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WAR STORY GRAPHIC NOVEL: JOHANN'S TIGER
OUT OF PRINT. HARD TO FIND COLLECTOR'S ITEM FEATURING GERMAN SOLDIERS AND THEIR TIGER TANK.
In the final days of World War Two the commander of a Tiger tank tries to save his men by convincing them to desert so they may surrender to the Americans before they are killed fighting the Soviets.
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From the acclaimed writer of the hit series PREACHER, these are the finest war comics ever to see print in the modern age. This volume showcases a tale of German Nazis towards the end of the war.
Germany, April 1945. Johann Kleist commands a German tank crew that has realized that their homeland is fighting a war it can no longer win, and they decide they don't want a part of it anymore. They leave their assigned battlefield, seeking out Americans, given their reputation for civility. The crew of Big Max, the tank Kleist commands, runs from Russians and their own people, but Kleist himself is running from himself.
THIS ITEM WAS ONLY AVAILABLE IN COMIC BOOK SPECIALTY SHOPS AND CANNOT BE FOUND IN ANY MASS MARKET RETAIL OUTLET.
PUBLISHED BY DC COMICS IN 2001.
Garth Ennis is probably best known for his hard-hitting but historically accurate and empathetic War Stories, fictionalising the heroics of War without shying too far away from the immense destructive force of modern warfare.
In WAR STORY: JOHANN'S TIGER, we follow an unlikely lead character, a German soldier named Johann Kleist. He has four hopeless types under his command, and a Tiger tank nicknamed "Big Max." It is early April 1945, and the war will be over soon. The Russians are beating the Germans back with relentless ferocity, and the Nazis are tired and demoralized. Kleist and the men who man "Big Max" have made the decision to be realistic, quit the war, and go find some Americans to accept their surrender. Kleist will hand over his men, but for himself he has other plans. Unfortunately, those plans may go horribly awry, and one last battle will determine the fate of the crew of the panzer known as "Big Max."
All these decades later, the Nazis remain one of humanity's most potent examples of pure evil. Even in our politically correct times - when we are cautioned to remember that in every group there are always those who questioned or disagreed with the policies of their government - it is sometimes difficult to separate the individuals from the mass of monsters. It's a brave writer who tries to find the humanity in evil, and here we have a story that focuses not on familiar American heroes, but on German soldiers who only want the war to be over. They may be indeed be evil or merely ignorant, but they are also human. Through his internal narrative monologue, Kleist invites us to understand that he was committed to his duty but not Hitler's ideals, until the day that he realized what he had become and the guilt enveloped his soul. Kleist is a haunted man who has committed atrocities for which there is no better punishment than the "endless torment" known as living.
Writer(s):
Garth Ennis
Penciller(s):
Chris Weston
Inker(s):
Gary Erskine
Colorist(s):
Heroic Age
Pamela Rambo
Letterer(s):
Clem Robins
Editor(s):
Antony J L Bedard - 'Tony'
Will Dennis
Cover Artist(s):
John Van Fleet