REDCOAT VOL. 1: BRYAN HITCH & BRAD ANDERSON

IMMORTAL. MERCENARY. KIND OF A TOOL.British soldier and all-around rogue Simon Pure has led quite an exciting life. Or lives, really. After a failed assassination of General George Washington at the Battle of Trenton in 1776, Simon stumbled upon hooded figures performing a bizarre ritual that accidentally gave him immortality.Since that fateful day, Simon has died and returned countless times over, rubbing elbows (and sometimes fists) with history’s most renowned figures, including his nemesis Benedict Arnold, Albert Einstein, and many more. But what are the true origins and extent of Simon’s power, and the clandestine cabal behind them? And how does this group intend to use him to destroy America? Simon means to find out, even if itfinallykills him!Collects REDCOAT #1-7, with some material from GEIGER 80-PAGE GIANT

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