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Post by webmaster on Nov 11, 2011 22:56:29 GMT -8
Like WW2 Gaming, TV shows like Combat!, and making plastic models; many a reenactoring enfluenced by WW2 related comics. And while there are many Wartime comics, there are many post war, and even present day WW2 Comics. Never 100% authentic, but always something to hold one's interest. This first presentation is Warren Magazine's Blazing Combat from the 1960's en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blazing_Combat  |
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Post by webmaster on Nov 16, 2011 21:43:09 GMT -8
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Post by webmaster on Dec 10, 2011 9:12:32 GMT -8
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Post by webmaster on Dec 17, 2011 9:06:53 GMT -8
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Post by webmaster on Jan 19, 2012 0:12:40 GMT -8
 Then you have present day offering of comics, which use WW2 charaters and settings, while not always perfect in authenticity and storylines. One such comic is "Team Zero" dc.wikia.com/wiki/Team_Zero |
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Post by PRESIDENT on Jan 19, 2012 9:20:19 GMT -8
I remember the time I pulled essentially the same maneuver as the second GI Combat comic in the above post. Surprised those Germans pretty good.
Is Team Zero good? I like the artwork in it.
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Post by webmaster on Jan 25, 2012 9:07:40 GMT -8
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Post by PRESIDENT on Jan 25, 2012 12:29:08 GMT -8
I've got all the Rock comics done by Tucci. He's a nice guy. I've seen him at the past few Comic Conventions down in San Diego and he's always bringing in WWII vets from the 442nd RCT and taking them out to dinner. I met a few of the vets while they visited his booth at the last convention.
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Post by davep on Feb 10, 2012 11:19:52 GMT -8
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Post by webmaster on Apr 1, 2012 15:29:50 GMT -8
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Post by ward on Apr 2, 2012 8:26:42 GMT -8
A graphic novel I have and recommend is Shigeru Mizuki's Onward to Our Noble Deaths, a semi-autobiographical story of his experiences in Papua New Guinea starting in 1942. The story is partly humorous but mostly tragic, and does well to illustrate what life must have been like for the IJA as time wore on. It was recently translated to English from Japanese. Here are a couple images from it:    |
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Post by ward on Apr 2, 2012 8:48:54 GMT -8
And then, of course, there is Enemy Ace, which started in 1965 as a comic about fictitious WWI fighter pilot Hans von Hammer.  It continues on in 2001, with Enemy Ace: War in Heaven, when we find von Hammer has taken to the skies to fight in several craft on several fronts. At the end of War in Heaven, there is a tie-in to Sgt. Rock as they come upon von Hammer's airbase.   |
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Post by PRESIDENT on Apr 4, 2012 23:22:45 GMT -8
Alan's War: The Memories of G.I. Alan Cope - this is a graphic novel. On a whim, I picked this book up at Comic Con in San Diego last year, not knowing much about it but appreciating that it was a recount of a series of interviews done with a WWII veteran and that the few pages I flipped through, things looked accurate. The story isn't really about WWII, though. So, some readers may be discouraged if they are thinking they'll be reading about a harrowing tale of fighting Nazis, avenging dying buddies, and liberating towns. Half the book is his wartime experience, the other half is his experience post-war and basically rediscovering himself as a person. |
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Post by girene on Apr 5, 2012 8:48:59 GMT -8
I've been on the hunt for Warlord's "Kampfgruppe Falken"  |
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Post by webmaster on May 19, 2012 16:19:35 GMT -8
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Post by webmaster on Sept 23, 2012 14:30:00 GMT -8
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