The witches of World War II

The witches of World War II

Paul Cornell

Book - 2023

"In the darkest hours of World War II, Doreen Valiente, an expert of British folklore and the occult, is approached by British intelligence who tell her they know she's a witch ... and that's how she can best serve her country. Together with 'the most evil man in the world,' a hard-nosed white witch, the grizzled founder of Wicca, and a professional exorcist and con man, Valiente will travel deep into the heart of Nazi-occupied Europe and gamble her life, her belief, and her powers on a mission to help capture Rudolf Hess, second in command to Adolf Hitler himself"--Provided by publisher.

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Subjects
1939-1945
Witches > Comic books, strips, etc.
Occultism > Comic books, strips, etc.
World War, 1939-1945 > Comic books, strips, etc.
Fantasy comic books, strips, etc.
Fantasy comics
Fantasy comics.
Graphic novels.
Comics (Graphic works)
Genres
Fantasy comic books, strips, etc
Fantasy comics
Graphic novels
Comics (Graphic works)
Published
Garden City, NY : TKO Studios 2023.
Language
English
Main Author
Paul Cornell (author)
Other Authors
Valeria Burzo (artist), Jordie Bellaire (colorist), Simon Bowland (letterer)
Edition
First edition
Item Description
Collects The witches of World War II, #1-6.
Physical Description
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 29 cm
ISBN
9781952203183
Contents unavailable.
Review by Publisher's Weekly Review

This entertaining comics faux history from Cornell (the Doctor Who comic series) and Burzo (the Castle Full of Blackbirds series) posits a hidden war of WWII: British witches versus Hitler. English Wiccan Doreen Dominy is tasked by the British government to undermine Nazi intelligence and gathers a League of Extraordinary Gentlemen--style team, including Gerald Gardner, founder of 20th-century Wicca; Prince Rollo Ahmed, who claims to be from Atlantis in his previous life; Dion Fortune, cofounder of the cabalist Fraternity of the Inner Light; and the infamous occultist Aleister Crowley. The imagined "hidden lives" of these real figures has them posing as a traitorous magicians' resistance to England, instituting an elaborate con game against the Nazis. It all unwinds like a mystical-tinged heist thriller. A faked assassination attempt against Churchill by magical weapon, a dangerous journey into Germany, and a test of death against the Holy Grail leads to the team's ultimate target: capturing "deputy Führer" Rudolf Hess. Cornell builds eerie adventure and chapter-end cliffhangers into a packed script, with moody art by Burzo that conjures a shadow world halfway between history and horror. For fans of Hellboy and Sandman who also dig wartime period pieces, this one's spine-tingling fun. (Mar.)

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