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!

TWO-FISTED TALES "Dien Bien Phu!"

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One of the most vicious battles in Vietnam's history...

...was fought before America even got there, as pointed out in the premiere segment of Ken Burns' The Vietnam War!

Writer John Putnam and illustrator John Severin crafted this story in EC's Two-Fisted Tales #40 (1954-55) less than six months after the battle occurred, based only on information provided by French and other European news services.
America would start sending advisers to train South Vietnamese soldiers in mid-1956, slowly escalating our participation until we were fully-involved by 1964.

A somewhat more accurate (but far less exciting) version can be found HERE!

Until Next Time!

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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!

Be here...that's an order!

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