Credits
Writer(s):
Shigeru Mizuki; Jocelyne Allen (translation)
Penciller(s):
Shigeru Mizuki
Inker(s):
Shigeru Mizuki
Letterer(s):
Kevin Huizenga
Subject Matter
Genres:
war
Character(s):
Platoon Leader Mizumoto; Company Commander; Battalion Commander Tadokoro; Nonda; Kawakita; Yoshida; Maruyama; Nosami; Okuyama; Miura; Kageyama; Yokoi; Ogawa; Corpsman Kamiya; Kayama; Kobayashi; Nakamoto; Sakaida; Akasaki; Kojima; Kaneda; Homu; Kitazaki; Yamagishi; Division Commander; Chief of Staff; Kido; Dr. Ishiyama; Kirimoto; Morita
Synopsis:
Japanese soldiers occupying Kokopo during World War II endure a daily toil of inaction until U.S. forces suddenly arrive. Rather than pull back and stage guerilla tactics, the soldiers are ordered to launch a suicide attack. One group does not immediately engage and is later dealt with by the army, its officers put to death and the remaining soldiers sent in a second suicide attack which leaves all of them dead.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:
from Shukan Gendai (Kodansha, 1959 series) #?-? [1973]
Miscellaneous
Pages:
350