Soon Pritchard and his band is searching for ‘The Black Order Brigade’ which takes them all across the continental Europe in a long journey full of death, bloodbath and misery. Pritchard assembles a group of his former militant members from International Brigades for a final stand off against ‘The Black Order Brigade’. When this news reaches London, an English journalist named Pritchard – a former member of International Brigades from the Spanish Civil War - recognizes them as former enemies and a greater threat to the future of Europe. The story begins in late 70s with ‘The Black Order Brigade’ - a fascist organization dating back to Spanish Civil War and comprising of the remnants of Franco's former soldiers – cold-bloodedly massacring all the residents from a remote countryside village in Spain. But this style of illustration complements nicely for a tale that starts of with carnage and which is serious in its mood. The first thing I noticed while reading ‘The Black Order Brigade’ was the hazy dream-like feel of the sketches that is amazing and haunting at the same time. The highlight of the book is the brilliant illustrations by Enki Bilal, which sets the tone perfectly for a macabre political tale soaked in bloodshed and violence. ‘ The Black Order Brigade’, translated from the original French work ‘ Les Phalanges de l'Ordre Noir’ is a chilling graphic novel with a political-thriller angle written by Pierre Christin.
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