GREAT BATTLES OF HISTORY "Shiraz"

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From a fictional future to the far-distant past...

...we present a never-reprinted tale about a legendary battle in 1393, written and illustrated in 1970!

While it's an exciting tale, like most dramatic retellings, it ain't exactly how it happened.

In reality, Shah Mansur's small force was able to break through the middle of Tamerlane's army, and then charge straight at Tamerlane, possibly coming close enough to exchange blows with him. Unfortunately for Shah Mansur, the rest of his troops didn't do as well, and he was forced away from Tamerlane, lest he be captured in a pincer movement.

During his retreat, Mansur was caught by a detachment led by Tamerlane's son Shah Rukh, and beheaded during the fight!

This story originally appeared, not in a war comic, but as a backup in the sci-fi series Flash Gordon #18!

And, it features the first comics work of an artist who would become famous for his artwork on retro-style projects like The Shadow, Metropolis, and StarStruck...Michael W Kaluta!

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ATOMIC WAR! "CounterAttack"

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We go from Vietnam to a potential near future (the 1960s as seen in 1952)...

...with the concluding tale from 1952's Atomic War! #1.

There were three more issues, as well as two of World War III.

We'll be presenting them all.

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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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SUPER GREEN BERET "The Curtain Rises!"

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From the skies over Korea to the jungles of Vietnam...

Never failing to capitalize on a pop culture trend, comics publishers, noticing the popularity of the hit single Ballad of the Green Berets (by Staff Sgt. Barry Sadler and Robin Moore) in 1966 quickly produced comics series featuring the elite Army unit.
Most were standard war comics, but one stood out from the rest for sheer weirdness...

What do you get when you combine...
1) Green Berets and the VietNam War
with...
2) Teenagers...
and
3) SuperHeroes?
Why,
SUPER GREEN BERET,
of course!

Using his new-found powers of teleportation, telepathy, telekinesis, transmutation, time travel, invulnerability, and super-strength, Tod decides to fight Enemies of Our Country, mostly in present-day Asia, but also traveling through time to the American Revolution and World War II, during his two-issue run!
Yes, it's as hokey as it sounds!
And, we'll be presenting it all to you over the next few months, whenever we're feeling in a playful mood...
Created by writer Otto Binder (who co-created the Golden Age Captain Marvel) and illustrator Carl Pfeufer, who was a busy artist in the Golden Age doing superhero and western strips at both Fawcett and Timely (Marvel Comics' predecessor).

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