Berlin comic books issue 17

Cover by Jason Lutes. Untitled story, script and art by Jason Lutes; Kurt Severing, having forsaken his career as a writer, is a lost man; He finds himself drawn to the Communist party, the only viable opposition to the National Socialists, who in the election of 1930 have gained legitimacy in the national government; Silvia Braun, bent on asserting her strength in memory of her murdered mother, comes into her own as a Communist street fighter, compromising her relationship with the Jewish family that has taken her under its wing; And the true nature of the relationship between Marthe Muller and Anna Albrecht is discovered when their landlady surprises them in bed together. 28 pgs., B&W. $4.95. Cover price $4.95.