Bruce Campbell Officially Writing Horror Comic SGT. ROCK VS. THE ARMY OF THE DEAD For DC!
This is some GROOVY news indeed!
Bruce Campbell will be making his mark on the DC Universe when he writes a brand new horror comic for the company, bringing back a long time staple, Sgt. Rock. The series will be titled SGT. ROCK VS. THE ARMY OF THE DEAD.
The press release reminds, “The character became so popular that, in 1977, the Our Army at War series was renamed Sgt. Rock, and ran under the Sgt. Rock name until 1988.”
Sgt. Rock now returns in Bruce Campbell’s DC Horror Presents: Sgt. Rock Vs. The Army of the Dead to fight the most horrific enemy he’s ever encountered: resurrected dead Nazi soldiers.
The story begins in Berlin, 1944. The Nazis are flanked on all fronts by the combined Allied forces, and defeat seems inevitable. In a last-ditch effort to turn the tide of the war, Hitler and his team of evil scientists create a serum that resurrects their dead soldiers, creating an army of the dead even stronger than they were in life.
Written by horror icon Bruce Campbell, with art by comics legend Eduardo Risso, this is the latest entry in DC’s blockbuster DC HORROR PRESENTS line (previous titles include DC Horror Presents: Soul Plumber and DC Horror Presents: The Conjuring: The Lover).
Issue #1 of 6 is on sale September 27, 2022!
The debut issue will have a Duffel Bag Gore variant cover drawn by Frank Quitely (The Authority) that’s “too gruesome to show.” Charlie Adlard (The Walking Dead) is back drawing zombies for the first time since he wrapped up his run on The Walking Dead in a 1:25 variant. Issue #1 will also have a variant cover drawn by Francesco Francavilla (Batman: Black Mirror), a 1:50 variant drawn by Chris Mooneyham (Joker Presents: A Puzzlebox), a 1:100 variant by Pia Guerra (Y: The Last Man), and main cover by Gary Frank (Supergirl).
Preview Bruce Campbell’s Sgt. Rock horror story with some artwork below!
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