Rebellion have a good time Rogue Trooper’s forty second anniversary with a cover reveal for the forthcoming Garth Ennis and Patrick Goddard epic Rogue Trooper: Blighty Valley assortment, set to launch July 2, 2024. The cover is a Goddard unique produced particularly for this assortment.
Blighty Valley was the primary prolonged Rogue Trooper story printed within the 2000 AD weekly anthology in a few years and was additionally the newest return of 2000 AD alumnus Garth Ennis, who has been on a roll spearheading the latest Battle Action revival. Ennis had final been seen in 2000 AD’s 2022 Christmas particular writing Bonjo from Beyond the Stars, which sadly was the final printed work by veteran artist Kevin O’Neill.
Rebellion stated:
“Tuesday 29th September marks the anniversary of Rogue Trooper’s debut in the pages of 2000 AD, and to celebrate we’re happy to share with you the cover for our forthcoming collection of Rogue’s recent return to 2000 AD in Rogue Trooper: Blighty Valley by Garth Ennis and Patrick Goddard”
2000 AD editor Matt Smith stated in regards to the Blighty Valley run:
“Garth Ennis has written classic 2000 AD characters before, but this is the first time he’s scripted Rogue Trooper. As you’d expect from someone steeped in war comics, his take on the G.I. is powerful, thrilling and explosive. With Patrick Goddard providing the stunning visuals, this a dramatic, unmissable addition to the Nu Earth saga.”
Blighty Valley, first printed in 2000 AD progs 2326-2335, and 2337-2339, earlier this 12 months was:
“…a thirteen-part story set at ‘Night’s Horizon’, the annual event where Nu Earth’s orbit carries it closest to a nearby black hole. The Norts call it Zvartchvintern; the first settlers knew it as Lightfall. Things have a reputation for going a little… screwy around this time. Now, Rogue and his bio-chip buddies are about to experience those effects first-hand…”
Rogue Trooper was created by Gerry Finley-Day and Dave Gibbons. He debuted in 2000 AD prog 228 on August 29, 1981. A fan favorite, the sequence follows Rogue, a blue-skinned genetic infantryman specifically engineered to outlive the poisoned No Man’s Land that’s the warfare ravaged planet of Nu Earth – the place Norts and Southers vie for dominance of the important thing strategic interstellar level of their galactic ceaselessly warfare. After a betrayal that kills his complete squad, Rogue (true to his title) turns into a lone wolf stalking the wastes, with the personalities of his former squad mates imbued into biochips put in on totally different elements of his gear. He scours the planet seeking the traitor normal that betrayed all of them.
The character has been tailored right into a 2006 videogame for PS2 and Xbox (later ported to trendy consoles in 2017). Filmmaker Duncan Jones is hooked up to direct a forthcoming movie primarily based on the character.
In case you missed out on the unique run, listed here are the primary few pages from Blighty Valley:
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