Book Title: [WGS comics] HELLSHIP
Author: Jared MURALT
ISBN: 978-2-88890-686-5
Category: Fiction
Format: Hardback
Summary: Autumn 1944, somewhere on an advanced base in the Pacific, the daily life of a B25 crew, almost monotonous, punctuated by combat missions where only the competition of the number of victories brings a little spice, until the day when one of their bombs opens a breach on a Japanese ship and in their lives... A few months before the end of the war, Captain Edwart Baxter commands and watches over the crew of his B25. Divided between the desire to be the best of his squadron, the war that is ending but remains present and his thoughts for his wife, we follow the intimate moments of this crew where personal problems resurface and seem to relegate the war in second place, but the latter reserves them a backlash from which none will emerge unscathed ...
Personal opinion: I really like this story. The rivalry between the bomber crews to be at the top of the sunken ships ranking leads to tasty and funny dialogues, which contrast with the dramatic ending of the story. The author succeeds in drawing endearing characters. In a single album, he manages to present an exciting story with temporal returns that give even more intensity.
French and German edition
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