Bruce Campbell writing ‘Sgt. Rock vs The Army of the Dead’ for DC
If you grew up in the Silver Era of Comic Books fandom, you grew up following Sgt. Rock. This fall, that DC icon returns, and so do the dead in DC Horror Presents: Sgt. Rock vs. The Army of the Dead.
You may not be aware that DC Comics has a venue dedicated to Horror; but this fall, according to Multiversity Comics, DC’s Horror section will be premiering a six-issue series written by iconic horror comedy actor Bruce Campbell, with art by Eduardo Risso: “DC Horror Presents: Sgt. Rock vs. the Army of the Dead.”
Set in 1944 Berlin, the story will see the Third Reich transform their dead troops into a zombie horde, creating the strangest, most horrifying enemy Sgt. Franklin John Rock and his Easy Company have ever faced.
Synapsis: The Nazis are flanked on all fronts by the combined Allied forces, and defeat seems inevitable. In a last-ditch effort to turn the tide of the war, Hitler and his team of evil scientists create a serum that resurrects their dead soldiers, creating an army of the dead even stronger than they were in life.
Sgt. Rock, hero of the European Theatre, and his Easy Company find themselves dispatched into enemy territory to face off against the strangest, most horrific enemies they’ve encountered yet: Nazi Zombies.
Written by the expert in battling the evil dead, Bruce Campbell (Ash Vs. Evil Dead), this six-issue miniseries should prove to be an action-packed, terrifying adventure. Eisner and Harvey Award-Winning Artist Eduardo Risso (100 Bullets) brings the battlefield to gruesome life as the Easy Company tears across Europe.
And if you’re not afraid of gore, Issue #1, on sale September 27, will have a Duffel Bag Gore variant cover drawn by Frank Quitely (The Authority) too gruesome to even show you. Charlie Adlard (The Walking Dead) is back drawing zombies for the first time since he wrapped up his run on The Walking Dead in a 1:25 variant. Issue #1 will also have a variant cover drawn by Francesco Francavilla (Batman: Black Mirror), a 1:50 variant drawn by Chris Mooneyham (Joker Presents: A Puzzlebox), a 1:100 variant by Pia Guerra (Y: The Last Man), and main cover by Gary Frank (Supergirl) in an all-star artists line-up.
Sgt. Rock first debuted in DC’s comics in 1959, in Our Army at War #83. Sgt. Franklin John Rock and his Easy Company became a mainstay of DC’s popular war comics.
Created by writer Robert Kanigher and artist Joe Kubert, Sgt. Rock was soldier of almost preternatural ability and grit, battling Nazis across Europe and Northern Africa during World War II. Now, he’s back, in a new, terrifying setting in this action-horror mash-up, updating a classic DC hero for new fans.
DC Horror Presents: Sgt. Rock Vs. The Army of the Dead #1 will be hitting your favorite comics shops on September 27.
(Source: DC Comics)
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