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* BadassMoustache: Bethune and Smythe were mustachioed men who fought in World War I. But especially Smythe for challenging [=McCrae=] for leadership of the team, not liking the idea of being ordered around by a poet.


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* ManlyFacialHair: Bethune and Smythe were mustachioed men who fought in World War I. But especially Smythe for challenging [=McCrae=] for leadership of the team, not liking the idea of being ordered around by a poet.
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* BladeOnAStick: Many of the enemy soldiers that the team faces fight with spears and [=VERY=] long pikes, [[spoiler:Leaupanne included]].
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* SpitefulSpit: When a British prisoner of Leaupanne and his German allies refuses to cooperate in their experiments, he spits at them after telling them off.

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* BladeOnAStick: Many of the enemy soldiers that the team faces fight with spears and [=VERY=] long pikes, [[spoiler:Leaupanne included]].



* HiddenWeapon: When Bethune goes to kill some guards in front of an entrance to the lab underneath Vimy Ridge, he produces two blades from his sleeves.

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* HiddenWeapon: HiddenWeapons: When Bethune goes to kill some guards in front of an entrance to the lab underneath Vimy Ridge, he produces two blades from his sleeves.

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* TheManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler:Laupanne is revealed to be leading a group dedicated to destroying Europe and rebuilding it all as Swiss land. He and his people were the ones who made the Germans into the force they were in the war.]]

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* FlawedPrototype: [[spoiler:The version of the SuperSerum that the Germans have developed when they've captured Banting causes anyone injected with it to HulkOut into a musclebound monster... that flies into an uncontrollable rage. Leaupanne thinks the problem is enzyme-based, and wants Banting to help him fix it.]]
* HiddenWeapon: When Bethune goes to kill some guards in front of an entrance to the lab underneath Vimy Ridge, he produces two blades from his sleeves.
* TheManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler:Laupanne [[spoiler:Leaupanne is revealed to be leading a group dedicated to destroying Europe and rebuilding it all as Swiss land. He and his people were the ones who made the Germans into the force they were in the war.]]
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* BadassMoustache: Bethune and Smythe were mustachioed men who fought in World War I

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* BadassMoustache: Bethune and Smythe were mustachioed men who fought in World War II. But especially Smythe for challenging [=McCrae=] for leadership of the team, not liking the idea of being ordered around by a poet.
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* BadassMoustache: Bethune and Smythe were mustachioed men who fought in World War I


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* TheManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler:Laupanne is revealed to be leading a group dedicated to destroying Europe and rebuilding it all as Swiss land. He and his people were the ones who made the Germans into the force they were in the war.]]
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** Francis Pegahmegabow ([[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer Yes, that was his real name.]]), a crack shot with a sniper rifle.
** Lester Pearson, a nineteen-year-old who is assigned to logistics.
** Alexander Young Jackson, a first class cartographer.
** Norman Bethune, a soldier from the Royal Navy, and an expert in close-quarters combat.
** Frederick Banting, from the Med Corps.
** Constantine Falkland Cary Smythe, the hand-to-hand expert.

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** [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Pegahmagabow Francis Pegahmegabow Pegahmegabow]] ([[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer Yes, that was his real name.]]), a crack shot with a sniper rifle.
** [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lester_B._Pearson Lester Pearson, Pearson]], a nineteen-year-old who is assigned to logistics.
** [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._Y._Jackson Alexander Young Jackson, Jackson]], a first class cartographer.
** [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Bethune Norman Bethune, Bethune]], a soldier from the Royal Navy, and an expert in close-quarters combat.
** [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Banting Frederick Banting, Banting]], from the Med Corps.
** [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conn_Smythe Constantine Falkland Cary Smythe, Smythe]], the hand-to-hand expert.

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** Constantine Falkland Smythe, the hand-to-hand expert.

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** Constantine Falkland Cary Smythe, the hand-to-hand expert.


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* DistressedDude: Banting gets abducted by the Germans in Issue #3, and taken to an underground lab [[spoiler:to help the Germans perfect their SuperSoldier formula]].
* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: While the protagonists in the comic were very real people, it's doubtful any of them fought [[spoiler:feral [[SuperSoldier Super Soldiers]] in a top secret German lab under Vimy Ridge, or stopped a Swiss conspiracy to destroy all of Europe so they could rebuild it in their image]].
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* DelibratelyMonochrome: The entire comic is drawn in black and white.

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* ActionGirl: Milunka Savic, an acquaintance of Pearson's from Serbia. They fought in the Balkans together, and she can certainly hold her own in a fight.


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Enter [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCrae [John [=McCrae=]]], a Canadian man known amongst the ranks as the Celebrity Soldier because of a poem he published. On April 3rd, 1917, he's brought before Commander Currie, who wants him to lead a recon operation to confirm intel gathered about Vimy Ridge. With no real choice in the matter, John agrees to it the next day at the Albany Club. From there, he's introduced to the team he'll be working with.

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Enter [https://en.[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCrae [John John [=McCrae=]]], a Canadian man known amongst the ranks as the Celebrity Soldier because of a poem he published. On April 3rd, 1917, he's brought before Commander Currie, who wants him to lead a recon operation to confirm intel gathered about Vimy Ridge. With no real choice in the matter, John agrees to it the next day at the Albany Club. From there, he's introduced to the team he'll be working with.

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''Group of 7: A Most Secret Tale'' is a War ComicBook by Chris Sanagan and Jason Lapidus.

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''Group of 7: A Most Secret Tale'' is a War ComicBook by Chris Sanagan and Jason Lapidus.
Lapidus, and the first comic series released under ''Group of 7 Comics''.



** Constantine Falkland Smythe, the hand-to-hand expert.

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** Constantine Falkland Smythe, the hand-to-hand expert.expert.

The team assembled, these men set out to make history.

The comic was published in December of 2020.

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!!''Group of 7: A Most Secret Tale'' contains examples of:
* DeadlyGas: In the first issue, on April 22nd, 2015, the Germans release grenades containing chlorine gas in the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Ypres Second Battle of Ypres]].
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However, the Allied Forces aren't going to just sit back and take this lying down.

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However, the Allied Forces aren't going to just sit back and take this lying down.down.

Enter [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCrae [John [=McCrae=]]], a Canadian man known amongst the ranks as the Celebrity Soldier because of a poem he published. On April 3rd, 1917, he's brought before Commander Currie, who wants him to lead a recon operation to confirm intel gathered about Vimy Ridge. With no real choice in the matter, John agrees to it the next day at the Albany Club. From there, he's introduced to the team he'll be working with.

** Francis Pegahmegabow ([[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer Yes, that was his real name.]]), a crack shot with a sniper rifle.
** Lester Pearson, a nineteen-year-old who is assigned to logistics.
** Alexander Young Jackson, a first class cartographer.
** Norman Bethune, a soldier from the Royal Navy, and an expert in close-quarters combat.
** Frederick Banting, from the Med Corps.
** Constantine Falkland Smythe, the hand-to-hand expert.

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-->''- a most secret tale of Canadian daring and danger from [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarI the Great War.''

''Group of 7: A Most Secret Tale'' is a War ComicBook by Chris Sanagan and Jason Lapidus.

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-->''- a most secret tale of Canadian daring and danger from [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarI the Great War.War]].''

''Group of 7: A Most Secret Tale'' is a War ComicBook by Chris Sanagan and Jason Lapidus.Lapidus.

The Great War is on, and Europe is suffering through it. There's been a lot of death and destruction on both sides, and the war's going on much longer than everyone expected. Worse, the Germans have unleashed their newest weapon on the battlefield: a deadly gas.

However, the Allied Forces aren't going to just sit back and take this lying down.
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-->''- a most secret tale of Canadian daring and danger from [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarI the Great War.''

''Group of 7: A Most Secret Tale'' is a War ComicBook by Chris Sanagan and Jason Lapidus.

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