Unknown Soldier

Cover to Unknown Soldier #1

Unknown Soldier is published by DC Comics under the Vertigo imprint. Current price per issue is $2.99.

Publication Dates

Last Issue

Unknown Soldier #24: 06 Oct 2010

Current Issue

Unknown Soldier #25: 03 Nov 2010

Next Issue

none

Status

Monthly series. Final issue is #25.

Recent Storylines

Unknown Soldier #25

This is the current issue, and therefore no story information will be posted about this issue. Please check your local comic shop for copies of this issue.

Collections

Trade Paperbacks

• Showcase Presents: The Unknown Soldier, vol. 1 - Collects Our Army At War #91 & Star-Spangled War Stories #36, 151-152, 154-161 & 163-188 (in B&W). - WorldCat - ISBN 1401210902

• Showcase Presents: The Unknown Soldier, vol. 2 - Collects vol. 1 #205-226, plus Star-Spangled War Stories #189-204 (in B&W). - WorldCat - ISBN 140124081X

• Unknown Soldier - Collects vol. 3 #1-4. "A maverick CIA agent navigates a minefield of dirty tricks and black operatives as he embarks on a globe-hopping search for the legendary military operative known only as Codename Unknown Soldier." - WorldCat - ISBN 1401244173

• Unknown Soldier, vol. 1: Haunted House - Collects vol. 4 #1-6. "Welcome to Northern Uganda. In 2002, it's a place where tourists are hacked to death with machetes, 12-year-olds with AK-47s wage war, and celebrities futilely try to get people to care. Moses Lwanga is a pacifist doctor caught at the center of this. But when his life is threatened, Moses suddenly realizes he knows how to kill all too well. What is this voice telling him the only way to fix what's wrong with the country is by slaughtering those responsible? And what is Moses' connection to past bandage-wrapped warrior?" - WorldCat - ISBN 1401223117

• Unknown Soldier, vol. 2: Easy Kill - Collects vol. 4 #7-14. "The world is becoming as hot as the barrel of a spent gun, and Moses feels it most of all. Now he’s making a mad play, falsely aligning himself with everyone in hopes of figuring out who killed the camp doctor before one of his new “friends” puts a bullet in his back." - WorldCat - ISBN 1401226000

• Unknown Soldier, vol. 3: Dry Season - Collects vol. 4 #15-20. "A brutal murder at an IDP camp sends The Unknown Soldier spiraling into the dark underground of the refugee population." - WorldCat - ISBN 1401228550

• Unknown Soldier, vol. 4: Beautiful World - Collects vol. 4 #21-25. "In the hands of the men who created his fractured psyche, the Unknown Soldier learns the truth about himself." - WorldCat - ISBN 1401231764

Digital

• Unknown Soldier - Collects vol. 3 #1-4. - Kindle

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Creative Team

Writer: Joshua Dysart. Artist: Alberto Ponticelli.

Publishing History

• Volume 1: #205-268, 1977-1982 (continued from Star Spangled War Stories)
• Volume 2: #1-12, 1988-1898 (mini-series)
• Volume 3: #1-4, 1997 (mini-series)
• Volume 4: #1-25, 2008-2010 (Vertigo)

Future Publication Dates

Dates subject to change at the whims of the publisher or distributor. Please see the Diamond Shipping Lists for current information.

News & Features

• 16 Jun 2010 - Josh Dysart Talks About Unknown Soldier: Interview Part One
• 03 Jun 2010 - Rick Veitch Talks Unknown Soldier #21
• 11 Aug 2009 - Civil War in Uganda, Illustrated and in Panels
• 29 Jan 2009 - The New Face of War: Joshua Dysart on Unknown Soldier
• 21 Oct 2008 - Dysart Resurrects Unknown Soldier

Links

• DC Comics - Publisher's Website