Rogue Trooper #1 for Sale - First Appearance of Helm - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Rogue Trooper (DC, 2005 series)
Issue: #1
Issue title: The Future of War
Publication date: [April] 2005
Key date: 2005-04-00
On-sale date: 2005-02-02
Indicia publisher: DC Comics
Price: $14.95; 20.95 CAD
Pages: 164
Barcode: 76194124724300111
ISBN: 1-4012-0577-1

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Helm - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Bagman - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Gunnar - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Cam Kennedy; inks: Cam Kennedy
1	Editorial Credits	credits, title page	1	pencils: Dave Gibbons; inks: Dave Gibbons
2	The Future of War	credits, title page	1	pencils: Dave Gibbons; inks: Dave Gibbons
3	Rogue Trooper	credits, title page	1	letters: typeset
4	Rogue Trooper	comic story	7	script: Gerry Finley-Day; pencils: Dave Gibbons; inks: Dave Gibbons; letters: Dave Gibbons	Bagman First, Gunnar First, Helm First, Rogue Trooper
5	Nu Paree	credits, title page	1	letters: typeset
6	-	comic story	5	script: Gerry Finley-Day; pencils: Dave Gibbons; inks: Dave Gibbons; letters: Bill Nuttall	Rogue Trooper
7	Glass Zone	credits, title page	1	letters: typeset
8	-	comic story	5	script: Gerry Finley-Day; pencils: Dave Gibbons; inks: Dave Gibbons; letters: Bill Nuttall	Rogue Trooper
9	Clash in Doomsday Valley	credits, title page	1	letters: typeset
10	-	comic story	4	script: Gerry Finley-Day; pencils: Dave Gibbons; inks: Dave Gibbons; letters: Bill Nuttall	Rogue Trooper
11	Terror of the Decapitators	credits, title page	1	letters: typeset
12	-	comic story	4	script: Gerry Finley-Day; pencils: Dave Gibbons; inks: Dave Gibbons; letters: Bill Nuttall	Rogue Trooper
13	Raiders	credits, title page	1	letters: typeset
14	-	comic story	4	script: Gerry Finley-Day; pencils: Dave Gibbons; inks: Dave Gibbons; letters: Tom Frame	Rogue Trooper
15	Scum Sea	credits, title page	1	letters: typeset
16	-	comic story	5	script: Gerry Finley-Day; pencils: Dave Gibbons; inks: Dave Gibbons; letters: Bill Nuttall	Rogue Trooper
17	Ascent to Buzzard-Three	credits, title page	1	letters: typeset
18	Part 1	comic story	4	script: Gerry Finley-Day; pencils: Colin Wilson; inks: Colin Wilson; letters: Bill Nuttall	Rogue Trooper
19	Part 2	comic story	4	script: Gerry Finley-Day; pencils: Colin Wilson; inks: Colin Wilson; letters: Bill Nuttall	Rogue Trooper
20	Part 3	comic story	4	script: Gerry Finley-Day; pencils: Colin Wilson; inks: Colin Wilson; letters: Bill Nuttall	Rogue Trooper
21	The Rookies	credits, title page	1	letters: typeset
22	Part 1	comic story	4	script: Gerry Finley-Day; pencils: Dave Gibbons; inks: Dave Gibbons; letters: Bill Nuttall	Rogue Trooper
23	Part 2	comic story	4	script: Gerry Finley-Day; pencils: Dave Gibbons; inks: Dave Gibbons; letters: Bill Nuttall	Rogue Trooper
24	Blue Moon	credits, title page	1	letters: typeset
25	-	comic story	5	script: Gerry Finley-Day; pencils: Colin Wilson; inks: Colin Wilson; letters: Bill Nuttall	Rogue Trooper
26	Poison	credits, title page	1	letters: typeset
27	Part 1	comic story	4	script: Gerry Finley-Day; pencils: Mike Dorey; inks: Mike Dorey; letters: Bill Nuttall	Rogue Trooper
28	Part 2	comic story	4	script: Gerry Finley-Day; pencils: Mike Dorey; inks: Mike Dorey; letters: Bill Nuttall	Rogue Trooper
29	Fear of the Machine	credits, title page	1	letters: typeset
30	Part 1	comic story	4	script: Gerry Finley-Day; pencils: Colin Wilson; inks: Colin Wilson; letters: Bill Nuttall	Rogue Trooper
31	Part 2	comic story	4	script: Gerry Finley-Day; pencils: Colin Wilson; inks: Colin Wilson; letters: Bill Nuttall	Rogue Trooper
32	Part 3	comic story	4	script: Gerry Finley-Day; pencils: Colin Wilson; inks: Colin Wilson; letters: Bill Nuttall	Rogue Trooper
33	The Dreamweavers	credits, title page	1	letters: typeset
34	Part 1	comic story	4	script: Gerry Finley-Day; pencils: Dave Gibbons; inks: Dave Gibbons; letters: Bill Nuttall	Rogue Trooper
35	Part 2	comic story	4	script: Gerry Finley-Day; pencils: Dave Gibbons; inks: Dave Gibbons; letters: Bill Nuttall	Rogue Trooper
36	The Buzzard	credits, title page	1	letters: typeset
37	Part 1	comic story	4	script: Gerry Finley-Day; pencils: Colin Wilson; inks: Colin Wilson; letters: Bill Nuttall	Rogue Trooper
38	Part 2	comic story	4	script: Gerry Finley-Day; pencils: Colin Wilson; inks: Colin Wilson; letters: Bill Nuttall	Rogue Trooper
39	Part 3	comic story	4	script: Gerry Finley-Day; pencils: Colin Wilson; inks: Colin Wilson; letters: Bill Nuttall	Rogue Trooper
40	The Petrified Forest	credits, title page	1	letters: typeset
41	Part 1	comic story	4	script: Gerry Finley-Day; pencils: Mike Dorey; inks: Mike Dorey; letters: Bill Nuttall	Rogue Trooper
42	Part 2	comic story	4	script: Gerry Finley-Day; pencils: Mike Dorey; inks: Mike Dorey; letters: Bill Nuttall	Rogue Trooper
43	Part 3	comic story	4	script: Gerry Finley-Day; pencils: Mike Dorey; inks: Mike Dorey; letters: Bill Nuttall	Rogue Trooper
44	Part 4	comic story	4	script: Gerry Finley-Day; pencils: Mike Dorey; inks: Mike Dorey; letters: Bill Nuttall	Rogue Trooper
45	War of Nerves	credits, title page	1	letters: typeset
46	-	comic story	4	script: Gerry Finley-Day; pencils: Colin Wilson; inks: Colin Wilson; letters: Tony Jacob	Rogue Trooper
47	Bagman Blues	credits, title page	1	letters: typeset
48	Bagman Blues, Part One	comic story	4	script: Gerry Finley-Day; pencils: Brett Ewins; inks: Brett Ewins; letters: Bill Nuttall	Rogue Trooper
49	Bagman Blues, Part 2	comic story	5	script: Gerry Finley-Day; pencils: Brett Ewins; inks: Brett Ewins; letters: Tony Jacob	Rogue Trooper
50	Bagman Blues, Part 3	comic story	5	script: Gerry Finley-Day; pencils: Eric Bradbury; inks: Eric Bradbury; letters: Bill Nuttall	Rogue Trooper
51	The Body Looters	credits, title page	1	letters: typeset
52	The Body Looters!	comic story	5	script: Gerry Finley-Day; pencils: Cam Kennedy; inks: Cam Kennedy; letters: Bill Nuttall	Rogue Trooper
53	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Dave Gibbons; inks: Dave Gibbons	Bagman First, Gunnar First, Helm First, Rogue Trooper
54	Avenge Our Murder Most Foul!	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Dave Gibbons; inks: Dave Gibbons	Rogue Trooper
55	Biographies	text article	1	letters: typeset
56	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset
57	G. I. Blues	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Andy Clarke; inks: Andy Clarke

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Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Wikidata, Q3129108 (Helm), first-appearance property (CC0)

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