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Bad Company

Starship Troopers meets Apocalypse Now, directed by George A. Romero. This very-fish-out-of-water tale sees the ingenue squaddie Danny Franks recruited into the titular Bad Company, a squad of psycopathic veterans battling the alien Krool on the planet Ararat.

As Apocalypse Now is less the story of Benjamin Willard as it is that of Colonel Kurtz (layered with the madness of war, an examination of what one might consider sane or insane and the passing of the torch from one generation to another), Bad Company is very much embroiled not just in the journey of Danny Franks but also in understanding the motivation of Kano (the seemingly morally bankrupt leader of the Company).

Subsequent series increasingly drop standard continuity in favor of more experimental narrative formats that play with the concept of reality.

Art by Jim McCarthy

Story Title Parts Pages
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Year(s) Issues Writer Artist Colourist Letterer
[Book I] 20 117
501: Brett Ewins [b&w reprint in 2KA'89]
506: Brett Ewins
508: Brett Ewins
510: Brett Ewins
512: Jim McCarthy
516: Brett Ewins
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1986-1987
Reprints:

M4.09‑M4.15
FCBD6‑QR (partial: ep.1)
500-519
Peter Milligan
Brett Ewins (P)
Jim McCarthy (I)
various
[b&w] Tom Frame
Bad Company II: The Bewilderness 10 62
548: Brett Ewins
553: Brendan McCarthy
2
1987-1988 548-557 Peter Milligan
Brett Ewins
Jim McCarthy
various
[b&w] Tom Frame
Bad Company II: The Krool Heart 10 61
576: Brett Ewins
1
1988 576-585 Peter Milligan
Brett Ewins
Jim McCarthy
various
[b&w] Tom Frame
Young Men Marching 1 8 0 1988
Reprints:

M4.15
2KA'89
Peter Milligan
Brett Ewins
Jim McCarthy
various
<-- Tom Frame
Ararat / Simply 1 4 0 1988
Reprints:

M4.15
601
Peter Milligan
Brett Ewins (P)
Steve Dillon (I)
various
[b&w] Tom Frame
Kano 10 60
829: Brett Ewins
836: Brett Ewins
2
1993 828-837 Peter Milligan
Brett Ewins
Jim McCarthy
various
<-- Tom Frame
Down Among the Dead Men 1 5 0 2000 p2001 Peter Milligan
Brett Ewins (P)
Jim McCarthy (I)
various
[b&w] Ellie de Ville
[2002] 6 31
1274: Jock and Chris Blythe
1
2001-2002 p2002, 1273-1277 Peter Milligan
Brett Ewins (P)
Jim McCarthy (I)
various
[b&w] Tom Frame
b.A.d. COMPANY 1 4 0 2002 M4.15
Alan Grant
John Wagner
various
Carlos Ezquerra [b&w] Tom Frame
First Casualties 12 74
1951: Rufus Dayglo
1960: Brendan McCarthy
2
2015
Reprints:

FCBD6 (partial: ep.1)
1950-1961
Peter Milligan
Rufus Dayglo
Jim McCarthy
various
[b&w] Simon Bowland
Terrorists 12 73
2064: Rufus Dayglo & Dom Regan
2071: Rufus Dayglo & Dom Regan
2
2017-2018 2061-2072 Peter Milligan Rufus Dayglo
Pippa Mather & Dominic Regen
various
Simon Bowland
>> Text Stories <<
Ararat / Danny's Story 1 8 0 1989
Reprints:

M4.15
2KA'90
Peter Milligan
Brett Ewins
Jim McCarthy
various
[b&w] n/a
>> Posters / Teasers <<
Bad Company - Join Them 1 2 0 1986 494 n/a
Brett Ewins (P)
Jim McCarthy (I)
various
[b&w] n/a
The End? 1 1 0 1987 519 n/a
Brett Ewins (P)
Jim McCarthy (I)
various
[b&w] n/a
Star Scan.Bad Company II - The Bewilderness
1 1 0 1987 542 n/a Brett Ewins <-- n/a
Bad Company II: The Krool Heart 1 1 0 1988 572 n/a Brett Ewins <-- n/a
Sheeva 1 1 0 1988 578 n/a Brett Ewins <-- n/a
[Protoid] 1 1 0 1988 581 n/a Ron Merlin <-- n/a
Danny Franks.From a Raw to a Scream
1 1 0 1988 587 n/a Macasso <-- n/a
Kano 1 1 0 1988 591 n/a Brendan McCarthy <-- n/a
Bad Company: Kano 1 1 0 1993 826 n/a Brett Ewins <-- n/a
Bad Company 1 1 0 1999 p2000 n/a Brett Ewins Chris Blythe n/a
From Great Moments in Thrill‑PowerBad Company: The Secret of the Black Box
1 1 0 2007 1550 n/a Richard Elson <-- n/a
Fall in with… Bad Company 1 1 0 2015
Reprints:

SFS21
M360
n/a
Rufus Dayglo
Jim McCarthy
various
<-- n/a
Bad Company: Returning Back to the Front 1 1 0 2017 2055 n/a
Rufus Dayglo
Dominic
various
<-- n/a
>> Features <<
Subtitled: "Charity Work‑In Breaks Records".Bad Company - Do Good
1 1 0 1988 601 editorial photos [b&w] n/a
Company Records 1 7 0 1988 WS1 unknown Jim McCarthy [b&w] n/a
Data Bytes: Bad Company 1 1 0 1999 p2000 editorial Brett Ewins <-- n/a
From Hall of HeroesBad Company
1 2 0 2003 M208 David Bishop
Reprint.
Brendan McCarthy
<-- n/a
From New ComicsBad Company: Back to the Front!
1 3 0 2015 M365 Matthew Badham promo graphics <-- n/a
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