Unknown Soldier #19

Written by Joshua Dysart
Art by Alberto Ponticelli

This issue marks the beginning of a new story arc, 'A Battle of Little Note'.  It begins where the last issue left off, with Moses involved in a guns for medicine deal between the army and a group of local tribesmen, the Karamojong.  Moses's voice has every intention of taking the guns and killing everyone else, but Moses decides to take control and destroy everything, including the guns.  It's an interesting fight being carried out inside his head as he struggles to determine his own destiny.

One aspect of this issue that was particularly interesting is that much of the narrative is made up of a report filed in some level of the American military about the events in Gulu, but they refer to Moses as Subject 9 throughout the document, confirming that he is the project of some sort of Black Budget operation.  This isn't really a shock to a long time reader, but it does foreshadow a meeting between Moses and someone from the US soon.

Ponticelli's art is as great as ever, there is an interesting text piece by Dysart on witchcraft in Uganda, and Dave Johnson's cover, modeled after Eric Skillman's cover for the Criterion release of Berlin Alexanderplatz is one of the coolest covers I've seen in ages.