Halloween Horror MILITARY COMICS "Blue Tracer vs the Nazi Zombies!"

What could be more frightening than a slain enemy rising to fight again?

This Halloween tale (guest-starring Hitler himself) dares to answer the question!

This scary story from Quality's Military Comics #15 (1943) has a scientific, instead of supernatural, explanation.

Blue Tracer creator/writer/artist Fred Guardineer created and handled both sci-fi and mystical characters with equal enthusiasm, but he always seemed uncomfortable about doing war stories, unless they had a fantastical element.

Even this ongoing contribution to Military Comics (which was a fairly realistic war comic, except for Blackhawk), was about a fantastic torpedo-shaped vehicle that fought the Axis with super-science.

Halloween Horror AIR FIGHTERS COMICS "Meets Misery!" Conclusion

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When we last saw World War II's popular teen aviator hero...

...A shadowy figure calling himself "Misery" threatens to shoot down any British aircraft he encounters...and does so with frightening efficiency!
AirBoy responds to the challenge, but is knocked unconscious by Misery's otherworldly "Air Tomb" which zaps him with an electric charge...

Misery did, indeed, return...several times...in both AirBoy's Golden Age and Bronze Age adventures!
Note: the Bronze Age (1980s) series from Eclipse featured the son of the original AirBoy, but the original (Golden Age) versions of the Heap, Sky Wolf, and Valkyrie, with whom, like his father, he became...intimate!
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Halloween Horror AIR FIGHTERS COMICS "Meets Misery!" Part 1

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Aviators have been staples of heroic fiction for a century...

...and both pulps and comics had dozens of them!
This is a tale about one of the most popular ones (in both the 1940s and 1980s)!

To Be Concluded...
TOMORROW!
This never-reprinted story from Hillman's Air Fighters Comics V1N12 (1943) is the first appearance of Misery, one of teen aviator Airboy's ongoing supernatural foes (he had several)!

Apparently Airboy co-creators, writer Harry Stein and artist Fred Kida liked using mystic characters as a counterpoint to the science-based kid flyer!

Among the other foes (and friends) were Zzed, the Rat King, and The Heap!

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SGT FURY & HIS HOWLING COMMANDOS "Battle of the Bulge" Epilogue!

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Spoiler alert...We Won the Battle of the Bulge...and World War II...

...so now we return to 1967, when this never-reprinted story was published!

And as Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. heads for his lonely home, we bid you a Merry Christmas!

We're now into the month-long 75th Anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge!

And this is just the first of several versions of the turning point of the European Campaign we'll be re-presenting over the next month!

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SGT FURY & HIS HOWLING COMMANDOS "Battle of the Bulge" Chapter Four: Out of the Siege...and On To the Victory! (Conclusion)

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We Have Already Seen...

As Sgt Fury and the Howlers cover the American forces as they regroup to counter-attack the Germans, the squad manages to stop for a brief quiet interlude and even decorate a tree for some nearby Belgian kids.

But, as I said, it's only a brief interlude...

The Battle of the Bulge almost altered the outcome of the war, but real-life heroes stopped the Germans' attack.

We're now into the month-long 75th Anniversary of the conflict!

And this is just the first of several versions of the turning point of the European Campaign we'll be re-presenting over the next month!

Christmas Eve:

We Return to the Present (or at least 1967) for a heart-tugging...

"Epilogue!"

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SGT FURY & HIS HOWLING COMMANDOS "Battle of the Bulge" Chapter Four: Out of the Siege...and On To the Victory!

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When Last We Left Fury and the Howlers...

I couldn't have said it better, Nick!

Now keep yer heads down, guys...

Wotta war!

Ya can't even have a peaceful Christmas Eve around here!

We're now into the month-long 75th Anniversary of the legendary Battle of the Bulge!

And this is just the first of several versions of the turning point of the European Campaign we'll be re-presenting over the next month!

Monday:

The Conclusion to...

"Out of the Siege...and On to the Victory!"

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SGT FURY & HIS HOWLING COMMANDOS "Battle of the Bulge" Chapter Three: Massacre! (Conclusion)

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Sent to Belgium to disrupt the German assault during the Battle of the Bulge, Sgt Fury and the Howlers encounter...

In point of historical fact, because the Germans didn't have the manpower or facilities to deal with prisoners during the Battle of the Bulge, they did kill Allied POWs en masse!

We're now into the month-long 75th Anniversary of the legendary Battle of the Bulge!

And this is just the first of several versions of the turning point of the European Campaign we'll be re-presenting over the next month!

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"Out of the Siege...and On to the Victory!"

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