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Charley's War Book 3
THE STORY OF A SOLDIER IN WORLD WARONE.
After killing former comrades as part of a firing squad, Charley has joined the StretcherBearers in an attempt to save lives rather than take them. But he soon finds himselfback behind a rifle reunited with ‘The Scholar’ as his new officer, while an entrenchedgroup of German soldiers engage them in a sniper stand-off! Meanwhile Charley’syounger brother Wilf has his own struggles in the skies, as an observer with the RoyalFlying Corps.
Charley’s adventures take him through the final months of the War in Europe to the coldland of Russia, under the orders of his unjust superiors and their corrupt interests…
This final volume concludes Pat Mills and Joe Colquhoun’s anti-war epic, a monumentto the power of comics
After killing former comrades as part of a firing squad, Charley has joined the StretcherBearers in an attempt to save lives rather than take them. But he soon finds himselfback behind a rifle reunited with ‘The Scholar’ as his new officer, while an entrenchedgroup of German soldiers engage them in a sniper stand-off! Meanwhile Charley’syounger brother Wilf has his own struggles in the skies, as an observer with the RoyalFlying Corps.
Charley’s adventures take him through the final months of the War in Europe to the coldland of Russia, under the orders of his unjust superiors and their corrupt interests…
This final volume concludes Pat Mills and Joe Colquhoun’s anti-war epic, a monumentto the power of comics
368 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 21, 2018
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About the author
Pat Mills
848 books230 followersPat Mills, born in 1949 and nicknamed 'the godfather of British comics', is a comics writer and editor who, along with John Wagner, revitalised British boys comics in the 1970s, and has remained a leading light in British comics ever since.
His comics are notable for their violence and anti-authoritarianism. He is best known for creating 2000 AD and playing a major part in the development of Judge Dredd.
His comics are notable for their violence and anti-authoritarianism. He is best known for creating 2000 AD and playing a major part in the development of Judge Dredd.
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March 11, 2023
Still hits hard after forty years
Pat Mills set out to create an anti-war saga where the heroes were just working class ordinary people. Brilliantly realised by the extraordinary artwork of Joe Colquhoun, he succeeded beyond any reasonable expectations, and the bleak, class-conscious vision of the brutal, empty and utterly pointless mass murder of the Western Front remains as shocking today after forty years as it did at the time.
Incredible to know that Battle was selling 150,000 copies a week and CW was the most popular story. The young teens who followed the horrible saga were probably the best-informed members of the public about the Worst War of the industrial era.
It's perfect. Read it all.
Pat Mills set out to create an anti-war saga where the heroes were just working class ordinary people. Brilliantly realised by the extraordinary artwork of Joe Colquhoun, he succeeded beyond any reasonable expectations, and the bleak, class-conscious vision of the brutal, empty and utterly pointless mass murder of the Western Front remains as shocking today after forty years as it did at the time.
Incredible to know that Battle was selling 150,000 copies a week and CW was the most popular story. The young teens who followed the horrible saga were probably the best-informed members of the public about the Worst War of the industrial era.
It's perfect. Read it all.
December 31, 2020
Unbelievable that this was in a war comic years ago for kids to read, brilliant and very anti war
July 14, 2020
Gone but not forgotten
What a fantastic series, I would have absolutely loved this in my early teens & so would my dad have, he was an ex Royal Marine, later transferred to the newly formed Commandos in 1943, he used to read all my War Comics, especially Dogfight Dixon, bless him but yes absolutely first class artwork & storyline, would thoroughly recommend to anyone who likes quality graphic novels ...
What a fantastic series, I would have absolutely loved this in my early teens & so would my dad have, he was an ex Royal Marine, later transferred to the newly formed Commandos in 1943, he used to read all my War Comics, especially Dogfight Dixon, bless him but yes absolutely first class artwork & storyline, would thoroughly recommend to anyone who likes quality graphic novels ...
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