Adventures in the Rifle Brigade #1 is an issue of the series Adventures in the Rifle Brigade (Volume 1) with a cover date of October, 2000.
Synopsis for "Once More Unto the Breach"
It is June, 1944, the infamous and reputed British commando unit, the Rifle Brigade, are assign in as of unknown, covert mission during a bombing mission over the German capital Berlin. The Brigade is led by Captain Hugo "Khyber" Darcy, his Second Lieutenant Cecil "Doubtful" Milk, alleged largest man in England Sergeant Crumb, criminal-on-waiver Corporal Geezer, Hank the Yank (the only American in the team), and Darcy's taciturn Scottish servant The Piper. The Brigade, after being enthrall by Piper's bagpipes which causes a pilot to bleed from his orifices, parachute down.
On the ground the Rifle Brigade ambush a group of drunken German soldiers and steal their uniforms for disguise (which goes noticeably to the readers). They are then confronted by a SS patrol who had heard their gunshots. The Brigade bluff their way and nearly goes without incident. Unfortunately, one of the SS soldiers sees through their disguises when he recognizes that Sergeant Crumbs' uniform epaulettes are incorrectly positioned. The Brigade quickly dispatch the SS and commandeer a Kübelwagen.
Meanwhile, the illustrious Panzer Commander Oberst Flaschmann is having a night on the town with two beautiful ladies. He gives them a ride on his tank across Berlin. At the same time, the Rifle Brigade are lost in the city and inadvertently crash into Oberst Flaschmann's tank. Flaschmann recognizes them as Englishmen as they drive on the left side of the road and hold them up at gunpoint with his tank's cannon.
As the Brigade are being taken prisoner, Doubtful Milk fearfully express that they are likely to be shot as legitimate spies, as they are wearing German uniforms, in which he is corrected by the arrival of Hauptman Venkschaft, an officer of the Gestapo. Venkschaft tells the Rifle Brigade that they will be tortuously interrogate for British Intelligence on the "Second Front": the Allied invasion of Normandy.
Appearing in "Once More Unto the Breach"
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Items:
- Piper's Bagpipes
Vehicles:
- Avro Lancaster
- Volkswagen Kübelwagen
Notes
- Adventures in the Rifle Brigade is a three-issue limited series published under DC's Vertigo imprint.
- This issue is reprinted in the Adventures in the Rifle Brigade trade paperback.
See Also
- Cover gallery for the Adventures in the Rifle Brigade series
- Images from Adventures in the Rifle Brigade Vol 1 1