Battlefields (comics)
Battlefields is a comic book metaseries written by Garth Ennis, comprising several mini-series, each illustrated by a different artist and published by Dynamite Entertainment. Publication history. The series was announced at the 2008 Philadelphia Wizardworld. The series is divided into self-contained mini-series of three issues, all of which are set during World War II. The first volume in turn consisted of three mini-series. The first mini-series, with artist Russell Braun, titled "The Night Witches" is set on the Eastern front and concerns a women-only Soviet bomber regiment. The second series, with artist  Peter Snejbjerg, titled "Dear Billy" concerns a British nurse, who had survived rape and attempted execution by Japanese soldiers in Singapore, and her relationship with a decorated flying ace. The third series was "Tankies" with artist Carlos Ezquerra. It concerns an inexperienced British tank crew of Londoners in a Churchill Tank led by a Geordie veteran sergeant as they attempt to catch up with their company, enduring attacks by Nazi Tiger tanks as the Battle of Normandy rages on. Starting in 2010, Ennis began the work on the second volume. He used a similar format, with two storylines, "The Firefly  and His Majesty" and "Motherland" being sequels to "Tankies" and "Night Witches" respectively. The other, "Happy Valley", was also the first of these to be published, with art by P. J. Holden. "Happy Valley" deals with a novice pilot assigned to an Australian bomber crew bombing German targets while hoping to stay alive for the three missions remaining until they return home. "Firefly" follows the same British tank crew as they try to take down a powerful German tank. In "Motherland", the star pilot of the Witches gets transferred into a squadron of fighters defending the Russian front and must  learn to once again work well with others. In 2012, Dynamite returned to the series, with a sequel to "The Tankies" and "The Firefly and His Majesty", titled "The Green Fields Beyond", and set during the Korean War. This micro-series began publication in November 2012. In February 2013, another series, "The Fall and Rise of Anna Kharkova", was published. As the third and final installment of the storyline that began with "Night Witches" and "Motherland", this volume covers Anna's experiences from her post-war imprisonment in a Siberian labour camp and her exploits as a jet pilot in  the Cold War. Collected editions. The individual series have been collected into individual trade paperbacks and then each run of three has then been collected into a single hardcover volume: