You know how in war movies the good guys are always having it over-the-top lucky and easy? Well, no difference here in comics but hey it's all good because our thrill is seeing those men in Nazi uniforms get their comeuppance, eh? Hehehe!
Check out the opening sequence
Anyway in this issue, the war is no longer abroad but right at home as we see Germans coming into the country itself under disguise and then finding fellow sympathisers to their causes to rally together and create havoc
What's Soldier's duty?
Infiltrate and nab the bad guys only except in this case, the bad guys ... well, they are not black-n-white if you know what I mean and at the end of it all, it leaves the Soldier with a bad taste in the mouth. Aces!
Ratings: 6/10
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Monday, April 6, 2015
Sunday, April 5, 2015
342. Star Spangled War Stories featuring the Unknown Soldier vol 1 #198 ... DC ...
What a mouthful for a title eh? But the fact is that comics in the 70s and going through 80s had volumes where the stories and characters are more experimental. Experimental means in each comic there may be several stories - some are short (even a couple of pages) and some are serials continuing from each comic to the next and whichever character proves popular will have run of the mag or even promoted to his or her own solo mag
This is what happened even in Marvel - example Thor sprang from Journey into Mystery
As for my labelling this as volume 1, it is because to me after this long run by the Soldier, his next run was a 12 issue series followed years later by a 4 issue series in Vertigo
Now with that out of the way, isn't it nice we are not reviewing a number 1? Hah!
Also do note that usually the covers are not necessarily relevant to the interiors and in this comic there are 2 tales. First up is the Soldier who is facing execution for being a traitor to the allies. Cue: flashback as he went on a mission and thought it was a success oblivious to the fact that while he was running around trying to be clever, for once, the Germans have some tricks up their own sleeves
So naturally at the end of this tale, our Soldier escapes. Otherwise no next issue eh? But this is not the end as he then have to find a way to clear his name
Now I am not a fan of short tales but this issue's back up or flipside is awesome. It's about 3 soldiers who are injured. One who is blind, one who is without leg use and such. And the hospital they are recuperating is suddenly under attack. The way they work together to take down the Germans is just plain intelligent ... although I find the last bit trying to make light rather .. off because that makes this tale feel more like an afternoon cartoon serial where a moral is pounded into your head at the end of each episode, know what I mean?
Ratings: 8/10
This is what happened even in Marvel - example Thor sprang from Journey into Mystery
As for my labelling this as volume 1, it is because to me after this long run by the Soldier, his next run was a 12 issue series followed years later by a 4 issue series in Vertigo
Now with that out of the way, isn't it nice we are not reviewing a number 1? Hah!
Also do note that usually the covers are not necessarily relevant to the interiors and in this comic there are 2 tales. First up is the Soldier who is facing execution for being a traitor to the allies. Cue: flashback as he went on a mission and thought it was a success oblivious to the fact that while he was running around trying to be clever, for once, the Germans have some tricks up their own sleeves
So naturally at the end of this tale, our Soldier escapes. Otherwise no next issue eh? But this is not the end as he then have to find a way to clear his name
Now I am not a fan of short tales but this issue's back up or flipside is awesome. It's about 3 soldiers who are injured. One who is blind, one who is without leg use and such. And the hospital they are recuperating is suddenly under attack. The way they work together to take down the Germans is just plain intelligent ... although I find the last bit trying to make light rather .. off because that makes this tale feel more like an afternoon cartoon serial where a moral is pounded into your head at the end of each episode, know what I mean?
Ratings: 8/10
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