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War comics

Index War comics

War comics is a genre of comic books that gained popularity in English-speaking countries following World War II. [1]

65 relations: Adolf Hitler, Anthology, Apple Comics, Battle Picture Weekly, Blackhawk (DC Comics), Blazing Combat, Captain America, Captain Willy Schultz, Charlton Comics, Comic book, Commando (comics), DC Comics, Detective Comics, Don Lomax, Doug Murray (comics), EC Comics, Enemy Ace, Ernie Pike, Fightin' Army, Fightin' Marines, Frontline Combat, G.I. Combat, G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (Marvel Comics), Garth Ennis, Grand Comics Database, Hachette (publisher), Harvey Kurtzman, Haunted Tank, Jack Kirby, Joe Kubert, John Severin, Korean War, Mainstream Publishing, Marvel Comics, Men of War (comics), Nazism, Our Army at War, Our Fighting Forces, Pat Masulli, Pritzker Military Museum & Library, PS, The Preventive Maintenance Monthly, Quality Comics, Robert Kanigher, Rocke Mastroserio, Russ Heath, Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos, Sgt. Rock, Showcase (comics), Silver Age of Comic Books, Star Spangled War Stories, ..., Superhero, The 'Nam, The Brave and the Bold, The Losers (comics), The Victor (comics), The War that Time Forgot, Trade paperback (comics), Two-Fisted Tales, Unknown Soldier (DC Comics), Vietnam War, War novel, Warlord (DC Thomson), Warren Publishing, Weird War Tales, World War II. Expand index (15 more) »

Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was a German politician, demagogue, and revolutionary, who was the leader of the Nazi Party (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei; NSDAP), Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945 and Führer ("Leader") of Nazi Germany from 1934 to 1945.

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Anthology

In book publishing, an anthology is a collection of literary works chosen by the compiler.

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Apple Comics

Apple Comics, also known as Apple Press, was a comic book publisher which operated from 1986–1994.

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Battle Picture Weekly

Battle Picture Weekly, at various times also known as Battle Action Force, Battle and Battle with Storm Force, was a British war comic book magazine published by IPC Magazines from (issues dates) 8 March 1975 to 23 January 1988, when it merged with the new incarnation of Eagle.

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Blackhawk (DC Comics)

Blackhawk is the eponymous fictional character of the long-running comic book series Blackhawk published first by Quality Comics and later by DC Comics.

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Blazing Combat

Blazing Combat was an American war-comics magazine published by Warren Publishing from 1965 to 1966.

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Captain America

Captain America is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

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Captain Willy Schultz

Captain Willy Schultz is a fictional comic-book soldier, a German-American U.S. Army captain during World War II, who after being falsely accused and convicted of murder, escapes and blends into the German Army while seeking a way to clear his name and retain his Allied allegiance.

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Charlton Comics

Charlton Comics was an American comic book publishing company that existed from 1945 to 1986, having begun under a different name (T.W.O. Charles Company) in 1944.

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Comic book

A comic book or comicbook, also called comic magazine or simply comic, is a publication that consists of comic art in the form of sequential juxtaposed panels that represent individual scenes.

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Commando (comics)

Commando For Action and Adventure, formerly known as Commando War Stories in Pictures, and colloquially known as Commando Comics, is a British comic book magazine that primarily draw its themes and backdrops from the various incidents of the First and Second World Wars.

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DC Comics

DC Comics, Inc. is an American comic book publisher.

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Detective Comics

Detective Comics is an American comic book series published by DC Comics.

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Don Lomax

Don Lomax (born 1944) is an American comic book writer/artist best known for his long-running comic Vietnam Journal.

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Doug Murray (comics)

Douglas "Doug" Murray is an American comic book writer.

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EC Comics

Entertaining Comics, more commonly known as EC Comics, was an American publisher of comic books, which specialized in horror fiction, crime fiction, satire, military fiction, and science fiction from the 1940s through the mid-1950s, notably the Tales from the Crypt series.

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Enemy Ace

Enemy Ace is DC Comics property about the adventures of a skilled but troubled German anti-hero and flying ace in World War I and World War II, Hans von Hammer, known to the world as "The Hammer of Hell." Debuting in 1965, the comic was written by Robert Kanigher and drawn by Joe Kubert and the character has been revived several times since by other writers & artists.

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Ernie Pike

Ernie Pike is a comics series written by Héctor Germán Oesterheld and originally drawn by Hugo Pratt, starring a World War II and Korean War reporter.

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Fightin' Army

Fightin' Army was a bimonthly war comic published by Charlton Comics from 1956–1984 (though it was primarily a reprint title from 1978 to the end of its run).

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Fightin' Marines

Fightin' Marines was a bimonthly war comic magazine published by St. John Publications from 1951–1953, and Charlton Comics from 1955–1984, although it was primarily a reprint title from 1978 to the end of its run.

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Frontline Combat

Frontline Combat is a defunct anthology war comic book written and edited by Harvey Kurtzman and published bi-monthly by EC Comics.

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G.I. Combat

G.I. Combat was an American comics anthology, specializing in war comics.

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G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (Marvel Comics)

G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero is a comic book that was published by Marvel Comics from 1982 to 1994.

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Garth Ennis

Garth Ennis (born 16 January 1970) is a Northern Irish-born naturalized American comics writer, best known for the Vertigo series Preacher with artist Steve Dillon and his nine-year run on Marvel Comics' Punisher franchise.

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Grand Comics Database

The Grand Comics Database (GCD) is an Internet-based project to build a database of comic book information through user contributions.

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Hachette (publisher)

Hachette is a French publisher.

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Harvey Kurtzman

Harvey Kurtzman (October 3, 1924 – February 21, 1993) was an American cartoonist and editor.

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Haunted Tank

The Haunted Tank is a comic book feature that appeared in the DC Comics anthology war title G.I. Combat from 1961 through 1987.

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Jack Kirby

Jack Kirby (born Jacob Kurtzberg; August 28, 1917 – February 6, 1994) was an American comic book artist, writer, and editor, widely regarded as one of the medium's major innovators and one of its most prolific and influential creators.

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Joe Kubert

Joseph "Joe" Kubert (September 18, 1926 – August 12, 2012) was a Polish-born American comic book artist, art teacher, and founder of The Kubert School.

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John Severin

John Powers Severin (December 26, 1921 – February 12, 2012) was an American comics artist noted for his distinctive work with EC Comics, primarily on the war comics Two-Fisted Tales and Frontline Combat; for Marvel Comics, especially its war and Western comics; and for his 45-year stint with the satiric magazine Cracked.

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Korean War

The Korean War (in South Korean, "Korean War"; in North Korean, "Fatherland: Liberation War"; 25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953) was a war between North Korea (with the support of China and the Soviet Union) and South Korea (with the principal support of the United States).

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Mainstream Publishing

Mainstream Publishing was a publishing company in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Marvel Comics

Marvel Comics is the common name and primary imprint of Marvel Worldwide Inc., formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, a publisher of American comic books and related media.

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Men of War (comics)

Men of War is the name of several American comic book series published by DC Comics.

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Nazism

National Socialism (Nationalsozialismus), more commonly known as Nazism, is the ideology and practices associated with the Nazi Party – officially the National Socialist German Workers' Party (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei or NSDAP) – in Nazi Germany, and of other far-right groups with similar aims.

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Our Army at War

Our Army at War was an American comic book anthology published by DC Comics that featured war themed stories and featured the first appearances of Sgt. Rock and Enemy Ace.

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Our Fighting Forces

Our Fighting Forces is a war comics anthology series published by DC Comics for 181 issues from 1954–1978.

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Pat Masulli

Patrick J. Masulli (July 31, 1930 – June 10, 1998) was an American comic book creator.

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Pritzker Military Museum & Library

The Pritzker Military Museum & Library (formerly Pritzker Military Library) is a museum and a research library for the study of military history in Chicago, Illinois, US.

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PS, The Preventive Maintenance Monthly

PS, The Preventive Maintenance Monthly is series of United States Army technical bulletins published since June 1951 as a monthly magazine with comic book-style art to illustrate proper preventive maintenance methods.

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Quality Comics

Quality Comics was an American comic book publishing company which operated from 1937 to 1956 and was a creative, influential force in what historians and fans call the Golden Age of comic books.

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Robert Kanigher

Robert Kanigher (June 18, 1915 – May 7, 2002)Social Security Death Index, social security #116-07-5117.

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Rocke Mastroserio

Rocco A. "Rocke" Mastroserio (June 8, 1927 — early March 1968Dates per Additional made June 15, 2010. Note: The Social Security Death Index lists a of New York City, born September 15, 1901, died December 1966.) was an American comic book artist best known as a penciler and inker for Charlton Comics.

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Russ Heath

Russell "Russ" Heath, Jr. (born September 29, 1926) is an American artist best known for his comic book work, particularly his DC Comics war stories and his 1960s art for Playboy magazine's "Little Annie Fanny" feature.

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Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos

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Sgt. Rock

Sgt. Franklin "Frank" John Rock is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

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Showcase (comics)

Showcase is a comic anthology series published by DC Comics.

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Silver Age of Comic Books

The Silver Age of Comic Books was a period of artistic advancement and commercial success in mainstream American comic books, predominantly those in the superhero genre.

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Star Spangled War Stories

Star Spangled War Stories was the title of a comics anthology published by DC Comics that featured war-themed characters and stories.

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Superhero

A superhero (sometimes rendered super-hero or super hero or Super) is a type of heroic stock character, usually possessing supernatural or superhuman powers, who is dedicated to fighting the evil of his/her universe, protecting the public, and usually battling supervillains.

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The 'Nam

The 'Nam was a war comic book series detailing the U.S. War in Vietnam from the perspective of active-duty soldiers involved in the conflict.

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The Brave and the Bold

The Brave and the Bold is a comic book series published by DC Comics as an ongoing series from 1955 to 1983.

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The Losers (comics)

The Losers is the name of a war comic book feature published by DC Comics.

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The Victor (comics)

The Victor was a British comic paper published weekly by D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd.

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The War that Time Forgot

The War that Time Forgot was a comic book feature published by DC Comics beginning in 1960 in the title Star Spangled War Stories, created by Robert Kanigher, Ross Andru and Mike Esposito.

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Trade paperback (comics)

In comics, a trade paperback (often shortened to trade) is a collection of stories originally published in comic books, reprinted in book format, usually capturing one story arc from a single title or a series of stories with a connected story arc or common theme.

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Two-Fisted Tales

Two-Fisted Tales is an anthology war comic published bi-monthly by EC Comics in the early 1950s.

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Unknown Soldier (DC Comics)

The Unknown Soldier is a fictional war comics character in the DC Comics Universe.

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Vietnam War

The Vietnam War (Chiến tranh Việt Nam), also known as the Second Indochina War, and in Vietnam as the Resistance War Against America (Kháng chiến chống Mỹ) or simply the American War, was a conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975.

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War novel

A war novel (military fiction) is a novel in which the primary action takes place on a battlefield, or in a civilian setting (or home front), where the characters are either preoccupied with the preparations for, suffering the effects of, or recovering from war.

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Warlord (DC Thomson)

Warlord was a comics anthology published weekly in the United Kingdom between 28 September 1974 and 27 September 1986.

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Warren Publishing

Warren Publishing was an American magazine company founded by James Warren, who published his first magazines in 1957 and continued in the business for decades.

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Weird War Tales

Weird War Tales was a war comic book title with supernatural overtones published by DC Comics.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_comics

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