War Story: Condors

(Vertigo, 2003)
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Stop me if you’ve heard this one: a Spaniard, an Englishman, a German, and an Irishman are trapped in the same foxhole for the night. It’s no joke, it’s part of Garth Ennis’s War Story series of tales about war and conflicts around the world. This time Ennis’s target is the Spanish Civil War, where four men take cover in a foxhole to hide from a barrage of artillery. With few effective weapons, they decide to wait out the bombardment together, despite being on opposite sides of the war. As each tells the story that led them there, they learn that their ideologies and reasons for fighting are as different as they are. Three of the four have romanticized the notion of war as offering something of value. Then the Spaniard shares his story, offering a horrifying vision of the toll taken by true and endless warfare.

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#1

March, 2003
Cover Price: $4.95
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Garth Ennis

Carlos Ezquerra