Inspired by real events from the final year of World War II, Mark Russell and PJ Holden’s new Mad Cave Studios six-issue series Dog Tag follows the life of a soldier-journalist and his wartime and civilian experiences during the conflict.
Dog Tag focuses on Corporal Tom Fuller through the final year of World War II, taking him from the invasion of Normandy to the surrender of Japan.
“Dog Tag is the kind of World War II story I’d always hoped to write,” said Mark Russell. “An homage to a grandfather I never knew but who served in the war, a reminder of the consequences of giving a nation over to belligerence and cruelty, and also the re-telling of true but little-known chapters of the war through the eyes of a writer who is worried that no one will believe him when he tells them what the war is really like.”
Holden added, “Growing up in the 70s/80s, I was exposed to WWII through a steady stream of War movies, great rollicking adventures, heroic missions, and manly sacrifice. Of course, real war is often nothing like that. Real war is often sacrifices made by scared, tired boys who are barely old enough to be classified as men. I hope from reading this book we can get a sense of the sacrifice required for even a “good” war.”
The first issue features a main cover by Holden and variant covers by Sebastián Piriz and Erica Henderson.
Check out the covers below and look for Dog Tag #1 at your local comic shop on May 6.
