Über Vol. 1

The story turns back the clock to April 24, 1945: Soviet forces have already entered Berlin, and the collapse of the Third Reich is only days away. Around the time Hitler prepares to take his own life, a long-secret Nazi military research program, Projekt U, finally succeeds—they have created modified soldiers known as Übermensch: thick-skinned, immensely strong, and capable of unleashing "distortion halos," energy beams from their eyes powerful enough to melt through armor. Among these superhumans, the basic-model Panzermensch are more numerous, while three "battleship-class" soldiers named after Wagner operas—Siegmund, Sieglinde, and Siegfried—possess overwhelming destructive power. They repel the Soviet forces in one stroke, and the war does not end as it did in history.

Subsequently, a defecting Allied spy brings the modification technology and samples of "Wotan's Blood" to Britain, and Churchill's government urgently launches its own superhuman program; at Bletchley Park, Alan Turing attempts to decipher those ancient documents of unknown origin. Meanwhile, the fanaticism and madness within Nazi ranks push the conflict in an even more uncontrollable direction.

This volume is not a cathartic comic about heroes defeating formidable enemies. Gillen deliberately employs the cold, detached style of near-military simulation, treating superhumans as expendable weapons like tanks and artillery, emphasizing the brutality of war, the cost to civilians, and the moral decline of all sides under extreme circumstances. The artwork is graphic and direct, and the work is explicitly intended for mature readers.