Werner (Bear's Tooth)

Dent d'ours #3

by Yann, Alain Henriet (Contributor)

April 1945. The Third Reich is collapsing. In Berlin, surrounded by Soviet troops, a small aircraft lands under enemy fire. Daring pilot Hanna Reitsch escorts an important officer to Hitler's bunker – and is granted an audience with the Führer, from which she emerges visibly upset. Meanwhile, in a German hospital in the countryside, Max comes to after a long coma. His task remains the to kill Hanna. But what new mission has she been given?

Genres: Bande Dessinée, Comics, Graphic Novels, History, Comic Book

48 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2015

About the author

Pseudonym of Yann le Pennetier or Lepennetier, who also publishes as Balac, is a French comics writer.

[FR]
Après ses débuts dans la publicité et l’architecture, ce Marseillais s’est lancé dans la bande dessinée en 1974 en dessinant pour Spirou à Bruxelles où il habite désormais.

Remercié par le journal pour dessins irrévérencieux, il avait noué des liens forts de franche camaraderie avec Conrad avec qui il a notamment réalisé les Innommables en 1980 et lancé la Tigresse blanche en 2005.

Ses premiers scénarios l’avaient conduit dans l’univers de Franquin avec le Marsupilami en 1989 et de Goscinny avec Lucky Luke sans oublier son one-shot sur une aventure de de Spirou. Il écrit depuis pour de nombreux dessinateurs comme Berthet (Pin Up, Yoni, les exploits de Poison Ivy), Simon Léturgie (Spoon White), Félix Meynet (les Eternels) avec ou encore Herval (Tiffany), René Hausman (Les Trois cheveux blancs, Le Prince des écureuils), Yslaire (Sambre), Joël Parnotte (Le Sang des Porphyre)...

Reviews

[Rod Brown · Rating 2 out of 5]

In the closing days of World War II, German pilot Hanna Reitsch makes a dangerous trip to Berlin to receive her final orders directly from Hitler and ask him a question that has been nagging at her conscience.

And while she thinks she knows everything about the childhood friend who has tried to secretly steal into her life to stop her top secret bombing project, he has an unnecessary and far-fetched secret yet to be revealed. It's such a groaner that I have to immediately knock a star off my rating. Ugh.

I'm still going to read through to the conclusion though to see if the creative team can win me back.

[Simon Chadwick · Rating 4 out of 5]

To date this has been an exceptional series about three friends torn apart by the rise of Hitler and the outbreak of war. The first two volumes have taken the time to show us the depth of that initial friendship, the friends’ passion for aviation, and how, years later, two of them find themselves on opposite sides as the war draws to a conclusion.

The aviation thread runs through every aspect of the storytelling, and Henriet’s artwork does it immense justice in all the various forms of flying machines he depicts. Also, some of the artwork in this volume reminded me of Alan Davis’s work, and that’s definitely a thumbs up from me.

So it is a story about flying, but at its heart it’s a tale of friendship, trust, honour and ambition. Throughout the previous books there’s been one character not properly accounted for, and the reason for that is finally explained within these pages – and it’s a shocker too.

The creators have managed to pull off their WWII tale by offering an utterly different and compelling angle, and it’s proof again of what’s achievable by the medium. Just imagine the CGI efforts and expense to create all those variants of aircraft. I’m also pleased to see that a second series is hinted at. That would be most welcome.

[Leboudoirdulivre · Rating 4 out of 5]

25 avril 1945. Hanna et Max échappent de justesse à une mort certaine. Hanna qui a pu parler avec Hitler durant une heure sait toutes les atrocités commises au nom de la race aryenne. Les Allemands ont été vaincu tandis que Berlin est aux mains des Russes. La vérité sur Max a été révélé via ses souvenirs, un sacrifice pour la vie d’un autre.

Tandis que les plus hauts dignitaires nazis se rendent, Hanna va connaître les conséquences du début de la défaite de son pays et sa rage va être mise au service de sa mission »Le projeckt Amerika Bomber », une explosion qui contraindra les Etats-Unis à négocier.

L’heure est venue de révéler la vérité, celle qui pourrait tout changer.

Quel destin attend Hanna et Max alors que l’Allemagne est vaincue ?

Ce troisième et dernier tome clôture le premier cycle et est remplit de révélations surprenantes tandis que la fin de la guerre amène Hanna à prendre conscience des mensonges et des réalités semées par la propagande.

[Sven · Rating 3 out of 5]

Deel drie alweer. Onze vrienden komen voor hartverscheurende keuzes te staan. Het grootste deel van hun jeugdjaren komen we nu wel te weten vermoed ik. Dit deel bevatte voor mij een grote verrassing die ik niet direct zag aankomen. Ben benieuwd naar de rest van de reeks.

Engels
Part three again. Our friends are faced with heartbreaking choices. We'll get to know most of their youth now, I suspect. This part contained a big surprise for me that I did not immediately saw coming. I am curious about the rest of the series.

[Oneirosophos · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing! Totally worth all its awards!

But this was only... the first season? How...?

[Becky · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not the strongest book in the series so far. There are some interesting twists that do explain some of the earlier events a little, but still the quality is not as great this time around.

[Marquise · Rating 2 out of 5]

The quality drops too much compared to the first issue, and even the second issue has a better plotline. I didn’t like the twists about Max and Werner revealed here, despite some oddities that it comes to explain, nor the ending. Another point I have issues with is the portrayal of General der Luftwaffe Adolf Galland, which borders on silly here.

[Matt Reid · Rating 4 out of 5]

The third entry seems to end end this season somewhat abruptly to be honest, that being said some of the revelations that take place lift it back up and allow you to forgive it. Looking forward to more.

[Alex E · Rating 4 out of 5]

In this volume, we get a twist that I definitely wasn't expecting.

In the last volume, we saw Max and Hannah interact and reconnect really - as you can see that there is a bond there that transcends the years spent away from each other. However Yann writes Hannah as someone who is already brainwashed and adamant about the Nazi party. So while Max still has hope, Hannah seems to be too far gone.

However, we find out that "Max" is not Max at all, but Werner impersonating Max! In a flash back we see how - as Max and his father were trying to leave Poland because of increasing Nazi aggression, they are ambushed by two young Hitler youth, who are completely brainwashed and vicious. Werner shows up to try to keep things calm but it all gets out of hand very quickly. Both Max and his father are shot by the side of the road. As Max lays dying, he tells Werner to take his identity and his contacts to leave his old life behind and live another life... which as we have seen up until now, he does. Like I said, I definitely didn't see this coming, and it really was quite a twist for me.

Again, the art is impeccable, but for this volume, I think the story shined a bit more. Highly recommended for fans of this series.

[Bulent · Rating 4 out of 5]

Uçma meraklısı üç arkadaşın hikayesi Werner'in adını alan bölüm ile tamamlanır sanıyorsanız yanılıyorsunuz. Max, Hanna ve Werner'in Silezya'da başlayan öyküsü, Hitleri'in iktidara gelmesi ve Max'ın babası ile Amerika'ya göç etmesinin bilinmeyen ayrıntılarının açığa çıkışı ile renkleniyor. Hanna'nın dahil olduğu "Project A. Bomber"in nasıl şekilleneceğini takip eden ciltlerde öğrenmiş olacağız.

[Wren · Rating 3 out of 5]

Was good. Nothing too crazy. Didn’t realize there is more than 3 books and my library only has the first 3 so I won’t be continuing. It was good and interesting to see how spies played a part in the 2nd World War.

[Erika HerO✨ · Rating 5 out of 5]

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3era entrega de Diente de Oso. Sinceramente no me atrajo mucho la historia hasta casi la mitad cuando se explica el gran pacto entre Max y Werner cuando aun eran muy jóvenes.

[Erika Her-O · Rating 5 out of 5]

3era entrega de Diente de Oso. Sinceramente no me atrajo mucho la historia hasta casi la mitad cuando se explica el gran pacto entre Max y Werner cuando aun eran muy jóvenes.