War Stories Volume 1 (New Edition)

Most people come to Garth Ennis through Preacher, though others discovered him with Hellblazer, The Punisher, and Fury. All great books. But war comics are one of Ennis' great loves, and you can't get the complete picture on him until you've read something like War Stories. We've all seen a dozen WW II movies, played a few Call of Duty games, and watched Band of Brothers, right? What else is there to say about World War II? Plenty, as Ennis proves. He doesn't give us typical battles, instead writing about quirky, morbidly funny situations that average soldiers get themselves into. And the art! Chris Weston, Dave Gibbons, and David Lloyd illustrated some of Grant Morrison and Alan Moore's most beloved comics, and it's a treat to see them team up with Ennis.

Normally I am not into graphic novels: This one caught my eye at the library, and it was awesome. The war stories came to life in vivid detail; even compared with such classics as The Cruel Sea. I would greatly recommend this book.

If you like war stories or just Garth Ennis's writing then you will have to read this.

The stories contained in this set are works of fiction yet, you can tell from the writer to editor to the artist's involved. That everyone did their homework on the situations that these stories reflect upon to where they could be actual stories from the lines of WWII. Theres 4 tales in this collection that hopefully more will come. The tales here are as is: Johann's Tiger Illustrated by Chris Weston and Gary Erskine D-Day Dodgers Illustrated by John HIggins Screaming Eagles Illustrated by Dave Gibbons Nightingale Illustrated by David Lloyd All stories above of course written by Garth Ennis Whats interesting about this collection is the collection of stories are of less told tales that are kinda of lost in the shuffle of all that went on during the war. Pick this up if you're a fan of war comics from the old DC era of Stars and Stripes or if you love to watch the History Channel. Oh, if you need a brief run down of what each tale is here it is: Johann's Tiger Is a tale of the mighty German Tiger tank and a brave piss poor group of Germans who with the tide of the war coming back from the Eastern Front to Germany they finally decide to fall rank and try to get captured by the american advancement on the Western half of Germany. D-Day Dodgers Is based apon "The Ballard of the D-Day Dodgers" Which Lady Astor was accused of making an offensive speech on the men who continued to fight up Italy's country side towards Germany instead of Fighting on the Beaches of Normandy. There's never been proof she made light of those who continued the advancement up Italy as bad. But, shortly someone made the infamous Ballard of these brave soldiers which pokes at Lady Astor comments rather true or not. Screaming Eagles Is a tale of one man's accounts in Europe that follows kinda of in vein of the old DC era Stars and Stripes and Sgt Rock with more grittyness and in more graphic detail. NightingGale Is a Sea Tale of Merchant Ships and transport ships up on the artic waters Norway and Northern Russia. It shows the dangers of how easy it was for the germans to pick off these ships from safe distances and how nontheless brave Saliors continued to deliver the goods to supply the fronts. Also, just for note War Stories Vol 1 is the Same book as this title War Story D-Day Dodgers. DC in second print run decided to change title up a bit and the cover.

The stories contained in this set are works of fiction yet, you can tell from the writer to editor to the artist's involved. That everyone did their homework on the situations that these stories reflect upon to where they could be actual stories from the lines of WWII. Theres 4 tales in this collection that hopefully more will come. The tales here are as is: Johann's Tiger Illustrated by Chris Weston and Gary Erskine D-Day Dodgers Illustrated by John HIggins Screaming Eagles Illustrated by Dave Gibbons Nightingale Illustrated by David Lloyd All stories above of course written by Garth Ennis Whats interesting about this collection is the collection of stories are of less told tales that are kinda of lost in the shuffle of all that went on during the war. Pick this up if you're a fan of war comics from the old DC era of Stars and Stripes or if you love to watch the History Channel. Oh, if you need a brief run down of what each tale is here it is: Johann's Tiger Is a tale of the mighty German Tiger tank and a brave piss poor group of Germans who with the tide of the war coming back from the Eastern Front to Germany they finally decide to fall rank and try to get captured by the american advancement on the Western half of Germany. D-Day Dodgers Is based apon "The Ballard of the D-Day Dodgers" Which Lady Astor was accused of making an offensive speech on the men who continued to fight up Italy's country side towards Germany instead of Fighting on the Beaches of Normandy. There's never been proof she made light of those who continued the advancement up Italy as bad. But, shortly someone made the infamous Ballard of these brave soldiers which pokes at Lady Astor comments rather true or not. Screaming Eagles Is a tale of one man's accounts in Europe that follows kinda of in vein of the old DC era Stars and Stripes and Sgt Rock with more grittyness and in more graphic detail. NightingGale Is a Sea Tale of Merchant Ships and transport ships up on the artic waters Norway and Northern Russia. It shows the dangers of how easy it was for the germans to pick off these ships from safe distances and how nontheless brave Saliors continued to deliver the goods to supply the fronts.