Writer – Garth Ennis, Dan Abnett
Artist – Chris Burnham, Phil Winslade
Colours – Len O’Grady
Letters – Rob Steen

The first story in this issue is by Garth Ennis and Chris Burnham, a fine team if there ever were one and they take two strips, that of Crazy Keller and Hot Wheels and bring them together for a tale that starts out with a little bit of mirth and then turns into something else altogether. It begins with the settling up of debts incurred throughout the war and as Keller is saying goodbye to the men he is paying, a German tank speeds by as if the war was still going on, which it in fact, is not. Something is up and so everyone gears up and heads off after the speeding vehicle only to fall into an ambush and it is one that Keller should have seen coming. The twist happens at this point as the Germans who are waiting for Keller and company have enlisted the youth of the German people, called Werewolves, to continue the battle even though the war is lost. Ennis writes quite a good tale with this one and while it may not seem like it on the surface, it is absolutely tragic and very sad when one stops to think about it. At one point in time, a good portion of the German population were vile people and to get their children involved as a final measure in the hopes of turning things around really spoke to just how evil they could be. A second story by Dan Abnett and Phil Winslade closes out this issue featuring the man called D-Day Dawson. He is a man who is already dead as he puts it and so when facing off against an enemy, he gives it his all for he has nothing left to lose. The setting for this particular tale is France on a small farm where a woman hiding in her basement emerges after some time, looking for her husband. Instead, she finds dead Germans and one British soldier. As it turns out, he is not quite so dead and that is a good thing as a German patrol has come to the farm, most likely to find out where their comrades are. Dawson fights like a man possessed and one by one, the Germans fall before him like so much chaff, the man not caring about his own personal safety, only looking out for the woman. Abnett and Winslade pack this tale full of action and it speeds along at a fairly breakneck speed after the setup is finished. D-Day Dawson is a very interesting character, even with little to go on other than the most basic information. It would be great it future issues of the title would feature him in more stories but given how much rich material the book has to pull from, it is doubtful readers will see him anytime soon again. From start to finish, it is a fantastic issue by some incredible creators.

4 out of 5