Written by Gerry Finley-Day
Art by Brett Ewins, Cam Kennedy and Colin Wilson
Cover by Ewins
DC Solicitation: Rogue Trooper's quest to hunt down and kill the traitor responsible for the deaths of his comrades continues in this second explosive collection! Rogue finds himself at Fort Neuropa, whose inhabitants are starting to become very strange indeed!
On sale June 8 [2005] o 7.375" x 10.1875" o B&W, 192 pg. $17.99 US
This volume reprints:
All Hell on the DIX-1 Front, 12 episodes, progs 266-277 (June to Aug. 1982). Story by Finley-Day, art by Ewins, Kennedy, Wilson.
The Assassination Run, 2 episodes, progs 278-279 (Aug. 1982). Story by Finley-Day, art by Kennedy.
Hats Off to Helm, 2 episodes, progs 280-281 (Sep. to Oct. 1982). Story by Finley-Day, art by Kennedy.
Marauders, 8 episodes, progs 282-289 (Oct. to Nov. 1982). Story by Finley-Day, art by Wilson.
Fort Neuro, 19 episodes and prologue, 290-301 and 303-310 (Nov. 1982 to Apr. 1983). Story by Finley-Day, art by Ewins, Kennedy.
Commentary: The second volume of Rogue Trooper opens with the absence of the main weapon in Rogue’s arsenal: his co-creator Dave Gibbons, who was splitting time between Doctor Who and Green Lantern around the time these stories were published. But even without Gibbons, Rogue is well served by Brett Ewins and Cam Kennedy, who are hitting an awesome stride and turning in some incredibly good work, full of excellent designs and building a unique, real world around Rogue during his ongoing search for the Traitor General.
Best of all, though, is the incredibly detailed work by Colin Wilson, whose gritty inking and unmatched use of shading and blacks gives a sense of reality and horror to the war sequences.
This is the second of a planned five collections of Gerry Finley-Day's run on the series; book three is due in October.