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tc ALAIS, 1940. CAPTAIN JOHN FRANKLIN

LED HIS PLATOON ON A HASTY
- RETREAT FROM GERMAN FORCES.

f STORY
ROSSA
McPHILLIPS
ART
PAOLO
ONGARO
COVER
ALEJANDRO
sPEREZMESA/
BUT THE GERMANS WERE FAST BEHIND THEM.
THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
BRITISH WERE TOTALLY DEFEATED IN FRANCE.
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IT’S
ALL RIGHT, ~
JONESY. I’VE GOT
'OU. LET’S GET YOU
SOMEWHERE i
v c; A F P Z

I’M ^
DONE FOR,
SIR. V

^ DON’T
TALK ROT,
T U A T > < ; AKl
FRANKLIN FOUND AN ABANDONED SHOP WHERE HE COULD
TAKE A MOMENT TO TEND TO HIS COMRADE’S WOUNDS.

r JONESV, ^
YOU’LL BE
ALL RIGHT. YOU
. HEAR ME? >

. BUT A GERMAN ARTILLERY SHELL LANDED

NEARBY, CAUSING AN EXPLOSION WHICH KNOCKED
E R A N K I IN A N D HIE; f O M R A D F D E E T H E I R F E E T
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* HE’S ^
DEAD,
THE POOR
V SOUL, i

| FRANKLIN CAME TO WITH ONLY A FEW BRUISES.

| SADLY, JONESY HAD BEEN KILLED BY DEBRIS.

Y THERE’S
NO SIGN OF MY
WEAPON. WORSE ,
STILL, THERE’S
NO SIGN OF MY j
< MEN. I’M ON MY /
x __ o w n . y
VENTURING TO THE STREET TO LOOK
FOR HIS MEN, FRANKLIN CAME FACE
TO FACE WITH A GERMAN PLATOON.

DON’T ^
MOVE! HANDE
u n r~ w

I GUESS
I WAS WRONG
ABOUT BEING ON
MY OWN.

BUT THEN SOMEONE CAME TO FRANKLIN’S RESCUE.

AIIEEEE!

r I’ D
BETTER TAKE 1
COVER, IT’S NOT
HEALTHY AROUND i
L HERE.
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^ LET ^
ME HELP YOU,
MONSIEUR. YOU
WERE LUCKy WE
V CAME. >

you
CAN SAy
THAT AGAIN,
FRENCHy.

' I’M IN
yOUR DEBT,
v SIR.

COLONEL
ARNAUD LECLERC.
PLEASED TO MEET
. yOU, CAPTAIN?
JOHN ^
FRANKLIN.
I SEEM TO HAVE
LOST My UNIT,
^ COLONEL.
b r THEN
7 you SHOULD
STICK WITH US
-OR NOW. WE WILL
GET yOU BACK
TO BRITISH LINES
. AS SOON AS
V POSSIRI F A
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S |NOTICE
YOU ARE WITHOUT
A WEAPON, CAPTAIN
X FRANKLIN.
r ves, >
I THINK
I LOST IT WHEN
THAT SHELL
CAME DOWN
V. NEAR ME. y

THEN ^
YOU MUST
TAKE MINE FOR
NOW. IT’S NOT
MUCH BUT IT’LL
w FIRF. ^

COLONEL LECLERC HANDED

FRANKLIN A WORLD WAR ONE
RIFLE. FRANKLIN NOTICED
THE LECLERC FAMILY NAME
ENGRAVED ON IT.

1r THIS
r IS MORE
THAN A RIFLE. non. 'X
IT’S AN HEIRLOOM. I f IT WAS BROUGHT
COULDN’T POSSIBLY TO DEFEND FRANCE. IT
TAKE THIS. IT BELONGS WITH A SOLDIER.
l BELONGS IN YOUR IT ALSO MEANS I HAVE
FAMILY, w LESS TO CARRY. PLEASE
\ TAKE IT. I INSIST. Y
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AS FRANKLIN AND THE FRENCH UNIT MADE

THEIR WAY THROUGH THE PORT OF CALAIS,
THEY CAME UP AGAINST A GERMAN PANZER
UNIT IT HAD AWESOME FIREPOWER AND THE
FRENCH TOOK CASUALTIES.

' PULL
BACK! PULL
^ BACK!

COLONEL LECLERC MADE THE WISE DECISION TO RETREAT FROM THE HEAVILY ARMOURED
UNIT. THEY RACED TOWARDS THE SAFETY OF THE FRENCH ARMY HQ.

r THERE’S
NO WAY WE COULD Y Y EXACTEMENT. \
STAND AGAINST f WE WILL GO '
v A PANZER! >/(§ TO THE FRENCH
HEADQUARTERS.
WE CAN CONTACT J
V THE BRITISH /
J ^ T H E R E . /
FRANKLIN WENT BACK TO THE FRENCH HQ WITH LECLERC AND HIS UNIT. THERE, LECLERC
CONTACTED THE BRITISH AS FRANKLIN WAITED ANXIOUSLY FOR HIS NEXT ORDERS.

THEY SAY \
f THE BRITISH FORCES IN >
r CALAIS ARE SURROUNDED BY
GERMAN TROOPS. THERE’S NO WAY
YOU CAN GET THROUGH TO THEM
. THERE. THE REST OF THE BRITISH
V FORCES ARE RETREATING TO
DUNKIRK. ^

THE SITUATION / I ADMIRE

IS DESPERATE FOR EVERYONE. YOUR BRAVERY, CAPTAIN. BUT
I CAN UNDERSTAND THE BRITISH YOU MUST GO BACK TO BRITISH
DECISION. I SUGGEST YOU HEAD LINES. IT IS THE CORRECT THING
FOR DUNKFRQUF. ^---- TO DO. I INSIST.

r you
SAVED MY LIFE.
I’M NOT GOING TO
DUNKIRK. I’LL STAY
AND HELP YOU
AND YOUR MEN,
V COLONEL.
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UK PRIME MINISTER WINSTON CHURCHILL

WAS CONCERNED ABOUT GERMANY USING
THE VICHY FRENCH NAVY TO ATTACK
THE UK. HE RELUCTANTLY ORDERED THE
DESTRUCTION OF THE FRENCH NAVY.
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BUT CAPTURING ONE VICHY FRENCH GUN POST WAS ONLY

THE START OF THE BATTLE. FRANKLIN LED HIS MEN AGAINST
THE OTHER GUN POSTS ON YELLOW RIDGE.
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THE VICHY FORCES PUT UP A STIFF

RESISTANCE. FRANKLIN AND HIS MEN
- HAD TO GIVE THE FIGHT ALL THEY HAD.
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THE UNIT HAD SUCCESSFULLY CAPTURED

THE RIDGE FROM VICHY FORCES. COLONEL
FOWLDS BEAMED WITH PRIDE.
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FRANKLIN ESCORTED CLEMENCEAU BACK TOWARDS THEIR TEMPORARY HQ.

HE WAS SURPRISED AT HOW MUCH CLEMENCEAU DISLIKED HIS FORMER ALLIES.
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CARSTAIRS.
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FOWLDS AND FRANKLIN LED THE UNIT ON A
I
FULL-SCALE ATTACK ON THE VICHV FRENCH FORCES
' HQ. THEY WERE SUPPORTED BY RAF HURRICANES.

STRAIGHT
IN AND OUT!
TALLY-HO!
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MON
DIEU! THE
ANGLAIS ARE
ATTACKING!

DEFEND
THE FORT! DO
NOT LET THE
BRITISH IN!
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BRITISH FORCES BREACHED THE WALLS OF THE

VICHY FRENCH HQ, EMBROILING THEMSELVES IN
HAND-TO-HAND COMBAT WITH THE LEGIONNAIRES.
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THERE WERE CASUALTIES ON BOTH SIDES

AS EXPECTED, CLEMENCEAU’S MEN WERE

FIERCE IN DEFENDING THEIR CHATEAU HQ.
FRANKLIN TOOK COVER WITH THE WWI
RIFLE SLUNG OVER HIS SHOULDER.

IT’S LIKE X
LECLERC IS WITH
V\E. I’LL DO RIGHT
BV YOU, OLD
■ BOY. Jr.
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my
HAND!

BONJOUR
AGAIN, CAPITAN!

OR
SHOULD I SAY,
. 'AU REVOIR’?

r YOU’LL
BE SAYING IT
ON THE OTHER
SIDE OF YOUR
V FACE. ^
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BUT CLEMENCEAU WAS TOSSING HIS PISTOL, CLEMENCEAU DECIDED

ALL OUT OF AMMUNITION TO FIGHT FRANKLIN THE OLD-FASHIONED WAV

FISTS ^
it is , y o u
BUTCHER —
OOF! Jl

NOW
I HAVE YOU
WHERE I WANT
yOU, CAPITAN!

^ THAT’S >
w h a t you
THINK, yOU
FRENCH APE!
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FRANKLIN ACTED FAST AN

ROLLED OUT OF THE WAY

j HE GRABBED LECLERC’S
i WWI RIFLE AND FIRED AT
| CLEMENCEAU AS THE
FRENCHMAN CAME IN
FOR ANOTHER STRIKE
WITH THE KNIFE.

THIS IS ^
THE LECLERC FAMILY
BERTHIER RIFLE. IT’S FITTING
THAT I RESTORE LECLERC’S
HONOUR WITH IT, DON’T
YOU THINK?
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WITH LIEUTENANT CLEMENCEAU DEAD, THE RES!

OF HIS LEGIONNAIRES SURRENDERED TO SERGE/
CARSTAIRS AND THE OTHER BRITISH TROOPS.

GOOD WORK,
CARSTAIRS. PLEASE FREE
THE OTHER LEGIONNAIRES. THEY
SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO CHOOSE
. TO JOIN THE ALLIES IF THEY v
WANT TO.

YES,
SIR!
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COLONEL FOWLDS FORMALLY TOOK THE VICHY

SURRENDER OF THE FORT FROM ANOTHER
FRENCH OFFICER. THE BATTLE WAS OVER.

SOON, PALMYRA, AND THEN

ALL OF SYRIA, WOULD BE IN
ALLIED HANDS. BUT IT WAS /
BITTERSWEET VICTORY FOR
FRANKLIN, WHO MOURNED HI
FRENCH COMRADE.

IF ONLY
LECLERC WAS ALIVE
TO SEE IT.
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