
*David Roach (comics), British comics artist
* David Roach (athletic director) (b ...
, in ''2000 AD'' #1301-1304, 2002)
* "Weapons of War" (with art by
Dylan Teague
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** ''Dylan'' (1973 album), a 1973 album by Bob Dylan
** ''Dylan'' (2007 album), a 2007 compilation album by Bob Dylan
* Dylan (musician), profess ...
, in ''2000 AD'' #1305, 2002)
* "Overkill" (with
Simon Coleby
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* Eugène Simon, French naturalist and the genus ...
, in ''2000 AD'' #1306-1307, 2002)
* "Lions" (with Staz Johnson (1308) and
Mike Collins (1309), in ''2000 AD'' #1308-1309, 2002)
* "A Visit to the Boneyard" (with pencils by Mike Collins and inks by David Roach, in ''2000 AD'' #1310-1311, 2002)
* "Requiem" (with Simon Coleby, in ''2000 AD'' #1312, 2002)
* "Angels" (with Simon Coleby, in ''2000 AD'' Prog 2003, 2002)
* "Ghouls" (with pencils by Staz Johnson (episodes 1–4) and Mike Collins (ep. 5–6), and inks by David Roach (ep. 3–6), in ''2000 AD'' #1344-1349, 2003)
* "Realpolitik" (with
PJ Holden
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He has worked for '' 2000 AD'', ''Warhammer Monthly'', and '' Judge Dredd Megazine''. Among other stories for these publications, he has provided the a ...
, in ''2000 AD'' #1380-1385, 2004)
* "Condor Six Down" (with Simon Coleby, in ''2000 AD'' #1462-1464, 2005)
* "New Model Army" (with Steve Pugh (art) & Ian Edginton (script)''2000 AD'' #1477-1479, 2006)
Gerry Finley-Day returned to the character after 25 years away, for the end of year special in 2010:
* "Dead Ringer" (with Staz Johnson, in ''2000 AD'' Prog 2011, 2010)
In a short series of one-off stories called ''What If...?'' featuring alternative takes on popular ''2000 AD'' characters, Rogue Trooper returned in a story written by
Andy Diggle
Andy Diggle is a British comic book writer and former editor of the weekly anthology series '' 2000 AD''. He is best known for his work on ''Adam Strange'' and ''Green Arrow'' for DC Comics as well as his creator-owned series '' The Losers'' an ...
:
* "What If... Gunnar Survived the Quartz Zone Massacre?" (with
Colin Wilson
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, in ''2000 AD'' #1771, 2012)
The series appeared in one-off stories in annual special issues from 2014:
* "Dregs of War" (written by Guy Adams, art by Darren Douglas, in ''2000 AD Sci-Fi Special 2014'')
* "The Feast" (written by Guy Adams, art by Lee Carter, in ''2000 AD Winter Special 2014'')
* "Death of a Demon" (written by Guy Adams, art by Darren Douglas, in ''2000 AD Sci-Fi Special 2015'')
* "Shore Leave" (written by Guy Adams, art by Jimmy Broxton, in ''2000 AD Sci-Fi Special 2016'')
The character returned to the regular issues of the comic in 2016:
* "Ghosts of Nu-Earth" (written by Gordon Rennie, art by
Richard Elson
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Biography
Richard Elson is a fine art graduate with over ...
, in ''2000 AD'' #2000, 2016)
* "A Soldier's Duty" (written by James Robinson, art by
Leonardo Manco
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Career
Manco is best known for his dark and gritty style on such titles as Marvel Comics’ ''Hellstorm'' (1994), '' Blaze of Glory'' (2000, #1-4), '' Apache Skies'' ( ...
, in ''2000 AD'' #2050, 2017)
* "The Thousand Days" (written by
Alex de Campi
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Career
Comics
Alex de Campi wrote 2005's mini-series ''Smoke'' (published by IDW Publishing, art by Igor Kordey), which was nominated for the Eisner Award ...
, art by Sam Beck & Eva de la Cruz, in ''2000 AD Sci-Fi Special 2018'')
* "Secret of the Keep" (written by
Cavan Scott
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, art by
Nick Roche
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* British slang for being arrested
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* British slang for stealing
* Short for nickname
Pla ...
, in ''2000 AD'' #2130, 2019)
* "Savage Swamp" (written by Cavan Scott, art by Nick Roche & Abigail Bulmer, in ''2000 AD'' #2170, 2020)
* "Brothers" (written by Kek-W, art by Warwick Fraser-Coombe, in ''2000 AD'' #2312, 2022)
Spin-offs and reboots
The 86ers
''
The 86ers
''The 86ers'' is a '' 2000 AD'' comic story set in the Rogue Trooper universe and created by writer Gordon Rennie and artist Karl Richardson, now being drawn by PJ Holden.
The story stars G.I. pilot Rafaella "Rafe" Blue and her robot Gabe. The ...
'' was created by writer
Gordon Rennie
Gordon Rennie is a Scottish comics writer, responsible for ''White Trash: Moronic Inferno'', as well as several comic strips for '' 2000 AD'' and novels for ''Warhammer Fantasy''.
In May 2008, he announced he was leaving comics to concentrate f ...
and drawn by artists Karl Richardson and
PJ Holden
Paul Jason Holden (born 28 December 1969) is a Northern Irish comic artist based in Belfast.
He has worked for '' 2000 AD'', ''Warhammer Monthly'', and '' Judge Dredd Megazine''. Among other stories for these publications, he has provided the a ...
. The story stars G.I. pilot Rafella "Rafe" Blue and her robot Gabe.
Venus Bluegenes
''
Venus Bluegenes
''Rogue Trooper'' is a science fiction strip in the British comic '' 2000 AD'', created by Gerry Finley-Day and Dave Gibbons in 1981. It portrays the adventures of a " Genetic Infantryman" named Rogue and three uploaded minds mounted on his ...
'' appeared both in Rogue Trooper and in her own eponymous strip, with stories written by authors including Grant Morrison, Steve White and Dan Abnett.
Tor Cyan
''
Tor Cyan ''Tor Cyan'' is a '' 2000 AD'' comic-book title written by John Tomlinson. It is a continuation of ''Mercy Heights'', which introduced the title character Tor Cyan as a futuristic 'ambulance driver'. In ''Tor Cyan'', Tor Cyan is the pilot of a medi ...
'' appeared both in Mercy Heights and in his own eponymous strip, in a series written by John Tomlinson.
Jaegir
''
Jaegir'' is a recurring series in ''2000 AD'', focusing on Kapitan-Inspector Atalia Jaegir, who serves in the Nordland State Security Police. Her role is to hunt down escaped war criminals.
Hunted
Gordon Rennie and artist PJ Holden produced ''Hunted'', a nine-part story told from the point of view of the Traitor General, in 2016. It began in 2000AD progs 2001 to 2009. It features a young Atalia
Jaegir and a monstrous early specimen of the G.I. project.
IDW Publishing reboot
On 20 July 2013, American company
IDW Publishing
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announced that after the success of its adaptation of ''
Judge Dredd
Judge Joseph Dredd is a fictional character created by writer John Wagner and artist Carlos Ezquerra. He first appeared in the second issue of ''2000 AD (comics), 2000 AD'' (1977), which is a British weekly anthology Comic book, comic. He is the ...
'' from ''
2000 AD'' it would now champion Rogue Trooper with recoloured old issues as well as completely new stories. "Following the success of Judge Dredd, IDW and Rebellion/2000 AD expand their thriving relationship with the addition of Rogue Trooper to their publishing slate! IDW will launch an all-new Rogue Trooper series in 2014, and also offer newly colored re-presentations of past Rogue Trooper comics, too." On 13 November 2013 it was announced that the new series would be written by British fantasy writer
Brian Ruckley and drawn by Alberto Ponticelli. Brian Ruckley acquired the position "by writing a pitch document that people apparently liked." He described his first challenge as scriptwriter as "I can now say from personal experience that writing comics is not straightforward or effortless!"
The new Rogue Trooper features a re-designed helmet, rifle and backpack which serve as the three main supporting characters in the stories. The first episode was originally set to ship at the end of February 2014, but the first issue was actually released on 5 March 2014. Due to lower-than-expected sales, the decision was made to put the series "on hold". The final issue of the new Rogue Trooper series was issue 4, published on 21 May 2014. All four issues were collected as a trade paperback and released on 17 September 2014 under the title ''Rogue Trooper: Last Man Standing''.
IDW also published ''Rogue Trooper Classics'', a series of recoloured stories from ''2000 AD'', in order. It was originally intended to consist of 12 issues (with issue 1 being published on 14 May 2014), but like the new Rogue title, it was cut short, with only 8 issues to be produced in total – again, a result of lower-than-expected sales.
Other media
A range of Rogue Trooper material has been produced:
Novels
There are three novels based on Rogue Trooper:
* ''Crucible'' (
Gordon Rennie
Gordon Rennie is a Scottish comics writer, responsible for ''White Trash: Moronic Inferno'', as well as several comic strips for '' 2000 AD'' and novels for ''Warhammer Fantasy''.
In May 2008, he announced he was leaving comics to concentrate f ...
, October 2004 )
* ''Blood Relative'' (
James Swallow
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, March 2005 )
* ''The Quartz Massacre'' (
Rebecca Levene
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Biography
Levene had a sitcom optione ...
, March 2006 )
Boardgames
The Rogue Trooper Boardgame was released in 1987 by
Games Workshop
Games Workshop Group (often abbreviated as GW) is a British manufacturer of miniature wargames, based in Nottingham, England. Its best-known products are ''Warhammer Age of Sigmar'' and ''Warhammer 40,000''.
Founded in 1975 by John Peake (gam ...
.
EN Publishing released the Rogue Trooper tabletop roleplaying game in 2020.
Video games
A number of Rogue Trooper computer games have been released in 1986 and 1990. An
isometric shooter by
Piranha Software
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for the
Amstrad CPC
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,
Commodore 64
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and
ZX Spectrum
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Referred to during development as t ...
was released in 1986. The game consists of killing
Norts while searching Nu-Earth for 8 vid-tapes containing evidence of the
Traitor General's involvement in the Quartz Zone Massacre, where all of the G.I.s except Rogue were slaughtered. On finding all 8 tapes, Rogue has to return to the
Souther base of Milli-Com to prove the General's treachery and the
extenuating circumstances
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of his going
AWOL
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. During the game, as well as the vid-tapes, players could also pick up medi-kits to regain health and ammo boxes to feed Gunnar. A
platform game
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incorporating
first-person vehicle levels for the
Amiga
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and
Atari ST
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by Krisalis Software came out in 1990.
After Rebellion bought ''2000 AD'' they released a
Rogue Trooper video game in 2006, with a
Wii
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version out in 2009.
In 2009 Rogue Trooper featured a guest role in the game "
LittleBigPlanet
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" for
PS3. It came in the form of content which could be bought in the
PlayStation Store
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The store offers a range of downloadable content ...
.
In 2017 Rogue Trooper Redux was released to the current generation PC, PS4, XB1 and Nintendo Switch, developed by Rebellion and TickTock Games.
Film
Grant Morrison
Grant Morrison, MBE (born 31 January 1960) is a Scottish comic book writer, screenwriter, and producer. Their work is known for its nonlinear narrative
A narrative, story, or tale is any account of a series of related events or experiences, w ...
has said they will be writing a ''Rogue Trooper'' screenplay for
Sam Worthington
Samuel Henry John Worthington (born 2 August 1976) is an Australian actor. He is best known for playing Jake Sully in ''Avatar'' and its sequel, ''Avatar: The Way of Water''; Marcus Wright in ''Terminator Salvation'', and Perseus in '' Clash o ...
's production company Full Clip Production. On 16 July 2018,
Duncan Jones
Duncan Zowie Haywood Jones (born 30 May 1971) is a British film director, film producer and screenwriter. He is best known for directing the films ''Moon'' (2009), ''Source Code'' (2011), ''Warcraft'' (2016), and ''Mute'' (2018). For ''Moon'', ...
revealed that he will direct the movie, without Full Clip Production.
In 2018, a not-for-profit short
fan film
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directed by Adam Kirley, produced by Joby Stephens, and starring stuntman
Damien Walters
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Career
Walters participated in four Trampoline World Championships. In 2003, he was one of four m ...
was released, with its premiere at the International
London Sci Fi film festival.
In November 2018,
Rebellion Developments
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announced they were setting up a studio for a film and TV series based on ''
2000 AD'' characters with Rogue Trooper as one of their projects.
References
External links
Rogue Trooperat Barney
at the International Catalogue of Superheroes
* {{comicbookdb, type=character, id=16596, title=Rogue Trooper
Rogue Trooper - 1st Episode(BBC)
Eidos Rogue Trooper game websiteNTSC-uk's Rogue Trooper ReviewTales of the GI online stripShort non-profit fan-made Rogue Trooper film*
About making that film
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