SPACE BUSTERS "Charge of the Battle Women"

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Space is the place for battle...

It's a fascinating look at male-female relationships as shown in comic books of the 1950s, proving those Lois Lane comics and their attitudes towards women weren't an aberration.

BTW, you'll notice the Amazons on the comic's cover (shown above) are wearing considerably less...armor! ;-)

Until next time...

Dis-missed!

SPACE BUSTERS "Empress of Belzar"

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Think Don the John was the first to consider militarizing "Space, the Final Frontier"?

SpaceBusters was a war comic set in the future.

Think of it as a less-sophisticated version of Starship Troopers, sorta "Sgt Fury or Sgt Rock in Space" with "spacebusters" being slang for front-line soldiers, much like "dogface" or "leatherneck"!
Interestingly, it featured a woman (albeit noncombatant) as part of the front-line team.
As to the plot...Belzar has invaded our Solar System, managing to conquer Mars, with Earth next in line.

However, Earth's military is about to launch a counter-attack...

The art for this tale from Ziff-Davis' Space Busters #1 (1952) was by Bernie Krigstein, who went on to do astounding work at EC Comics before leaving the business for commercial art and teaching at New York's High School of Art & Design.
We're re-presenting this entire never-reprinted series every Wednesday...including a couple of stories that ran in other titles after the book was cancelled!
Don't miss them!

Until next time...

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Long Before Don the Con's "Space Force", There Were SPACE BUSTERS!

Was Don (the Con) Trump inspired by this comic about "space Marines" from his childhood?

Find out next Wednesday, when we begin a digitally-remastered, complete, weekly re-presentation of this never-reprinted series from the 1950s!

NEW HEROIC COMICS "Korean Christmas!!"

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With a second Korean War apperaring ever more inevitable...

...this never-reprinted tale from Eastern's New Heroic Comics #82 (1953) seems as relevant as ever!

While this Jack Berrill-ilustrated piece is supposedly a "True Life Story", there's no mention of the battle at a record of the unit's actions!

This is not to diminish the 21st's heroic actions during the Korean War!

In fact, the 21st was the first American ground unit to see action during the conflict!

Until then...

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BLUE BEETLE "Turkey Joe"

Here's an odd military-themed Thanksgiving tale from an odd source...

...Holyoke's Blue Beetle #27 (1943)!

Written and illustrated by Sid Lazarus, this never-reprinted short story is an example of humor that guys in the military (who made up a big part of the comics audience during World War II) would appreciate!

To All Those in Uniform, Past and Present:

Happy Thanksgiving!