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Charley's War (Vol. 8): Hitler's Youth

Author Pat Mills
Illustrated by Joe Colquhoun
Hardcover
8.99"W x 11.95"H x 0.55"D   | 28 oz | 10 per carton
On sale Nov 01, 2011 | 112 Pages | 9780857682994
In this explosive new volume of never-before-collected comic strip, Charley comes face to face with a young corporal who will eventually change the face of the world as leader of the Nazi party: Adolf Hitler. 

The eighth action-packed volume of Charley's War is rich in the detailed minutiae of the terror punctuated existence of a Tommy.
Pat Mills is a venerated comics writer of such legendary titles as Charley’s War, Marshal Law, and Judge Dredd; and creator of a whole slew of famous stories and characters from the pages of British sci-fi flagship 2000 AD—including Flesh, Invasion, Nemesis the Warlock, The ABC Warriors, and Defoe. View titles by Pat Mills
Joe Colquhoun (1926–1987) was a British comics illustrator best known for his artwork in Charley's War. The Los Angeles Times called Charley’s War “darkly spectacular” and Publisher’s Weekly said “Colquhoun's dark brushwork is lovingly detailed and horribly convincing.” Early in his comics career, he worked on Roy of the Rovers, Lion, and Tiger. View titles by Joe Colquhoun
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"The writing and art here are fantastic... the craft of comics at its best... If you love war comics then Charley's War is a must own for you." - Ain't It Cool

"Timelessly relevant and well researched, this is a comics classic."- Publisher's Weekly

"Darkly spectacular...poignant and intelligently anti-war" - LA Times 

"Charley's War is one of the finest, most fondly remembered comic strips ever, a deeply 
radical, horrific reimagining of WWI." - Uncut 

"YOU NEED TO READ IT. The history that is put into this, with the facts, just moves it up 10 notches above anything else I have read when it comes to war comics." - Comic Attack

About

In this explosive new volume of never-before-collected comic strip, Charley comes face to face with a young corporal who will eventually change the face of the world as leader of the Nazi party: Adolf Hitler. 

The eighth action-packed volume of Charley's War is rich in the detailed minutiae of the terror punctuated existence of a Tommy.

Creators

Pat Mills is a venerated comics writer of such legendary titles as Charley’s War, Marshal Law, and Judge Dredd; and creator of a whole slew of famous stories and characters from the pages of British sci-fi flagship 2000 AD—including Flesh, Invasion, Nemesis the Warlock, The ABC Warriors, and Defoe. View titles by Pat Mills
Joe Colquhoun (1926–1987) was a British comics illustrator best known for his artwork in Charley's War. The Los Angeles Times called Charley’s War “darkly spectacular” and Publisher’s Weekly said “Colquhoun's dark brushwork is lovingly detailed and horribly convincing.” Early in his comics career, he worked on Roy of the Rovers, Lion, and Tiger. View titles by Joe Colquhoun

Praise

"The writing and art here are fantastic... the craft of comics at its best... If you love war comics then Charley's War is a must own for you." - Ain't It Cool

"Timelessly relevant and well researched, this is a comics classic."- Publisher's Weekly

"Darkly spectacular...poignant and intelligently anti-war" - LA Times 

"Charley's War is one of the finest, most fondly remembered comic strips ever, a deeply 
radical, horrific reimagining of WWI." - Uncut 

"YOU NEED TO READ IT. The history that is put into this, with the facts, just moves it up 10 notches above anything else I have read when it comes to war comics." - Comic Attack
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