FIGHTING MANN - BATTLE (Black & White Inks)

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Originally serialized in Battle-Action (1977) #271-333 (July 12, 1980 – September 19, 1981). Reprinted in Garth Ennis Presents the Best of Battle Hardcover (2016)

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Writer Alan Hebden tells the story of Colonel Mann's quest to uncover the truth behind his son's disappearance during the Vietnam war.

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"In 1967, while attacking a North Vietnamese Army (NVA) gun nest, flight leader Walter Mann had orders to destroy it, and destroy it he did. However, the NVA launched a missile attack on Mann's aircraft to which he responded by out-manoeuvering it. Just as it was safe to fly on, we see a picture on Mann in shocked disbelief at what confronted him. One month later, and after many unsuccessful searches for Mann's aircraft, the USAF sent a letter to Mann's father stating that his son has been classed as, 'Missing - Believed Deserted'. Colonel Mann is livid and sets of for Vietnam to solve the mystery using all the contacts he'd established when he was Military Adviser To The Army Of Republic Of Vietnam during 1961-1963."

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The aircraft and other military hardware, rendered with brush and ink, are absolutely stunning.

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The below images show images of pages available for sale as they appeared in published form. Original art pages are cropped up to the image border, and mounted (glued) to a larger bright white paper - per examples shown. This was done by Cam to preserve original page and borders.

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