Wednesday, September 19, 2018

Soldier of Fortune: A Bump in the Road

Soldier of Fortune
'A Bump in the Road'
by Alfredo Grassi (story) and Enrique Breccia (art)
from Merchants of Death No. 4, November 1988
Eclipse Comics
This was the fourth and final issue of Eclipse Comics' exploration of a magazine-sized format for comics; sadly, Merchants of Death just wasn't getting sufficient readership to justify continuation.

Somehow the 'Soldier of Fortune' byline is missing from this installment of the series, and our 'gringo' hero had somehow regained his missing eye.......... and done away with his distinctive eyepatch. But he's still having to deal with treacherous bandidos...............that's life in the wilds of Bolivia in the early 20th century..........
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2 comments:

  1. tomSeptember 20, 2018 at 7:14 AM

    Another fantastic little story. I would love to see more from these Mechants of Death titles particularly the french foreign legion story on the cover.

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  2. StoktanJuly 11, 2024 at 9:02 AM

    There is something interesting about this 4th "Soldier of Fortune" story. We know that the previous three stories were published before Eclipse, in Skorpio in Argentina and L'Eternaute in Italy, but we can't find any information about the Spanish or Italian origin of this episode 'A Bump in the Road'. It is hard not to wonder if this story was only published in English.

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