Battlefields #4
In "The Fall and Rise of Anna Kharkova Part One of Three," writer Garth Ennis and artist Russ Braun deliver a gripping wartime tale of survival and betrayal, following Abba Kharkova after her daring mission behind enemy lines ends in crash and capture. With stark, emotional storytelling and vivid art by Russ Braun, the story unfolds as she struggles to survive in a brutal P.O.W. camp, where a fellow prisoner’s sacrifice offers fleeting hope—only to be crushed by the harsh realities of Stalin’s purges. Cover by Garry Leach captures the grim intensity of a moment that changes everything.
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Disregarding her orders, Abba Kharkova leads Mouse (now a pilot herself) on an attack far behind German lines. When her engine dies she is shot down, gravely wounded, and dumped into a P.O.W. camp. Flight-Lieutenant Cohen, P.O.W. and former medical student, saves her life and sets her on the road to recovery. When the Germans massacre the Russian prisoners, he sacrifices himself to shield her. When Russian tanks arrive she assumes she is liberated, but instead she is beaten and imprisoned, on Stalin's orders that anyone taken captive is a traitor.
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