Bad City Blue

Bad City Blue was a strip in 2000 AD by Alan Grant and Robin Smith, about a decrepit city under a protective dome on an asteroid: "The city was dying. It was dying hard, and dying ugly. The rot had set in a long time ago. And bit by bit, zone by zone, it'd spread like some obscene disease." When the story takes place, 90% of the city is slum. The first episode appeared in 2000 AD prog 468, in May 1986.

The protagonist of the strip was Blue, a 'button man' for the city: "Look on me as a kind of trouble shooter — anybody starts trouble, I shoot 'em." Blue was unshaven, scarred and heavily armed, with a furrowed brow and hair that looked like it hadn't been combed for a month — your typical 'tough guy' anti-hero.