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Essential Rogue Trooper: The Traitor General is a solid continuation in the Essential series

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Rogue Trooper comes face to face with the Traitor General in the second volume of the Essential Rogue Trooper collection.

The second volume in the Essential line featuring 2000 AD’s legendary war machine, Rogue Trooper!

Rogue Trooper, the last of the GIs, continues his hunt for the man responsible for the Quartz Zone Massacre, which cost the lives of his comrades. After narrowing his list of suspects to four high-ranking officers, Rogue travels to a downed satellite which serves as the hideout of the Marauders, a renegade force of deserters and space bandits. But the hunter becomes the hunted when Rogue falls into a trap set by the Marauders’ leader – the Traitor General himself!

Story: Gerry Finley-Day, Gordon Rennie
Art: Colin Wilson, Cam Kennedy, PJ Holden
Color: Len O’Grady
Letterer: Bill Nuttall, Tony Jacob, Peter Knight, Clive McGee, Simon Bowland, Ellie De Ville

Get your copy now! To find a comic shop near you, visit http://www.comicshoplocator.com or call 1-888-comicbook or digitally and online with the links below.

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Essential Rogue Trooper: Genetic Infantryman is a great introduction to the character and world

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The first of a new series in the Essential line featuring 2000AD’s legendary war machine, Rogue Trooper! Featuring the character’s origins and presented in full color, it’s the ideal starting point for new readers.

Rogue Trooper is the last of the G.I.s – genetically-engineered infantrymen designed to withstand the noxious atmosphere of Nu-Earth, a planet ravaged by the conflict between Norts and Southers. The lone survivor of the Quartz Zone Massacre, equipped with the bio-chips of his fallen clone brothers, he crosses the war-torn landscape in search of the Traitor General, the man responsible for their deaths – and he will not rest until he has his revenge!

Story: Gerry Finley-Day
Art: Dave Gibbons, Colin Wilson, Cam Kennedy, Brett Ewins
Color: Charlie Kirchoff
Letterer: Dave Gibbons, Bill Nutall, Tom Frame, Tony Jacob

Get your copy now! To find a comic shop near you, visit http://www.comicshoplocator.com or call 1-888-comicbook or digitally and online with the links below.

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Rebellion provided Graphic Policy with a FREE copy for review
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Battle Action Force Returns in New Treasury Editions!

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Battle Action Force

Battle Action Force was published weekly from October 1983 to November 1986 by IPC Magazines limited, and brought together some of the greatest talents in the British comics industry of that time, both on the editorial and illustrative fronts including names like Gerry Finley-Day, Geoff Campion, and Cam Kennedy. Included within its pages were the adventures of “Action Force”, created by British toy manufacturer, Palitoy.

Four heroic Action Force teams: infantry specialists Z Force, ocean based Q Force, infiltration specialists the SAS and orbital guardians Space Force protected the world against the evil machinations of Baron Ironblood, The Black Major and their army of brainwashed Red Shadows. 

Now, for the first time in over forty years, Total Toy Books, with kind permission from Hasbro and in collaboration with Rebellion Publishing and Skeletron, have announced an officially licensed reprint of the Action Force tales from Battle Action Force collected in a series of deluxe over-sized ‘treasury editions.’ 

With original issues difficult to find and expensive to purchase in full, this is a collection not to be missed by fans of the original series – or for those who only discovered the existence of the comic in more recent times. More details to come!

Preview: Best of 2000 AD Vol. 5

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Best of 2000 AD Vol. 5

(W) Rob Williams, Peter Milligan, Al Ewing, John Wagner, Alan Grant, John Smith, Gordon Rennie, Jamie Delano, Alan Davis (A) Chris Weston, Tony Wright, Henry Flint, Cam Kennedy, Sean Phillips, Frank Quitely, Alan Davis, Mark Farmer (CA) Annie Wu
In Shops: Feb 14, 2024
SRP: $22.99

Best of 2000 AD is a landmark series from the cult comic, bursting with our greatest stories for a new generation of readers. In this volume: Judge Dredd raises not only the law when Mega City One’s super-rich consider themselves above it all in Elevator Pitch; crash-land on a Death Planet as Al Ewing and Henry Flint introduce the monstrous, weaponized (but dead polite) Zombo; go Swimming in Blood with occult detective Devlin Waugh as he investigates a vampire outbreak in an underwater prison by John Smith and Sean Phillips; ride out into the Godless wasteland of the Cursed Earth and witness Gordon Rennie and Frank Quitely preach faith through firepower in Missionary Man. Boasting brand new covers from an all-star line-up of artists including Annie Wu and with designer Tom Muller, Best of 2000 AD is the essential gateway into the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic.

Best of 2000 AD Vol. 5

Preview: Garth Ennis Battle Classics Vol. 2

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GARTH ENNIS BATTLE CLASSICS Vol. 2

Writers: Alan Hebden, others
Artists: Cam Kennedy, Mike Western
BW – 240pp – $39.99 – ISBN: 978-1782767947
On sale in bookstores: Aug 23

Writer Garth Ennis (Preacher) curates a brand new collection of classic war stories from legendary UK comic, Battle, this time collecting the work of renowned artist Cam Kennedy (Star Wars: Dark Empire, Light & Darkness War) on two stories: the brilliant Vietnam-based ‘Fighting Man’ and the canine heroics of ‘War Dog’!

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Preview: The Light and the Darkness War

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THE LIGHT AND DARKNESS WAR

WRITER: Tom Veitch
ARTISTS: Cam Kennedy
FORMAT: 208 pages, HC, FC,
PUBLISHER: Titan Comics
PRICE: $24.99/ $27.95 CAN/ £17.99 UK
ISBN: 9781782761808
ORDER CODE: JAN151610
​COMIC STORE ​RELEASE DATE: May 27
BOOK STORE ​RELEASE DATE: ​June​ 23​

FROM INDUSTRY LEGENDS TOM VEITCH (STAR WARS, ANIMAL MAN) AND CAM KENNEDY (DAREDEVIL, 2000AD)!

PACKED WITH NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN CONCEPT ART, COVER GALLERIES AND SKETCHBOOKS!

Doorgunner Lazarus Jones is consumed with nightmares and grief after his helicopter crew is killed in Vietnam.

Spiralling into depression and alcoholism, Laz crosses the threshold between life and death, only to find himself battling once more alongside his lost comrades, in the ultimate war between Good and Evil…

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Preview: The Light and Darkness War

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THE LIGHT AND DARKNESS WAR

WRITER: Tom Veitch
ARTISTS: Cam Kennedy
FORMAT: 208 pages, HC, FC,
PUBLISHER: Titan Comics
PRICE: $24.99/ $27.95 CAN/ £17.99 UK
ISBN: 9781782761808
RELEASE DATE: May 13, 2015
ORDER CODE: JAN151610

FROM INDUSTRY LEGENDS TOM VEITCH (STAR WARS, ANIMAL MAN) AND CAM KENNEDY (DAREDEVIL, 2000AD)!

PACKED WITH NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN CONCEPT ART, COVER GALLERIES AND SKETCHBOOKS!

Helicopter pilot Lazarus Jones is consumed with survivor guilt and remorse after his crew is killed in Vietnam.

Spiraling into depression and alcoholism, Laz crosses the threshold between life and death, only to find himself battling once more alongside his lost comrades, in the ultimate war between Good and Evil…

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Rogue Trooper Joins the Fight!

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Following the success of Judge Dredd, IDW and Rebellion/2000 AD have expanded 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.

Co-created by Gerry Finley-Day and renowned artist Dave Gibbons in 1981 for 2000 AD, Rogue Trooper became a showcase for some of Britain’s top artistic talent. In addition to Gibbons, Steve Dillon, Colin Wilson, Cam Kennedy, Bret Ewins, and Chris Weston have contributed art to the popular strip.

A future war has poisoned the entire atmosphere of Nu-Earth, prompting one side to create Genetic Infantrymen: blue-skinned soldiers who can breathe the toxic air, equipped with bio-chips to record their personalities in their final moments for eventual re-corporation. But a traitor sold the G.I.s out, and all but one were slaughtered. Now he stalks Nu-Earth on a mission of revenge, aided by his dead friends now “living” in his gun, helmet and backpack. He is the last G.I.—the Rogue Trooper!

Classic Rogue Trooper strips will be seen in a whole new light in full-color comics and collections with hues provided by colorist Adrian Salmon, best known for his work on Doctor Who and Judge Dredd. The all-new series in the offing will follow the tradition of IDW’s successful Judge Dredd series by Duane Swierczynski and Nelson Daniel. Creator names and details will follow at a later date.

With a rich history to build upon, IDW will add to the proven franchise, bringing Rogue Trooper into the 21st century for an all-new audience.