Detective Gallo and the Unholy Company (Indy/One Shot)
Greg Meldrum (w) & David Broughton (a)
Most comics I read that aren't set in in outer space tend to be set in the United States or the UK. Occasionally of course we'll be taken to fictional countries like Latveria, Wakanda or one of the Atlantis cities under the ocean depending on whether you're reading Aquaman or a Sub-Mariner adventure.
So to be presented with a story set in Spain, in particular under Franco was something different to start with when I read this comic. With a background set in the Spanish civil war that took place just before the Second World War the brutality of Franco is seen as his soldiers attack a church. Gallo is the unwilling commander but when orders are received directly from El Caudillo they must be obeyed at all costs.
In 1949 after a Franco-inspired catastrophe the country is beset with supernatural threats of which Gallo, now a detective in the Spanish police is sort of part of the last defence. However he's somewhat of a cynical old git. His sidekicks get a raw deal but despite being on the side of good there's something amiss with Gallo.
A nice one-shot well worth picking up.
Rating 3.5 Stars
interesting find Howie. it often a "forgotten war" outside of Spain.
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