Marine Corps Commissions Comics

Comics Culture — March 22, 2010 at 11:46 Share

Marines Magazine has announced a new comics series, “Sharing The Courage” by combat artist Sgt. Kristopher Battles. The first issue will chronicle the heroism of Sgt. Major Brad Kasal, during the infamous “Hell House” battle fin Falllujah, Iraq.

Describing the arc of the series, Battles said:

“We are trying to run a hybrid between the comic book — with its straightforward method of communication — and realism, so we say this is a real act of heroism,” he said. “These are not super-men — or super-Marines. They are ‘everymen’ in extraordinary circumstances.”

The next episode in the series will tell the story of Cpl. Jonathan Yale and Lance Cpl. Jordan Haerter, who were manning the gate of a joint security station filled with Marines and Iraqi security forces when a 20-foot tanker truck loaded with explosives sped toward them. They riddled the vehicle with bullets, prompting the driver to detonate his payload before he could ram the base. The incident, in which they saved at least 50 people, was caught by a security camera that shows them defending their checkpoint without hesitation. Both Yale and Haerter died at the scene and posthumously r4eceived the navy Cross.

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