The Lion & the Eagle
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- Author：Garth Ennis
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Summary
1944: Imperial Japan still commands most of Asia。 Determined to regain their hold on Burma， the British send a special forces unit – the Chindits – deep behind Japanese lines。 Their mission is to attack the enemy wherever they find him。 What awaits them is a nightmare equal to anything the Second World War can deliver。
Colonel Keith Crosby and Doctor Alistair Whitamore have old scores to settle， being veterans of the long retreat through Burma two years before。 But neither the jungle nor the foe have gotten any less savage， and when the shooting starts and the Japanese descend on the smaller British force in their midst， every man will be tested to his limit。
Writer Garth Ennis （The Boys， Preacher， DREAMING EAGLES） and artist PJ Holden （The Stringbags， World of Tanks， Judge Dredd） present a tale of hellish jungle warfare， as apparently civilized human beings descend into an apocalyptic heart of darkness。
Colonel Keith Crosby and Doctor Alistair Whitamore have old scores to settle， being veterans of the long retreat through Burma two years before。 But neither the jungle nor the foe have gotten any less savage， and when the shooting starts and the Japanese descend on the smaller British force in their midst， every man will be tested to his limit。
Writer Garth Ennis （The Boys， Preacher， DREAMING EAGLES） and artist PJ Holden （The Stringbags， World of Tanks， Judge Dredd） present a tale of hellish jungle warfare， as apparently civilized human beings descend into an apocalyptic heart of darkness。
Reviews
Timo
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Maybe Ennis should give up war stories for a while， but there must be a large amount of guys who are more entertained by these than me。But there were glimpses of what makes Ennis great， but mostly this was just a bore。
Davisklemavis
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Great military historical fiction graphic novel from Garth Ennis， still working at the top of his form。 Oversized prestige format lets the art really live and breathe on the page。 The fighting in Burma in 1942-1944 is often under-represented in comics and war books， as is the dynamic between the Indian Army， the Chindits and the British。 Interesting focus on non-combatant military personnel， great character development through frame stories and flashbacks。 A bit more wordy than some of his tales Great military historical fiction graphic novel from Garth Ennis， still working at the top of his form。 Oversized prestige format lets the art really live and breathe on the page。 The fighting in Burma in 1942-1944 is often under-represented in comics and war books， as is the dynamic between the Indian Army， the Chindits and the British。 Interesting focus on non-combatant military personnel， great character development through frame stories and flashbacks。 A bit more wordy than some of his tales， which works for me。 Still quite graphic and pulls no punches in its depiction of the IJA。 If you like Battlefields， War Stories， James Holland books or Quartered Safe Out Here， give this one a try。 Also the Tim Bradstreet covers are quite striking。 。。。more
Alex Sarll
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Somehow it feels surprising， given Garth Ennis' apparent determination to do a comic about every aspect of the Second World War， that he's taken this long to get to the Chindits。 PJ Holden， who seems to have become one of the go-to collaborators for the war books， takes charge of the visuals， and as ever does a sterling job， though the cultural associations are such that at times it's hard to get one's brain out of the easy groove whereby jungle warfare automatically equals Vietnam。 Which in som Somehow it feels surprising， given Garth Ennis' apparent determination to do a comic about every aspect of the Second World War， that he's taken this long to get to the Chindits。 PJ Holden， who seems to have become one of the go-to collaborators for the war books， takes charge of the visuals， and as ever does a sterling job， though the cultural associations are such that at times it's hard to get one's brain out of the easy groove whereby jungle warfare automatically equals Vietnam。 Which in some ways gives a solid idea of the level of awfulness on show here; there are no nice wars， but this really was a ghastly one。 The brain jumps a track， doesn't it， when you consider that the Nazis quite understandably remain the byword for absolute evil， but that British soldiers at least found fighting them far preferable to the utter lack of quarter they could expect in the battle with Imperial Japan。 So this starts badly， and ends worse， with good men forced to take decisions no one should ever have to， gore and waste and exhaustion on every side， debts both personal and national that can never be repaid。 It's excellent work but I can't see myself ever wanting to read it again， or even think about it very much， though I suspect memories will return unbidden at times all the same， which gives some faint glimmer of how it must have been for the poor bastards who actually lived it。 。。。more
James
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This is a war story about the Japanese trying to invade India。 I was down for this premise and was loving the art from PJ Holden but after issue 1 I could tell this might not be that great。 That first issue showed problems with the flow of the story。 Felt too clunky and didn’t flow smoothly。 I found myself going back a couple of times rereading stuff as I had a hard time trying to figure out what Ennis was trying to do。 The next 3 issues offered up more of the same。 Shame as I really wanted to l This is a war story about the Japanese trying to invade India。 I was down for this premise and was loving the art from PJ Holden but after issue 1 I could tell this might not be that great。 That first issue showed problems with the flow of the story。 Felt too clunky and didn’t flow smoothly。 I found myself going back a couple of times rereading stuff as I had a hard time trying to figure out what Ennis was trying to do。 The next 3 issues offered up more of the same。 Shame as I really wanted to like this more。 。。。more
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