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Johnny Red #3
Johnny Red: Angels Over Stalingrad
After Johnny Redburn is discharged from the RAF for killing an officer, he takes to the skies in a stolen Hurricane. Soon, he meets the Falcon Squadron of the 5th Soviet Air Brigade, and begins his fight against Germany from the other side of the Iron Curtain!
Includes a feature on Stalingrad by comics legend Garth Ennis (The Boys, Preacher, War Stories).
Includes a feature on Stalingrad by comics legend Garth Ennis (The Boys, Preacher, War Stories).
- GenresGraphic NovelsComics
104 pages, Hardcover
First published January 29, 2013
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April 29, 2020
A brilliant read! Full of action and very hardcore. Can’t believe it’s from 1979. Great stuff!
July 29, 2022
Reading strips I read in childhhod, amazing how vividly they come back to me - stories, characters, particular panels. I would have read and reread these over and over. Formative.
April 13, 2013
This is another excellently presented collection of some of the classic battle comics from England that were originally printed in the 70’s. Instead of dealing primarily with ground troops, this is about the pilots that provided air support on the Russian front during World War 2. Drawn and written to cover a very dark time of the world’s history, they manage to reflect the humanity (or lack there-of) of the people concerned.
Johnny Red is basically an anti-hero trying to make good. Due to an incident in the first book, he is still in danger of being arrested and returned to England to face the firing squad. In this book, the third of the collection, we get to see a lot of things that, while there is a bit of a fictional spin to these stories, the facts are included, too. Yes, Russia really did have female pilots, engineers and ground crews on the front lines (as well as snipers and tank crews). From what I understand, the plight of the citizens of Stalingrad was pretty realistically shown, even as a work of fiction.
With wonderfully drawn action scenes, these comics look like an action movie. While dealing with a very dark subject, we also get to see how people try to be better than themselves, either in defense of their country and homes, or to defeat (at least for one more day) a greater evil. I found some of the historical information intriguing enough that it led me into doing further research into some of these matters. You also get the pleasure of being introduced to a wonderful writer and artist that worked well together on this and had many other projects with other people. Unfortunately, they may no longer be with us, but thanks to Titan Books, we can still enjoy their talent. © Night Owl Reviews - http://www.NightOwlReviews.com
Johnny Red is basically an anti-hero trying to make good. Due to an incident in the first book, he is still in danger of being arrested and returned to England to face the firing squad. In this book, the third of the collection, we get to see a lot of things that, while there is a bit of a fictional spin to these stories, the facts are included, too. Yes, Russia really did have female pilots, engineers and ground crews on the front lines (as well as snipers and tank crews). From what I understand, the plight of the citizens of Stalingrad was pretty realistically shown, even as a work of fiction.
With wonderfully drawn action scenes, these comics look like an action movie. While dealing with a very dark subject, we also get to see how people try to be better than themselves, either in defense of their country and homes, or to defeat (at least for one more day) a greater evil. I found some of the historical information intriguing enough that it led me into doing further research into some of these matters. You also get the pleasure of being introduced to a wonderful writer and artist that worked well together on this and had many other projects with other people. Unfortunately, they may no longer be with us, but thanks to Titan Books, we can still enjoy their talent. © Night Owl Reviews - http://www.NightOwlReviews.com
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