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
- The 2000 AD ABC: Rogue Trooper
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| Story Title | Parts | Pages | w indicates a wraparound coverCovers | Year(s) | Issues | Writer | Artist | Colourist | Letterer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Linked to Venus Bluegenes Venus appears as a mental projection.[The Hit Man] | 5 | 26 | 0 | 1986 | 495-499 | Simon Geller Steve MacManusvarious | Steve Dillon | [b&w] | Gordon Robson |
Linked to Venus Bluegenes Venus appears as a mental projection.Hit One | 12 | 62 | 0 | 1987 | 520-531 | Simon Geller | Steve Dillon | [b&w] | Gordon Robson |
Linked to Venus Bluegenes Venus appears as a mental projection.The Legend | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1988 | 567 | unknown | Steve Dillon | [b&w] | Gordon Robson |
Linked to Venus Bluegenes Venus appears as a mental projection.[Hit Two] | 5 | 27 | 568: Steve Dillon 1 | 1988 | 568-572 | Simon Geller | Steve Dillon | [b&w] | Gordon Robson |
| Hit 3 | 2 | 12 | 574: Steve Dillon 1 | 1988 | 574-575 | Simon Geller | Steve Dillon | [b&w] | Gordon Robson |
| Through the Eyes of a Gun | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1988 | 589 | Steve Dillon | Steve Dillon | <-- 2pp, [b&w] | John Aldrich |
Linked to Venus Bluegenes Venus appears as a mental projection.Hit Four: The New Moral Army | 5 | 31 | 598: Steve Dillon 602: John Higgins 2 | 1988 | 598-600, 602-603 | Simon Geller | Steve Dillon | [b&w] | Tom Frame |
Linked to Venus Bluegenes Venus appears as part of a fever dream.Nu Earth Flashback: Cinnabar | 10 | 52 | 0 | 1989 | Reprints: M4.16‑M4.18 X15 624-630, 633-635 | John Smith | Steve Dillon (P) Kevin Walker (I)various | [b&w] | Gordon Robson |
| The Hit: Conclusion | 1 | 16 | 0 | 1989 | WS2 | Steve Dillon | Chris Weston | [b&w] | Gordon Robson |
| >> Posters << | |||||||||
Linked to Venus Bluegenes Star Scan.[Rogue & Venus] | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1988 | 607 | n/a | Braithwaite | <-- | n/a |
| [Rogue Trooper] | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1989 | 614 | n/a | Kevin Walker | <-- | n/a |
| >> Features << | |||||||||
There were no more "Freeze Frames".Freeze Frame: No. 1 Rogue Trooper | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1987 | 537 | n/a | John Higgins | <-- | 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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