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Ira_Silverman · 29 December 1998, 04:18 PM

Doug:

I have a copy of a "perfect bound" comic book issued by DC comics in 1990 called "Enemy Ace: War Idyll." It is very well illustrated but extremely dark, almost gothic. It concerns an interview with a bedridden and dying German WW1 ace named "Von Hammer" (who did fly a red tripe)by a young reporter named "

Edward Mannock," no less. It largely concerns the futility, death and destruction of war, and even mentions the My Lai massacre in an aside.

I remember it being an extremely strange reading experience.

VBR,

Ira

29 December 1998, 04:18 PM	#3 (permalink)
Ira_Silverman Scout Pilot Join Date: Sep 1998 Location: Irvine, CA USA Posts: 495	Doug: I have a copy of a "perfect bound" comic book issued by DC comics in 1990 called "Enemy Ace: War Idyll." It is very well illustrated but extremely dark, almost gothic. It concerns an interview with a bedridden and dying German WW1 ace named "Von Hammer" (who did fly a red tripe)by a young reporter named " Edward Mannock," no less. It largely concerns the futility, death and destruction of war, and even mentions the My Lai massacre in an aside. I remember it being an extremely strange reading experience. VBR, Ira