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TM2YC
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19-Sep-2014, 11:11 AM

The complete 'Rogue Trooper' volume 2. I have volume 1 but I found this in my local library.

The stories suffer from the early 2000AD style where they recap last week's story in the first two pages like a soap opera. It would be fun to read back in the day in the weekly format but having to re-read the same bits twice every 10 pages grates in a compendium edition.

But that aside Cam Kennedy's stark black and white drawings are stunning. So simple but full of action and expression even down to the emotion in Rogue's hollow white eyes. It's even better than Dave Gibbons' artwork from volume 1, if such a thing is possible. I loved all the little play-on-words Nu-Earth locations too like 'The Gasbah' and Vietnam-transposed-to-the-future refrences.

It also made me want to play the classic stealth-combat PC again all over again too.