Showing posts with label war comics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label war comics. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 24, 2022

Today in Comics History, May 24, 1941: Pilot has clearly not read the story title


from "They Died At Their Battle Stations" in War Comics #2 (Marvel/Atlas, February 1951), pencils and inks by Vernon Henkel

Saturday, January 23, 2021

Today in Comics History, January 23, 1944: The Battle of Anzio continues, and doesn't have a happy ending for this guy



from "Corporal Stanford: The Hero of Anzio" in War Comics (1951 series) #2 (Marvel/Atlas, February 1951), pencils and inks by Pete Morisi

Wednesday, February 19, 2020

Today in Comics Real History, February 19, 1945: They battled up Iwo Jima hill / Two hundred and fifty men / But only twenty-seven lived / To walk back down again

The comics you are about to see are products of their time. They may depict some of the ethnic and racial prejudices that were commonplace in American society. These depictions were wrong then and are wrong today. While the following does not represent the comics industry view of today's society, these panels are being presented as they were originally created, because to do otherwise would be the same as claiming these prejudices never existed.




from "Scoops... Pictures to Remember" in Real Fact Comics #5 (DC/National, November 1946), pencils and inks by George Roussos