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Gerry Finley-Day (born 1947, Broughty Ferry, Dundee) is a Scottish-born British comics writer prolific from the 1960s to the 1980s, best known as the creator of "Rogue Trooper". He began his career at D.C. Thomson & Co., before becoming the editor of IPC Media's girls' title ''Tammy'' in 1971,〔Jenny McDade, (Creating Tammy - A True Story ), DowntheTubes.net, 12 October 2008.〕 for which he wrote strips such as "Ella on Easy Street"〔Jenni Scott, (Pat Mills at Caption 2004 ) (interview), 31 May 2008; accessed 18 September 2015.〕 and "The Camp on Candy Island". Tammy's stories were full of cruelty and adversity, based on research showing that girls wanted stories that made them cry.〔Paul Gravett, (Comics Britannia Part 2 - Girls and Boys ), paulgravett.com, 2 December 2007.〕 Finley-Day rose to become deputy managing editor of IPC's girls' comics department, but quit to become a freelance writer. In 1974 he was drafted in by Pat Mills to help develop characters for ''Battle Picture Weekly'', launched the following year,〔David Bishop, "Blazing Battle Action part 1", ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' #209, 26 August 2003〕 for which he wrote "Rat Pack",〔Rat Pack (series 1 ) at Captain Hurricane's Best of Battle〕 "The Sarge",〔 "The Bootneck Boy",〔(The Bootneck Boy at Captain Hurricane's Best of Battle )〕 "D-Day Dawson", "Return of the Eagle",〔(Return of the Eagle at Captain Hurricane's Best of Battle )〕 "Sergeant Without Stripes",〔(Sergeant Without Stripes at Captain Hurricane's Best of Battle )〕 "Cold Steele",〔(Cold Steele at Captain Hurricane's Best of Battle )〕 "Skreamer of the Stukas",〔(Skreamer of the Stukas at Captain Hurricane's Best of Battle )〕〔David Bishop, "Blazing Battle Action part 2", ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' #210, 23 September 2003〕 "Glory Rider",〔David Bishop, "Blazing Battle Action part 3", ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' #211, 21 October 2003〕 "Cooley's Gun",〔 "Action Force",〔David Bishop, "Blazing Battle Action part 4", ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' #212, 18 November 2003〕 and many others. He had a penchant for creating honourable German heroes, including "Fighter from the Sky",〔 "Panzer G-Man",〔 "Commando King",〔 "Sea Wolf", and perhaps the best known, "Hellman of Hammer Force",〔Hellman of Hammer Force (series 1 ), (series 2 ), (series 4 ); (Hellman of the Afrika Korps ); Hellman on the Russian Front (series 1 ), (series 2 ), (series 3 ); (The Early Adventures of Hellman of Hammer Force ) at Captain Hurricane's Best of Battle〕 which started out in ''Action'' and transferred to ''Battle'' after ''Action'' was merged into it.〔 Other strips he wrote for ''Action'' include "Green's Grudge War" and "Dredger".〔 Finley-Day was one of the mainstays of early ''2000 AD'', writing "Invasion!", "Dan Dare", "Fiends of the Eastern Front", and a couple of early episodes of "Judge Dredd", and became their specialist in future war stories, first with "The V.C.s", and then his most enduring character, "Rogue Trooper", which still features occasionally, written by other writers - although Finley-Day returned to the character for a one-off story in 2010. He also wrote "Blackhawk" for ''Tornado'', and several strips for the revived ''Eagle'', including "Saddle Tramp", "Sergeant Streetwise", "Jake's Platoon", "The Hand", and episodes of "The Collector".〔(Gerry Finley-Day profile ), 2000ad.org; accessed 18 September 2015.〕 Finley-Day's signature style was the hardbitten solo action hero, typically an embittered renegade male between 35 and 50 years old, that became a defining feature of ''2000 AD''. In common with many creators of the day, his stories often incorporated elements of contemporary popular movies or television programmes. Harry Twenty, for example, was an escape story set on a maximum-security prison orbiting the earth, and had clear echoes of ''The Prisoner'' (a television series starring Patrick McGoohan). According to Finley-Day, he used to joke with his fellow creators that if McGoohan appeared at the reception of the IPC building, he was not to be let upstairs). Finley-Day disappeared from the UK comics scene in the mid-1980s, allegedly after editorial disagreements with the ''2000 AD'' management. ''Harry 20 on the High Rock'' was recently voted by readers of the 2000adreview fansite as the best self-contained series to have appeared in ''2000 AD'' throughout its 28 year history, closely followed by ''Fiends of the Eastern Front''. ==Bibliography== Comics work includes: * ''Slaves of 'War Orphan Farm (in ''Tammy'' 6 February 1971 to 17 July 1971) * ''The Camp on Candy Island'' (in Tammy 28 October 1972 to 19 May 1973) * ''Serfs of the Swamps'' (in Tammy 13 September 1975 to 22 November 1975) * ''Invasion!'' (in ''2000 AD'' #1-6, 8-35, 37-38, 40 & 42-51, 1977–78) * ''Judge Dredd'': "The Solar Sniper" (with Ron Turner, in ''2000 AD'' #19, 1977) * ''Dan Dare'' (in ''2000 AD'' #28-51 & 64-66, 1977–78) * ''Ant Wars'' (in ''2000 AD'' #71-85, 1978) * ''Blackhawk'' (in ''Tornado'' #4-22, 1979) * ''Disaster 1990'' (in ''2000 AD'' # 19-139, 1979) * ''The V.C.s'' (in ''2000 AD'' 140-143, 145-165, 168-169 & 171-175, 1979–1980) * ''Fiends of the Eastern Front'' (in ''2000 AD'' # 152-161, 1980) * ''Rogue Trooper'' (in ''2000 AD'' #228-232, 234-243 & 246-258, 1981–82) * ''Father's Footsteps'' (in Tammy 1982) * ''Cross on Court'' (in Tammy 1982) * ''Rae Rules OK'' (in Tammy 1982) * ''Jaws Three'' (in Tammy 21 May 1983 to 25 June 1983) * ''Sgt. Streetwise'' (in ''Eagle'' #1-11, 1982) * ''Rogue Trooper'' (in ''2000 AD'' #260-62, 1982 Sci-Fi Special & #265-301, 1982–83) * ''Saddle Tramp'' (in ''Eagle'' #14-26, 1982) * ''Sgt. Streetwise'' (in ''Eagle'' #27-31, 1982) * ''Harry Twenty on the High Rock'' (in ''2000 AD'' #287-307, 1982–83) * ''Sgt. Streetwise'' (in ''Eagle'' #32-38, 1982) *''Rogue Trooper'' (in ''2000 AD'' #303-355, 1983–84) *''Jake's Platoon'' (in ''Eagle'' #41-57, 1983) *''Sgt. Streetwise'' (in ''Eagle'' #41-43 & 46-48, 1983) *''The Hand'' (in ''Eagle'' from #70-93 and continuing, 1983–84) *''Sgt. Streetwise'' (in ''Eagle'' #76-78, 1983) *''Rogue Trooper'' (in ''2000 AD'' #358-364, 366-392, 1983–84) *''Rogue Trooper'' (in ''2000 AD'' #401-406, 410-419, 422-426 & 428-432, 1985) *''Rogue Trooper'' (in ''2000 AD'' #444-449, 1985) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gerry Finley-Day」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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