Showing posts with label D-Day. Show all posts
Showing posts with label D-Day. Show all posts

Thursday, June 6, 2024

Celebrate the 80th Anniversary of D-Day...by Reading Comics/Graphic Novels!

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It's the 80th anniversary of D-Day, when the Allies, led by America, invaded Fortress Europa...
...and we at War: Past Present and Future , along with our fellow RetroBlogs, Hero Histories and Atomic Kommie Comics, have presented numerous graphic tales of that epic day, beginning with Marvel's Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos hitting the beach on D-Day!
Yes, it was reprinted in a Marvel Masterworks over a decade ago, but those are extremely-expensive and didn't sell very well, so most of you have never seen this tale from over a half century ago!
It was really crowded at Normandy on June 6th, 1944 since Blackhawk and his team were also there, so it's only fair we present their never-reprinted D-Day adventure...which also doubles as their previously-unrevealed origin...at Hero Histories!
The EC Comics crew, best known for sci-fi and horror, also did a story about D-Day...by three ex-military personnel as seen HERE!
And one of their crew, who served in the Merchant Marine before becoming a paratrooper, did this tale  about our paratroopers on D-Day...
Our "parent" RetroBlog, AtomicKommie Comics, joined in with both a brief three-pager...
...and a multi-part retelling courtesy of Gilberton, the publisher behind Classics Illustrated and World Around Us!
Enjoy, and if you have a friend or family member who's a D-Day veteran, tell him "Thank You" for us!
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by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers and others
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by Robert Kanigher, Joe Kubert and others

Thursday, July 18, 2019

Summer Blogathon JOE KUBERT PRESENTS SGT ROCK "Farewell"

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..his DC Comics counterpart was equally busy along that same coastline!
Quite different in tone and style from the Silver Age Sgt Fury tale we've been presenting the last few days, this deliberately-bittersweet story from DC's Joe Kubert Presents #5 (2013) was the legendary Joe Kubert's final and fitting new Sgt Rock tale.
Until Next Time...
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Joe Kubert Presents
The Complete Mini-Series

Wednesday, July 17, 2019

Summer Blogathon SGT FURY & HIS HOWLING COMMANDOS "Day of Thunder" Conclusion

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...they had completed their mission to destroy the Luftwaffe base nearest Normandy and escaped the clutches of the Nazis.
Making their way to the coast, the Howlers find the invasion under way and join the assault in their own unique way...
(Yes, the cover art showing them wading ashore is inaccurate, but it's a great image, eh?)
Roy Thomas, Dick Ayers, and John Tartaglione know how to deliver a kool Silver Age classic, eh?
They would also show the Howlers at the Battle of the Bulge and other critical battles of WWII.
But where were Fury and the Howlers' DC counterparts, Sgt Rock and Easy Company, during D-Day?
If you want to know...
Until then...
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Tuesday, July 16, 2019

Summer Blogathon SGT FURY & HIS HOWLING COMMANDOS "Day of Thunder" Part 2

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June 5, 1944: after managing to destroy the nearest Luftwaffe airfield to Normandy, Sgt Fury and the Howlers are captured...
D-Day is under way!
For the Nazi butt-kickin' finale...
Until then...
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Monday, July 15, 2019

Summer Blogathon SGT FURY & HIS HOWLING COMMANDOS "Day of Thunder"

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Did you know Sgt Fury and his Howling Commandos hit the beach on D-Day?
Well, here's the top-secret saga...
Looks bad for Fury and his Howlers, don't it?
How will they make it to D-Day if they die here and now?
Was Marvel's Sgt Fury and His Howling Commandos Annual #2 (1966) was their final adventure?
For the top-secret answers to these and other questions...
Until then...
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