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THE CALL OF DUTY #1: THE WAGON COMIC BOOK!
The premiere issue of the fantastic comic book series featuring New York City's EMS! The fantastic storyline begins here!
These comic books were never available to the mass market and were only sold in comic book specialty shops.
Hard to find FIRST ISSUE COLLECTOR'S ITEM!
RARE and OUT OF PRINT! Impossible to find!
In the wake of the events of September 11, 2001, Marvel began publishing comic book series that focus on the everyday heroes who look out for the rest of us: paramedics, police officers, firemen, and their like. The Call of Duty: The Wagon tells the story Jennifer Montez—a beautiful, happily married young woman who dutifully performs the tasks of her job as an emergency medical service (EMS) worker and fends off the advances of her male co-workers. The strength of the series is its realism, from the dialogue—loaded with the dark humor that must help EMS workers deal with the grisly sights they see—to the interaction of the emergency technicians with the cops and the firemen.
A supernatural element is introduced into the story when Jen encounters the same little girl policeman Frank Gunzer has seen in the pages of The Call of Duty: The Precinct and fireman James MacDonald has seen in The Call of Duty: The Brotherhood. Jen is mystified by her and by the warning she delivers about something horrible happening, like what happened at “the Knox Building and the twin buildings.” This aspect of the story is truly effective, truly frightening. Will New York’s everyday heroes solve the mystery and prevent a disaster that may rival 9-11? The answer’s to be found in these excellent series from Marvel.
From the New York Daily News...
MARVEL-OUS COMICS ON CITY HEROES
By ETHAN SACKS DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Monday, June 3th 2002, 1:80AM
Need to foil a megalomaniacal supervillain? Call Spider-Man.
Need to stop an evil mutant out to enslave the human race? Get hold of the X-Men.
Need to put out a raging fire or put down a crack-adled gunman holding hostages?
That's a job for real heroes.
Marvel Comics is betting there is plenty of room in the post-Sept. 11 superhero world for inspiring stories about New York's firefighters, police officers and EMS workers.
The comics' publisher will release "The Call of Duty: The Brotherhood," focusing on FDNY firefighters. It is the first of three six-issue miniseries that will focus on real-life New York City heroes.
"The Brotherhood," will be followed by two other series, one based on the NYPD, called "The Precinct," and one about EMS workers, called "The Wagon."
The three comics will lead into one ongoing series that focuses on a cop, a firefighter and a paramedic. Writer Chuck Austen said the comic will be like a cross between "NYPD Blue" and "The X-Files."
"There's a real fever to see these kinds of people and heroes immortalized in our type of storytelling," said Joe Quesada, Marvel's editor in chief.