At first… every man in the platoon idolised the big Canadian corporal, Steve Lacroix. They envied the strength in his big shoulders, his ice-cold nerve, his fantastic shooting.

But soon there were ugly whispers, rumours that big Steve loved his deadly work with gun and knife too much; that like his namesake, the cruel Canadian timber wolf, he would one day turn on those who fought by his side…

Story: E Hebden

Art: Medrano

Cover: Graeme Neil Reid