WAR BEARS HC (C: 0-1-2) and hold back the flood

and hold back the flood of horrors that come with the return of the original evils

But someone within Checkmate is working against them

A tale of dark revenge that explores the violent roots of American life

by Steve Niles & Ben Templesmith

WAR BEARS HC (C: 0-1-2) and hold back the floodFrom the Booker Prize winning author of The Handmaid's Tale, comes this historical fiction graphic novel tracing the Golden Age of Canadian comic books. Oursonette, a fictional Nazi fighting superheroine, is created at the peak of World War II by comic book creator Al Zurakowski who dreams of making it big in the early world of comics publishing. A story that follows the early days of comics in Toronto, a brutal war that greatly strains Al personally