Halloween Horror VOODOO "Corpses of the Jury"

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For Halloween, we're combining fictional horror with the real-life horrors of concentration camps!

Warning: NSFW!

Memories of World War II and the Nuremberg Trials were still fresh in peoples' minds when this tale was published in 1953 in Ajax/Farrell's Voodoo #5.
There were stories aplenty of hidden Nazis being tracked down, but most involved them being tried and executed by Allied (American/British/French) law-enforcement, not spectral beings, and certainly not in so gruesome, yet poetic, fashion.
BTW, the identities of any of the Iger Studio creatives associated with this tale are, sadly, unknown!

Until next time...

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AMERICA'S BLACK & WHITE BOOK "To France"

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In 1917, as America's Doughboys headed into battle...

When France presented the United States with the great Statue of Liberty, which stands at our gates, she little thought how powerful that symbol of her friendship would some day prove!

By its shining light we now march to her aid!

...a book of the New York Herald newspaper's editorial cartoons, entitled America's Black & White Book: One Hundred Pictured Reasons WHY WE ARE AT WAR, hit bookstores like a bombshell!

Editorial illustrator's W.A. Rogers' visceral renderings, previously seen only by NYC readers, reached a national audience already enraged by atrocities like the sinking of the Lusitania and ready to kick the Central Powers' collective ass!
The illustration above is the final piece in the book.
You can read (and/or download) the entire book from the Smithsonian's website HERE!

Remember those who served in uniform this weekend!

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G-8 AND HIS BATTLE ACES "Secret Weapon" Conclusion

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We Have Already Seen...

...actually, we haven't seen this scene, since this magnificent George Wilson cover is symbolic, rather than literal!

(BTW, that's Steve [Doc Savage] Holland as G-8!

No wonder his shirt is ripped!)

But, we have seen that G-8 has discovered the hidden base from which that giant bird-like zeppelin had been launching attacks against the Allies!

So kick the tires and light the fires, because the big finale is here...

Adapted by Leo Dorfman, penciled by George Evans, and inked by Mike Peppe, the story is based upon Popular Publications' G-8 and his Battle Aces #93, (1941) "Death is My Destiny!" by Robert J Hogan (who wrote all 110 G-8 pulp novels), featuring Karg (in his only appearance)!
Why they didn't feature the eagle-shaped zepplin on the cover mystifies me...

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G-8 AND HIS BATTLE ACES "Secret Weapon" Part 2

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When Last We Left Our WWI Aviator/Spy/Hero...

America's Flying Spy infiltrates a German base and discovers clues to an attack that could cost thousands of Allied lives!

Barely making it through No Man's Land, he returns to his base...

What does G-8 have in mind?

Find out tomorrow as the story continues at our "brother" RetroBlog, Hero Histories!

Here's some background about the flying spy and his chameleon-like talents...

Written by Leo Dorfman, penciled by George Evans, and inked by Mike Peppe, this 1966 one-shot from Gold Key was a test to see if a revival of the pulp character could capitalize on nostalgia and interest in the 50th Anniversary of World War I, and combine it with the then-current craze for both super-heroes and spies!

Unfortunately, it didn't sell.

Note: the cover painting is by George Wilson and features actor/model Steve (Doc Savage) Holland as G-8!

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MARVEL SUPER-HEROES "Phantom Eagle" Part 1

As part of our annual RetroBlogs Summer Mini-Marathon...

...we're presenting the never-reprinted origin of Marvel's World War I flying ace from the anthology comic Marvel Super-Heroes #16 (1968)!

Yeah, we know it's a heck of a time to break away, but fear not, True Believer!

You'll find the pulse-pounding conclusion to this tale, along with some background about the strip at our "brother" RetroBlog Hero Histories...on Friday!

For the record, it's written by Gary Friedrich and illustrated by Herb Trimpe with some retouching by Marie Severin.

Here's a bonus to make up for not presenting the entire tale at one shot: the original art (complete with editorial notes) for several of the pages.

Note: these are almost 50 years old and were not meant to be seen in this form by the public, just photographed by the color separation company for their coloring techs to work on, so they're not "clean".

There was no "original art market" as there is today, and often these pages were lost, destroyed, or given away to family, friends, or clients after being photographed!

WORLD WAR STORIES "Glory at Gallipoli: Endless Fight"

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...Allied forces, spearheaded by ANZACs, landed at the tip of the Gallipoli peninsula to open the Dardanelles Straits for British and French warships.

However, the Turkish defenders stood fast against the invaders...

The story of Gallipoli was dramatized in the 1981 movie Gallipoli (with Mel Gibson) based on Ernest Raymond's novel "Tell England" which had been previously-filmed in 1931as Battle of Gallipoli. 

2012's Canakkale 1915, told the story from the Turkish point of view.

There have also been TV mini-series including 1985's ANZACs (starring Paul Hogan), and 1982's 1915, which featured the Gallipoli campaign as major plotlines, and the new mini-series Gallipoli, which just aired in Australia and New Zealand.

Dell Comics launched this series around the 50th Anniversary of the Great War in 1964, probably hoping to cover the major events of the entire conflict, but the series ended after only three issues.
Their primary military artist, Sam Glanzman illustrated all the stories in the first issue and most of the remaining issues,with Frank Springer filling in when Glanzman was unavailable.
The writers for all three issues are unknown.

Bookmark this blog since we'll soon be re-presenting the final issue of this HTF World War Stories series as well as other WWI tales from other books.