Bruce Campbell groups with Eduardo Risso for DC Horror Presents: Sgt. Rock vs. The Military of the Lifeless.
That’s it. That’s the tweet.
Or a good shorter model: Nazi zombies.
Sgt. Rock is an iconic DC character created again in 1959 by Robert Kanigher and Joe Kubert within the pages of Our Military at Warfare #83. Because the chief of “Straightforward Firm,” he turned one of the vital well-known warfare comics characters of all time. Sgt. Rock had a future as one of many final non-superhero holdovers from the 50s and has been revived just a few instances in recent times, whereas making occasional continuity primarily based appearances in issues like Flashpoint.
This day out, he’s again in a 6 problem mini sequence written by horror icon Bruce Campbell with artwork by the good Eduardo Risso…and a bunch of cool variant covers after all.
Campbell just lately made a triumphant return to the MCU along with his cameo in Physician Unusual within the Multiverse of Insanity…and a few hoped me may turn into the brand new “Stan Lee” with a sequence of cameos…however he’s already ankled Marvel for DC it appears.
The story within the mini sequence is easy: Sgt Rock vs Nazi Zombies.
The story begins in Berlin, 1944. The Nazis are flanked on all fronts by the mixed Allied forces, and defeat appears inevitable. In a last-ditch effort to show the tide of the warfare, Hitler and his group of evil scientists create a serum that resurrects their useless troopers, creating a military of the useless even stronger than they have been in life.
Sgt. Rock, hero of the European Theatre, and his Straightforward Firm discover themselves dispatched into enemy territory to face off in opposition to the strangest, most horrific enemies they’ve encountered but: Nazi Zombies.
Though you may say the story writes itself, it was really written by Campbell – and it’s not his first dance with comics. He tailored his (very unusual) movie The Man with the Screaming Mind for Darkish Horse some years again and has dabbled right here and there.
In truth, Campbell talked about a comics challenge just a few months again.
“I’m writing a comic book ebook for a significant comedian ebook firm proper now,” he informed Bloody disgusting. “And it’s six points that you simply’ve gotta plot out. And I can’t simply sit there with a pen in my mouth… taking a look at a clean web page… I need to determine it out scene by scene and know the place the story’s going.”
The primary problem goes on sale on September 27, and the variants embrace many fan favorites, together with a Duffel Bag Gore variant cowl drawn by Frank Quitely (The Authority) too grotesque to even present you, we’re informed.
Charlie Adlard (The Strolling Lifeless) is again drawing zombies for the primary time since he wrapped up his run on The Strolling Lifeless in a 1:25 variant.
Subject #1 can even have a variant cowl drawn by Francesco Francavilla (Batman: Black Mirror),
A 1:100 variant by Pia Guerra (Y: The Final Man).
And ALSO, a 1:50 variant drawn by Chris Mooneyham (Joker Presents: A Puzzlebox), and a fundamental cowl by Gary Frank (Supergirl).
And insides by Eduardo Risso. Did we point out Eduardo Risso? Sgt. Rock in a horror film. What’s to not love?
