Charlie 'Sarge'

Debuting in the pages of 2000 AD #1135 in 1999, Charlie 'Sarge' is a product of the British comics tradition at its most inventive, brought to life by the formidable creative pairing of John Wagner and Henry Flint. Over nearly two decades of appearances in the UK's legendary anthology, this Copper/Modern Age character has kept some remarkable company — sharing pages with Judge Dredd himself, the swashbuckling Nikolai Dante, and the wonderfully named Captain Bug Stomper, a roster that speaks to the gloriously anarchic spirit of 2000 AD. With 24 catalogued appearances spanning 1999 to 2018, Charlie 'Sarge' may not be the most prolific figure in the Galaxy's Greatest Comic, but any character that earns a Wagner-Flint origin and endures across two decades in that fiercely competitive anthology has clearly earned their stripes.