Young Men on the Battlefield #13
In "Killed in Action," a quiet moment between seasons turns deadly when a farmer-turned-soldier named Kadinza reaches for a single spring bloom from his trench—only to be struck down by a sniper. The story, drawn with stark precision by Al Hartley, captures a fleeting, fragile hope in the midst of war, underscored by the haunting detail of a soldier whose last thought might have been shaped by the very war film he was watching. The cover, by Sol Brodsky and Carl Burgos, mirrors the tension between life and death in a world where even a flower can be fatal.
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Kadinza was a farmer and watches the changing season carefully. When the first flower of spring blooms he reaches out of his trench to grasp it and a sniper kills him. The sniper must have just been watching 'All Quiet on the Western Front'.
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