Blood & Trenches

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Blood & Trenches
No. of issues	4
First	Over There
Last	Monsters
(March 11, 2009)
(June 10, 2009)
Publisher	IDW Publishing
Writer(s)	John Byrne
Penciller(s)	John Byrne
Editor(s)	Chris Ryall

Blood & Trenches is a miniseries of the Angel comic book meta-series. Written and illustrated by John Byrne, the four issues were originally published from March to June 2009 by IDW Publishing.

Premise

After Angel is injured in World War I, he meets the watcher Geoffrey Wyndam-Pryce, and together they go up against ancient vampire Kakistos.

Continuity

The events took place after Barbary Coast, Part Three but before the flashbacks from "Orpheus."

Appearances

• Angel (4/4)
• Margaret d'Ascoyne (4/4)
• Geoffrey Wyndam-Pryce (4/4)
• Cobbs (3/4)
• Gilbert Dowling (3/4)
• Jones (3/4)
• Kakistos (3/4)
• McDougall (3/4)
• Millets (3/4)
• Crixus (2/4)
• Adolf Hitler (2/4)

Publications

Issues

Cover	Title	Issue	Release date
	Over There	1	March 11, 2009
	In Europe, war ravages nations, but a greater darkness than human conflict calls Angel back across the ocean from his distant home in America — bodies of combatants found drained of blood, and signs of an ancient evil once more abroad in the world.
	Front Lines	2	March 11, 2009
	Alone behind enemy lines, hunted by both sides, Angel discovers his worst suspicions are true when he learns of the dark forces massing in the Kaiser's troops — forces with an agenda all their own.
	Interlude	3	May 6, 2009
	In this issue of John Byrne's Angel opus, the focus shifts to Colonel Geoffrey Wyndham-Price, a man with a sworn mission to destroy all vampires, who has Angel squarely in his sights.
	Monsters	4	May 6, 2009
	The concluding issue of John Byrne's Angel WWI epic! Half a mile above the blood soaked battlefields of France, Angel must face an ancient and terrible evil, while the fate of an Empire hangs in the balance.

Collections

Cover	Title	Issues	Release date
	Blood & Trenches	1–4	September 15, 2009
	In Europe, war ravages nations, but a greater darkness than human conflict calls Angel back across the ocean from his distant home in America — bodies of combatants found drained of blood, and signs of an ancient evil once more abroad in the world. Writer/artist John Byrne tells an untold tale of Angel's WWI exploits!
	The John Byrne Collection	1–4	February 8, 2011
	Comics industry legend John Byrne dove headfirst into the Angel-verse, bringing his no-nonsense, straight-at-the-gut brand of storytelling and visuals to the tales of this beloved, brooding hero.

Behind the scenes

• John Byrne's maternal grandfather was a soldier in World War I and, for some time, a German POW.