Jun 10, 2022

DC Horror Comic Book 'Sgt. Rock vs. The Army of the Dead' Being Written By Bruce Campbell

We've got some groovy news for both Evil Dead and comic book fans, as DC Comics has this week announced Sgt. Rock vs. The Army of the Dead, a new DC Horror comic book series that's headed our way this fall and is being written by the expert in battling the undead, Bruce Campbell!

For those who may not be familiar with the classic DC character, Sgt. Rock was created by writer Robert Kanigher and artist Joe Kubert, and first debuted in DC’s comics in 1959, in Our Army at War #83. Sgt. Franklin John Rock and his Easy Company became a mainstay of DC’s popular war comics. 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.

Now, Sgt. Rock is back in a new, terrifying setting for the six-issue miniseries that updates a classic DC hero for new fans.

"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. Sgt. Rock, hero of the European Theatre, and his Easy Company find themselves dispatched into enemy territory to face off against the strangest, most horrific enemies they’ve encountered yet: Nazi Zombies."

Campbell and Eisner-winning artist Eduardo Risso (100 Bullets) will bring the battlefield to gruesome life as the Easy Company tears across Europe for the action-horror mash-up series, which promises "an action-packed, terrifying adventure."

"And if you’re not afraid of gore," DC states, the debut issue will have a Duffel Bag Gore variant cover drawn by Frank Quitely (The Authority) that's "too gruesome to even show you."

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) in an all-star artists line-up.