When the last issue ended, Sgt. Rock was positioned outside the secret compound of Adolf Hitler. So you'd expect this issue to have Easy Co. arrive and under Rock's leadership, they'd all unleash Hell on the Fuhrer. Instead, the penultimate issue of Sgt. Rock Vs. The Army of the Undead starts back at HQ with the regiment aboard a transport vehicle about to parachute onto the compound.
I had to double-check and make sure I hadn't missed something. Did I skip an issue? Why would Sgt. Rock go back to England and then get on a plane back to Nazi Germany? Let's be honest, if this was Nick Fury and his Howling Commandos, they would have stormed the compound immediately. There wouldn't have been any backtracking.\
I'm no four-star general but it seems to me that going back to home base increases the possibility of everyone getting wiped out and Hitler survives to live another day. Sure, if you are the writer, you'll do everything to keep the main character from dying. But if this was real life, it just seems an unnecessary risk to venture back through enemy territory just to regroup and pick up more fire power. I understand why you'd want reinforcements. It just seems too big of a risk. Plus, don't you run the risk of Hitler moving on to another secure location. Did Easy Co. leave a spotter???
As you can tell from the cover, the story is no longer historically accurate. Like having zombie storm troopers was historically accurate. But, with Hitler turning himself into a member of the walking dead, we're no longer trying to match the events of the last days of World War II. Actually, with this mission being Hitler's last hurrah, we're venturing into Inglourious Basterds territory as this European campaign is about to come to a close in 1944- almost a full year before things came to a close in real life!
How we would have fought the war if Germany was defeated before the bomb was complete is an interesting prospect. I wonder if that concept has ever been explored. I'd definitely be interested in reading that alternate history.
An action packed next-to-last issue. The logistics of things don't make a lot of sense to me and the complete 180-swing in the story was confusing to the point, I thought I had accidentally starred reading issue #4 or #6 out of order. But it's always nice to see Adolf Hitler getting his ass handed to him!
Worth Consuming!
Rating: 7 out of 10 stars.
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