Asians in Combat JOHN WAYNE ADVENTURE COMICS "Bridgehead"

Ten-HUT!

You know John Wayne did a Vietnam War movie (Green Berets)...

...but he never did a Korean War flick!

(Jet Pilot is a Cold War movie involving Russians.

No Koreans or scenes set in Korea.)

Comic books were a different matter...

Trivia: Besides not doing a Korean War movie, Wayne never did a film set in World War II Germany!
This never-reprinted tale is from Toby's John Wayne Adventures #15 (1952), penciled by Mel Keefer.(The other credits are unknown)
You'll note that Wayne is referred to as "John Wayne", not "John Wayne as Sgt Stryker" or some other character he played in movies or a totally-new character!
One of the conceits of this 31-issue series, John Wayne Adventure Comics, was that Wayne was always himself in the stories, no matter where or when they were set!
Stories ran the gamut from Wayne in the French Foreign Legion to putting out oil-rig fires to big-game hunting in Africa to tracking spies in Hong Kong, with at least one Western-themed story every issue.
Oddly enough, though there are numerous comic adaptations of Wayne's Western movies, and even a comic based on The Conqueror (where he portrayed Genghis Khan), there are no comic adapting any of his war movies!
Until next time...

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USA is READY "Air Force" Part 2

Now, watch our flyboys in action...

...of course, at this point, it was all strictly theoretical, since we hadn't entered the war, though we knew it was inevitable!

Artwork on this and yesterday's entries by Mark Arthur Schneider, a versatile artist who usually didn't use his middle name on his comics work.
Happy 4th of July to all!
A salute and our thanks to the fighting men and women of the US Armed Forces, past and present!


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USA is READY "Air Force" Part 1

For the 4th of July, here's a look at USA is READY's Air Force entry...

 ...although the Air Force itself wasn't made an independent arm of the military until after World War II!

At this stage, it was actually sub-sections of each of the other divisions...

Army Air Force

Navy Air Corps

Marine Air Corps

Tomorrow; our flyboys in action!

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USA is READY "Marines"

For Flag Day, here's a look at USA is READY's Marine Corps entry...

You'll note it's shorter than the others, perhaps because the branch was considered just a composite of Army and Navy. (A belief fully-refuted by the end of World War II)

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