9 Comics You Should Be Reading This Week (18th Oct)
6. 2000AD Prog. 2002
Rebellion, “Counterfeit Girl” #3 Milligan/Dayglo/Regan/De Ville
Worth Reading For: A Rash That’s Annoying Beyond Belief!
Set in what appears to be a futuristic Britain, where identity theft goes way beyond your bank balance, I.D. thief Libra Kelly is on the run from the zillion-credit Albion Corporation after she found herself in bed with the boss’s son that one time.
This time, though, Libra learns first hand how dangerous dabbling with many people’s identities can be as she contracts the deadly ‘Cognizantus Rash,’ which taunts her with descriptions of how it’s going to kill her. Libra’s only hope is to track down the original owner of the infected I.D. while trying to escape from a rich-boy scorned.
Peter Milligan (“Britannia”) and Rufus Dayglo (“Tank Girl”) have created what is increasingly becoming a 2000AD ‘classic’. With its glowing colours courtesy of Dom Regan (“Trident”) and bullet-paced storyline it stands out in a crowd of excellent stories in this week’s Prog.