Rogue Trooper
A blue-skinned Genetic Infantryman (bred for war) stalks the poisonous battlefields of Nu Earth seeking revenge for the massacre of his comrades by a traitor general. In order to provide some dialogue for the loner, Rogue is accompanied by the bio-chips (i.e. encoded personalities) of three dead comrades, slotted into his equipment: the appropriately (and oddly presciently) named Helm, Bagman and Gunnar.
Rogue Trooper was a tent-pole strip when it first appeared, and was not often out of the comic for almost a five year run. However, the climax of the main narrative thread led to drift and when the original writer left it listed out of the thrill lanes, eventually running aground in the 1989 Winter Special (with the incongruous conclusion of The Hit sequence).
The "Rogue Trooper" franchise was then entirely rebooted with a new main character: Fr1day. Once that experiment came to a close, the main sequence Rogue was relegated to flashback duties, and remains so.
| Going Rogue (1981-1982) |
Total War (1982-1983) |
Closing In (1983) |
The Traitor (1984) |
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| Horst (1985-1986) |
Hit Man (1986-1989) |
Alternatives (1992-1999) |
Flashbacks I (2002-2006) |
Flashbacks II (2010-2023) |
Art by Dave Gibbons
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| Story Title | Parts | Pages | w indicates a wraparound coverCovers | Year(s) | Issues | Writer | Artist | Colourist | Letterer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| House of Pain | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1992 | SFS15 | Mark Millar | Brett Ewins Jim McCarthyvarious | <-- | Annie Parkhouse |
| Give War a Chance | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1993 | 2KYB'94 | Mark Millar | David Hill | <-- | Annie Parkhouse |
From Rogue Trooper [Fr1day]Blue on Blue | 4 | 24 | 930: Edmund Perryman 1 | 1995 | 928-931 | Steve White | 1‑3: Henry Flint 4: Nick Abadzis, Edmund Perryman, Steve White various | <-- | Ellie de Ville |
From Rogue Trooper [Fr1day]Mindbombs | 3 | 18 | 938: Dougie Braithwaite 1 | 1995 | 937-939 | Steve White | 1‑2: Nick Abadzis, Edmund Perryman, Steve White 3: Steve Tappin various | <-- | Bunty Mayhew |
From Rogue Trooper [Fr1day]Ascent | 4 | 24 | 946: Steve Tappin 949: Steve Tappin 2 | 1995 | 946-949 | Steve White | Steve Tappin | <-- | Annie Parkhouse |
Linked to Tor CyanRemembrance Day | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1999 | Reprints: M316 (supplement)p2000 | John Tomlinson | Dave Gibbons | <-- | Dave Gibbons |
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From Rogue Trooper [Friday] Subtitled: "A History of the Rogue Trooper".Blast First | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1990 | RTA | Michael Bonner | Cam Kennedy Brett Ewins Steve Dillon [reprints] | [b&w] | n/a |
From Rogue Trooper [Friday]Old Rogue | New Rogue | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1990 | RTA | unknown | Chris Weston | [b&w] | n/a |
From Rogue Trooper [Friday]The Rogue Trooper Combat Index | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1990 | RTA | unknown | [reprints] | [b&w] | n/a |
| year | episodes | pages |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 15 | 67 |
| 1982 | 50 | 211 |
| 1983 | 54 | 248 |
| 1984 | 42 | 183 |
| 1985 | 33 | 154 |
| 1986 | 9 | 72 |
| 1987 | 12 | 62 |
| 1988 | 14 | 77 |
| 1989 | 11 | 68 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 8 |
| 1993 | 1 | 8 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 11 | 66 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 7 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 13 | 65 |
| 2003 | 6 | 30 |
| 2004 | 6 | 30 |
| 2005 | 4 | 21 |
| 2006 | 3 | 15 |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 1 | 10 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 1 | 6 |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 2 | 16 |
| 2015 | 1 | 8 |
| 2016 | 11 | 56 |
| 2017 | 1 | 10 |
| 2018 | 1 | 8 |
| 2019 | 2 | 14 |
| 2020 | 1 | 10 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2 | 16 |
| 2023 | 18 | 177 |
| 2024 | 1 | 9 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 |
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