Dead Irons

Title: Dead Irons

Genre: Western/Horror/Zombie

Story: James Kuhoric

Art: Jason Shawn Alexander, Jae Lee

Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment

Issues: 1-4, complete

Year: 2009

Rate: 9.0

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PROMO: Three bounty hunter siblings blaze a path of death and destruction across the old west. Traveling by moonlight they rip criminals screaming for mercy from their hiding places, but none is ever given. The Irons are the most feared bounty hunting killers in the west, but that fear isn't based on them being the fastest with a pistol or rifle. It's because they're the Walking Dead! A lone, tortured soul tracks them with vengeance and salvation driving him to end the curse upon his family. Those who he rescues call him savior but those who look upon his twisted and scarred face call him monster. Silas Irons is the only hope his brothers and sister have of salvation from the abominations they've become. But even the purity of his heart can't stop the unnatural rage and bloodlust building in his diseased soul. A black curse turned these siblings into monsters but deep rooted and twisted family history made them into the worst kind of horrors. This year's biggest supernatural western tale begins here! Written by James Kuhoric (Freddy vs Jason vs Ash), illustrated by Jason Alexander (BPRD), and based on character designs and covers by Jae Lee (The Dark Tower).

Battlefields - Tankies

Title: Battlefields - Tankies

Genre: WWII

Story: Garth Ennis

Art: Carlos Ezquerra

Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment

Issues: 1-3, complete

Year: 2009.

Rate: 7.0

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PROMO: After D-Day came the battle for Normandy, when largely untried Allied soldiers met the seasoned veterans of the German army. As Panzer units and SS troops turn the French countryside into a killing ground, a lone British tank crew struggle to rejoin their squadron. Cut off behind enemy lines, their only hope lies in their fearsome commander, Corporal Stiles — but no one in the crew can stand him, and Stiles isn't too fond of them either. And there are Tigers lurking in the undergrowth... Garth Ennis (The Boys, Preacher) teams up with Judge Dredd co-creator Carlos Ezquerra for this third installment of Dynamite Entertainment's Battlefields series, featuring covers by John Cassaday (Astonishing X-Men) and Garry Leach (Dan Dare)!

REVIEW: WWII jeste jedna od fascinacija Gartha Ennisa - čoveka kojeg, uz Alana Mura, verovatno i najviše cenim u svetu stripa, koja je izrodila zanimljivu metaseriju. Ovde su predstavljene prve tri mini-serije, koje, nažalost, donose kvalitet koji sa svakom sledećom značajno opada.
Prva priča - The Night Witches - je odlična! Priča o sovjetskom odredu devojaka-pilota koje su, against all odds - trpeći poniženja i nepoverenje muških saboraca, leteći u sramno zastarelim avionima, veoma brzo poslate prava noćna mora Nemaca na istočnom frontu, je uspela u potpunostu, brzo i efektno prikazujući svu strahotu tog ili bilo kog drugog rata - strah, krv, ratne zločine (silovanja), ljubav koja se nastaje samo da bi smrću završila... 

Nažalost, sledeće dve nisu tako zanimljive. Dok je druga - Dear Billy - još i OK ljubavna priča o devojci koja je doživela i preživela silovanja japanskih vojnika i streljački vod sastavljen od istih i mladog američkog pilota, treća - Tankies, je suvoparni, za čitanje naporni prikaz rata u Normandiji...

Battlefields - Dear Billy

Title: Battlefields - Dear Billy

Genre: WWII

Story: Garth Ennis

Art: Peter Snejberg

Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment

Issues: 1-3, complete

Year: 2009

Rate: 8.0

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PROMO: 1942: In the tropical splendour of the South China sea, as the Second World War spreads across the far east, a young woman finds herself in paradise... and then in hell. Nurse Carrie Sutton is caught up in the Japanese invasion of Singapore, suffering horrors beyond her wildest nightmares — and survives! Now, she attempts to start her life anew, buoyed up by a growing friendship with a wounded pilot, only for fate to deliver up the last thing she ever expected. Carrie, at last, has a chance for revenge... but should she take it? In the midst of a world torn apart by war, you can fight and you can win, but you still might not get the things you truly want. More incredible stories from Garth Ennis (The Boys, Preacher) as his Battlefields series continues exclusively from Dynamite Entertainment! For this second mini-series — Dear Billy — Garth is joined by artist Peter Snejbjerg and cover artist John Cassaday for a haunting tale of wartime in 1942...

Battlefields - The Night Witches

Title: Battlefields- The Night Witches

Genre: WWII

Story: Garth Ennis

Art: Russel Braun

Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment

Isses: 1-3, complete

Year: 2008-2009.

Rate: 9.0

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PROMO: Late summer, 1942. As the German army smashes deep into Soviet Russia and the defenders of the Motherland retreat in disarray, a new bomber squadron arrives at a Russian forward airbase. Its crews will fly flimsy wooden biplanes on lethal night missions over German lines, risking fiery death as they fling themselves against the invader - but for these pilots, the consequences of capture will be even worse. For the pilots of the 599th Night Bomber Regiment are women! In the deadly skies of the Eastern front, they will become a legend, known to friend and foe alike as the Night Witches. Featuring two covers, one by John Cassaday and the other by Garry (Dan Dare) Leach!