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Enemy Ace
Enemy Ace: War Idyll
In this masterful work of war and its repercussions, Pratt tells in a visceral and surreal style, the story of two war veterans--one from World War I, the other from Vietnam--who meet in a German sanitarium. There they discover a truth that neither expected, but both must come to accept. Previously published by D.C. Comics.
128 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1990
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July 14, 2022
#ThrowbackThursday - Back in the '90s, I used to write comic book reviews for the website of a now-defunct comic book retailer called Rockem Sockem Comics. (Collect them all!)
From the March 1999 edition with a theme of "War Comics":
INTRODUCTION
This month, Dark Horse Comics is going overboard on its Star Wars offerings. With the bucks that will be flying around in May from frenzied Star Warriors, I can't say I blame them. While I will be seeing "The Phantom Menace" along with the rest of the world, I still prefer my war stories a little more down to Earth.
War has always been a rich source of literature. The extreme nature of war allows man to be displayed at his extremes: most noble, most base, most human. A broad spectrum of humanity can be shown making decisions that are tragic, horrible, disgusting, and inspiring -- often all at the same time. While I have never participated-- and hope to never participate-- in any war, I find war stories to be endlessly fascinating for their insight into the people of our world.
INTO THE WILD BLUE YONDER
ACES HIGH #1 (Gemstone Publishing/EC Comics)
ENEMY ACE: WAR IDYLL (DC Comics)
World War I was known in its day as the Great War. The trench warfare and mustard gas attacks make it difficult to romanticize the ground warfare in this grueling, bloody conflict. However, as the birthplace of aerial combat, the First World War produced the idealized image of the combat pilot, or "ace," and his agile-but-deadly fighter craft, the biplane. Comics have a long history of enshrining and debunking that concept.
Due to the success of WWI air combat stories in its previous war comics, FRONTLINE COMBAT and TWO-FISTED TALES, EC Comics offered up ACES HIGH in 1955 during a relaunch of its entire comics line. Typical of EC Comics, ACES HIGH delivers spectacular artwork from the likes of George Evans, Wally Wood, Bernie Krigstein and Jack Davis, then proceeds to hide it behind ponderously dull dialogue balloons and redundantly wordy captions. The stories are simple, if not simple-minded at times. I can understand why the artists signed their names to the stories but the writers did not.
Occasionally though, a gem will show up in an EC Comic, and in ACES HIGH #1 that treasure is the story entitled, "The New C.O." An elite group of fighter pilots spends their time jousting with the enemy and issuing challenges to aerial duels. They view themselves as knights of the air and attribute the same characteristics to their foes, remarking upon their nobility and gentlemanliness. A new commanding officer takes charge and offends the pilots with his crude fighting style and gung-ho kill-kill-kill manner. The finale is predictable -- the pilots are in for a rude awakening about the nature of their enemy thanks to their new C.O. -- but effective. Unfortunately, "The New C.O." is buried at the end of ACES HIGH #1 after three other very bland tales which buy into the romanticized version of the fighter ace.
Years after the end of EC's war comics, DC Comics picked up the gauntlet and showed the war from the enemy's point of view in the back-up feature called "Enemy Ace." Appearing after the main story in a variety of DC war comics, "Enemy Ace" is the story of Hans von Hammer, a lonely German fighter pilot of World War I. Hammer is invincible in combat and must watch with personal bitterness and dark irony as his enemies and colleagues fall while he, who has the least for which to live, flies on.
The typical "Enemy Ace" story by writer Robert Kanigher and artist Joe Kubert opens with a dogfight which Hammer wins or loses but survives. Scene two cuts to Hammer safely back at his base where he snubs his fellow pilots, broods over a glass of wine, and writes in his journal. In scene three he goes for a walk in order to contemplate existential thoughts deep in the surrounding forest. In the forest Hammer inevitably comes across a lone wolf with which he deeply identifies and to which he voices his thoughts out loud. He returns to his base resigned to face the fight he knows awaits in the morning with a) the pilot he barely escaped previously, b) a vengeance-seeking friend of the pilot he just killed, or c) a hot, young ace looking to earn a reputation by taking down the ultimate ace. In the final scene, Hammer is inevitably triumphant and morose. That's it. Every time. And yet "Enemy Ace" is an engaging serial about a tragic man whose natural talents cause him to excel at something that he abhors. Go figure.
In his 1990 graphic novel ENEMY ACE: WAR IDYLL, writer/artist George Pratt revisits Hans von Hammer, picking up his life near its end in a West German nursing home in 1969. Hammer is being interviewed by a young American man who has recently completed a tour of duty in Vietnam. Pratt contrasts the myths of war with the grim realities. Hammer's memories as the ultimate survivor help the young man come to terms with his own horrible war experience.
ENEMY ACE: WAR IDYLL is profound in its simplicity and enthralling in its execution. It's a moving story with an ethereal quality. Awful, terrible atrocities occur in war, it tells us, and each man must cope with those events in his own way, in his own time. It shows us those events in gruesome detail with its fully-painted artwork. Pratt's work is dark, murky and blurry, perfectly enhancing the mood and tone of this depressing little character study on the after-affects of war.
If you prefer your war stories to be of the John Wayne black-and-white variety, ACES HIGH will serve you well. If, like me, you prefer your war stories to be morally ambiguous a la Oliver Stone's "Platoon," you will find ENEMY ACE: WAR IDYLL to be the ace of aces.
ACES HIGH - Grade: C (see: Aces High Annual 1)
ENEMY ACE - Grade: B+
From the March 1999 edition with a theme of "War Comics":
INTRODUCTION
This month, Dark Horse Comics is going overboard on its Star Wars offerings. With the bucks that will be flying around in May from frenzied Star Warriors, I can't say I blame them. While I will be seeing "The Phantom Menace" along with the rest of the world, I still prefer my war stories a little more down to Earth.
War has always been a rich source of literature. The extreme nature of war allows man to be displayed at his extremes: most noble, most base, most human. A broad spectrum of humanity can be shown making decisions that are tragic, horrible, disgusting, and inspiring -- often all at the same time. While I have never participated-- and hope to never participate-- in any war, I find war stories to be endlessly fascinating for their insight into the people of our world.
INTO THE WILD BLUE YONDER
ACES HIGH #1 (Gemstone Publishing/EC Comics)
ENEMY ACE: WAR IDYLL (DC Comics)
World War I was known in its day as the Great War. The trench warfare and mustard gas attacks make it difficult to romanticize the ground warfare in this grueling, bloody conflict. However, as the birthplace of aerial combat, the First World War produced the idealized image of the combat pilot, or "ace," and his agile-but-deadly fighter craft, the biplane. Comics have a long history of enshrining and debunking that concept.
Due to the success of WWI air combat stories in its previous war comics, FRONTLINE COMBAT and TWO-FISTED TALES, EC Comics offered up ACES HIGH in 1955 during a relaunch of its entire comics line. Typical of EC Comics, ACES HIGH delivers spectacular artwork from the likes of George Evans, Wally Wood, Bernie Krigstein and Jack Davis, then proceeds to hide it behind ponderously dull dialogue balloons and redundantly wordy captions. The stories are simple, if not simple-minded at times. I can understand why the artists signed their names to the stories but the writers did not.
Occasionally though, a gem will show up in an EC Comic, and in ACES HIGH #1 that treasure is the story entitled, "The New C.O." An elite group of fighter pilots spends their time jousting with the enemy and issuing challenges to aerial duels. They view themselves as knights of the air and attribute the same characteristics to their foes, remarking upon their nobility and gentlemanliness. A new commanding officer takes charge and offends the pilots with his crude fighting style and gung-ho kill-kill-kill manner. The finale is predictable -- the pilots are in for a rude awakening about the nature of their enemy thanks to their new C.O. -- but effective. Unfortunately, "The New C.O." is buried at the end of ACES HIGH #1 after three other very bland tales which buy into the romanticized version of the fighter ace.
Years after the end of EC's war comics, DC Comics picked up the gauntlet and showed the war from the enemy's point of view in the back-up feature called "Enemy Ace." Appearing after the main story in a variety of DC war comics, "Enemy Ace" is the story of Hans von Hammer, a lonely German fighter pilot of World War I. Hammer is invincible in combat and must watch with personal bitterness and dark irony as his enemies and colleagues fall while he, who has the least for which to live, flies on.
The typical "Enemy Ace" story by writer Robert Kanigher and artist Joe Kubert opens with a dogfight which Hammer wins or loses but survives. Scene two cuts to Hammer safely back at his base where he snubs his fellow pilots, broods over a glass of wine, and writes in his journal. In scene three he goes for a walk in order to contemplate existential thoughts deep in the surrounding forest. In the forest Hammer inevitably comes across a lone wolf with which he deeply identifies and to which he voices his thoughts out loud. He returns to his base resigned to face the fight he knows awaits in the morning with a) the pilot he barely escaped previously, b) a vengeance-seeking friend of the pilot he just killed, or c) a hot, young ace looking to earn a reputation by taking down the ultimate ace. In the final scene, Hammer is inevitably triumphant and morose. That's it. Every time. And yet "Enemy Ace" is an engaging serial about a tragic man whose natural talents cause him to excel at something that he abhors. Go figure.
In his 1990 graphic novel ENEMY ACE: WAR IDYLL, writer/artist George Pratt revisits Hans von Hammer, picking up his life near its end in a West German nursing home in 1969. Hammer is being interviewed by a young American man who has recently completed a tour of duty in Vietnam. Pratt contrasts the myths of war with the grim realities. Hammer's memories as the ultimate survivor help the young man come to terms with his own horrible war experience.
ENEMY ACE: WAR IDYLL is profound in its simplicity and enthralling in its execution. It's a moving story with an ethereal quality. Awful, terrible atrocities occur in war, it tells us, and each man must cope with those events in his own way, in his own time. It shows us those events in gruesome detail with its fully-painted artwork. Pratt's work is dark, murky and blurry, perfectly enhancing the mood and tone of this depressing little character study on the after-affects of war.
If you prefer your war stories to be of the John Wayne black-and-white variety, ACES HIGH will serve you well. If, like me, you prefer your war stories to be morally ambiguous a la Oliver Stone's "Platoon," you will find ENEMY ACE: WAR IDYLL to be the ace of aces.
ACES HIGH - Grade: C (see: Aces High Annual 1)
ENEMY ACE - Grade: B+
February 8, 2025
Two men who fought in different wars learn that there is a 'bloodthread' that connects those who have seen combat; it runs through their heart and connects them across time and place. If you do not know the character Enemy Ace look him up before you read this GN. A thoughtful examination of the scars war leaves on those who fight for their country.
October 6, 2020
The art is extremely confusing at times, but if you're searching for something outside the original Enemy Ace series where Hans Von Hammer is portrayed 98,9% as Kanigher wrote him this is what you need to read. Completely forget the abominable crap by Ennis, which name is not even worth mentioning. I could live without the Vietnam war angle, but as long as the original character (one of my absolute favourites from DC comics) is treated with respect and not utterly destroyed from some cheap Inglorious Bastards spin-off I can go with it.
September 6, 2018
En as enemigo: amor por la guerra, asistimos a un encuentro entre dos veteranos, un aviador de la primera guerra mundial y un veterano de infantería de vietnam, ambos comparten experiencias del horror de la guerra y de lo difícil que es superar las experiencias que se viven en combate.
El dibujo, de tipo impresionista, es impactante y muy bello, un gran trabajo de George Pratt como autor completo
El dibujo, de tipo impresionista, es impactante y muy bello, un gran trabajo de George Pratt como autor completo
April 12, 2018
The painted artwork was first rate, impressionistic and chaotic all at once. The absolution of the young by the older warrior is an archetype that always tugs at my heart strings.
June 11, 2020
It's sometimes hard to tell what is going on with the dark and blotchy art, but this is nonetheless a great epilogue to the life of Hans Von Hammer, the Enemy Ace.
June 6, 2020
A noticeable comic book that carries on the art style of "arkham a serious house on serious earth". The story gives itself a more realistic and less psycholical thriller feel, and more of a war story or survivors tale dedicated to the vetreans of the WWI and the Vietnam war. Covering the horrors of boths wars the first is told thought the eyes of a lesser known DC comics charcter Hans von Hammer aka "Enemy Ace" based largly on Baron Manfred von Richthofen otherwise known as the "Red Barron". The story is told though the flash backs of Von Hammer as he is interviewed on his death bed by a american jounalist and vietnam war veteran, who Von Hammer immediatly recognizes as having seen war. the story their unfolds discussing the issues and horrors faced by both generations and the philosophies survivors of said wars develop from said experiances. Although not intentioned the simlilarieties between both generations cultures coming back from conflict suggests that both generations were "lost". A noticeable art piece that any one might appreciate what ever the median it was showcased from.
July 29, 2020
I'm not familiar with Enemy Ace comic before but when i saw this on sale i immediately bought it simply because i like WWI & WW II stories. Another thing that made me bought this Graphic Novel is the illustration remind me of Arkham Asylum: a Serious House on Serious Earth graphic novel, i thought it was drawn by the same person too since it's DC comic but no. the downside is that the illustration is sometimes really hard to figure or to look because it's dark so i suggest read it with some light but still it's really cool artwork. The Story is really good, it's telling about the horror of war, the humanity in war, the trauma etc. The christmas scene to me is absolutely beautiful, it's short but beautiful and unexpected. The last chapter of the book is really calming and beautiful you can almost feel it. Also this book has a bunch of nice quotes from real war veterans. If you found this graphic novel i suggest you get it if you like war stories and great painting style artwork.
October 1, 2020
As rich a tale as the meeting of two psychologically wounded war veterans can be, I do think my personal journey through this tale isn't as sweet as it might be for others. I understand from some quick research that this is somewhat of a revisiting of an earlier character, now at the end of life and looking back with the worn wisdom, regret and acceptance of old age. I haven't visited others in the series, and I found though the situations were moving, and rich they felt too brief and overwrought with darkness. The art is both beautiful and a bit difficult to follow. It's certainly rich imagery and pulled to full scale and given my full attention one would find much to see and marvel at. But shrunk down and passed over mid-action it was difficult at times to know what I was looking at. I am quite taken by the anti-war, thoughtful reflection so this should have won more than it ultimately did. Worth a look for the curious, and certainly for those more familiar with this series.
February 17, 2016
I read some of the original "Enemy Ace" comics in the 1970's, and other than the German protagonist (a slightly fictionalized version of Manfried von Richtofen, the Red Baron), they were pretty standard adventure war comics. A lot of "Gott im Himmel" and RATATATATATATAT! sound effects. There was occasional moralizing on the grim sacrifices of war, but it was pretty boilerplate stuff.
Enemy Ace: War Idyll is not that. First of all, it's beautifully painted. Fully painted comics were a bit of a fad in the early 90's, but this story is all the better for it. This is actually about the horrors of war, and the price that the survivors pay. The elderly Enemy Ace is visited in a nursing home by a young journalist/writer who is a Vietnam veteran. Together, they try to come to terms with the insanity they both saw on the battlefield.
Enemy Ace: War Idyll is not that. First of all, it's beautifully painted. Fully painted comics were a bit of a fad in the early 90's, but this story is all the better for it. This is actually about the horrors of war, and the price that the survivors pay. The elderly Enemy Ace is visited in a nursing home by a young journalist/writer who is a Vietnam veteran. Together, they try to come to terms with the insanity they both saw on the battlefield.
July 26, 2021
There is simply nothing else like this experience. Best enjoyed in one sitting, and by someone who is prepared to digest the very expressive art, this is the most moving farewell I have ever seen a character get...and I'm saying that about one of my favorites ever.
As far as I am concerned, there are three arcs of Enemy Ace:
1) The Great War- collected in either the newsprint Showcase Presents volume or in the Enemy Ace Archives Vol 1 and 2.
2) World War 2- War in Heaven
3) War Idyll
It presents a definitive, complete story of a soldier in a way nothing else in this medium manages to.
As far as I am concerned, there are three arcs of Enemy Ace:
1) The Great War- collected in either the newsprint Showcase Presents volume or in the Enemy Ace Archives Vol 1 and 2.
2) World War 2- War in Heaven
3) War Idyll
It presents a definitive, complete story of a soldier in a way nothing else in this medium manages to.
April 15, 2021
The art is very vague in its depiction of the story, which when I started reading, it bothered me. Then, about half way through, it started to grow on me and I found myself leafing back through and re-reading. And by the time I finished I felt that the art and story were created vague and abstract on purpose so as to make the reader think about it all the more. And it worked.
November 12, 2018
George Pratt is excellent in capturing an abstraction of the inner and outer devastation those conflicts brought. The graphic and written story does not need to hide behind any of the great Batman Comics. This Comic made me a fan of George Pratt. I still follow his work where ever I can.
April 11, 2020
Beautiful illustrations. Loved the story. One of a kind graphic novel decades ahead of its time.
April 2, 2016
A haunted update of D.C. Comic's "Enemy Ace" series, which was melancholy enough in its original incantation, with doomed planes exploding into fireballs above the trenches and victorious aces, notably the titular Hans von Hammer, somberly saluting their defeated foes.
Here the Hammer is old, dying in a hospital bed in the 1960s, when he's visited by a journalist who wants to hear of the ace's heroic, traumatic past. The Hammer relates hell in the trenches following a crash, complete with a gas attack, hand-to-hand combat, and then the inspiring, short-lived anomaly of the Christmas truce.
The journalist, it turns out, isn't really an interviewer but is instead a young man haunted by his own bloody service as a tunnel rat in Vietnam. Hammer passes on the need to continue living as a tribute to those who have died. It's not a subtle message--a lot of Pratt's dialogue is explicit and didactic. But it is moving, particularly with the intensity of the creator's painted art throughout, which conjures the horrors of combat and the eventual prospect of redemption and release.
Here the Hammer is old, dying in a hospital bed in the 1960s, when he's visited by a journalist who wants to hear of the ace's heroic, traumatic past. The Hammer relates hell in the trenches following a crash, complete with a gas attack, hand-to-hand combat, and then the inspiring, short-lived anomaly of the Christmas truce.
The journalist, it turns out, isn't really an interviewer but is instead a young man haunted by his own bloody service as a tunnel rat in Vietnam. Hammer passes on the need to continue living as a tribute to those who have died. It's not a subtle message--a lot of Pratt's dialogue is explicit and didactic. But it is moving, particularly with the intensity of the creator's painted art throughout, which conjures the horrors of combat and the eventual prospect of redemption and release.
November 24, 2012
I have the Hardcover version of this.
A touching story about two soldiers from two different wars "meet".
A touch of realism, a touch of the fantastic and you have two men living with the consequences and their consciences about what they had to do during very difficult periods of their lives and how they are living their present.
This is not a book that judges, it's a book that informs. Wish there were more like it.
The art may at times be a little difficult to interpret, but I associate that to being memories, and memories are sometimes flawed.
I've never had to go to war, but I am grateful for those that have been in order to protect a way of life.
A touching story about two soldiers from two different wars "meet".
A touch of realism, a touch of the fantastic and you have two men living with the consequences and their consciences about what they had to do during very difficult periods of their lives and how they are living their present.
This is not a book that judges, it's a book that informs. Wish there were more like it.
The art may at times be a little difficult to interpret, but I associate that to being memories, and memories are sometimes flawed.
I've never had to go to war, but I am grateful for those that have been in order to protect a way of life.
April 27, 2010
Hans von Hammer, ace German pilot of the WW I,was silently living his last days in the remote German sanatorium, when his days were disturbed by one reporter with military past. Two veterans one from WW I and other from Vietnam war. Younger man was troubled with deep issues which went out during the interview with Hans von Hammer. Comic centered mainly on the theme of post-traumatic stress could be very interesting and enjoyable. I was kind of sad when Hans von Hammer died not above clouds but in disability chair.
July 14, 2012
Sensational art and a great sideways look at the warrior's joy and terror. The Wonder of flying is writ large and that is contrast with the terror of the foxholes in vietnam. Great book. Would love to know what pratt's gone on to do
August 21, 2017
Beautifully written and drawn, War Idyll is one of the best graphic novels from DC's "War comics" line.
May 13, 2018
the red baron fly away in the horizon !!!!!!
November 18, 2023
Ah, from the era when DC actually respected their war characters enough to give them prestige stories like this. This is haunting and beautiful, a perfect sendoff for one of Robert Kanigher's better creations. The story itself is not particularly innovative or unusual, in fact it leans on all the predictable staples of the genre involving pondering over the meaning and ethics of one's actions in warfare, and how war never really changes. But the story isn't really the point here, it's how the story is told. George Pratt gives us one of the earlier examples of a fully painted graphic novel, and man is it stunning.
A lot of other reviewers have complained about the muddiness and/or darkness of the art, but I completely disagree. Each panel asks you to take your time engaging with it. To really study the brush strokes and water spill. If you're used to just skimming over the art as quickly as possible to get to the end, I can understand why people found it a bit murky and confusing. But seriously, if you're gonna read this, take your time. Let each facial expression sit for a moment. Let each movement on the page tell you what it's trying to tell you. Don't rush it. You'll be glad you did. This is a ponderous book about an old man cataloguing the worth of his memories, savoring the beauty and horror of each one. You must do the same if you want to understand what Pratt was going for.
I just read Garth Ennis' "Enemy Ace: War in Heaven" yesterday, and felt that it was a beautiful, perfect ending for the character. I was right. But this is too. They complement each other wonderfully, despite how different they are. They don't contradict each other one bit, so you can read them back to back and get a more complete picture of Hans von Hammer's post-WWI life (There is also Guns of the Dragon, set in the 1920's, but I can't really recommend that).
I'm glad there was a brief period in the 90's and 00's when DC had a lot of respect left for their war comics. I wish that trend had continued, but I'm glad we got what we got. Whether it's Sgt. Rock, Unknown Soldier, Mlle. Marie, or Enemy Ace, there are so many underrated DC stories that don't involve capes and cowls that I really wish people would give a look.
A lot of other reviewers have complained about the muddiness and/or darkness of the art, but I completely disagree. Each panel asks you to take your time engaging with it. To really study the brush strokes and water spill. If you're used to just skimming over the art as quickly as possible to get to the end, I can understand why people found it a bit murky and confusing. But seriously, if you're gonna read this, take your time. Let each facial expression sit for a moment. Let each movement on the page tell you what it's trying to tell you. Don't rush it. You'll be glad you did. This is a ponderous book about an old man cataloguing the worth of his memories, savoring the beauty and horror of each one. You must do the same if you want to understand what Pratt was going for.
I just read Garth Ennis' "Enemy Ace: War in Heaven" yesterday, and felt that it was a beautiful, perfect ending for the character. I was right. But this is too. They complement each other wonderfully, despite how different they are. They don't contradict each other one bit, so you can read them back to back and get a more complete picture of Hans von Hammer's post-WWI life (There is also Guns of the Dragon, set in the 1920's, but I can't really recommend that).
I'm glad there was a brief period in the 90's and 00's when DC had a lot of respect left for their war comics. I wish that trend had continued, but I'm glad we got what we got. Whether it's Sgt. Rock, Unknown Soldier, Mlle. Marie, or Enemy Ace, there are so many underrated DC stories that don't involve capes and cowls that I really wish people would give a look.
September 29, 2025
Releitura depois de 30 anos.
Às Inimigo foi o primeiro "gibi de adulto" para muitos adolescentes da minha geração. Eu sempre fiquei muito impressionado com a temática e, principalmente, com a arte do Pratt. Hoje, acho o texto um pouco pobre e piegas, mas ainda é uma abordagem importante de um personagem clássico.
Às Inimigo foi o primeiro "gibi de adulto" para muitos adolescentes da minha geração. Eu sempre fiquei muito impressionado com a temática e, principalmente, com a arte do Pratt. Hoje, acho o texto um pouco pobre e piegas, mas ainda é uma abordagem importante de um personagem clássico.
August 10, 2018
Maravilhoso, é o tipo de coisa q da vontade de enquadrar e por na parede.
April 12, 2022
Like it says in the description.. beautiful, great impact story.. unique!
October 31, 2019
Hans Von Hammer é um às dos céus, piloto temerário crente nos ideais de honra e valor com uma perícia inigualável aos comandos de aviões de combate. Cavaleiro dos ares, Von Hammer não hesita em abater o seu inimigo, mas respeita a coragem e o valor dos combatentes e é atormentado pela visão dos homens que enviou para uma morte flamejante nos céus.
Criado nos anos 60 por Robert Kanigher e Joe Kubert para as páginas do comic Our Army At War, Enemy Ace passa-se nos céus da frente ocidental da Iª Guerra, onde Von Hammer pilota um lendário Fokker Dr.I vermelho, inspirado no icónico Von Richtofen. Personagem tenebrosa, Hammer é um guerreiro nato capaz de levar a cabo as duras tarefas do combate com um elevado sentido de honra, mas sendo um ás de uma nação derrotada sofre também a desilusão perante a inutilidade do derramamento de sangue. Von Hammer é uma personagem trágica, que sobrevive pela sua perícia mas cujo optmimismo é destruído pelas vicissitudes da guerra.
As últimas aparições de Von Hammer surgem numa graphic novel, Enemy Ace: War Idyll e uma mini-série, Enemy Ace: War In Heaven. Escrita e ilustrada por George Pratt, Enemy Ace: War Idyll é uma eulogia das lendas dos combatentes dos ares, tornada apaixonante pelo brilhantismo da ilustração em aguarela. Já War In Heaven recupera o personagem para os céus da IIª Guerra Mundial, para a guerra assassina sobre a Rússia e os últimos meses desesperados sobre os céus da Alemanha.
Criado nos anos 60 por Robert Kanigher e Joe Kubert para as páginas do comic Our Army At War, Enemy Ace passa-se nos céus da frente ocidental da Iª Guerra, onde Von Hammer pilota um lendário Fokker Dr.I vermelho, inspirado no icónico Von Richtofen. Personagem tenebrosa, Hammer é um guerreiro nato capaz de levar a cabo as duras tarefas do combate com um elevado sentido de honra, mas sendo um ás de uma nação derrotada sofre também a desilusão perante a inutilidade do derramamento de sangue. Von Hammer é uma personagem trágica, que sobrevive pela sua perícia mas cujo optmimismo é destruído pelas vicissitudes da guerra.
As últimas aparições de Von Hammer surgem numa graphic novel, Enemy Ace: War Idyll e uma mini-série, Enemy Ace: War In Heaven. Escrita e ilustrada por George Pratt, Enemy Ace: War Idyll é uma eulogia das lendas dos combatentes dos ares, tornada apaixonante pelo brilhantismo da ilustração em aguarela. Já War In Heaven recupera o personagem para os céus da IIª Guerra Mundial, para a guerra assassina sobre a Rússia e os últimos meses desesperados sobre os céus da Alemanha.
March 14, 2016
While the last story of Rittmeister Hans Von Hammer, The Enemy Ace, was a good read I could not get past the horrible art in this book. The illustrations were more like blotches of color on the page rather than pictures. Not recommended unless you are just a HUGE Enemy Ace fan then barely recommended
November 8, 2011
Passable enough story. Nice looking but art that is occasionally less than clear when it comes to determining just what exactly is happening. A few real howlers when it comes to historical accuracy, that just leave me incapable of enjoying this as well as I should.
July 28, 2012
4/1/2011
September 24, 2019
Great art, but not a good story.
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