The Light Brigade
Peter Tomasi, . . DC Comics, $19.99 (200pp) ISBN 978-1-4012-0795-3
This collected edition of a four-issue 2004 miniseries may be the best mainstream comic of the year, an outstanding achievement at all levels. The German troops who overrun an isolated pocket of U.S. soldiers during the winter of 1944–1945 are worse than Nazis; they're the descendants of fallen angels who now see a chance to steal the sword of God. The surviving Americans, led by an immortal Roman centurion in disguise, must fight these supernatural, almost-indestructable foes. The premise is reminiscent of Garth Ennis's gonzo
Reviewed on: 11/21/2005
Genre: Fiction
Hardcover - 203 pages - 978-1-61655-405-7
Prebound-Sewn - 978-1-4176-9689-5