Brûlant #20
In "L'homme insaisissable," Marie finds herself cornered in a farmhouse with a tank bearing down, forced to call in a bombing run on an underground artillery gun—just as her grandfather once did with smoke signals and her father with a mirror heliograph. With tense precision, she executes the call, feigns death, and turns the tank’s own burning smoke into a beacon to destroy it, barely escaping the blast. Written by Robert Kanigher and illustrated by Mort Drucker, this gripping tale of wartime ingenuity and courage is captured in striking detail, with a cover by Mort Drucker.
In "Une médaille pour Marie," a young Resistance fighter must make an impossible choice: call in a bombing strike on her own position to destroy a hidden artillery gun, knowing it means risking her life. Drawing on family echoes—her grandfather’s smoke signals, her father’s mirror heliograph—she uses the only tool left: her own sacrifice. When the dust settles, she survives not with glory, but with a single red rose, the only medal the Resistance could offer.
In "Le cri de guerre d'un moribond," the Haunted Tank faces a haunting prophecy from General J.E.B. Stuart, who warns that history is poised to repeat itself. As the tank crew aids a Greek Tank Commander in defending a mountain pass against German forces, echoes of the legendary stand at Thermopylae rise from the past—where courage meets the weight of destiny.
In "Une ballon contre un faucon," an American pilot with a French squadron during World War I takes to the skies, determined to earn his place by facing the legendary German ace known as the Hawk. The tension builds as skill, courage, and the weight of expectation collide in the thin air above the trenches.
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