Written by Darwyn Cooke, Ivan Brandon, and Jan StrnadArt by Darwyn Cooke, Nic Klein, Gabriel Hardman, and Steve Pugh
What a shame that this is only a one-shot. I love war comics, and have been eying the recent single issues that DC has been putting out. I've ignored the others because of their price, but when I saw the line-up of creators on this one, I decided it was well worth buying.
The comic opens with a story by Darwyn Cooke set in some form of afterlife for soldiers, where their skeletal remains gather each year to engage in some Olympic-style games and some debauchery. It's a funny little story, gorgeously drawn.
Brandon and Klein (the Viking team) have a story about a submarine crew that is close to running out of fuel in the Second World War. It's an interesting tale, with great art. Strnad (there's a name I haven't seen in a while) and Hardman have a pretty standard, but still effective, story about the loyalty of friends during a war. As expected, it also has great art.
I would gladly buy a mini-series or anthology graphic novel of stuff like this. I'm sure the recent rebirth of the various old war titles is a copyright-related thing, but I would like to think that DC is testing the market for material like this. The other one-shots have not had the same caliber of artist and writer attached to it, but this one is a gem.
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