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Title: Unknown Soldier by Garth Ennis ISBN: 1-56389-422-X Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: 01 June, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (9 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: One of my favorites.
Comment: Unknown Soldier is a very suspensful mystery with lots of action. I highly recommend this one.
Rating: 4
Summary: Another Ennis masterpiece.
Comment: The more I read of Garth Ennis' work, the faster I become a disciple of the ever-growing fanclub of his. The Irish writed always manages to fuse fun, hyperviolent stories with a sense of morality and justice. Many may take a quick look and view his tales as extreme and indulgent, but underneath all the head wounds is a sense of duty and goodness.
'Unknown Soldier' focuses on the the quest of one man to find the identity of a mysterious US agent known only as the Unknown Soldier. Few now the truth, and those who do don't last too long. Who's covering the Soldier's identity, and why?
Garth pens another fun tale that borders more on the serious than his masterwork 'Preacher', which showcased his dark humour. Ennis delves into atrocities out of humankinds past, on both sides of the battlefield. The picture he paints is a world that is far too grey anymore to make a choice between right and wrong, but if one looks hard enough the choice is ultimately there.
Any problems a reader might encounter with this is the ending. I found it very satisfying, but many may not agree with the harsh closure it brings to the story.
Although I missed the artwork of Ennis' 'Preacher' partner Steve Dillon, Killian Plunkett adds dark realism to Ennis' story. Emotion is drawn so superbly that you truly sense the anger, disgust and betrayel portayed. And the addition of the original covers by Tim Bradstreet is a definate plus to picking up this book.
Not a story to ultimately display Garth Ennis' talents, it's still one that tells a good story, and any established fan cannot keep from their collection.
Rating: 4
Summary: Defending What's Right
Comment: Like many real Americans in the early years of the Cold War, comic book defenders of decency who hoped to survive the harsh winter of McCarthyism often had to protect themselves by loudly praising "Democracy" and denouncing its ideological enemy on the other side of the Iron Curtain. It was during this time that Captain America returned to comics after a four-year hiatus. Proudly replacing his WW II "Sentinel of Liberty" sobriquet with "Commie Smasher," Captain America embarked on a mission to recapture the hearts and minds of our nation's youth. And he was not alone. Literally draped in the flag and fervently believing in their country's moral infallibility, a long procession of American superheroes have served throughout the intervening years as mindless, musclebound cheerleaders for our country's kinder, gentler brand of nationalism.
An encouraging sign that comic book readers no longer relate to this super-patriot ideal was the stunning success of the surprise hit, "Unknown Soldier." (demand was so great for the first issue of the original four part mini series that a second printing had to be run off.) The unlikely hero of this story is troubled CIA agent, William Clyde. Reprimanded by his superiors for refusing to "sanction" a couple of ten year old witnesses to his latest assassination assignment in Central America, Agent Clyde is given a meaningless desk job as repayment for his insubordination. Soon he finds himself following a trail of cryptic clues and dead men that eventually leads him to the book's title character: a ruthless Cold Warrior who is able to assume any identity, while his own battle-ruined face remains permanently hidden beneath bandages. The Pentagon's ultimate undercover operative, after visiting Dachau during its liberation at the end of WWII, the Unknown Soldier became convinced that any act of violence performed in his relentless mission to protect national security was justified by the even more heinous atrocities committed by other nations. Casting him as the fictitious behind-the-scenes player responsible for such factual U.S. covert operations as the Shah of Iran's coup, the Bay of Pigs Invasion, and the secret wars in Cambodia and Nicaragua, author Garth Ennis shows just how far, and low, Machiavellian "morality" can lead us.
While the subversive politics of this story were right up my alley, it is characterization that makes this story so gripping. The innocence, loyalty, and determination of Agent Clyde, perhaps the last "good guy" in the CIA, make this much more than just another spy adventure or political diatribe.
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Title: Fury ("Max Comics"--Cover) by Garth Ennis, Darick Robertson ISBN: 0785108785 Publisher: Marvel Books Pub. Date: May, 2002 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Hitman: Who Dares Wins by Garth Ennis ISBN: 1563897180 Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: 01 July, 2001 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Hitman: The Ace of Killers by Garth Ennis ISBN: 1563896141 Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: 01 June, 2000 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Hitman by Garth Ennis ISBN: 1563893142 Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: 01 January, 1997 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: 30 Days of Night by Steve Niles, Ben Templesmith ISBN: 0971977550 Publisher: Idea and Design Works, LLC Pub. Date: 01 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $17.99 |
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