The bio-chips were dropped, and Gibbons concentrated on the politics and economics of war and the sinister nature of the genetic engineering involved. 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.
#ROGUE TROOPER SERIES#
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.
Simon Geller 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. 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. This quest continued from 1981 until 1985, when the G.I. Artists to have drawn the character include Brett Ewins, Cam Kennedy and Colin Wilson. 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. The character has also featured in a number of 2000 AD crossovers. The original character returned in 1999 and all stories since then have featured the original Rogue. This version of the character last appeared in 1996. The series was rebooted in 1989 in the story "The War Machine", featuring a new version of the character called Friday. He is genetically engineered to be immune to almost all known toxins, can submerge in strong acid unaffected, and is able to withstand a vacuum in his bare skin. His comrades are in the form of biochips – onto which a GI's entire personality is downloaded at the time of death for later retrieval – and are named Gunnar (mounted on Rogue's rifle), Bagman (on his backpack) and Helm (on his helmet). It follows the adventures of Rogue, a "Genetic Infantryman", a genetically engineered, blue-skinned, Supersoldier and his three comrades' search for the Traitor General. Rogue Trooper is a science fiction strip in the British comic 2000 AD, created by Gerry Finley-Day and Dave Gibbons in 1981. Rogue Trooper (boardgame), inspired by the original Rogue Trooper stories.
Rogue Trooper is a series which has made a number of appearances in 2000AD in different forms.