Man, this one fell into my lap, as in “hey, you want this?”
“Sure,” I said. Nice.
Between Hell and a Hard Place is a Hurtgen forest tale, and more than anything else, it’s a murder mystery. Honestly, I wasn’t expecting this.
Writer: Brian Azzarello
Art: Joe Kubert (longtime ROCK keeper)
Let’s get to it: the story was engaging enough, though it lagged in spots. But the overall pacing of the narrative kept things from bogging down. Just when things start to slow a little, “BLAM!” Azzarello picks things up.  B+
I liked how the art was as close to black and white as it could be, yet there is enough color to show the nuance in a frame. The example here shows this, especially where Rock is leading a group of prisoners back to camp. Bits of red, green, and brown rise to the surface against a largely black backdrop.  This is the work of an artist at the top of his game. No question:  A
A few reviews are here…take’m or leave’m.
http://www.ugo.com/channels/comics/features/sgtrock_hell/
http://comics.ign.com/articles/673/673176p1.html
http://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2009/03/sgt-rock-between-hell-and-hard-place.html
http://www.paulgravett.com/articles/079_kubert/079_kubert.htm
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