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Showcase Presents: Sgt. Rock #2
Showcase Presents: Sgt. Rock, Vol. 2
Rare book
- GenresComicsGraphic Novels
520 pages, Paperback
First published November 25, 2008
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Robert Kanigher
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One of the most prolific writers in comics, particularly in the Silver Age. He took over scripting duties on Wonder Woman after William Moulton Marston's death, and handled the character's transition from the Golden to the Silver Age. He also created Barry Allen, the second Flash, for editor Julius Schwartz's superhero revival of 1956, as well as writing and editing DC's pioneering war titles.
His creations include Sgt. Rock, the Unknown Soldier, Barry Allen, Ragman, the Losers, Black Canary, the Metal Men, Poison Ivy, Enemy Ace, the Suicide Squad, and Rex the Wonder Dog.
One of the most prolific writers in comics, particularly in the Silver Age. He took over scripting duties on Wonder Woman after William Moulton Marston's death, and handled the character's transition from the Golden to the Silver Age. He also created Barry Allen, the second Flash, for editor Julius Schwartz's superhero revival of 1956, as well as writing and editing DC's pioneering war titles.
His creations include Sgt. Rock, the Unknown Soldier, Barry Allen, Ragman, the Losers, Black Canary, the Metal Men, Poison Ivy, Enemy Ace, the Suicide Squad, and Rex the Wonder Dog.
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Displaying 1 - 4 of 4 reviews
February 11, 2018
I bought this out of nostalgia. Sgt Rock was a small piece of my childhood. If you remember Rock from the days the series were still being produced, it's likely you will get a kick out of it. The art work (totally in black and white) is great.
The stories are extremely repetitious and some of the events, which happen in every story, are ridiculous. For example, Easy Company routinely shot down fighter planes and blew up tanks with grenades.
The comics were aimed at Children and not adults. I can let the writers and illustrators off the hook for that.
The stories are extremely repetitious and some of the events, which happen in every story, are ridiculous. For example, Easy Company routinely shot down fighter planes and blew up tanks with grenades.
The comics were aimed at Children and not adults. I can let the writers and illustrators off the hook for that.
July 27, 2022
Joe Kubert's artwork gets more and more harrowing as the collection progresses. The stories, however, took on a repetitiousness that was grating. I am taking a break from the combat-happy joes of Easy Company after this. Nothing is easy for Easy! "The Fighting Guns of Easy" (# 146) bears special mention for its uniqueness.
December 28, 2008
If you are looking for a sense of continuity, order, or reason to a collection of consecutive issues of Sgt. Rock's adventures in World War II, you will be out of luck. Rock's adventures appear to happen largely at random locations in either Northern Africa or Europe. Enemies seem to strike out at random, though fortunately never more than two or three tanks or aircraft for Rock to blow up or shoot down (try not to think too hard about how impossible it would be for a ground soldier to shoot down a fighter plane with just a submachine gun while you are at it). And further, most stories seem to be rather similar as Rock is forced to take some new replacement member of Easy Company and show him how to be a good soldier using only his own battle-hardened experience against whatever German soldiers cross his sights.
That said, for all that there's a lot of repetition here, Rock's got his charms, and Joe Kubert's artwork really helps. The stories may seem to repeat themselves, but they are rarely boring.
That said, they can be stupid, as is the case of the single tale narrated by Rock's gun, just one more thing to try not think about.
That said, for all that there's a lot of repetition here, Rock's got his charms, and Joe Kubert's artwork really helps. The stories may seem to repeat themselves, but they are rarely boring.
That said, they can be stupid, as is the case of the single tale narrated by Rock's gun, just one more thing to try not think about.
August 10, 2015
Sgt. Rock and the men of Easy Company battle their way through another great issue.
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