Enemy Ace: War Idyll

Enemy Ace: War Idyll
by George Pratt
Hans Von Hammer é um às dos céus, piloto temerário crente nos ideais de honra e valor com uma perícia
inigualável aos comandos de aviões de combate. Cavaleiro dos ares, Von Hammer não hesita em abater o seu
inimigo, mas respeita a coragem e o valor dos combatentes e é atormentado pela visão dos homens que enviou
para uma morte flamejante nos céus.
Criado nos anos 60 por Robert Kanigher e Joe Kubert para as páginas do comic Our Army At War, Enemy Ace
passa-se nos céus da frente ocidental da Iª Guerra, onde Von Hammer pilota um lendário Fokker Dr.I vermelho,
inspirado no icónico Von Richtofen. Personagem tenebrosa, Hammer é um guerreiro nato capaz de levar a cabo
as duras tarefas do combate com um elevado sentido de honra, mas sendo um ás de uma nação derrotada sofre
também a desilusão perante a inutilidade do derramamento de sangue. Von Hammer é uma personagem trágica,
que sobrevive pela sua perícia mas cujo optmimismo é destruído pelas vicissitudes da guerra.
As últimas aparições de Von Hammer surgem numa graphic novel, Enemy Ace: War Idyll e uma mini-série, Enemy
Ace: War In Heaven. Escrita e ilustrada por George Pratt, Enemy Ace: War Idyll é uma eulogia das lendas dos
combatentes dos ares, tornada apaixonante pelo brilhantismo da ilustração em aguarela. Já War In Heaven
recupera o personagem para os céus da IIª Guerra Mundial, para a guerra assassina sobre a Rússia e os últimos
meses desesperados sobre os céus da Alemanha.|I have the Hardcover version of this.
A touching story about two soldiers from two different wars "meet".
A touch of realism, a touch of the fantastic and you have two men living with the consequences and their
consciences about what they had to do during very difficult periods of their lives and how they are living their
present.
This is not a book that judges, it's a book that informs. Wish there were more like it.
The art may at times be a little difficult to interpret, but I associate that to being memories, and memories are
sometimes flawed.
I've never had to go to war, but I am grateful for those that have been in order to protect a way of life.|Hans von
The art may at times be a little difficult to interpret, but I associate that to being memories, and memories are
sometimes flawed.
I've never had to go to war, but I am grateful for those that have been in order to protect a way of life.|Hans von
Hammer, ace German pilot of the WW I,was silently living his last days in the remote German sanatorium, when his
days were disturbed by one reporter with military past. Two veterans one from WW I and other from Vietnam war.
Younger man was troubled with deep issues which went out during the interview with Hans von Hammer. Comic
centered mainly on the theme of post-traumatic stress could be very interesting and enjoyable. I was kind of sad
when Hans von Hammer died not above clouds but in disability chair.|Passable enough story. Nice looking but art
that is occasionally less than clear when it comes to determining just what exactly is happening. A few real howlers
when it comes to historical accuracy, that just leave me incapable of enjoying this as well as I should.|Sensational
art and a great sideways look at the warrior's joy and terror. The Wonder of flying is writ large and that is contrast
with the terror of the foxholes in vietnam. Great book. Would love to know what pratt's gone on to do