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Rogue Trooper: Eye of the Traitor Paperback – 6 Oct. 2005

4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 21 ratings

Last of the Genetic Infantryman Rogue Trooper has gone AWOL with the biochipped souls of his dead comrades Helm, Bagman and Gunnar, determined to hunt down the Traitor General that betrayed the G.I.s. Now, in the latest collection of his adventures, he faces a murderous handgun in 'Major Magnum', the horror of living barbed wire in 'Bio-Wire' and shocking revelations about his past in 'Milli-Com Memories'!

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About the Author

One of the most prolific writers in the comic’s history, Gerry Finley-Day holds a special place in many 2000 AD fans’ hearts as the creator of classics like Rogue Trooper, Fiends of the Eastern Front and The V.C.s, as well as Harry 20 on the High Rock and Ant Wars.

A keen “ideas man”, Finley-Day’s concepts of the horrors future warfare had in store were key to both Rogue and The V.C.s’ continuing popularity, ensuring that their recent return to the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic was well-received.

Finley-Day also scripted episodes of Judge Dredd and Dan Dare, and co-scripted much of Invasion! (and entirely scripted the prequel story, ‘Disaster 1990!’).



Since his Future Shock debut in Prog 37, Brett Ewins has been one of the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic’s most beloved artists. Co-creator of the classic Bad Company, Ewins has also contributed to A.B.C. Warriors, Daily Star Dredd, Judge Anderson, Judge Dredd, Kelly, Mega-City One, Rogue Trooper, Ro-Jaws, Robo-Tales and Universal Soldier.

Beyond 2000 AD, Ewins was a co-founding editor of Deadline magazine, and co-pencilled and inked the hugely acclaimed Skreemer series, which he co-created with writer Peter Milligan. He also created Johnny Nemo, which is now enjoying great success in Cyberosia Publishing’s new US edition.



Cam Kennedy is another hugely popular 2000 AD artist, having illustrated many Judge Dredd strips and co-created luckless wannabe creator Kenny Who? and the Taxidermist. A key early Rogue Trooper artist, he has also drawn Batman/Judge Dredd: Vendetta in Gotham, Judge Dredd, Tharg the Mighty, Tharg’s Future Shocks, and The V.C.’s. His extracurricular work includes Axel Pressbutton, Batman, Lobo, Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., and Star Wars.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ 2000 AD Graphic Novels (6 Oct. 2005)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 192 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1904265529
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1904265528
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 18.7 x 0.7 x 25.9 cm
  • Customer reviews:
    4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 21 ratings

Customer reviews

4.6 out of 5 stars
21 global ratings

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 February 2013
Bought this as a gift. Larger format than I was expecting so good value for money. I am assured that it is a good representation of the genre.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 8 January 2018
brilliant love it and arrived earlier than expected
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 17 December 2013
This book covers a number of stories leading up to the final confrontation with the traitor general whose perfidy started off the original Rogue Trooper story and quest. It was not to prove the end of the serial, as Rogue went on to be dispatched on further missions on other planets, but arguably the fundamental purpose of the character was lost and the storylines and art become very variable in quality (quite a good storyline about the planet Horst in the set of episodes after this collection).

But I have to admit a personal bias as it was shortly before the stories here that I first discovered Rogue, reading his adventures as a teenager at school. Artists Dave Gibbons and Brett Ewins had done fine work in establishing rogue but Cam Kennedy's gritty black and white artwork is for me perfection. He is a master of depicting figures, equipment and machinery, especially the worn down kind. The storytelling flow is not always spot on, but really almost every panel is a delight. He is among a relatively small number of comic artists who use powerful black in relatively high ratio to white, with the resulting images clear and not confusing. (Steve Yeowell's work on 'Zenith' shows a similar panache with black blocking although sometimes the result can be less clear).

Writer Gerry Finley Day carries on with his creation here and offers strong and memorable ideas as usual, although these are not always followed through. For instance, 'Kolonel Kovert' introduces a sinister new 'ally', a Souther oficer running a clandestine special ops project. Kovert offers Rogue help finding the traitor general in return for completing some secret tasks. After a promising start, the story tapers off with a non-conclusion that is probably meant to be intriguing but gives moreso the impression that Day had not really worked out what Kovert's real agenda or larger purpose in the Rogue storyline was to be. A seductive shadow turns out to be bereft of substance. That said, Day knows how to propel the story, such as it is, along, with twists and turns, and it's a visual feast.

'Kolonel Kovert' is probably the worst offender here in promising far more as a story than it finally delivers, but then arguably even at its best, the storylines of Rogue Trooper creaked and didn't totally convince. What they did have, and have here in abundance, is intrigue, atmosphere, action and beautiful artwork.

It is a pity that the book is reproduced in a rather smaller format than the original - it is about 3/4 scale, but even that and the criticisms above can't detract from what I found (returning to these stories 30 years later) to be a hugely enjoyable reading experience.
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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 26 January 2014
It's been a long time since I read these tales and they are as good now as they where when released in 2000AD.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 22 November 2018
Superb
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 17 July 2016
rogue trooper at his best
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 March 2016
2000ad at its best!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 27 February 2010
Oh at last!

Spent years reading this series in the 2000AD comic and tracked down a trade Paperback called "Rogue Trooper-the Future of War" some years ago, so was well pleased with this volume of his adventures as well as the other volume in the series I purchased called "To The Ends of Nu-Earth"

Classic "Future War" strip -highly recommended from when 2000AD was he best comic around-just need to find the classic "Fort Neuro series which was about 22 episodes long (and a bit pricey as well) and the saga is complete.
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