CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED "April, 1865: Appomattox Court House" & "Final Report"

150 years ago today...

...the Civil War began it's final stage.

But that wasn't the end of the war!

Fighting continued in isolated locations for several months.

And the South would exact its' vengeance for the defeat...

These never-reprinted chapters are from Classics Illustrated Special Issue #162A: the War Between the States, published in 1961, on the 100th Anniversary of the beginning of the Civil War.

The art for "Appomattox Court House" is attributed as either Till Goodan or Norman Nodel.

The artist for "Final Report" is unknown.

The writer(s) for both chapters is/are unknown.

WORLD AROUND US "These Brave Fields"

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On the 150th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettyburg, we present a never-reprinted feature from World Around Us #26 (1960), based on Battle of Gettysburg, an eyewitness account of the battle by Colonel Frank A. Haskell.

A few weeks after Gettysburg, Haskell wrote an account of what he had experienced at Gettysburg and sent it to his brother Harrison, who couldn't get even a local newspaper to publish the first-hand story!

Colonel Frank A Haskell

The tale would be published (postumously since Colonel Haskell was killed in 1864 at the Battle of Cold Harbor) in 1898 as Battle of Gettysburg. 

The book was hailed by noted Civil War authority Bruce Catton as "One of the genuine classics of Civil War literature."

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"Pickett's Charge at the Battle of Gettysburg"

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It's the 150th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg....

...so this week we're going to present two never-reprinted stories about the battle.

You'll note the ambivalence about which side was "in the right" in this tale from Hillman's AirBoy Comics V5N12 (1949).

Both the writer and artist are unknown.

Be back here on July 4th for another tale time-lost of Gettysburg.

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FIGHTIN' ARMY "Gavin's Stupid Mule"

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We go from the jungles of Vietnam to the bloody fields of the Civil War...

 ...for a tale of a tail (and the mule it's attached to)!

This tail...I mean tale from Fightin' Army #20 (1957) was one of the first art jobs by a young artist who would go on to co-create Spider-Man, Dr Strange, Captain Atom, The Creeper, and The Question...Steve Ditko!

Until next time...

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