Tommy Gunn is on the run for his life from both the Nazi army and the ancient evil of the Snowman. With the Panzer destroyed, the American pilot's only chance is to make it to the airfield on the other side of a concentration camp. All out action and thrills develops a little bit of a conscience as the horrors of the holocaust are explored in this, the penultimate chapter in the Snowman 1944 saga.
While the main story hasn't dipped in quality, I'm stumped by what happened to the backup feature. In the first issue, we got a very good opening chapter in the Snowman's origin. The next issue also contained some of the origin story, but it wasn't as detailed. By this issue, the origin has completely disappeared! I have no clue as to what has happened to it either...
At least, it doesn't detract from the quality of the main feature.
Parental Advisory
Worth Consuming
Rating: 10 out of 10 stars.
The Snowman has been unwittingly unleashed and none are safe! Now downed fighter pilot Tommy Gunn and his Nazi hostage are in for the fight of their lives. Oh, and did I mention the Panzer? It's modern warfare VS ancient evil in a frosty battle royale!
Another great chapter in this supernatural story set in World War II. The swears are still edited and the gore level is set to 11 (just look at the freakin' cover on the right!) The only difference with this issue compared to the last is that there is a 'Parental Advisory' on the cover.
Worth Consuming!
Rating: 10 out of 10 stars.
When a waist gunner for an Allied bomber is forced to bail during the Battle of the Bulge, he inadvertently unleashes a Native America demon upon Axis and Allies alike. Thus begins a new series on a character that I am unfamiliar with. But this book from 1996 isn't the Snowman's first ever appearance. I learned from reading in on the letters page that the ice monster starred in another series in 1995-96.
The brainchild of two cousins, Matt Martin and Cameron Enders, the idea behind Snowman is that when Native American warrior was brutally murdered during a supposed peace treaty with the white man, the man's sister conjurors a demon out of an arrowhead talisman. When the projectiles touch snow, it summons the creature which kills white indiscriminately with looks of blood and gore. (It's the very same talisman that the doomed gunner is wearing around his neck as a good luck charm.)
How do I know all this? Well, if you flip this comic over, you get the first chapter of Snowman #0. That's is the never before told origin story of Snowman and it's quite good as well.
I enjoyed both sides of this comic from the now defunct Entity Comics. It was an original premise that mixed Old West folklore with the terrors of World War II. And it was full of action!
However, this is not a book for kids. Though drawn in black and white, this book was bloody and violent. Oddly enough, for such a book there's no cussing. Let me rephrase that- there's adult language but it's either blocked out or '#$%#!' are used instead of spelling things out. A little weird but still an enjoyable gritty read! And not a bad find for only a quarter at a comics show!
Worth Consuming
Rating: 9 out of 10 stars.
