Created on June 25, 2011 and written by Jamesdlogan
Category: Comic Book Reviews

Rating: 4/5
Publisher Name: Image Comics
Publisher Website: www.imagecomics.com

Writer: Mark Sable
Pencils: Paul Azaceta
Number of Pages: 32
Price: .99
Color: Color
Safety Content Label: T+ TEENS AND UP – Appropriate for most readers 13 and up, parents are advised that they might want to read before or with younger children.

Publisher’s Blurb:
Afghanistan. Marines face a never-ending onslaught of Taliban. But even hell can get worse. The dead are coming back to life in The Graveyard of Empires, and only together can both sides of the today’s conflict survive tomorrow’s undead assault. Writer MARK SABLE (Unthinkable, Two-Face Year One) reunites with his GROUNDED co-creator, PAUL AZACETA (Amazing Spider-Man) to tell this controversial tale of terror.

Reviewer’s Comments:
Once again, I chose a genre that I have not read much of. The extent of war comics I have read have been books from the 60’s and 70’s, generally things like Srgt. Rock, the original G.I. Joe Showcase, and Srgt. Fury and his Howling Commando’s. Of course I grew up with the Hasbro/Marvel G.I. Joe comics, which were not quite as serious and gritty as some of the others mentioned.

At first glance, just flipping through the pages, I was not very impressed with the artwork. It was a bit gritty and not as well defined as I generally prefer to have in the comics I read. However, as I actually started to read through the book, the art somewhat grew on me, and I began to see how well the style of art fit the story that was being told.

The story was very well written, and helps bring you in to some of the intensity and drama that soldiers today in Iraq and Afghanistan are experiencing today. With the suicide bomber worries, and all the ins and outs of working with the local military and law enforcement factions, we can see a bit what these men and women are experiencing overseas in our “war on terror”. We see the trust issues between these groups, and between the soldiers themselves, as there are some differences of opinion as to what the best way to deal with the locals and the terrorists is.

The story leads up to a situation very similar to how the book starts with a slight twist that leads into the rest of the series. I don’t want to give away too much, but the one SPOILER I will give is that if you enjoy The Walking Dead, it is likely that you will enjoy this series.

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