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Battlefields #7
Battlefields, Volume 7: The Green Fields Beyond
Garth Ennis' Battlefields: Green Fields Beyond Volume 7 On the killing fields of Korea, veteran Sergeant Stiles and his "Tankies" finally have a war machine suited for any opposition. But with the Chinese spring offensive of 1951 underway, our heroes are cut off and out numbered ten-to-one. Full description
80 pages, Paperback
First published July 16, 2013
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Garth Ennis
2,436 books3,180 followersEnnis began his comic-writing career in 1989 with the series Troubled Souls. Appearing in the short-lived but critically-acclaimed British anthology Crisis and illustrated by McCrea, it told the story of a young, apolitical Protestant man caught up by fate in the violence of the Irish 'Troubles'. It spawned a sequel, For a Few Troubles More, a broad Belfast-based comedy featuring two supporting characters from Troubled Souls, Dougie and Ivor, who would later get their own American comics series, Dicks, from Caliber in 1997, and several follow-ups from Avatar.
Another series for Crisis was True Faith, a religious satire inspired by his schooldays, this time drawn by Warren Pleece. Ennis shortly after began to write for Crisis' parent publication, 2000 AD. He quickly graduated on to the title's flagship character, Judge Dredd, taking over from original creator John Wagner for a period of several years.
Ennis' first work on an American comic came in 1991 when he took over DC Comics's horror title Hellblazer, which he wrote until 1994, and for which he currently holds the title for most issues written. Steve Dillon became the regular artist during the second half of Ennis's run.
Ennis' landmark work to date is the 66-issue epic Preacher, which he co-created with artist Steve Dillon. Running from 1995 to 2000, it was a tale of a preacher with supernatural powers, searching (literally) for God who has abandoned his creation.
While Preacher was running, Ennis began a series set in the DC universe called Hitman. Despite being lower profile than Preacher, Hitman ran for 60 issues (plus specials) from 1996 to 2001, veering wildly from violent action to humour to an examination of male friendship under fire.
Other comic projects Ennis wrote during this time period include Goddess, Bloody Mary, Unknown Soldier, and Pride & Joy, all for DC/Vertigo, as well as origin stories for The Darkness for Image Comics and Shadowman for Valiant Comics.
After the end of Hitman, Ennis was lured to Marvel Comics with the promise from Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada that he could write The Punisher as long as he cared to. Instead of largely comical tone of these issues, he decided to make a much more serious series, re-launched under Marvel's MAX imprint.
In 2001 he briefly returned to UK comics to write the epic Helter Skelter for Judge Dredd.
Other comics Ennis has written include War Story (with various artists) for DC; The Pro for Image Comics; The Authority for Wildstorm; Just a Pilgrim for Black Bull Press, and 303, Chronicles of Wormwood (a six issue mini-series about the Antichrist), and a western comic book, Streets of Glory for Avatar Press.
In 2008 Ennis ended his five-year run on Punisher MAX to debut a new Marvel title, War Is Hell: The First Flight of the Phantom Eagle.
In June 2008, at Wizard World, Philadelphia, Ennis announced several new projects, including a metaseries of war comics called Battlefields from Dynamite made up of mini-series including Night Witches, Dear Billy and Tankies, another Chronicles of Wormwood mini-series and Crossed both at Avatar, a six-issue miniseries about Butcher (from The Boys) and a Punisher project reuniting him with artist Steve Dillon (subsequently specified to be a weekly mini-series entitled Punisher: War Zone, to be released concurrently with the film of the same name).
Taken from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garth_Ennis
Another series for Crisis was True Faith, a religious satire inspired by his schooldays, this time drawn by Warren Pleece. Ennis shortly after began to write for Crisis' parent publication, 2000 AD. He quickly graduated on to the title's flagship character, Judge Dredd, taking over from original creator John Wagner for a period of several years.
Ennis' first work on an American comic came in 1991 when he took over DC Comics's horror title Hellblazer, which he wrote until 1994, and for which he currently holds the title for most issues written. Steve Dillon became the regular artist during the second half of Ennis's run.
Ennis' landmark work to date is the 66-issue epic Preacher, which he co-created with artist Steve Dillon. Running from 1995 to 2000, it was a tale of a preacher with supernatural powers, searching (literally) for God who has abandoned his creation.
While Preacher was running, Ennis began a series set in the DC universe called Hitman. Despite being lower profile than Preacher, Hitman ran for 60 issues (plus specials) from 1996 to 2001, veering wildly from violent action to humour to an examination of male friendship under fire.
Other comic projects Ennis wrote during this time period include Goddess, Bloody Mary, Unknown Soldier, and Pride & Joy, all for DC/Vertigo, as well as origin stories for The Darkness for Image Comics and Shadowman for Valiant Comics.
After the end of Hitman, Ennis was lured to Marvel Comics with the promise from Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada that he could write The Punisher as long as he cared to. Instead of largely comical tone of these issues, he decided to make a much more serious series, re-launched under Marvel's MAX imprint.
In 2001 he briefly returned to UK comics to write the epic Helter Skelter for Judge Dredd.
Other comics Ennis has written include War Story (with various artists) for DC; The Pro for Image Comics; The Authority for Wildstorm; Just a Pilgrim for Black Bull Press, and 303, Chronicles of Wormwood (a six issue mini-series about the Antichrist), and a western comic book, Streets of Glory for Avatar Press.
In 2008 Ennis ended his five-year run on Punisher MAX to debut a new Marvel title, War Is Hell: The First Flight of the Phantom Eagle.
In June 2008, at Wizard World, Philadelphia, Ennis announced several new projects, including a metaseries of war comics called Battlefields from Dynamite made up of mini-series including Night Witches, Dear Billy and Tankies, another Chronicles of Wormwood mini-series and Crossed both at Avatar, a six-issue miniseries about Butcher (from The Boys) and a Punisher project reuniting him with artist Steve Dillon (subsequently specified to be a weekly mini-series entitled Punisher: War Zone, to be released concurrently with the film of the same name).
Taken from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garth_Ennis
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May 7, 2021
Sgt Stiles is back, this time in the Korean War. He's on a hill holding the line. Through circumstances, he winds up out of his tank and with the infantry holding a hill as thousands of Chinese descend on it. When he finally gets his tank back it's a completely different kind of tank battle, as infantry is thrown up against the tanks trying to overwhelm them by sheer numbers and sticky bombs. It's gritty stuff. I think this was my favorite story of the "Tankies" yet. We see everything through the eyes of a green recruit and you feel really immersed in the fighting throughout the story, as if you are actually there.
November 13, 2016
Remembrance Day required reading (or not, whatever). Ennis finishes his Sgt. Stiles stories with this elegiac recounting of the Lancashire Fusiliers last stand at Jing Min. Stiles and the Tankies are sort of incidental there, as they are fictional characters just there to give us an insight into the cock-up that was Korea. Brutal, tragic stuff.
May 16, 2019
Stiles, how I missed ye! He returns to battle in the Korean War. The younger brother of the gunner whose life he saved joins his new tank crew. He is worried about being viewed as a hero by the young man. During a night mission Stiles and the lad get lost and eventually find a British squadron that is slowly being surrounded by the Chinese who are allied with North Korea. Without their tank, they are back to regular soldier status, desperately fighting the torrent of enemies before they are ordered to return to the tank regiment. Another Chinese horde awaits them and their regiment before they make their hairy escape from a valley.
October 30, 2019
Sgt. Stiles is back in the saddle. Now he is in the Irish Hussars in Korea in 1951 as part of the British effort to stem the Chinese horde bent on overrunning South Korea. Many a time he comes close to buying it, but manages to escape once again. Nice story telling about a neglected war.
March 11, 2017
the story of the tankies comes to a conclusion with sergeant Stiles accepting a new team and reapplying to the military after years out of the service after the war.
the book finds Stiles in the Korean war battling the Chinese as they advance through the countryside.
I'm becoming to really like Stiles the more that I read about him. the accent still gets cumbersome.
the book finds Stiles in the Korean war battling the Chinese as they advance through the countryside.
I'm becoming to really like Stiles the more that I read about him. the accent still gets cumbersome.
June 9, 2014
I really enjoy the Battlefields stories Ennis produces and the Tankies though not my favourite (the 2 one shots "Dear Billy" and "Happy Valley" are my gold), it does have my favourite artwork of the sereis - Carlos Ezquerra.
This story is my favourite of the Tankies so far.
This story is my favourite of the Tankies so far.
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