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{{DC Database:Comic Template
[[Image:Adventures in the Rifle Brigade v.1 2.jpg|thumb|350px||Adventures in the Rifle Brigade #2]]
 
 
| Title = Adventures in the Rifle Brigade
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| Image = Adventures in the Rifle Brigade v.1 2.jpg
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| Volume = 1
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| Issue = 2
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| Month = November
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| Year = 2000
   
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| Executive Editor = Karen Berger
'''Definitely Not Cricket'''
 
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| CoverArtist1 = Brian Bolland
   
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| Quotation =
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| Speaker =
   
 
| StoryTitle1 = Definitely Not Cricket
==Summary==
 
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| Synopsis1 =
'''Volume:''' 1 <br>
 
'''Issue:''' 2 <br>
 
'''Month:''' November <br>
 
'''Year:''' [[:Category:2000|2000]] <br>
 
   
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The Rifle Brigade are shackled in a cell and are at the mercy of Gerta Gasch, who has a personal grudge with Hugo Darcy. Meanwhile, Oberst Flaschmann is arguing with Hauptman Venkschaft and demanding the Gestapo officer that the Rifle Brigade are under the Wehrmacht's custody. Venkschaft is steadfast against it, as he knowingly believes that Flaschmann is simply using the Rifle Brigade for propaganda purpose in favor of the Wehrmacht. After a heated trade of words, Flaschmann leaves Venkschaft's office but swearing that he will have a way in gaining custody over the Rifle Brigade.
==Credits==
 
'''Head Writer:''' [[Garth Ennis]] <br>
 
'''Cover Artists:''' [[Brian Bolland]] <br>
 
'''Pencilers:''' [[Carlos Ezquerra]] <br>
 
'''Inkers:''' [[Carlos Ezquerra]] <br>
 
'''Colourists:''' [[Patricia Mulvihill]] <br>
 
'''Editors:''' [[Jennifer Lee]] and [[Axel Alonso]] <br>
 
   
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Back at the cells, Gasch mocks the Rifle Brigade but only to be strongly refuted and undermine by Darcy when referring America as, according to Darcy, still a British colony (much to the irate of Hank the Yank). Gasch silences Darcy and tells him why she holds a deep grudge on him: in 1933, Hugo Darcy was leading in "The Great M'Boppo Elephant Hunt" in Gambia's M'Boppo Valley in which he indirectly killed Gerta's father when he chased the elephant into stampeding over the elder Gasch, who was masturbating in an outhouse with a set of pornographic postcards. Gerta was present at her father's death and watched Darcy galloping away without any second thought of what he done. Darcy is surprise to hear all this and admits to Gasch that he didn't really see the elder Gasch when he was chasing the elephant and that his death was an accident. But Gerta Gasch remains ever vengeful and decide to morally break him by having the Rifle Brigade broken: starting with Doubtful Milk.
==Synopsis==
 
'''Cast of Characters:'''
 
*[[Rifle Brigade]]
 
:*[[Cecil Milk]]
 
:*[[Corporal Geezer]]
 
:*[[Hank the Yank]]
 
:*[[Hugo Darcy]]
 
:*[[Piper]]
 
:*[[Sergeant Crumb]]
 
*[[Gerta Gasch]]
 
*[[Hauptman Venkschaft]]
 
*[[Oberst Flaschmann]]
 
   
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Sometime later, the Rifle Brigade (minus Milk) are free from their shackles by Sergeant Crumb and are again confronted by Gasch. A roughed up Milk is brought before them, which Darcy agonize over the Lieutenant from apparent internal bleeding until he realized he only suffered two broken teeth. Gasch laughs over this and shares her belief that Darcy's "stiff upper lip" is subtly homosexual in nature for attending public school. However, Darcy is unfazed and tells her that attending public school is part of the benefits of English restraint and that man-on-man love is "absolute twaddle". Darcy is then brought to be interrogate as he swears that he will not break.
'''First Appearances:''' Gerta Gasch <br>
 
'''Final Appearances:''' No final appearances <br>
 
   
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Moments later, a very beaten up Darcy is brought before his Brigade. Gasch attempts to force Darcy to say "Hitler is my one true and rightful Fuhrer." But, Darcy defies her by singing "Hitler Has Only Got One Ball" along with his Brigade and every Allied prisoner, who hears their singing, within the prison. Darcy then tells Gasch that the Rifle Brigade will never be crush, stating that the Brigade and like its predecessors in the ancient past will always persevere in the end.
'''Synopsis:''' Synopsis unknown <br>
 
   
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After Gasch has left, Darcy ask Doubtful as to what were the Brigade's mission. Milk in turn is confuse, in which it is then learn that there has been a miscommunication between Milk and Darcy over telephone caused the Rifle Brigade going on a mistaken commando mission, in which it is nothing but a wild goose chase that cause their predicament much to the ire of the Rifle Brigade's revelation. They are then confronted by Venkschaft, who wrongly suspects, while inadvertently revealing to the Rifle Brigade, that they are attempting to destroy a secret V-2 rocket research laboratory which is right next to where they are imprisoned. The facility also so happen to contain the single synthesizing fuel for the rockets which would destroy the Allied D-Day invasion. This catches Darcy's keen interest.
==Notes==
 
* ''Adventures in the Rifle Brigade'' is a three-issue limited series published under DC's [[Vertigo]] imprint.
 
   
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| Editor1_1 = Jennifer Lee
==Trivia==
 
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| Editor1_2 = Axel Alonso
* None
 
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| Writer1_1 = Garth Ennis
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| Penciler1_1 = Carlos Ezquerra
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| Inker1_1 = Carlos Ezquerra
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| Colourist1_1 = Patricia Mulvihill
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| Letterer1_1 = Clem Robins
   
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| Appearing1 =
==Recommended Readings==
 
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'''Featured Characters:'''
* [[Comics Sgt. Rock (Volume 1)|Sgt. Rock (Volume 1)]]
 
 
* {{a|[[Rifle Brigade]]}}
* [[Sgt. Rock: Between Hell and a Hard Place (2003)|Sgt. Rock: Between Hell and a Hard Place]]
 
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**{{a|[[Cecil Milk (Rifle Brigade)|Cecil Milk]]}}
* [[Comics Unknown Soldier (Volume 1)|Unknown Soldier (Volume 1)]]
 
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**{{a|[[Corporal Geezer (Rifle Brigade)|Corporal Geezer]]}}
* [[Comics Unknown Soldier (Volume 3)|Unknown Soldier (Volume 3)]]
 
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**{{a|[[Hank the Yank (Rifle Brigade)|Hank the Yank]]}}
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**{{a|[[Hugo Darcy (Rifle Brigade)|Hugo Darcy]]}}
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**{{a|[[Sergeant Crumb (Rifle Brigade)|Sergeant Crumb]]}}
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**{{a|[[Piper (Rifle Brigade)|Piper]]}}
   
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'''Supporting Characters:'''
==Related Articles==
 
 
* None
* [[Wikipedia:World War II|World War II]]
 
   
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'''Antagonists:'''
==External Links==
 
* [[Wikipedia: The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own)|The real-world Rifle Brigade at Wikipedia]]
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* {{1st|[[Gerta Gasch (Rifle Brigade)|Gerta Gasch]]}}
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* {{a|[[Hauptman Venkschaft (Rifle Brigade)|Hauptman Venkschaft]]}}
* [[Wikipedia:Garth Ennis|Garth Ennis biography page at Wikipedia]]
 
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* {{a|[[Oberst Flaschmann (Rifle Brigade)|Oberst Flaschmann]]}}
   
 
'''Other Characters:'''
==References==
 
 
* <br/>
* [http://www.comics.org/series.lasso?SeriesID=10429 Adventures in the Rifle Brigade series index at the Grand Comics Database]
 
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'''Locations:'''
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* {{a|[[Berlin]]}}, {{a|[[Germany]]}}
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previous = [[Adventures in the Rifle Brigade 1 (Volume 1, 2000)| Adventures in the Rifle Brigade #1]]|
 
title = [[Comics Adventures in the Rifle Brigade (Volume 1)|Adventures in the Rifle Brigade]]|
 
note = Volume 1|
 
next = [[Adventures in the Rifle Brigade 3 (Volume 1, 2000)| Adventures in the Rifle Brigade #3]]|
 
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'''Items:'''
[[Category:Comics]]
 
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| Notes =
 
* This issue is reprinted in the ''[[Adventures in the Rifle Brigade (Collected)|Adventures in the Rifle Brigade]]'' trade paperback.
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| Trivia =
 
| Recommended =
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| Links =
 
* [https://www.comics.org/series.lasso?SeriesID=10429 Adventures in the Rifle Brigade series index at the Grand Comics Database]
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* [[Wikipedia: The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own)|The real-world Rifle Brigade at Wikipedia]]
 
*[[Wikipedia:Garth Ennis|Garth Ennis biography page at Wikipedia]]
 
}}
 
[[Category:Vertigo]]
 
[[Category:Vertigo]]
[[Category:2000]]
 
[[Category:2000, November]]
 
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{{Summary Needed}}
 

Revision as of 14:49, 3 March 2019

"Definitely Not Cricket": The Rifle Brigade are shackled in a cell and are at the mercy of Gerta Gasch, who has a personal grudge with Hugo Darcy. Meanwhile, Oberst Flaschmann is arguing with Hauptman Venkschaft and demanding the Gestapo officer that the Rifle Brigade are under the Wehrmacht's c

Adventures in the Rifle Brigade #2 is an issue of the series Adventures in the Rifle Brigade (Volume 1) with a cover date of November, 2000.

Synopsis for "Definitely Not Cricket"

The Rifle Brigade are shackled in a cell and are at the mercy of Gerta Gasch, who has a personal grudge with Hugo Darcy. Meanwhile, Oberst Flaschmann is arguing with Hauptman Venkschaft and demanding the Gestapo officer that the Rifle Brigade are under the Wehrmacht's custody. Venkschaft is steadfast against it, as he knowingly believes that Flaschmann is simply using the Rifle Brigade for propaganda purpose in favor of the Wehrmacht. After a heated trade of words, Flaschmann leaves Venkschaft's office but swearing that he will have a way in gaining custody over the Rifle Brigade.

Back at the cells, Gasch mocks the Rifle Brigade but only to be strongly refuted and undermine by Darcy when referring America as, according to Darcy, still a British colony (much to the irate of Hank the Yank). Gasch silences Darcy and tells him why she holds a deep grudge on him: in 1933, Hugo Darcy was leading in "The Great M'Boppo Elephant Hunt" in Gambia's M'Boppo Valley in which he indirectly killed Gerta's father when he chased the elephant into stampeding over the elder Gasch, who was masturbating in an outhouse with a set of pornographic postcards. Gerta was present at her father's death and watched Darcy galloping away without any second thought of what he done. Darcy is surprise to hear all this and admits to Gasch that he didn't really see the elder Gasch when he was chasing the elephant and that his death was an accident. But Gerta Gasch remains ever vengeful and decide to morally break him by having the Rifle Brigade broken: starting with Doubtful Milk.

Sometime later, the Rifle Brigade (minus Milk) are free from their shackles by Sergeant Crumb and are again confronted by Gasch. A roughed up Milk is brought before them, which Darcy agonize over the Lieutenant from apparent internal bleeding until he realized he only suffered two broken teeth. Gasch laughs over this and shares her belief that Darcy's "stiff upper lip" is subtly homosexual in nature for attending public school. However, Darcy is unfazed and tells her that attending public school is part of the benefits of English restraint and that man-on-man love is "absolute twaddle". Darcy is then brought to be interrogate as he swears that he will not break.

Moments later, a very beaten up Darcy is brought before his Brigade. Gasch attempts to force Darcy to say "Hitler is my one true and rightful Fuhrer." But, Darcy defies her by singing "Hitler Has Only Got One Ball" along with his Brigade and every Allied prisoner, who hears their singing, within the prison. Darcy then tells Gasch that the Rifle Brigade will never be crush, stating that the Brigade and like its predecessors in the ancient past will always persevere in the end.

After Gasch has left, Darcy ask Doubtful as to what were the Brigade's mission. Milk in turn is confuse, in which it is then learn that there has been a miscommunication between Milk and Darcy over telephone caused the Rifle Brigade going on a mistaken commando mission, in which it is nothing but a wild goose chase that cause their predicament much to the ire of the Rifle Brigade's revelation. They are then confronted by Venkschaft, who wrongly suspects, while inadvertently revealing to the Rifle Brigade, that they are attempting to destroy a secret V-2 rocket research laboratory which is right next to where they are imprisoned. The facility also so happen to contain the single synthesizing fuel for the rockets which would destroy the Allied D-Day invasion. This catches Darcy's keen interest.

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