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Les divisions de fer #3
Operation Rebalance
The forest of Mazurie, in former Poland.
Disguised as SS, an allied Commando squad tries to infiltrate into the very heart of the Reich's most secret base to free Albert Einstein, who has been kidnapped by the Nazis to work on their program of secret weapons. A ragtag group of Allies, these soldiers are tough bastards; hungry wolves ready to sweep down on the enemy... Among them is Jonah Karmann, a young Jewish scientist, whose family was annihilated by the Nazis. He notices that by putting on the uniform of the enemy, they risk becoming just like those they fight. He, more than anyone else, could jeopardize their mission...
Disguised as SS, an allied Commando squad tries to infiltrate into the very heart of the Reich's most secret base to free Albert Einstein, who has been kidnapped by the Nazis to work on their program of secret weapons. A ragtag group of Allies, these soldiers are tough bastards; hungry wolves ready to sweep down on the enemy... Among them is Jonah Karmann, a young Jewish scientist, whose family was annihilated by the Nazis. He notices that by putting on the uniform of the enemy, they risk becoming just like those they fight. He, more than anyone else, could jeopardize their mission...
48 pages, Unknown Binding
First published April 8, 2015
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November 26, 2018
Epic, bleak and grimdark final volume.
3-6 volumes more to fully flesh and develope storylines and characters and this ucronic WWII tale could have been a real masterpiece.
Such a shame.
November 26, 2022
Rating 2 out of 5 | Grade: D+ ; It all goes downhill pretty fast
The concluding volume of Iron Squad, by Jean-Luc Sala, seems the most rushed and least interesting of the whole 6 Issue series.
One which doesn't live up to the promise set in Vol.1 , either in terms of story, or artwork.
The plot of this volume, where a bunch of OSS agents try and infiltrate the Nazi science facility that produces Neptunium, the super fuel that allows them to power their advanced armor, is lack luster, in terms of action & stakes.
Which is a shame, as some of the characters had a halfway decent backstory to explore. Plus, some of the interesting characters from Vol. 1, the Russian campaigns had also made a comeback.
The way in which these characters behave is completely random, and basically they do whatever it takes to make the plot 'edgy'. Unnecessary friendly fire, misunderstandings, shallow deaths, contrived betrayed are just some of it's shortcomings.
Plus, I've been noticing this pattern where, in every story arc, the grand plan of the protagonists revolve around high-jacking an enemy Mecha and using it to fight the Axis & fulfill their objective. The exact same storyline, over and over and over. Feels a bit creatively bankrupt.
Plus, plus, towards the climax, they
Well it doesn't work, and combined with the forgettable, uninspired artwork, the conclusion of this 6 part series doesn't live up to it's promises.
The concluding volume of Iron Squad, by Jean-Luc Sala, seems the most rushed and least interesting of the whole 6 Issue series.
One which doesn't live up to the promise set in Vol.1 , either in terms of story, or artwork.
The plot of this volume, where a bunch of OSS agents try and infiltrate the Nazi science facility that produces Neptunium, the super fuel that allows them to power their advanced armor, is lack luster, in terms of action & stakes.
Which is a shame, as some of the characters had a halfway decent backstory to explore. Plus, some of the interesting characters from Vol. 1, the Russian campaigns had also made a comeback.
The way in which these characters behave is completely random, and basically they do whatever it takes to make the plot 'edgy'. Unnecessary friendly fire, misunderstandings, shallow deaths, contrived betrayed are just some of it's shortcomings.
Plus, I've been noticing this pattern where, in every story arc, the grand plan of the protagonists revolve around high-jacking an enemy Mecha and using it to fight the Axis & fulfill their objective. The exact same storyline, over and over and over. Feels a bit creatively bankrupt.
Plus, plus, towards the climax, they
Well it doesn't work, and combined with the forgettable, uninspired artwork, the conclusion of this 6 part series doesn't live up to it's promises.
April 30, 2017
I love the alternate world premise of this series, but overall it's too truncated to work very well, especially with the action leaping around from location to location and time period to time period (at one point this book ducks into a flashback to explain how things got this way.) Iron Squad as a whole needed much more room to explore its premise and flesh out the story and characters.
The main story here is of a covert mission to rescue kidnapped American scientists and cripple the Mekapanzer program. As is expected in this kind of story, there are other agendas at work as well, and things go sideways several times before the bleak ending.
The main story here is of a covert mission to rescue kidnapped American scientists and cripple the Mekapanzer program. As is expected in this kind of story, there are other agendas at work as well, and things go sideways several times before the bleak ending.
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