WARFRONT "Lone Tiger: Last Day of the Lone Tiger"

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Though Harvey's WarFront ended with #39, there was material prepared for #40...

...which would've taken the strip in a different direction!

Note: Could be NSFW due to racial stereotypes common to the era.

Scanned from the original art, this tale illustrated by George Roussos is so far-fetched that I find it hard to believe Otto Binder scripted it!

Perhaps it was the book's editor, Joe Simon, who had a predilection for really-weird concepts.

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WARFRONT "Lone Tiger: Revenge of the Dragon"

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Here's the final published (but never-reprinted) adventure of...

...from Harvey's WarFront #39 (1967) as the series takes a sci-fi turn!

Since the series is based on the idea Ed is the only Flying Tiger still operating in China (the rest were reassigned to the USAAF while Ed was incapacitated and presumed lost in action), what "squadron" would the imposter help destroy?

Writer Otto Binder and artist George Roussos never explain it!

While this was the final published adventure of the Lone Tiger, there was one more tale, written and illustrated for WarFront #40!

But the book was canceled as of this issue!

However, we've found scans of the original art for that never-published story scheduled for #40...and we'll be presenting it next week!

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WARFRONT "Lone Tiger: The Tiger vs The Dragon"

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Continuing the never-reprinted adventures of..

...as creator/artist Wally Wood is transitioned out and replaced by a new creative team!

Does the Dragon realize the Lone Tiger is the only Flying Tiger left in China?
(the rest were recalled to join up with US Army Air Corps units!)
And why does the Tiger claim he "won't lead his men into her trap"?
Also, why, in the story's opening panel, do we see other Flying Tigers, despite being clearly told Lt Barker is "the last American at the front"?
There seem to be continuity gaffes aplenty in this never-reprinted tale from Harvey's WarFront #38 (1966) as writer Otto Binder and illustrator George Roussos (over Wally Wood roughs on several pages) take over the strip.
Whether or not the character of The Dragon (and the fact she's a woman making her a Milton Canniff-esque "dragon lady") were part of Wood's concept is unknown!
The action continues next week!

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WARFRONT "Dollar Bill Ca$h"

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Here's the other never-reprinted Wally Wood-created aviator...

...from Harvey's WarFront #37 (1966)!

Written, penciled and inked by Wally Wood with art assists by Dan Adkins, this projected series about a present-day "mercenary with a conscience" never got beyond this initial strip!

However, it's "brother" series Lone Tiger would return next issue, as you'll see next week!

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WARFRONT "Lone Tiger" and "Dollar Bill Ca$h" Features & Unpublished Art!

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We Have Already Seen the Debut of the Lone Tiger...

...(here's the rough by Wally Wood for the page above, note the similarity in the rough of Dollar Bill Cash to Wally Wood himself)...

...but Wally Wood thoughfully provided a little background both about the character and the actual Flying Tigers...

..and here's the original art for a never-used WarFront cover (minus logo and cover text, which would have taken up the top 1/3 of the page above the art)...

...and, to top it all off, a text feature about the other Wally Wood-created character, Dollar Bill Ca$h!

Be here tomorrow as we present Dollar Bill's never-reprinted first (and last) appearance!

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WARFRONT "Lone Tiger"

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Presenting the never-reprinted adventures of..

from Harvey's WarFront #37 (1966)!

Written, penciled, and inked by Wally Wood (with Dan Adkins assisting on penciling and inking), this premiere adventure of The Lone Tiger "sets the stage" for the series.

Unfortunately, Wood wouldn't continue on the strip, and the new writer and artist took the series on a somewhat different tack...as you'll see next week.

However, tomorrow, you'll see some unpublished cover art as well as text pieces about both the Lone Tiger and a companion strip by Wood that ran in the same issue of WarFront!

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D-Day Special: D-DAY "D-Day for the Fighting Airborne"

69 years ago today, the course of World War II changed...

...when the Allies, spearheaded by American forces, invaded Nazi-controlled "Fortress Europe" at several locations on the coastline of the French provence of Normandy.

Unlike our previous, closer to real-life D-Day Special, this one is a more gung-ho, typical "war comic" tale, albeit featuring some superb artwork by comics legend Wally Wood!

Published in Charlton's D-Day #2 (1964) on the 20th Anniversary of the invasion!
D-Day was an annual title from 1963-68.
All the tales in the first issue were about the June 6th invasion of Normandy.
All successive issues had at least one D-Day-themed tale.
But later issues also featured other World War II battles as well as Korean War, Vietnam War, even American Civil War stories!

Since he was too young to enlist in the military during World War II, Wally Wood joined the Merchant Marine.
Turning 18 in 1945, he enlisted in the Army, became a paratrooper, and served in post-war Japan.
After his hitch, he briefly attended the brand-new Hogarth School of Art (now-known as the School of Visual Arts) and made the rounds of comic book publishers, where he met fellow artist John Severin (who illustrated our earlier D-Day Special).
And the rest is comics history...