Adventures in the Rifle Brigade

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title = Adventures in the Rifle Brigade


caption = Cover to issue #1 of "Adventures in the Rifle Brigade" (Oct 2000). Art by Brian Bolland.
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publisher = Vertigo
date ="Adventures in the Rifle Brigade": October-December 2000
"Adventures in the Rifle Brigade: Operation: Bollock": October 2001 - January 2002
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main_char_team = The Rifle Brigade
writers = Garth Ennis
artists = Carlos Ezquerra
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TPB = "Adventures in the Rifle Brigade"
ISBN = 1-4012-0353-1
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"Adventures in the Rifle Brigade" is the name of two Vertigo comic book limited series created by writer Garth Ennis and artist Carlos Ezquerra. The first series, "Adventures in the Rifle Brigade", was released in 2000. Its sequel, "Adventures in the Rifle Brigade: Operation: Bollock", was released in 2001 and 2002.Citation | last = Irvine | first = Alex | author-link = Alexander C. Irvine | contribution = Adventures in the Rifle Brigade | editor-last = Dougall | editor-first = Alastair | title = The Vertigo Encyclopedia | pages = 18 | publisher = Dorling Kindersley | place = London | year = 2008 | ISBN = 0-7566-4122-5]

Plot

The Rifle Brigade is a British special forces commando unit commanded by Captain Darcy and staffed with a variety of oddball and at times deviant soldiers from varied British cities and allied nations. The two stories concerns their various covert missions across Europe and Africa and their relevance to the Allied victory.

'Operation: Bollock' in particular focused on the team's diplomatic and action-packed attempts to gain for themselves the missing testicle of Adolf Hitler. It is being held in the small Arabic country of Semmen and is being pursued by many forces, German, American and British, none of which the Brigade can trust.

The American forces are represented by Maryland Smith, a whip-wielding adventurer with the unwanted nickname of 'Mary'.

Character list

The Rifle Brigade

*Captain Hugo Darcy
*Second Lieutenant Cecil Milk
*Sergeant Crumb
*Corporal Geezer
*Hank the Yank
*The Piper

Collected editions

*"Adventures in the Rifle Brigade" (by Garth Ennis and Carlos Ezquerra, tpb collects both mini-series, 2004: ISBN 1-4012-0353-1):
** "Adventures in the Rifle Brigade" (Vertigo, 3 issue mini-series, 2000)
** "Operation Bollock" (Vertigo, 3 issue mini-series, 2001)

References