Choc #31
In "Hommage à l'ennemi," Jack Kirby's dynamic storytelling and art bring to life a gripping wartime chapter where Gunner mentors a band of French orphans into makeshift Marines, forging resilience in the face of occupation. With Storm and Cloud pressing a Nazi prisoner for intelligence, the fragile calm shatters when enemy forces launch a sudden assault on the town. Kirby’s powerful interior work, enhanced by D. Bruce Berry’s inks, captures the intensity of the resistance, while Joe Kubert’s cover delivers a stark, memorable image of the conflict’s stakes. A 60-franc comic from 1982, this issue stands as a bold, character-driven moment in a story defined by courage and sacrifice.
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Gunner trains a group of French orphans to be Marines, while Storm and Cloud interrogate a Nazi prisoner. When Nazis storm the town, Gunner and his children soldiers turn them back.
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