Monday, July 2, 2012
PHANTOM EAGLE GRAPHIC NOVEL WW1 RFC ROYAL FLYING CORPS WORLD WAR 1 MARVEL COMICS
THE FIRST FLIGHT OF THE PHANTOM EAGLE.
GRAPHIC NOVEL
OUT OF PRINT. HARD TO FIND COLLECTOR'S ITEM FEATURING PILOTS FLYING WITH THE BRITISH RFC DURING WORLD WAR 1.
Featuring the Royal Flying Corps with their Sopwith Pup biplanes in combat against the German Albatross. With an appearance by a French Spad.
Collector's item #1 first issue. Illustrated by BLACKHAWK artist HOWARD CHAYKIN!
Tells a story that shows what it was like to fly a plane in World War I and change the way you look at war in general.
THE STORY:
Set against the grim backdrop of Word War I, mysterious aviator Karl Kaufmann arrives on the western front dressed outlandishly and at the controls of his own plane. Overconfident and full of romantic ideals, he has come to fight and kill the Hun. But soon Kaufmann confronts staggering loss and witnesses violence on a scale he has never imagined. In the process, he learns the harsh truth of conflict.
Product Description
From the acclaimed writer of the hit series PREACHER, who has written some of the finest war comics ever to see print in the modern age.
COVER BY: JOHN CASSADAY
WRITER: GARTH ENNIS
PENCILS: HOWARD CHAYKIN
INKS: HOWARD CHAYKIN
LETTERED BY: TODD KLEIN
Labels:
Marvel Comics,
Phantom Eagle,
Royal Flying Corps,
World War 1