tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19401580070864625312024-03-05T09:28:37.095-08:00new comicadipatihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02143090877338812596noreply@blogger.comBlogger275125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1940158007086462531.post-25560528965278100262011-02-17T05:33:00.000-08:002011-02-17T11:49:06.746-08:00Love Confessions #39 - Matt Baker artLove Confessions #39, 1954 - Matt Baker was among the best romance artists of the 1950s, mostly known for his work on St. John titles. His stories for other publications are fewer, less well known and vary widely in quality. In this case, his opening scene lacks the usual zest of larger romance panels. I do like how the idyllic couple in the background contrasts against the troubled relationship adipatihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02143090877338812596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1940158007086462531.post-68020694058180268982011-02-17T00:09:00.000-08:002011-02-17T11:52:14.992-08:00Social History in Comics: Our Fighting Forces 159 - "Mile-a-Minute Jones!"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8e5bN_eVfKIp8ooxBKZHFFW-w9GZwURkBmYXjNJPyzm0dCwBCxBnmW0fv8zuYNCK9udgG3cXavVb_bBbcR_CrPNw3DTadAO_B3HxX0ZWDlQIHambVm99Qh8aO8ikoQhGFXD4KXKLKjSQ/s1600/Our+Fighting+Forces+1954+%2523159_p001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8e5bN_eVfKIp8ooxBKZHFFW-w9GZwURkBmYXjNJPyzm0dCwBCxBnmW0fv8zuYNCK9udgG3cXavVb_bBbcR_CrPNw3DTadAO_B3HxX0ZWDlQIHambVm99Qh8aO8ikoQhGFXD4KXKLKjSQ/s400/Our+Fighting+Forces+1954+%2523159_p001.jpg" width="257" /></a></div><br />A Jack Kirby Losers story in <i>Our Fighting Forces 159</i> (Sept 1975) features a one-off appearance of Mile-a-Minute Jones, an African American soldier. Kirby appears to have played on Bob Kanigher's idea of making Jackie Johnson a world heavyweight boxing champ like the real life Joe Louis from the mid-20th century, by modeling his character on Jesse Owens, the Olympic champion athlete who won golds at the 1936 Games in front of Adolf Hitler, much to the Fuhrer's annoyance.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4rymAZoQCRx7OREezODOoADgh_VQBwbdzbbBLQgnbVHfVsOZI6aWpMKgVMCehUFNHWrexVtjEH6v8e_HlBjFTb40cwJQSkHdNDpETHp2I3MSMWqQN-xACHhEvqrAs6EV42l8gyZ3kClM/s1600/Jesse_Owens.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4rymAZoQCRx7OREezODOoADgh_VQBwbdzbbBLQgnbVHfVsOZI6aWpMKgVMCehUFNHWrexVtjEH6v8e_HlBjFTb40cwJQSkHdNDpETHp2I3MSMWqQN-xACHhEvqrAs6EV42l8gyZ3kClM/s400/Jesse_Owens.jpg" width="257" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Jesse Owens starts the 200M at the Berlin Olympics in 1936</span></span></b></div><br />The story begins with a group of Nazis coming across an American truck that's been blown up. They check for survivors, anticipating there to be none, but the reckoned wrong. Henry Jones, star track athlete, makes his break for freedom, eluding all of his would-be executioners save one, who also shares his fleet-footedness. Turns out this mercurial Nazi is none other than Henry's old opponent in the Olympic Games, Bruno Borman. Also like Kanigher's Easy Co. story, in which Jackie Johnson slugs it out on the battlefield with his old opponent from the boxing world, here two more old sporting opponents meet in battle in WWII.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWdvTkv-6jsmYMsF8SOAoNcnv5wLMTgn3Aon-rxQe5VFma4w4o4hRI2EAVPiZkPiIoil6SuAH1CnvbJnlThLsB8VrKExIIZYyfGoMzIPn9GHYwMMWMMDrPsiCyvz3ivGKr3VB_893uH4A/s1600/Our+Fighting+Forces+1954+%2523159_p002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWdvTkv-6jsmYMsF8SOAoNcnv5wLMTgn3Aon-rxQe5VFma4w4o4hRI2EAVPiZkPiIoil6SuAH1CnvbJnlThLsB8VrKExIIZYyfGoMzIPn9GHYwMMWMMDrPsiCyvz3ivGKr3VB_893uH4A/s400/Our+Fighting+Forces+1954+%2523159_p002.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCP84XasH3yDY6LbyNNB1T-AVOAd5arK3W1OXqb1zHfAdqzUXlHIFAfS3_lr7TJp6He1Cpg4V3DrMBERzz-AZ1VmVVVUL8cQBF-H9rzQzddcL8W01njhTnfZQaJtX-aQSosuwSTbo2Bik/s1600/Our+Fighting+Forces+1954+%2523159_p003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCP84XasH3yDY6LbyNNB1T-AVOAd5arK3W1OXqb1zHfAdqzUXlHIFAfS3_lr7TJp6He1Cpg4V3DrMBERzz-AZ1VmVVVUL8cQBF-H9rzQzddcL8W01njhTnfZQaJtX-aQSosuwSTbo2Bik/s320/Our+Fighting+Forces+1954+%2523159_p003.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRTAT2E3Lhns16-QHk9KJffOTnM3lIIIEfMOmeZBSbbl5_B_FTdQdOfEQ9us_7nfb7CfL91cNLtG5n_O8qKQXnxpHDnTSvMbciSaUZNCAnB1Jcr1eSJxsEL8L1dNfM127ADS0zhv5zn_Q/s1600/Our+Fighting+Forces+1954+%2523159_p004.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRTAT2E3Lhns16-QHk9KJffOTnM3lIIIEfMOmeZBSbbl5_B_FTdQdOfEQ9us_7nfb7CfL91cNLtG5n_O8qKQXnxpHDnTSvMbciSaUZNCAnB1Jcr1eSJxsEL8L1dNfM127ADS0zhv5zn_Q/s400/Our+Fighting+Forces+1954+%2523159_p004.jpg" width="268" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgewTn6UwsXuZT4h0A8ilYMlYVckizTDb6hs3MXMGsNpcdIuHkoxLBOwd-yPF6lmu3-cpMVIgzQOyjFdcOdfrt1aECiNN5qWQgQJ_0JfN7vd_MxNNdGXjvYka2EKiXaxnJwsHqVqXWxdNg/s1600/Our+Fighting+Forces+1954+%2523159_p005.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgewTn6UwsXuZT4h0A8ilYMlYVckizTDb6hs3MXMGsNpcdIuHkoxLBOwd-yPF6lmu3-cpMVIgzQOyjFdcOdfrt1aECiNN5qWQgQJ_0JfN7vd_MxNNdGXjvYka2EKiXaxnJwsHqVqXWxdNg/s400/Our+Fighting+Forces+1954+%2523159_p005.jpg" width="268" /></a></div><br />Bruno's link with Henry is that strong that he plans to make sure the other Nazis don't kill him. Whether he would have succeeded or not, we'll never know, because it's at this point that The Losers intervene, rescue Jones, and capture Borman, who happens to be holding the map his comrades need for their mission.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSD6BXT06tvvUmzXKKG3dwnUPmSMeTGWr387zJYpG4JCpjD3o97DrtD46JepKSjOJ1msET5iMrrFecqJl0qLI2dYd317mnM0u921NmgJ-y1y619teWi5VcqVegSIM-HhVzqs-kK2Zk03w/s1600/Our+Fighting+Forces+1954+%2523159_p006.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSD6BXT06tvvUmzXKKG3dwnUPmSMeTGWr387zJYpG4JCpjD3o97DrtD46JepKSjOJ1msET5iMrrFecqJl0qLI2dYd317mnM0u921NmgJ-y1y619teWi5VcqVegSIM-HhVzqs-kK2Zk03w/s400/Our+Fighting+Forces+1954+%2523159_p006.jpg" width="273" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVyShahvQQQ3QuimOzT8d9BYHAIRGMiEhkXoDpv7dRE0jUN7kW-O0gNhfv6Fx3ubPZcT28qBzGUPNeW0kIbnEuRzG8cnX0oNnfWuYpuJY0Ts8jvKjfwreFui6lJjg84_vtqZ1CCL9FHFA/s1600/Our+Fighting+Forces+1954+%2523159_p007.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVyShahvQQQ3QuimOzT8d9BYHAIRGMiEhkXoDpv7dRE0jUN7kW-O0gNhfv6Fx3ubPZcT28qBzGUPNeW0kIbnEuRzG8cnX0oNnfWuYpuJY0Ts8jvKjfwreFui6lJjg84_vtqZ1CCL9FHFA/s400/Our+Fighting+Forces+1954+%2523159_p007.jpg" width="271" /></a></div><br />The Losers have a plan to capture the Nazi general, and they succeed. The other Nazi soldiers are left imprisoned, while The Losers seek to escape the area with their more valuable prize. Those Nazi troops escape, however, and the speedy Bruno catches up with The Losers and sprints across an open field to tip off the German paratroop patrol he spots in the distance.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkG68pP3MjYiG-_BiU-nD2VcOPtWrn_oEzWqueEbW-r2z2lsWfGhyphenhyphenhTwf63HLoocXz8jpJfQMKbBAblFLrNQmsuZEXkpXI3Ls6VHGYRtspT7phnsbUkESwkwnKEQVgVyQcKuNWpYgkf30/s1600/Our+Fighting+Forces+1954+%2523159_p008.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkG68pP3MjYiG-_BiU-nD2VcOPtWrn_oEzWqueEbW-r2z2lsWfGhyphenhyphenhTwf63HLoocXz8jpJfQMKbBAblFLrNQmsuZEXkpXI3Ls6VHGYRtspT7phnsbUkESwkwnKEQVgVyQcKuNWpYgkf30/s320/Our+Fighting+Forces+1954+%2523159_p008.jpg" width="216" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEpoCljPY0m2NwUvBgO75sK8ddhDCPRBY3RHu3-Nkv2oxioD1g3_2xzXoCU4G5W-6h4VIuYujtNHhLKJ58-SErJo8hRm6VxjdzFUEg6ZKlPkOq87QUWLdrSppbens9Fg0oCjcgqa9oON4/s1600/Our+Fighting+Forces+1954+%2523159_p009.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEpoCljPY0m2NwUvBgO75sK8ddhDCPRBY3RHu3-Nkv2oxioD1g3_2xzXoCU4G5W-6h4VIuYujtNHhLKJ58-SErJo8hRm6VxjdzFUEg6ZKlPkOq87QUWLdrSppbens9Fg0oCjcgqa9oON4/s320/Our+Fighting+Forces+1954+%2523159_p009.jpg" width="214" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-nNEFbOQcZX1amHXnEEdMNml56e0UKU6laAqjv13oXeJyFsIBP_b_l276cSgLvK3ZxeVg9OKFXVNseyQExzp-EETYVtKHpARsGY8240GuA1D7vhi7OfJym3jtVci8iQbC04HR9c0GGgg/s1600/Our+Fighting+Forces+1954+%2523159_p010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-nNEFbOQcZX1amHXnEEdMNml56e0UKU6laAqjv13oXeJyFsIBP_b_l276cSgLvK3ZxeVg9OKFXVNseyQExzp-EETYVtKHpARsGY8240GuA1D7vhi7OfJym3jtVci8iQbC04HR9c0GGgg/s320/Our+Fighting+Forces+1954+%2523159_p010.jpg" width="217" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhanXU-nin8PO7fLDDyIc1kEqX4UOTsG9WvP7uAyZLl3Xxm654WZA45D-VvU44ZuzWuSXcaB-4id1-unn04o9tw212oWltV3x-gTfbl1fYJk-Utqdmm7bJh23V4RT1G4rUXjvGrQQ48a5s/s1600/Our+Fighting+Forces+1954+%2523159_p011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhanXU-nin8PO7fLDDyIc1kEqX4UOTsG9WvP7uAyZLl3Xxm654WZA45D-VvU44ZuzWuSXcaB-4id1-unn04o9tw212oWltV3x-gTfbl1fYJk-Utqdmm7bJh23V4RT1G4rUXjvGrQQ48a5s/s320/Our+Fighting+Forces+1954+%2523159_p011.jpg" width="216" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFz7HlHcWU3Lwy4fsHPNW-DTgoOIUTRDcBDmRGv3QnGUn_F4_e4KnsBhpiHR07-fH-p2XDVn4veI5KLgFRFlk3scrMpOIBJ2WJ_xfklgfE6QMXlQ1miSUsD9WnIV8c7l4b2SxiOw7cU2I/s1600/Our+Fighting+Forces+1954+%2523159_p012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFz7HlHcWU3Lwy4fsHPNW-DTgoOIUTRDcBDmRGv3QnGUn_F4_e4KnsBhpiHR07-fH-p2XDVn4veI5KLgFRFlk3scrMpOIBJ2WJ_xfklgfE6QMXlQ1miSUsD9WnIV8c7l4b2SxiOw7cU2I/s320/Our+Fighting+Forces+1954+%2523159_p012.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br />As the only one fast enough to have a chance of catching Borman, Jones sets off in pursuit.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpfJtSP5YVwX2PP_g8T1Vjj4dYuPj9KcmfN0QZb9xhzaNh7xCgynjKLCmNeyafus3MNJDGxiAywDeB5A8xE3k08NpqA0RI0iYd-dZjrQLmeqdQyN6X-BlmRS9CC9FSdULWTvicMxX1Ylo/s1600/Our+Fighting+Forces+1954+%2523159_p013.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpfJtSP5YVwX2PP_g8T1Vjj4dYuPj9KcmfN0QZb9xhzaNh7xCgynjKLCmNeyafus3MNJDGxiAywDeB5A8xE3k08NpqA0RI0iYd-dZjrQLmeqdQyN6X-BlmRS9CC9FSdULWTvicMxX1Ylo/s400/Our+Fighting+Forces+1954+%2523159_p013.jpg" width="271" /></a></div><br />Jones relives the experience of being out on the track against Bruno. Just as in the 1936 Olympics, Jones again feels the urgency of undermining the Nazi claim of white racial superiority by running faster than Borman. He gains on Borman, but it reaches the point where he has to make his move if he's going to stop him in time. He leaps, but falls short. The paratroopers are alerted.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrSYbniWKv7mX8RErAXDLLD5VRrSsXXzMLt06R-wfn1br7M0yd9GHzwNYZ5rva59006h3iyoLR8cQsWO4LgeCrHYAiLi-RiufxKm1LP5vTW3AZ57vwEBtMQL2ONbOsGZrJJLDVTiigG9Q/s1600/Our+Fighting+Forces+1954+%2523159_p014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrSYbniWKv7mX8RErAXDLLD5VRrSsXXzMLt06R-wfn1br7M0yd9GHzwNYZ5rva59006h3iyoLR8cQsWO4LgeCrHYAiLi-RiufxKm1LP5vTW3AZ57vwEBtMQL2ONbOsGZrJJLDVTiigG9Q/s400/Our+Fighting+Forces+1954+%2523159_p014.jpg" width="267" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnzi1bCWyjHuuLA6qCg9q_SOmzYgXlG5lhyphenhyphen3WZ-pX7EFblDdu-YVtyLgQ4seLBF6kaaP0XTFOgKPeJ1t_NeRUamDy5uFLHo_Ke9vr9xAcfnXOcARIWgiLQSUMUe_nX3RDx7_iUi9K_C7Y/s1600/Our+Fighting+Forces+1954+%2523159_p015.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnzi1bCWyjHuuLA6qCg9q_SOmzYgXlG5lhyphenhyphen3WZ-pX7EFblDdu-YVtyLgQ4seLBF6kaaP0XTFOgKPeJ1t_NeRUamDy5uFLHo_Ke9vr9xAcfnXOcARIWgiLQSUMUe_nX3RDx7_iUi9K_C7Y/s400/Our+Fighting+Forces+1954+%2523159_p015.jpg" width="272" /></a></div><br />As the Nazi paratroopers turn in pursuit of The Losers, they get a deadly surprise - somehow Bruno and Henry had sprinted across a minefield unharmed, but the paratroopers are not so fortunate.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWppxIjr8sDY0t1xoWd3F_BRGkAJPQvyjr3r6qAlInw3xOwaTYt50nzGYLAmeLiu49Nb_301EVfXu56tr0eEYfIOQ5iD8YhJWX-J5eSAaxmb_bCOjccqzAgvRfinKXoMiAw6qxFJYlm9w/s1600/Our+Fighting+Forces+1954+%2523159_p016.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWppxIjr8sDY0t1xoWd3F_BRGkAJPQvyjr3r6qAlInw3xOwaTYt50nzGYLAmeLiu49Nb_301EVfXu56tr0eEYfIOQ5iD8YhJWX-J5eSAaxmb_bCOjccqzAgvRfinKXoMiAw6qxFJYlm9w/s400/Our+Fighting+Forces+1954+%2523159_p016.jpg" width="265" /></a></div><br />The engineer's tape that had marked the only safe route across the field had also acted as a kind of lane marker for Henry as he ran.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEEEqE_zkUjo8XhjiGs7WtD9lKB73pQx37ktbmIr1dt5JdKikPfBZXLCd41b0W9U6gt_vM_lCu7t5jJtaraWjjp7AnxXFhw9dZw5B8KmA7izvn0ziVDokRCKGgayWgECffehaJ98gJtV0/s1600/Our+Fighting+Forces+1954+%2523159_p017.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEEEqE_zkUjo8XhjiGs7WtD9lKB73pQx37ktbmIr1dt5JdKikPfBZXLCd41b0W9U6gt_vM_lCu7t5jJtaraWjjp7AnxXFhw9dZw5B8KmA7izvn0ziVDokRCKGgayWgECffehaJ98gJtV0/s400/Our+Fighting+Forces+1954+%2523159_p017.jpg" width="267" /></a></div><br />The Losers' ride out of this danger zone arrives. But despite escaping, Henry feels sadness due to the loss of his competitor, who lies dead on the battlefield. There will be no more contests on the track between Mile-a-Minute Jones and Bruno Borman.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA4oXMV3QA0IsoubCZsHN3m05ZUe2NefROTVWiM865Q5fJGc_385JLxIq13yJnPs4gEAPj9Z-2sPGMDlwVrE2vXod2ueRO92OPI6P9_MJ84teLPw-Ky18HZlea8mO3naNTg7gFn18hTN0/s1600/Our+Fighting+Forces+1954+%2523159_p018.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA4oXMV3QA0IsoubCZsHN3m05ZUe2NefROTVWiM865Q5fJGc_385JLxIq13yJnPs4gEAPj9Z-2sPGMDlwVrE2vXod2ueRO92OPI6P9_MJ84teLPw-Ky18HZlea8mO3naNTg7gFn18hTN0/s400/Our+Fighting+Forces+1954+%2523159_p018.jpg" width="262" /></a></div><br />The story, written by Jack Kirby, as students of Kirby's work will know, lacks that dimension Stan Lee gave to their collaborations. Nevertheless, this one is quite readable compared to some of his Fourth World material, which gets so convoluted that it often ceases to make sense. This tale is straightforward, and makes a simple point. Along the way we've seen the Nazi assumption of racial superiority again exposed. Although little was made of it at the beginning of the story, the American truck that had been blown up was manned by an African American segregated supply unit, by the looks of it, again bringing into the picture the paradox of segregated America fighting to defeat Nazi racists in an anti-racist war.adipatihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02143090877338812596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1940158007086462531.post-65072617274106289462011-02-16T15:07:00.000-08:002011-02-17T11:49:06.834-08:00Mister Miracle #8 - Jack Kirby art, cover & reprintMister Miracle #8, 1972 - The last of the 52 pagers in this series, Jack Kirby's art continues to entertain and delight. His two full page splashes and roomy panels are this time overshadowed by one of his best double page spreads. Upon entering the barracks of the Female Fury Battalion, Big Barda witnesses a chaotic array of woman warriors. Kirby's complex layout is perfectly balanced with a adipatihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02143090877338812596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1940158007086462531.post-9810271249136232552011-02-16T13:05:00.000-08:002011-02-17T11:53:05.425-08:00Sluggings, Slayings, Murder and Mayhem - The Magic of McLoughlin<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUXzZWq0SihC1g1PDUPNHARVVTuaIS5DE3g7ACl_-7iQPLyazq8xnK8V_oBsBharAjsPDJeapVTbA5stZzYJadva7IF86-J6gQdUknKSs240zwccI7hvBLZ5U8BHoc1VLZCZaVI6MSP8c/s1600/TVB+67.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKHWaWMkAxU9Av_lsLi8VXvTwk8SUYcdjLfgMEOIPl-153EUInk17_UUVok_1DTvVUba4irYRuaZzjWNSId2PpmRFn3CdfP3GpXkN-_odj6ir7Sg_TlDyYYCVfMQ4Ild9eSwnBMr-6Rks/s1600/TVB+62.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; 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No one else comes close to Denis McLoughlin's inventiveness and ability to create book covers for detective fiction that hits you between the eyes.<br /><br />All his work was great but his "noire fiction" covers (imo) were by far the best of an already impressive body of work that this wonderful and modest artist created over a sixty year career.<br /><br />Use the search box to check out earlier postings for more of his artistry.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUXzZWq0SihC1g1PDUPNHARVVTuaIS5DE3g7ACl_-7iQPLyazq8xnK8V_oBsBharAjsPDJeapVTbA5stZzYJadva7IF86-J6gQdUknKSs240zwccI7hvBLZ5U8BHoc1VLZCZaVI6MSP8c/s1600/TVB+67.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKHWaWMkAxU9Av_lsLi8VXvTwk8SUYcdjLfgMEOIPl-153EUInk17_UUVok_1DTvVUba4irYRuaZzjWNSId2PpmRFn3CdfP3GpXkN-_odj6ir7Sg_TlDyYYCVfMQ4Ild9eSwnBMr-6Rks/s1600/TVB+62.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKHWaWMkAxU9Av_lsLi8VXvTwk8SUYcdjLfgMEOIPl-153EUInk17_UUVok_1DTvVUba4irYRuaZzjWNSId2PpmRFn3CdfP3GpXkN-_odj6ir7Sg_TlDyYYCVfMQ4Ild9eSwnBMr-6Rks/s320/TVB+62.jpg" width="209" /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUXzZWq0SihC1g1PDUPNHARVVTuaIS5DE3g7ACl_-7iQPLyazq8xnK8V_oBsBharAjsPDJeapVTbA5stZzYJadva7IF86-J6gQdUknKSs240zwccI7hvBLZ5U8BHoc1VLZCZaVI6MSP8c/s1600/TVB+67.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUXzZWq0SihC1g1PDUPNHARVVTuaIS5DE3g7ACl_-7iQPLyazq8xnK8V_oBsBharAjsPDJeapVTbA5stZzYJadva7IF86-J6gQdUknKSs240zwccI7hvBLZ5U8BHoc1VLZCZaVI6MSP8c/s320/TVB+67.jpg" width="204" /></a></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiybhKJ1jHVpcYQvjHMWjSIlUNPONRiJYE2Pxgx_pMfxpVJCbp353vYFdLZALk7FGk4uT11WmlZ4am3su0NRZ7_Bq6PPhpxXhWzL_LgsAJv135h6E6LIaJcLEIr0igHMi9OnUOKqvNFd8Q/s1600/TVB+63.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiybhKJ1jHVpcYQvjHMWjSIlUNPONRiJYE2Pxgx_pMfxpVJCbp353vYFdLZALk7FGk4uT11WmlZ4am3su0NRZ7_Bq6PPhpxXhWzL_LgsAJv135h6E6LIaJcLEIr0igHMi9OnUOKqvNFd8Q/s320/TVB+63.jpg" width="209" /></a>adipatihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02143090877338812596noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1940158007086462531.post-42766586609691619382011-02-16T07:49:00.000-08:002011-02-17T06:47:30.476-08:00Henry and Glenn Art Show This Friday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9mW72ZCxr-c7TNzCvCBUv4_vvFqvtxdbDPbpM6Jx8g1HCco5PSJtOkADc_FYUFw4ZgYjrIsDRK2kVoSdidPXgomQ8vXOk2TiSJ37Fg59Jg0qlqbSI8W2baM_3yf2xX6JTEMwT3Y4IhLX0/s1600/download.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9mW72ZCxr-c7TNzCvCBUv4_vvFqvtxdbDPbpM6Jx8g1HCco5PSJtOkADc_FYUFw4ZgYjrIsDRK2kVoSdidPXgomQ8vXOk2TiSJ37Fg59Jg0qlqbSI8W2baM_3yf2xX6JTEMwT3Y4IhLX0/s320/download.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>From Ed Luce about the upcoming Henry and Glenn art show this Friday:<br /><br /><blockquote><i>We're very excited to announce the opening of the <b>Henry & Glenn Forever Gang Bang group exhibition</b> at the legendary <b>La Luz de Jesus Gallery</b> in Los Angeles, California! The <b>Igloo Tornado</b><b>Ed Luce</b>, <b><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1297871074_0">Dave Davenport</span></b>, <b><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1297871074_1">Justin Hall</span></b>, <b><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1297871074_2">Johnny Ryan</span></b>, <b>KAZ</b> and <b>Coop!</b>) to explore and expand their take on the <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1297871074_3">hard rock love</span> that dare not speak its name. </i><br /><br /><i>For those not familiar, the original <b>Henry & Glenn Forever</b> book asks the question, “what if <b><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1297871074_4" style="border-bottom: 2px dotted rgb(54, 99, 136); cursor: pointer;">Henry Rollins</span></b> and <b><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1297871074_5" style="-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; border-bottom: 2px dotted rgb(54, 99, 136); cursor: pointer;">Glenn Danzig</span></b> were a little <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1297871074_6">more than 'friends</span>'?" It has sold more than 30,000 copies since its debut last spring, garnering nods from </i> guys (Tom Neely, Gin Stevens, Scot Nobles & Levon Jihanian) have invited two dozen artists (including <i>Spin, </i><i>National Public Radio, </i><i>MTV, </i><i>LA Weekly,</i><i> Decibel, </i><i><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1297871074_7" style="-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer;">Maximum Rock’n’roll</span> and </i><i>Razorcake. The book is still available at <a href="http://microcosmpublishing.com/catalog/books/3174" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1297871074_8">http://microcosmpublishing.com/catalog/books/3174</span></a></i><br /><br /><i>The reception is <b><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1297871074_9" style="-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; border-bottom: 2px dotted rgb(54, 99, 136); cursor: pointer;">Friday, February 18th from 8 - 11pm</span></b> and features a signing with Igloo Tornado and performances by the faBUlous <b>BLACK FAG </b>(seriously, they're rad) and <b><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1297871074_10" style="border-bottom: 2px dotted rgb(54, 99, 136); cursor: pointer;">Danzig</span> cover band GLENN</b>!!! The show itself will run <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1297871074_11" style="-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; border-bottom: 2px dotted rgb(54, 99, 136); cursor: pointer;">February 18th - 27th</span>.</i><br /><br /><i><b>Ed will be on hand for the exhibition's opening reception...so long lost LA peeps, please stop by and say howdy</b>! </i><br /><br /><i>For more info visit: <a href="http://www.laluzdejesus.com/shows/2011/Events/Henry_and_Glenn_Forever/Henry-and-Glenn-4Eva.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1297871074_12">http://www.laluzdejesus.com/shows/2011/Events/Henry_and_Glenn_Forever/Henry-and-Glenn-4Eva.htm</span></a></i></blockquote>adipatihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02143090877338812596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1940158007086462531.post-17206846832482715992011-02-16T07:33:00.000-08:002011-02-17T06:47:30.493-08:00Jason Shiga and Aaron Reiner at Reading Frenzy on Saturday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://readingfrenzy.com/journal/empire_state_shiga.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://readingfrenzy.com/journal/empire_state_shiga.jpg" width="253" /></a></div>Jason Shiga (author of <a href="http://www.sparkplugcomicbooks.com/books/bookhunter/pages/bookhunter1.html">Bookhunter</a>, <a href="http://www.sparkplugcomicbooks.com/books/fleep/fleep/pages/fleep.html">Fleep</a>, Meanwhile and Empire State) and Aaron Reiner (author of the Unsinkable Walker Bean, Spiral Bound, and Papercutter contributor) will be at <a href="http://www.readingfrenzy.com/">Reading Frenzy</a> this Saturday February 19th at 7pm. You should check it out.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.wweek.com/portland/event-46447-aaron_renier_and_jason_shiga.html">http://www.wweek.com/portland/event-46447-aaron_renier_and_jason_shiga.html</a>adipatihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02143090877338812596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1940158007086462531.post-58716922092311046802011-02-16T05:59:00.000-08:002011-02-17T11:49:06.859-08:00Ka-zar #4 - Frank Brunner coverKa-zar #4, 1974 - Ka-Zar had appeared in various Marvel titles since his debut in X-men #10. After a respectable run in Astonishing Tales a few years before, the character was awarded his own self-titled book. Frank Brunner delivers this superb cover, among the best of the entire series. Mystical flames emanate from below the jungle lord, radiating out toward the other figures and filling the adipatihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02143090877338812596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1940158007086462531.post-43701321379952357062011-02-16T00:11:00.000-08:002011-02-17T06:46:52.191-08:00Victor John Ostrovsky's 'By Way of Deception'<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #38761d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="color: #93c47d;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">Victor John Ostrovsky's </span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: #274e13;"> '</span></i></b><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><i><span style="color: #e06666;">By Way of Deception'</span> </i></b></span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #38761d; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><i><span style="background-color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@ fun-n-books.blogspot.com</span></span></i></b></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #38761d; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #ffe599; color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>~~ UPLOADED ON REQUEST ~~</b></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #ffe599; color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="color: #38761d; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: magenta; font-size: large;">!!!!!!!!!!~~~~~~~~~~~!!!!!!!!!!!~~~~~~~~~~~~!!!!!!!!!!</span><i><span style="color: #274e13; font-size: large;"> </span></i></b></div><div style="color: #38761d; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy6o0fytoYZtqm77rMd42zQ8wYkA_lVXuIKXKyOj4mvjEMB_0jMCzNYBwk_FdtyyUvAlvnn2J8fBTuGYgxmrePxOskSv3RNkzWPazVKte3ny1s_pGGh9VuSA5hrO6sRmmSIponvoM6d78/s1600/By+Way+of+Deception.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy6o0fytoYZtqm77rMd42zQ8wYkA_lVXuIKXKyOj4mvjEMB_0jMCzNYBwk_FdtyyUvAlvnn2J8fBTuGYgxmrePxOskSv3RNkzWPazVKte3ny1s_pGGh9VuSA5hrO6sRmmSIponvoM6d78/s200/By+Way+of+Deception.jpeg" width="137" /></a></div><div style="color: #38761d; text-align: left;"><b><i><span style="color: #274e13; font-size: large;">Victor John Ostrovsky</span> is an author and self-proclaimed former katsa (case officer) for the Israeli Mossad (foreign intelligence service). He authored two non-fiction books about his service with the Mossad: By Way of Deception, a New York Times No. 1 bestseller in 1990, and The Other Side of Deception several years later. He also authored two novels, Lion of Judah and Black Ghosts, as well as several screenplays. He is also the founder and CEO of The Book Patch.</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u><span style="background-color: white; color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></span></u><br /><u><span style="background-color: white; color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>:: By Way of Deception ::</i></b></span></span></u></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><i> <span style="color: #e06666;"> In 1990, he published By Way of Deception to draw attention to the </span></i></b><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj688BULXEWNvxJrvrXYJBXTc7770wFadJa8g9ndJt4HXabpJOgCQbYNWg4E-6sp6LP1VL6kqCYre_zK4Ra__tBQC2dzIfZQvd1j2jV6H8xvI3ZAwJj6SW0VsdQBsbvoyXBsCI1wnFgDmU/s1600/By+Way+of+Deception2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj688BULXEWNvxJrvrXYJBXTc7770wFadJa8g9ndJt4HXabpJOgCQbYNWg4E-6sp6LP1VL6kqCYre_zK4Ra__tBQC2dzIfZQvd1j2jV6H8xvI3ZAwJj6SW0VsdQBsbvoyXBsCI1wnFgDmU/s1600/By+Way+of+Deception2.jpeg" /></a><b><i><span style="color: #e06666;">corruption and shortcomings he claims to have witnessed in the Mossad. Ostrovsky has repeatedly argued that intelligence-gathering agencies must be permitted certain operational freedoms, but that significantly increased governmental oversight of espionage activities is necessary. Without effective oversight, he has said, the Mossad cannot achieve its full potential and value.</span></i></b><br /> <i style="color: #e06666; font-weight: bold;">Many of Ostrovsky's claims have not been verified from other sources nor have they been refuted, and arguments continue to rage over the credibility of his accounts. However he was named in a lawsuit by the Israeli government saying he was part of the Mossad. Critics such as Benny Morris, David Wise and others have argued the book is essentially a novel and that a case officer would not have had access to so many operational secrets. They write that intelligence organizations practice strict compartmentalization of confidential or secretive information.</i><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><b style="color: #e06666;"><i>Shortly before official publication of the book, the Israeli government filed lawsuits in both Canada and the United States seeking injunctions against publication. A judge in New York granted the request at a 1 a.m. hearing in his home. The New York Supreme Court overturned his decision, but the resulting publicity focused national attention on Ostrovsky’s story and guaranteed international success.</i></b><br /><br /><b style="color: #e06666;"><i>Concerns were expressed that by exposing certain prior operations, the book endangered the lives of agency personnel. Ostrovsky maintains he never placed anyone in danger because only first names or code names were used. Furthermore, Ostrovsky says the Mossad was privately allowed to see the book before publication to ensure that lives were not placed in danger.</i></b><br /><br /><b style="color: #e06666;"><i>Ostrovsky and his wife, Bella Ostrovsky, also an artist, operate Ostrovsky Fine Art Gallery in Scottsdale, Arizona. While he has painted many subjects, Ostrovsky is best known for his Metaphors of Espionage collection inspired by his days as a spy for the Mossad. </i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2ISVHRFiEvfIcPQJS29MDYuKTuIiSLHhbr0xbzVNkkYE-MyPTgeW6GVHy9wrHN2_8kz36zN6gRvqj7UM_o7evwwfppz2Z4pryP_MJBBzXHamMHFA0f7YQYWwQzocNMdvDeklPFs2C2H4/s1600/Download.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2ISVHRFiEvfIcPQJS29MDYuKTuIiSLHhbr0xbzVNkkYE-MyPTgeW6GVHy9wrHN2_8kz36zN6gRvqj7UM_o7evwwfppz2Z4pryP_MJBBzXHamMHFA0f7YQYWwQzocNMdvDeklPFs2C2H4/s1600/Download.jpeg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #fff2cc; color: #20124d; font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Download </span><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/rg6x440639tdk64/By%20the%20way%20of%20Deception.pdf" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">By the way of Deception.pdf</a></b></span></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><b style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">More may be added if you request......</span></b></div></div>adipatihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02143090877338812596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1940158007086462531.post-11329340659269502512011-02-15T18:38:00.000-08:002011-02-17T06:47:30.513-08:00Sadness Will Prevail<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK6rQDwfSOXQiZSlE67hTkjiLqnGmI-RNrovGAbc23UKlnlKnkOIk43SVhKLgjfKvASqHQTUic44NqF9Hw8VTBwUCSlwXIBP2echb5Mqh4XLi54Wv76X8bw1prqFRETPqJW-tTbuFurQji/s1600/kirby.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK6rQDwfSOXQiZSlE67hTkjiLqnGmI-RNrovGAbc23UKlnlKnkOIk43SVhKLgjfKvASqHQTUic44NqF9Hw8VTBwUCSlwXIBP2echb5Mqh4XLi54Wv76X8bw1prqFRETPqJW-tTbuFurQji/s320/kirby.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Les Toil, Kevin Pope, me and Jack Kirby in 1992 at Comic Relief</i></span></div><br />I just read a little about Comic Relief in Berkeley, CA closing. I call it Comic Relief, Berkeley cause I worked there when they split off into two stores. One in Berkeley and one in San Francisco. I worked at both, along with many of my friends from the Bay Area like Ben Catmull, Landry Walker and Barry Futterman. Comic Relief was an institution and is currently being fondly remembered all over the internets. I figured I should add some thoughts. Mine aren't fond for the store, they are fond for a group of people that worked there. Normally I hate doing stuff like this and would rather spend my time working on the future than reliving the past. But I've got some thoughts that need to be typed out.<br /><br />In 1987 a new store opened up in Berkeley. I was at Berkeley High which was right around the corner. I'd go to CR as much as humanly possible. I'd bought comics from Best of Two Worlds where Rory Root worked (and I think where Kristine Anstine and Mike Patchen worked?) and so it was a great continuation of the old Berkeley comic store tradition I'd grown up with. But pretty quickly it became a different store. A lot of what I've read online and in the trade journaling basically gives one of the owners all the credit. And I don't want to take any respect away from Rory Root. But I do want to set some of my thoughts down.<br /><br />It was clear from day one that this store cared about other things besides old comics and hot new Marvel/DC comics. Berkeley comics shops always supported the indy boom which got recontextualized as or changed into the black&white glut. I remember seeing new Elfquest and Cerebus issues (when both series started) in Best of Two Worlds and Comics & Comix. Rory, Mike and Kristine had continued this tradition, they supported Bone early on and helped with so many other books. But even that wasn't totally abnormal. Many big, good comic stores have helped make the careers of many of us in independent comics.<br /><br />What Mike, Rory and Kristine did was hire some of the most knowledgable and comics loving people in the world. When you look back at the legacy of "the comic BOOK store", the lesson to learn is twofold. One, the secret to running a good business is finding good people to run it. Unfortunately none of them besides Todd Martinez ever found much reason to stay with Comic Relief beyond a few years of employment. Todd is a rare kind of person and I'll get to him in a minute. The other lesson about running a business that you can get from the Comic Relief experiment is that the reason the store itself was so good was that the employees loved comic books. Selling things that you like is easy and you aren't lying to people.<br /><br />Kristine was the first manager of the store and then Comic Relief, San Francisco and in my honest opinion she made both stores. Most importantly, She hired me and was a tough boss but she worked so hard that I could never argue with that. I had a conversation with Rory one time where he was complaining about how she wouldn't do what he said so much of the time (like give me a raise). I said "There isn't a problem though because she is doing everything she does to make your business great, you just disagree with how she is doing it. Your goals are the same." Mike and Kristine split off from the Berkeley store to just run CR, SF as a separate business after a while. Kristine's management skills kept both stores afloat during her time there. But in the end they raised the rent on CR,SF (on Haight st.) and it closed.<br /><br />So, Mike and Kristine and Rory laid a groundwork for a great store. But it was the employees (including Kristine) that made the stores what they were. Rory and Mike each loved their own brand of Fantasy comic. Mike was WAY ahead of the curve on the books that would become Vertigo and he constantly read comics. I mean, I read a lot of comics and he impressed me enough to remember it 20 years later. Rory came from gaming culture and was a fan of the classic gaming type comics. But within a year the store was staffed by punks and alternative culture people. They started a tiny mini comics section where, in 1988, I bought the comic that would lead to my life in comic books: "Whiplash Comics" by local skate punks. Even in the early days they were still more in the tradition of a classic Berkeley comic book store. But thanks to two of their hardest working employees and Kristine they'd become a completely different kind of store.<br /><br />Josh Petrin is actually the person most people should thank for making Comic Relief into an alternative mecca. He is the one that took their tiny mini-comics shelf and turned it into a section. He was deeply involved with bringing in the giant array of counter culture books. Josh fought like mad to make that store what it got know for. He co-ran a distro called Wow-Cool and made sure that Comic Relief was always stocked with Eightball, Monkeywrench, Eric Haven comics and about anything cool in comics.<br /><br />And in his footsteps came Steven Fujisaka who is still, to this day, pretty much the hardest working person I've ever worked with. Steven and Kristine were the ones who made sure that Comic Relief was always fully stocked with then new magazines like Grand Royal and Answer Me, that we were selling hundreds of. Steven and Josh were obsessive counter culture aficionados but they also knew EVERYTHING about comics, art, film, music, computers and what-have-you. Steven is one of the first people I remember pushing art manga before anyone was publishing manga. They are why Comic Relief had a functioning film and art section for years in the 90s. They made sure those books sold and kept people coming back in. Josh is the person who introduced me to a then teenage Jason Shiga in 1995. Steven and Kristine had done such a good job as orderers for the store that a headhunter for Virgin Megastore (before they opened) called to ask for the Comic Relief book buyer. <br /><br />If you were a fan of Comic Relief in the 90s you owe that fandom to Kristine, Josh and Steven as well as the full spectrum of employees they supported and hired. Once they were gone there was almost no hope for the store. It slid away from being run by people who cared about what they were doing. Still, I'm sure there were people who worked there who cared about comics but maybe very few on the level of Josh or Steven.<br /><br />AND then came Todd Martinez who'd been floating around the store for years. I don't know a lot of the behind the scenes drama but I can tell you that the only reason that store stayed in business after its early 90s glory days is Todd's skill as a manager. Todd didn't just care about comics, he cared (and cares) about people. He is genuinely the nicest guy in the world. He was the day to day face of the store and ran it as well as he could considering the already legendary mountain of debt that had been built up. When Rory wanted to go to San Diego with and ever larger set of booths it was Todd that made it possible. Todd was the life support for a store that was past its prime, he made it shine like a vintage car with a fresh coat of paint. But the problem was that fuel the car was running on was poisoning it.<br /><br />Once Rory died Todd was supposed to get the store. And didn't. The store was burdened with a family of people that didn't care about comics. Todd moved on to <a href="http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=26107">a much better situation</a>, and if you ever run a business it is somebody like Todd you should be looking for. He really is all the stuff people lie about being on resumes. Actually it is people like Kristine, Todd, Josh and Steven you should be looking for. They are why that store is even worth talking about as opposed to the thousands of other stores started in the 80s that died in the 90s comics store massacre.<br /><br />I know I'm leaving some people out, but I was only an employee for about three years and moved away from the Bay Area in 1997. I did go back every few months and stayed in touch and did follow a lot of the behind the scenes goings on. Until <a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/comic-relief-berkeley#hrid:KAAvHcwc_QCV6-U3EmJX-g">last year</a>. I don't think it was just the family that killed the store, I think it is more complicated. There is a lesson to be learned from the whole Comic Relief experience. I tried to explain it on my silly Yelp appraisal of the store, but I think those lessons are lost on people who think they know how to do everything. I learned SO much from working with four of the smartest, hardest working best people I've ever met. In their own way, they each left a giant stamp across my face that says "If you care about what you do, you can keep doing it for a long time." Sure they aren't perfect, only Kristine and Todd are still directly involved with comics (that being the measure of perfection). But for being given a tough job, and overcoming pretty intense odds, they deserve most of the credit. Rory and Mike, they deserve the credit too but mostly for setting up a giant sandbox that the rest of us could build castles in. <br /><br />I realize that this is all just my rambling, whacked-out, long after the fact appraisal. I'm probably wrong about some things and I'm sure I've insulted somebody. But to quote Bad Finger "I don't mind". I feel like I've got to say something, in a few years nobody will care much at all. The problem is, if you want to start a business that is any good and keep it going, you have to care a lot. Ultimately, it is the people who bought the comics that the people at Comic Relief cared about who are really responsible for the store. But maybe it is a symbiotic relationship of people who love comics that makes good stuff happen in comics. I'd like to believe that is the truth. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghimPDStJBQRD6blVha0WvQhgxjoC070aEBlxyqrNtJaibxJ9O-0lfYT7Q9iJ1oGtBs9INq3VULigwuI6KC7iP2koWgcycDa9-rcLy1Kl2VaiDu32aJyjkujJ8Z1jARaS_ZJ25AhpXdxWQ/s1600/2766459491_f9628f9a2d_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghimPDStJBQRD6blVha0WvQhgxjoC070aEBlxyqrNtJaibxJ9O-0lfYT7Q9iJ1oGtBs9INq3VULigwuI6KC7iP2koWgcycDa9-rcLy1Kl2VaiDu32aJyjkujJ8Z1jARaS_ZJ25AhpXdxWQ/s320/2766459491_f9628f9a2d_b.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>adipatihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02143090877338812596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1940158007086462531.post-43162071707195967012011-02-15T15:34:00.000-08:002011-02-17T11:49:06.887-08:00Wagon Train #5 - Alex Toth artWagon Train #5, 1960 - Like many Dell Publishing issues during the 1950s and 1960s, this western series coincided with a network television show. The photographic cover features lead actors Ward Bond and Robert Horton. Inside, Alex Toth's short story is the smallest contribution, sandwiched between two main features. His hurried, loosely rendered drawings lack much needed definition. Backgrounds adipatihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02143090877338812596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1940158007086462531.post-83120037233051073502011-02-15T15:00:00.000-08:002011-02-17T11:53:05.446-08:00Buffalo Bill - The McLoughlin Version!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivJl0Scoy3n1F-l9VhyphenhyphennvBg_OIutkSMjL5iuQTTu1Pe4cipXi1ovmXTaboHTomnZe1BjdZo_0opmLBGzUqXVo-FZuWe-6t9pfvtqHlxpvV5RhLAk1PNGq5kuI2tLSMSkOPzJ7tIc1G2KQ/s1600/RonBuffaloBill013.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivJl0Scoy3n1F-l9VhyphenhyphennvBg_OIutkSMjL5iuQTTu1Pe4cipXi1ovmXTaboHTomnZe1BjdZo_0opmLBGzUqXVo-FZuWe-6t9pfvtqHlxpvV5RhLAk1PNGq5kuI2tLSMSkOPzJ7tIc1G2KQ/s320/RonBuffaloBill013.jpg" width="251" /></a>Yup pardner it's more of them thar U.K. Wild West comics, from the primordial mist that preceded the arrival of Eagle comic.<br /><br />And here as a contrast to the work of the young Ron Embleton that featured on yesterday's blog, is the work of Denis McLoughlin, TV Boardman illustrator in residence and the man who with the assistance of his younger brother Colin scripting, created all the comics that TV Boardman published bar the Embleton issue of Buffalo Bill.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlkNKzx1XHAJnoqhSSSyqYX0XlP6EZAZ28rl1xE6C38n0TzmQQSsIch7naBsVHKvCEimDmKq8P8BLkzs_214SURrAOpDmVTrWHhUe3uvc1RDR9fh4T6Y6pxiVA8Gn7zjH_1E8COQFktsc/s1600/RonBuffaloBill014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlkNKzx1XHAJnoqhSSSyqYX0XlP6EZAZ28rl1xE6C38n0TzmQQSsIch7naBsVHKvCEimDmKq8P8BLkzs_214SURrAOpDmVTrWHhUe3uvc1RDR9fh4T6Y6pxiVA8Gn7zjH_1E8COQFktsc/s320/RonBuffaloBill014.jpg" width="249" /></a>McLoughlin's love of U.S. comics and film is well to the fore in the pages from this comic, he was fascinated with both from an early age. By the time he was working on these comics he had just turned thirty, had recently been demobbed and prior to his war service had worked at Ward and Copley. Ward and Copley was a graphics studio in Manchester, where McLoughlin had learned his trade covering a variety of tasks until work dried up, his call up papers arriving on the heels of his redundancy notice.<br /><br /> Interesting to contrast the two artists work, both with a very strong sense of lighting and drama. McLoughlin's work lacks the confident figure work of Embleton's but engages more with props and characterization. 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik7GOdlZiu-WLlUJY06v4moUM7EWFwcyOC-OVYepd38Hv8mplVoeCxdFLUd8TgWNDavo5VS1WvU65nJA5c5Jn3t8sMv5_BSNVrk9LnPmhmdpXz3bNSiubzzE8Xo44hONSQbzFmzCJVPE4/s1600/RonBuffaloBill024.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik7GOdlZiu-WLlUJY06v4moUM7EWFwcyOC-OVYepd38Hv8mplVoeCxdFLUd8TgWNDavo5VS1WvU65nJA5c5Jn3t8sMv5_BSNVrk9LnPmhmdpXz3bNSiubzzE8Xo44hONSQbzFmzCJVPE4/s320/RonBuffaloBill024.jpg" width="245" /></a></div>adipatihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02143090877338812596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1940158007086462531.post-71139712864273683792011-02-15T11:09:00.000-08:002011-02-17T11:52:15.078-08:00Social History in Comics: Sgt. Fury 90 - "The Chain That Binds!"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpniLDVf2HOCoAG5TUulrXkPd-NGfADaKcL3KjON43m01_LvzO-o26jSUncXpQJ89hbVDCisXJEHs1Y1gnlo5GdDK3dgFjieXu4ekN-Hjj6I3rWJbv_XmWSv0aoxYyNmXqQbuY6H1RYUo/s1600/Sgt.+Fury+and+his+Howling+Commandos+-+090+-+And+One+Must+Die%2521+-+00+-+FC.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpniLDVf2HOCoAG5TUulrXkPd-NGfADaKcL3KjON43m01_LvzO-o26jSUncXpQJ89hbVDCisXJEHs1Y1gnlo5GdDK3dgFjieXu4ekN-Hjj6I3rWJbv_XmWSv0aoxYyNmXqQbuY6H1RYUo/s400/Sgt.+Fury+and+his+Howling+Commandos+-+090+-+And+One+Must+Die%2521+-+00+-+FC.jpg" width="262" /></a></div><br />This August 1971 issue of <i>Sgt. Fury</i> features an anti-racist story written by <a href="http://www.comicvine.com/al-kurzrok/26-34782/">Al Kurzrok</a>. Al was a writer for Harvey Comics, and then worked for Marvel mostly as a letterer but did write some 1960s and early 70s stories, including 5 issues of <i>Sgt. Fury</i>. Kurzrok didn't get to pen too many Marvel books. He clearly did his homework on this title, though, because stylistically in many ways it reads like a typical <i>Sgt. Fury</i> book. Although it has an anti-racist message, however, it doesn't deliver this with the same kind of punch that Robert Kanigher or Stan Lee would give a similar story. Given the rarity, even by 1971, of comics taking a stance against racism, it is noteworthy, and should be added to that elite list of anti-racist books. Let's take a look at it. Of course the story highlights Gabriel Jones, and it's another tale, like that in issue 56, that has Gabe on a journey to meet up with the rest of the Howlers. This one starts with him being captured by a Nazi officer on the orders of Hitler himself, who wants to use Gabe as bait in a trap for the rest of the Howling Commandos. Right from the start we're reading racist remarks from the Nazi, and he doesn't let up. The Nazi is motivated by his expectation of considerable reward from the Fuhrer should he succeed in his mission.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDYgLOnIrkbtjKWnjE20ddHFB3iTQ3uY1HYUfWd8zPakzTr_H-1sOS7D1Be-ozpDNvi2C-hq9z_j5JHa8rbxeYeK8ek6CZK9uG64dapcdZN-_bjRhbpbauRSFeIZ6xuewTP8yASc5ekwc/s1600/Sgt.+Fury+and+his+Howling+Commandos+-+090+-+And+One+Must+Die%2521+-+01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDYgLOnIrkbtjKWnjE20ddHFB3iTQ3uY1HYUfWd8zPakzTr_H-1sOS7D1Be-ozpDNvi2C-hq9z_j5JHa8rbxeYeK8ek6CZK9uG64dapcdZN-_bjRhbpbauRSFeIZ6xuewTP8yASc5ekwc/s320/Sgt.+Fury+and+his+Howling+Commandos+-+090+-+And+One+Must+Die%2521+-+01.jpg" width="215" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBiMLyKOVydp2w__2bOU5V0YH8zfsAuSTPSgjT92iPmxOIDud_eyYzNSl2dlYX-2ZwlMubpZ-CL7npvR1FPlryxiO-HHfuv3HhyphenhyphenEkD9SOc5oycMEE6A_d79tBPgovgW1mKMPx6tOM1Mao/s1600/Sgt.+Fury+and+his+Howling+Commandos+-+090+-+And+One+Must+Die%2521+-+02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBiMLyKOVydp2w__2bOU5V0YH8zfsAuSTPSgjT92iPmxOIDud_eyYzNSl2dlYX-2ZwlMubpZ-CL7npvR1FPlryxiO-HHfuv3HhyphenhyphenEkD9SOc5oycMEE6A_d79tBPgovgW1mKMPx6tOM1Mao/s320/Sgt.+Fury+and+his+Howling+Commandos+-+090+-+And+One+Must+Die%2521+-+02.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><br />As with previous <i>Sgt. Fury</i> anti-racist tales, Southerner Rebel Ralston exhibits the greatest concern for Gabe, continuing the disconfirmation of the 'all southern whites are racists' stereotype that we've seen in anti-racist books in the 50s and 60s.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip4GF6_AiSPiE14QFhpVacjFzp_zCOFguSwkIpKPO8Vq1YFrdn2Qw_VFxDts2erCyi8ToX762E2OPZNl6D5A5gf6r9eWb3jq-5JFz5xY5rI7adGgZRTBPVxclEi6TX-yEMlEW50CTuPMI/s1600/Sgt.+Fury+and+his+Howling+Commandos+-+090+-+And+One+Must+Die%2521+-+03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip4GF6_AiSPiE14QFhpVacjFzp_zCOFguSwkIpKPO8Vq1YFrdn2Qw_VFxDts2erCyi8ToX762E2OPZNl6D5A5gf6r9eWb3jq-5JFz5xY5rI7adGgZRTBPVxclEi6TX-yEMlEW50CTuPMI/s320/Sgt.+Fury+and+his+Howling+Commandos+-+090+-+And+One+Must+Die%2521+-+03.jpg" width="211" /></a></div><br />Gabe meanwhile has to put up with the racist rantings of the Nazi, but handles it well. When their plane gets shot down, they parachute into the snow below. 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The Nazi has no qualms about killing Gabe with his knife, and Gabe has to shoot him in order to defend himself. The Nazi's dead after all that, and Gabriel is back with the G.I.'s and will presumably find his way back to the Howlers.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilZMVUbemRF5oKvgp9cpAi6D8QuCJ8E9lcpiP5_ToPrjyZoP3tvaAUBZ_LheWbQOWfqJx_jyJ8EmPuZJQpHBxdlpTzdIq2IkfsFIzjxwrYBGl1XkaZnJrz8z6NjIWdDGVGM9E1GG8h_Mg/s1600/Sgt.+Fury+and+his+Howling+Commandos+-+090+-+And+One+Must+Die%2521+-+20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilZMVUbemRF5oKvgp9cpAi6D8QuCJ8E9lcpiP5_ToPrjyZoP3tvaAUBZ_LheWbQOWfqJx_jyJ8EmPuZJQpHBxdlpTzdIq2IkfsFIzjxwrYBGl1XkaZnJrz8z6NjIWdDGVGM9E1GG8h_Mg/s320/Sgt.+Fury+and+his+Howling+Commandos+-+090+-+And+One+Must+Die%2521+-+20.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><br />I think this story could have been intended to be allegorical, the chain representing perhaps the institutions in American society that have bound African Americans to racist overlords. If so, then the abrupt ending suggests the racial conflict that had erupted in the Civil Rights era with African Americans pushed to the limit by racist whites unwilling to surrender their assumed superiority. I think that the story seeks, and to some extent succeeds, in ridiculing the racist way of thinking. All that Aryan supremacy stuff. By 1971 people had had enough of their hopes for progress being smashed - assassinations of key leaders, and still no real equality of opportunity in a lot of ways.adipatihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02143090877338812596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1940158007086462531.post-53709509009049980152011-02-15T08:24:00.000-08:002011-02-17T06:47:30.537-08:00Austin English, the influences!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.inkstuds.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/disroom001-753x1024.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://www.inkstuds.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/disroom001-753x1024.jpg" width="293" /></a></div><br /> Austin English just did guested a great article about his new book (coming from Sparkplug for MoCCA festival) and his influences over at Inkstuds. Please take a look:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.inkstuds.org/?p=3298">http://www.inkstuds.org/?p=3298</a>adipatihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02143090877338812596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1940158007086462531.post-88178091998782138752011-02-15T05:20:00.000-08:002011-02-17T11:53:56.103-08:00Pocket War Comics in Tamil<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_CvOEimA8M4/TVpyztndPqI/AAAAAAAABO8/CzFGyROMA4g/s1600/Rani+Comics+No.18+%2528March+15+1985%2529+-++Kolai+Warrant.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" h5="true" height="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_CvOEimA8M4/TVpyztndPqI/AAAAAAAABO8/CzFGyROMA4g/s200/Rani+Comics+No.18+%2528March+15+1985%2529+-++Kolai+Warrant.JPG" width="148" /></a></div>Now how do you say AAAAARGH! in Tamil?<br /><br />I was very fortunate to be approached by King Viswa with the scans shown here of some translated pocket war comics. Have a look at his excellent and active comic book blog <a href="http://tamilcomicsulagam.blogspot.com/">tamilcomicsulagam.blogspot.com</a> . There's a lot there to enjoy.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ngH7jWZqegw/TVpy0L2VkBI/AAAAAAAABPA/0eyTS-yrgyE/s1600/Rani+Comics+Issue+No+26+Dated+15th+July+1985+Ranuva+Ragasiyam+Cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" h5="true" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ngH7jWZqegw/TVpy0L2VkBI/AAAAAAAABPA/0eyTS-yrgyE/s320/Rani+Comics+Issue+No+26+Dated+15th+July+1985+Ranuva+Ragasiyam+Cover.jpg" width="233" /></a></div><br /><br />How do you affect your best French (I assume) accent in Tamil and say "At last! We have you now". Couldn't be any worse than the one I'm trying on now.<br /><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LFeyjthCNDI/TVpy12oLZ-I/AAAAAAAABPI/jJIiAgRUWoM/s1600/Rani+Comics+Issue+No+18+Dated+15th+Mar+1985+Kolai+Warrant+Page+01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" h5="true" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LFeyjthCNDI/TVpy12oLZ-I/AAAAAAAABPI/jJIiAgRUWoM/s320/Rani+Comics+Issue+No+18+Dated+15th+Mar+1985+Kolai+Warrant+Page+01.jpg" width="232" /></a></div><br /><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">A tash in Tamil. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div> <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VtEGtDkamRg/TVpy57plw2I/AAAAAAAABPc/0LobisIgupQ/s1600/Rani+Comics+Issue+No+26+Dated+15th+July+1985+Ranuva+Ragasiyam+1st+Page.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" h5="true" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VtEGtDkamRg/TVpy57plw2I/AAAAAAAABPc/0LobisIgupQ/s320/Rani+Comics+Issue+No+26+Dated+15th+July+1985+Ranuva+Ragasiyam+1st+Page.jpg" width="222" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-R2suq9oBMgU/TVpy4UMlj3I/AAAAAAAABPU/YXrqEDePhIM/s1600/The+War+Game+01+-+Copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" h5="true" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-R2suq9oBMgU/TVpy4UMlj3I/AAAAAAAABPU/YXrqEDePhIM/s400/The+War+Game+01+-+Copy.jpg" width="276" /></a> </div><br /><br /><br />Just what could the soldier in the Jeep be saying?<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The old fickle finger of fate...claiming with one digit and forever changing with another.adipatihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02143090877338812596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1940158007086462531.post-15943689426763470502011-02-15T05:13:00.000-08:002011-02-17T11:49:06.915-08:00Doomsday +1 #3 - John Byrne art & coverDoomsday Plus One #3, 1975 - John Byrne's inclination for drawing futuristic aircraft, robots and machinery reveals itself in the first few pages. He continues to employ large panels within roomy layouts, but with slightly less detail than previous issues. His center spread of an intense fight scene seems a little forced compositionally. Page six is more successful (see interior page above), adipatihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02143090877338812596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1940158007086462531.post-62769374154134991402011-02-14T14:45:00.000-08:002011-02-17T11:53:05.467-08:00Buffalo Bill, Ron Embleton and a Dose of the Orange and Green Murk!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQiV2ayi6qSs3RhNcd44CjR5huQChnqISbfhHPAwQTIY-7OwNu8Fuxdcu3HSZtszw3xC4KdwPScZx5d99LHyF37X21ySv5WqpTpjRmOtczTwugI6rIQK-tjlMzu65heLdPIX5_dwf-Eq4/s1600/RonBuffaloBill001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQiV2ayi6qSs3RhNcd44CjR5huQChnqISbfhHPAwQTIY-7OwNu8Fuxdcu3HSZtszw3xC4KdwPScZx5d99LHyF37X21ySv5WqpTpjRmOtczTwugI6rIQK-tjlMzu65heLdPIX5_dwf-Eq4/s320/RonBuffaloBill001.jpg" width="244" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjstpUlQQNHUGv-ArxLaymunQRAmaw5sUTaU8-ef-xjz__3pjyaUaa66ZQKy9ByRq0lTfRxFlA8PL5Ttx6n5O_-3jtqgfqYvUECxxz9IobkhO5rkspkNz6stPTt9_dBqwU215ym__y7vlQ/s1600/RonBuffaloBill002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjstpUlQQNHUGv-ArxLaymunQRAmaw5sUTaU8-ef-xjz__3pjyaUaa66ZQKy9ByRq0lTfRxFlA8PL5Ttx6n5O_-3jtqgfqYvUECxxz9IobkhO5rkspkNz6stPTt9_dBqwU215ym__y7vlQ/s320/RonBuffaloBill002.jpg" width="241" /></a>As discussed in yesterday's post, TV Boardman's comics were a strange amalgam of U.K. post war austerity (kind of topical these days - that's for sure) and U.S. influenced subject matter. The range of titles which encompassed westerns, hard-boiled detectives and spy stories was under the stewardship of Bolton based artist Denis McLoughlin, who was pretty much TV Boardman's artist in residence for nigh on twenty years<br />.<br />There was one exception to McLoughlin's tenure on these comics and that was the involvement of a teenage Ron Embleton on an issue of Buffalo Bill. McLoughlin was always working at full tilt as he had all the covers to illustrate (along with lettering the friggin' things!) for Boardman's constantly expanding range of crime hardbacks and paperbacks, plus a range of annuals to create from the bottom up. God only knows where he found the time and in fact when asked about it years later he was as mystified as anyone as to how he did it all. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEPxIXllPifHUUvEwW7bSK833wEOM7Y5PX0G5ZGP0-X0_JmyzcL0bnb_w75QuApQvMbXfX0xn_lEzFJ-HaVil6E74MY5tQfTTXUEaMBt_f_eWuLOTuCXVZ-n_vCeqUJi3j-J7rD0gxY08/s1600/RonBuffaloBill003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEPxIXllPifHUUvEwW7bSK833wEOM7Y5PX0G5ZGP0-X0_JmyzcL0bnb_w75QuApQvMbXfX0xn_lEzFJ-HaVil6E74MY5tQfTTXUEaMBt_f_eWuLOTuCXVZ-n_vCeqUJi3j-J7rD0gxY08/s320/RonBuffaloBill003.jpg" width="248" /></a>Evidently there was this one occasion when he couldn't fit in twelve pages of yet another Buffalo Bill saga and so the job went to one of the most talented and driven young illustrators hawking his wares around the seedy and schlocky comic shops that sprang up around bomb cratered London. You'd literally pick up a brief to provide artwork and script for a comic which sometimes required the artist to also provide the springboard for a new hero.<br /><br /><br />World of opportunity on a budget!<br /><br />What is particularly intriguing about this rarely seen comic is witnessing the early manifestation of Embleton's brush style, which even in it's relatively crude state shows his natural and rhythmic approach to drawing where he easily has the upper hand over McLoughlin's more labored approach to figure work. Having said that McLoughlin's strengths were in his grittier and more "noire" tinged approach to his subjects as tomorrow's posting will reveal.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUdmm0cSSjpCRydlnMod9gF9JTSwYhdC9FpSReww-P-uJh7qXZkO227lseJ-PAxSetN04_6_DZJQPLdf5dAy0Ds3dhteRbIf-RarkaFVyUEQitFl4-kOBh3Aswnoigq3FG9mP8WWU2mXY/s1600/RonBuffaloBill004.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUdmm0cSSjpCRydlnMod9gF9JTSwYhdC9FpSReww-P-uJh7qXZkO227lseJ-PAxSetN04_6_DZJQPLdf5dAy0Ds3dhteRbIf-RarkaFVyUEQitFl4-kOBh3Aswnoigq3FG9mP8WWU2mXY/s320/RonBuffaloBill004.jpg" width="246" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdGtUfo21ogDBunE-XqsciLQgHtc9N73hOdATa4OoESClECpBF6mywE_upEl9dsiMbQEBcY42b1ru8U8W8qplBYH17LIuRYnFebZ1dQk8SzyYDiGGqaEJEzHxG1_GM0te1boEZRDsSDLU/s1600/RonBuffaloBill005.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; 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margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7Db-myQQpXve90ftwKa_bchLPD1PvCVsvMSMWzbvVjksrwph4smVDvPNSFKb9dI8SRo29beatLRGK5ZaKhKpgKfV29XHmbWAHN5H3KLg6ZEF7niAXgKWrRe7T9jj9n2biWoMUeqQlhPg/s320/RonBuffaloBill012.jpg" width="244" /></a>adipatihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02143090877338812596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1940158007086462531.post-10184423788654405362011-02-14T05:25:00.000-08:002011-02-17T11:49:06.939-08:00Jungle Jim v4 #27 - Steve Ditko / non-attributed? Wally Wood artJungle Jim v4 #27, 1969 - Steve Ditko contributes three terrific stories in this issue, all of which are enjoyably drawn. Though competently inked, different sources give different credits. Comic book guides have historically credited the inks to one-time Wally Wood assistant, Wayne Howard. The Wally Wood Treasury, however, credits Wood. At closer inspection, details such as the jungle foliage, adipatihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02143090877338812596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1940158007086462531.post-65150281525819189072011-02-13T17:34:00.000-08:002011-02-17T06:45:08.465-08:0011 through 13As I was putting together funk tracks for the pregnant pauses challenge at FAWM.org, a night on the town with friends brought a married woman hitting on me in front of her husband, while Michael Jackson's "Rock With You" played on the jukebox. This song was born that night when I got home.<br /><br />***Another rough vocal track. I'll spend time spit shining and rerecording at the end of the month.<br /><br />Join the Key Party:<br /><a href="http://michaelsalamone.com/key%20party.mp3">http://michaelsalamone.com/key party.mp3</a><br /><br />-----------------------------------------<br /><br />Goofing around after work made way for this instrumental track, that I named after a weird private jokes with a very old friend and her siblings many, many years ago.<br /><br />Ahs Smosh Mosh Smosh:<br /><a href="http://michaelsalamone.com/ahs%20smosh%20mosh%20smosh.mp3">http://michaelsalamone.com/ahs smosh mosh smosh.mp3</a><br /><br />.adipatihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02143090877338812596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1940158007086462531.post-61683267070247047832011-02-13T17:27:00.000-08:002011-02-17T11:53:56.195-08:00War Picture Library Comic Book Advertising<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yaO6h0XkCOw/TU_aT_ePgvI/AAAAAAAABN4/cq5BubK9DKo/s1600/SCAN0424.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" h5="true" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yaO6h0XkCOw/TU_aT_ePgvI/AAAAAAAABN4/cq5BubK9DKo/s400/SCAN0424.JPG" width="290" /></a>You know it's a top issue when you can't stop using "top" as a superlative. In some circles Sir <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Charlton">Bobby Charlton</a> is still the absolute soccer superstar and if he was in the midst of his then stellar career now - he would be earning an absolute motza, living in L.A., be the target of the paparazzi, and have every moment of his personal and professional life under close scrutiny for all of us to enjoy...<br /><br />Just like Bobby, <a href="http://www.royoftherovers.com/">Roy of the Rovers</a> is still kicking around and judging from his website he's decidedly beefed up to take on the 21st Century.<br /><br />I understand that all that top work by Roy in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_(Fleetway)">Tiger</a> allowed him to eventually spin out into his own publication.<br /><br />This advertisement appeared on the inside cover of <a href="http://pocketwarcomics.blogspot.com/2011/02/war-picture-library-56-crowded-sky.html">War Picture Library 56 The Crowded Sky</a> July 1961.<br /><br />Did you vote? I voted! And I say "it's tops!"</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>adipatihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02143090877338812596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1940158007086462531.post-44563903659566974042011-02-13T10:34:00.000-08:002011-02-17T11:49:06.963-08:00Marvel Preview #6 - Neal Adams artMarvel Preview presents Sherlock Holmes #6, 1976 - Concluding the "Hound of the Baskervilles" storyline, Marvel Comics gives its own rendition of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's most famous detective. For clarity's sake, the vast majority of the issue is drawn by Val Mayerik with inks by Tony DeZuniga. Neal Adams illustrates only the inside front cover, depicting a lone Sherlock Holmes evading gunfire. adipatihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02143090877338812596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1940158007086462531.post-68171204912829445472011-02-13T07:01:00.000-08:002011-02-17T11:49:06.997-08:00Nick Fury #1 - Jim Steranko art & coverNick Fury, Agent of Shield #1, 1968 - After a respectable run as a co-feature in Strange Tales, Nick Fury graduates to his own full length series. Jim Steranko, who picked up the artistic reins on those later issues, continues as writer and illustrator. Bucking the trend of having the title character prominently enlarged on the cover, the artist opts to use building blocks as a metaphor for spy adipatihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02143090877338812596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1940158007086462531.post-87431248631374590402011-02-13T01:31:00.000-08:002011-02-17T11:52:15.135-08:00Social History in Comics: Two-Fisted Tales 30 - "Bunker!"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK-BDXYTXxu7zbIyCjeYyOJ0VUf2zaThKtar3rwJJ4YTXu1iuHk82aO_pICfmYyOtHDr3UxfxNxfGPhoFTJGXVOxSBJ27GUuPSc-TbZ8B5Be-j0eOUFkfnGbwzKfI3-DBjHuMczjySEA8/s1600/TFT3001fc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK-BDXYTXxu7zbIyCjeYyOJ0VUf2zaThKtar3rwJJ4YTXu1iuHk82aO_pICfmYyOtHDr3UxfxNxfGPhoFTJGXVOxSBJ27GUuPSc-TbZ8B5Be-j0eOUFkfnGbwzKfI3-DBjHuMczjySEA8/s400/TFT3001fc.jpg" width="282" /></a></div><br />The first occasion that I am aware of on which comics addressed the issue of inter-racial strife within the US armed forces was in <i>Two-Fisted Tales 30</i> (Nov-Dec 1952), in the story "Bunker!", written by Harvey Kurtzman and drawn by Ric Estrada, with colors by Marie Severin. The famous cover of this issue is by Jack Davis.<br /><br />The plot of "Bunker!" is straightforward. There's some Chinese soldiers holed up in a very strategically placed bunker, pinning down two platoons of U.S. troops, one segregated African American and the other segregated white. The two groups of American men are on different sides of the bunker, each trying to take the hill on which it is located.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiseeOB08zVfOYUjpfQ-9lELyWoF4Udfv_3t5Hy7rauhtaae658gjGbFJyd1WCICdzRv0xEpNmVc6wbAmdDJru7xfHY_jinvFqCpcyuFvsNorbIilmk9Q2X6A6QGEQ4L9Nfmzc5k_gMa1c/s1600/TFT3003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiseeOB08zVfOYUjpfQ-9lELyWoF4Udfv_3t5Hy7rauhtaae658gjGbFJyd1WCICdzRv0xEpNmVc6wbAmdDJru7xfHY_jinvFqCpcyuFvsNorbIilmk9Q2X6A6QGEQ4L9Nfmzc5k_gMa1c/s400/TFT3003.jpg" width="293" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDvBXIGeun3DCMn39Fy7SZx2-_ADKyTzxHseoKexRMKJ8xqPVpV8UOtjYkM1Zxu5KHETtA2B7sOh8-t3rKghzWrCwUK-At2ghUn2iPXWguk_C_BimhoxYbK4b-VxI19kfs0Flraxws5x8/s1600/TFT3004.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDvBXIGeun3DCMn39Fy7SZx2-_ADKyTzxHseoKexRMKJ8xqPVpV8UOtjYkM1Zxu5KHETtA2B7sOh8-t3rKghzWrCwUK-At2ghUn2iPXWguk_C_BimhoxYbK4b-VxI19kfs0Flraxws5x8/s400/TFT3004.jpg" width="296" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidIokkOT1Foz_F7Idbm9nxTNN8xnXeF_v8Vx7yvc1TRIN6Q5ge5qrSuC0-TPzTkE5H5TTv-rVgfi2cBDUCjO-OKDy-gG7eNt86EFnK4Z3VHIRBFlFF-TREsGysMp3HUX_TtrRkbd886Ds/s1600/TFT3005.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidIokkOT1Foz_F7Idbm9nxTNN8xnXeF_v8Vx7yvc1TRIN6Q5ge5qrSuC0-TPzTkE5H5TTv-rVgfi2cBDUCjO-OKDy-gG7eNt86EFnK4Z3VHIRBFlFF-TREsGysMp3HUX_TtrRkbd886Ds/s400/TFT3005.jpg" width="293" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-d5q3QtaVmkssOJZFP6G6AKFbc2j9Oa8R3MwctAuy3AbueSdH257scSfSqHULMsAkT8H_WeMvDcmW878L0J99UQDJipCIwnpglHCZ32BPZnBrcDkcQtn8ThiFtIG6DpsC8Ym40S2fJPI/s1600/TFT3006.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-d5q3QtaVmkssOJZFP6G6AKFbc2j9Oa8R3MwctAuy3AbueSdH257scSfSqHULMsAkT8H_WeMvDcmW878L0J99UQDJipCIwnpglHCZ32BPZnBrcDkcQtn8ThiFtIG6DpsC8Ym40S2fJPI/s400/TFT3006.jpg" width="297" /></a></div><br />The death of one of the African American soldiers spurs his comrades at arms to a heightened state of military aggression and they succeed in taking out the bunker with grenades, to avenge the fallen man. Consequently the hill is taken by the Americans, only it is the all-white platoon that reaches the top first and claims credit for the victory. This sparks a racist quarrel that looks like it could get out of hand.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBEg8MC7-Lc3LUQlUARbwwuvWteysWTlEorzVyzGp6YMeBfdGLP0xYFRMWtk4ia9Uj9CHIJ4WgEvsTwaQPZckHhafs-DHJdl0S70fcSdNcQgeRzhI_iY-TyCIl0T2V66eQyKIANUEXKgY/s1600/TFT3007.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBEg8MC7-Lc3LUQlUARbwwuvWteysWTlEorzVyzGp6YMeBfdGLP0xYFRMWtk4ia9Uj9CHIJ4WgEvsTwaQPZckHhafs-DHJdl0S70fcSdNcQgeRzhI_iY-TyCIl0T2V66eQyKIANUEXKgY/s400/TFT3007.jpg" width="295" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho-iBCe5X3OfRgCxS6gpwOfXyq7KePcVhgEgxNa5C4GTmWM9I4lt48GTeKn75Gk551y62EX17RqroBBSIobiT3Gl6MWsAd8lpVMltdZrXLWC7y5uK7unEROJpx-SFYQD4v0RUwHy54oG4/s1600/TFT3008.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho-iBCe5X3OfRgCxS6gpwOfXyq7KePcVhgEgxNa5C4GTmWM9I4lt48GTeKn75Gk551y62EX17RqroBBSIobiT3Gl6MWsAd8lpVMltdZrXLWC7y5uK7unEROJpx-SFYQD4v0RUwHy54oG4/s400/TFT3008.jpg" width="293" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7swc5cenVPJrGipNt-RXUkUd7qZjNxaRWFZEb5KG3yGhyphenhyphen7VdZ7_FDSVSuazV-RcXRmGEGGD4BefQkFrkHzzeYkgXGv_vKYqJQMjzHAzpmumyi22vHYai5zqyKpQFZSdcfutWOTgtLRcM/s1600/TFT3009.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7swc5cenVPJrGipNt-RXUkUd7qZjNxaRWFZEb5KG3yGhyphenhyphen7VdZ7_FDSVSuazV-RcXRmGEGGD4BefQkFrkHzzeYkgXGv_vKYqJQMjzHAzpmumyi22vHYai5zqyKpQFZSdcfutWOTgtLRcM/s400/TFT3009.jpg" width="295" /></a></div><br />The senior officer steps in and sorts out the argument before any damage is done. In classic EC style, the last panel is used to reveal the wording on the sign that has had the effect of bringing the African and white Americans together. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGT6GF_Gx_FGGjek7nMTavbVdl99DWX_cR6fKRH_jaR8-cuE0TJfhzeF_u9NjyCL2D5o270RNzOSCEpHa0cRAA0fORU6LGofsGvaIfQ8gVNr3hr9Y3Y3lzzxybEToI5uT7YZHR4V9MjkU/s1600/TFT3010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGT6GF_Gx_FGGjek7nMTavbVdl99DWX_cR6fKRH_jaR8-cuE0TJfhzeF_u9NjyCL2D5o270RNzOSCEpHa0cRAA0fORU6LGofsGvaIfQ8gVNr3hr9Y3Y3lzzxybEToI5uT7YZHR4V9MjkU/s400/TFT3010.jpg" width="293" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Published towards the end of the Korean War, this story involves segregated units, which still existed at the time in the U.S. Army, although full integration was not far away. The inter-racial conflict shown here is more of the nature of a rivalry, although there was definitely a hint that it could get nasty.adipatihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02143090877338812596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1940158007086462531.post-12507560117205809262011-02-12T17:14:00.000-08:002011-02-17T11:49:07.020-08:00'Mazing Man #12 - Frank Miller cover'Mazing Man #12, 1986 - Frank Miller lends his talents to the last cover of this DC humor title. Batman: The Dark Knight Returns premiered the same year, making this an obvious attempt to bring attention to this series. Miller regardless contributes a powerful drawing, made more unmistakable by its spacious white background. Other artists in this issue include Stephen DeStefano. This is number 1 adipatihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02143090877338812596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1940158007086462531.post-77929458647969841742011-02-12T14:31:00.000-08:002011-02-17T11:53:05.487-08:00Two Color Trash - Post War Thrills On A Budget!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs36zT6giwsxiaVxGbDq0ZIU5ZLzOKZVCxYLm3fB9TrtLGHLN3AxHENhVdjGVHFrfC3Z0TNvXo856tANjNqYnnaQz7zhMyIuhJuBm9wuJhC7K6q6TxfzGqnR5vjsUWliy-H60KwA7Narg/s1600/denis+m+3.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs36zT6giwsxiaVxGbDq0ZIU5ZLzOKZVCxYLm3fB9TrtLGHLN3AxHENhVdjGVHFrfC3Z0TNvXo856tANjNqYnnaQz7zhMyIuhJuBm9wuJhC7K6q6TxfzGqnR5vjsUWliy-H60KwA7Narg/s320/denis+m+3.bmp" width="250" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIqTjFr_5Wa4_w2R_-wguK64e0q0CV_OSod3SgFkReziBifXGJEnw9-NJKEabsKvqYCJ9jiPkkPDXuOBgm2t0F46BjCqe1Np1Vh3k2YuqGdNEzDtJf9nG7XwuA5vRhUQrm7bANkzLFTOk/s1600/denis+m+2.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIqTjFr_5Wa4_w2R_-wguK64e0q0CV_OSod3SgFkReziBifXGJEnw9-NJKEabsKvqYCJ9jiPkkPDXuOBgm2t0F46BjCqe1Np1Vh3k2YuqGdNEzDtJf9nG7XwuA5vRhUQrm7bANkzLFTOk/s320/denis+m+2.bmp" width="254" /></a>Before April 1950 when Eagle comic arrived on newsagents shelves in all it's four color rotogravure glory, there were comics that haunted the UK's corner shops and newsagents, which were unlikely to win the approval of all but the most indulgent parents. These comics which were largely the provenance of Bolton born illustrator Denis McLoughlin were far less appealing to middle class parents than Eagle comic and it's flagship hero, Colonel Dan Dare. While both Frank Hampson and Denis Mcloughlin may have shared an enthusiasm for U.S. comics artistry, their take on the subject matter was entirely different. Hampson's Dan Dare reflected a post war optimism and belief in the doctrine of peace and intergalactic harmony, whereas McLoughlin's comics were very much rooted in the familiar themes of guns, knives, violence and the kind of women that would drive a man to ruin.<br /><br /><br />These comics which were published by T.V. Boardman from 1948 onwards looked very much the poor cousins of the four color U.S. comics that they sought to emulate and in some cases (Blackhawk and The Spirit) repackage. As can be seen the Boardman budget did not extend as far as four colors and the two color compromise printed in orange and green/ grey looked about as drear as the post war austerity that still held a bankrupt Britannia in it's iron grip.<br /><br />Once again I must extend my profound thanks to Malcolm Norton for providing the scans of these now incredibly scarce comics.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpf5A9j7-beyYOk9GXqpY0eOlfs_D1xNP1ihqpGiZgNEAiaVxrKqIdxdeCOgDj5o0Bbp-0Xayy5hhXPYKR8jk7Q1dzbEhH2sbnXbwk1ZgzVnsiqFFHP1oej5gad2SnYqGtUZb_QbY8Bs4/s1600/denis+m+4.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpf5A9j7-beyYOk9GXqpY0eOlfs_D1xNP1ihqpGiZgNEAiaVxrKqIdxdeCOgDj5o0Bbp-0Xayy5hhXPYKR8jk7Q1dzbEhH2sbnXbwk1ZgzVnsiqFFHP1oej5gad2SnYqGtUZb_QbY8Bs4/s320/denis+m+4.bmp" width="248" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7VA4nQXKIHP6VTTXz-UK68agN__YlFaAzTlgiJJb04O_3ZLnmuwe2A1-DSUjU5CN6KL87jRvRxJpQCH1FnDIUI9XNU3jj7s7DoWpG-ctwvA-616grhSCgjN2YnnpaCgZof6u7xaKTBJ4/s1600/SSWS179-01.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7VA4nQXKIHP6VTTXz-UK68agN__YlFaAzTlgiJJb04O_3ZLnmuwe2A1-DSUjU5CN6KL87jRvRxJpQCH1FnDIUI9XNU3jj7s7DoWpG-ctwvA-616grhSCgjN2YnnpaCgZof6u7xaKTBJ4/s400/SSWS179-01.JPG" width="265" /></a></div><br />With Archie Goodwin as editor, this issue of <i>Star Spangled War Stories</i> (179, March 1974) features an Unknown Soldier story that exposes the intense racial infighting that had been a serious problem in the U.S. military during the Vietnam conflict, using a WWII setting. In the <i>Armed Forces Journal</i> in 1971, Col. Robert D. Heinl, Jr. wrote:<br /><br />"The morale, discipline and battleworthiness of the U.S. Armed Forces are, with a few salient exceptions, lower and worse than at any time in this century and possibly in the history of the United States. By every conceivable indicator, our army that now remains in Vietnam is in a state approaching collapse, with individual<br />units avoiding or having refused combat, murdering their officers and non commissioned officers, drug-ridden, and dispirited where not near mutinous. Elsewhere than Vietnam, the situation is nearly as serious. Intolerably clobbered and buffeted from without and within by social turbulence, pandemic drug addiction,<b><i> race war</i></b>,<br />sedition, civilian scapegoatise, draftee recalcitrance and malevolence, barracks theft and common crime, unsupported in their travail by the general government, in Congress as well as the executive branch, distrusted, disliked, and often reviled by the public, the uniformed services today are places of agony for the loyal, silent professionals who doggedly hang on and try to keep the ship afloat."<br /><br />Col. Heinl paints an extremely disturbing picture. He points out, "It is a truism that national armies closely reflect societies from which they have been raised. It would be strange indeed if the Armed Forces did not today mirror the agonizing divisions and social traumas of American society, and of course they do." It's easy to forget (for those of us who lived through the period) how troubled society was at the time, as the so-called 'Swinging Sixties' gave way to the disillusionment of the 1970s.<br /><br />He goes on to say, "Internally speaking, racial conflicts and drugs... are tearing the services apart today."<br /><br />The Colonel provides examples of racial troubles within the military, both in Vietnam and elsewhere. While it seems clear that the eruptions of actual racial violence usually but not always originated with the African American personnel, there is no discussion of any racist treatment which might have provoked such outbreaks, but of course one has to assume that at some point this existed, if not in the moment then historically. Col. Heinl writes:<br /><br />"Racial conflicts (most but not all sparked by young black enlisted men) are erupting murderously in all services...As early as July 1969 the Marines (who had previously enjoyed a highly praised record on race) made headlines at Camp Lejeune, N.C., when a mass affray launched by 30-50 black Marines ended fatally with a white corporal's skull smashed in and 145 other white Marines in the sick bay...Even the cloistered quarters of WACs have been hit by racial hair-pulling. In one West Coast WAC detachment this year, black women on duty as charge-of-quarters took advantage of their trust to vandalize unlocked rooms occupied by white WACS. On this rampage, they destroyed clothing, emptied drawers, and overturned furniture of their white sisters."<br /><br />There is little in the Colonel's report in terms of reassurance, but he does observe, "All services are today striving energetically to cool and control this ugly violence which in the words of one noncommissioned officer, has made his once tough unit divide up "like two street gangs.""<br /><br />He finishes his entire piece with a general observation on all the factors he has described that were contributory to the dire situation in the military, of which racial in-fighting was admittedly only one aspect, albeit a major one: "...many a thoughtful officer would be quick to echo the words of BGen. Donn A. Starry, who recently wrote, "The Army can defend the nation against anything but the nation itself." Or -- in the wry words of Pogo -- we have met the enemy, and they are us."<br /><br />Three years after Col. Heinl wrote that frightening assessment of the state of affairs in the military, the problem was clearly still in the public consciousness, and became the subject of this Unknown Soldier story, "A Town Called Hate!", written by Frank Robbins and illustrated beautifully by Jack Sparling.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdti7OpW5DUpN0GtD_DFE5-d7rNkUf_K_ajwtf9mdH6x9__PS3xlZ8y8gt-NFamGL1hp3NgCF7qrhkisLaboSYiXC0hS9Ii3FaWUQ7vo2McGco7pezX3trXWZZC68ZBIVGa0Mc21qWCWc/s1600/SSWS179-03.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdti7OpW5DUpN0GtD_DFE5-d7rNkUf_K_ajwtf9mdH6x9__PS3xlZ8y8gt-NFamGL1hp3NgCF7qrhkisLaboSYiXC0hS9Ii3FaWUQ7vo2McGco7pezX3trXWZZC68ZBIVGa0Mc21qWCWc/s320/SSWS179-03.JPG" width="216" /></a></div><br />When a segregated African American unit comes into town and meets a segregated white unit in the local eatery, the racial tension level spikes through the roof. That night, some soldiers in the all African American unit are mercilessly gunned down, by an assailant whose identity is unknown to the reader at this point.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpqE-thL55H9LqY2Dhjz0pnGmhfYFZZAOG5dDrEdQoJeFNobB7NTGhn8ybPI9RIM04xrhMNovuQ8ULLp5GZyMAgPjahOkKmxu1LLRLtSgKVEzEZKMjIAWH5HGkg1TuiBvDVzE0ass9cqg/s1600/SSWS179-04.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpqE-thL55H9LqY2Dhjz0pnGmhfYFZZAOG5dDrEdQoJeFNobB7NTGhn8ybPI9RIM04xrhMNovuQ8ULLp5GZyMAgPjahOkKmxu1LLRLtSgKVEzEZKMjIAWH5HGkg1TuiBvDVzE0ass9cqg/s320/SSWS179-04.JPG" width="219" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2z04AfyFzdOBQZ7-YhQ-jv5qC_R7xkjwuLQU1VNZ0v3COvcBWylZljK_yRwCX3ehVUIpF6esClkb1nMx0Ja1jkqxkF6x9OCzGkD7q599mosHkQr93R7LOfgWTiT95zjliH4_EaTyFY7w/s1600/SSWS179-05.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2z04AfyFzdOBQZ7-YhQ-jv5qC_R7xkjwuLQU1VNZ0v3COvcBWylZljK_yRwCX3ehVUIpF6esClkb1nMx0Ja1jkqxkF6x9OCzGkD7q599mosHkQr93R7LOfgWTiT95zjliH4_EaTyFY7w/s320/SSWS179-05.JPG" width="221" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3hqvojnzihBG_p6XB35lzeo4_4kurH-9bJNzpw_cwFPY5ob6jw3-zRCvhl7tP5cOczIaQ3JVciVeOsUiptrrtHn5qtPyWil90WNe1PKh-LAzctRxJ9Sni3vGxwQTodazihbW_Lj6J7DE/s1600/SSWS179-0405.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3hqvojnzihBG_p6XB35lzeo4_4kurH-9bJNzpw_cwFPY5ob6jw3-zRCvhl7tP5cOczIaQ3JVciVeOsUiptrrtHn5qtPyWil90WNe1PKh-LAzctRxJ9Sni3vGxwQTodazihbW_Lj6J7DE/s320/SSWS179-0405.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />After what went on earlier, the African American soldiers are in no doubt as to who the perpetrators of these murders are, and exact their own fatal revenge:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXrvL4WYaQibu4gnCuLuZNI9A4hwwWg4bvjSyWZogRH_KdEYiX1yv041HNWlNIEm5HB-dpfoYZ-DfFBdnMN7C6IRD-LdRBUSTpa0h7fKv27G3tvcL8oQcuCcO1dGE1f1_tLdJEN1LAZvc/s1600/SSWS179-06.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXrvL4WYaQibu4gnCuLuZNI9A4hwwWg4bvjSyWZogRH_KdEYiX1yv041HNWlNIEm5HB-dpfoYZ-DfFBdnMN7C6IRD-LdRBUSTpa0h7fKv27G3tvcL8oQcuCcO1dGE1f1_tLdJEN1LAZvc/s320/SSWS179-06.JPG" width="218" /></a></div><br />The Unknown Soldier already has a mission, but once the news of the racial conflict amongst the troops reaches headquarters, it looks like he's going to have another task. The exchange between the African American sergeant, the Unknown Soldier's aide, Chat Noire, and his commanding officer reveals racial tension present at all levels in the ranks.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG3be_3Ih-YqHJuSISN564tm9dGWZJJeGKnlZmUVG1T8hlzpZyDMC-2aZpmXtVF7xqrnMem-FOAQm96t6Wp3Ng9U03OeIXHrY78AabWqfaWLm2j8pgSa0aQfsrVbNMT67P39YWAIPkDKI/s1600/SSWS179-09.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG3be_3Ih-YqHJuSISN564tm9dGWZJJeGKnlZmUVG1T8hlzpZyDMC-2aZpmXtVF7xqrnMem-FOAQm96t6Wp3Ng9U03OeIXHrY78AabWqfaWLm2j8pgSa0aQfsrVbNMT67P39YWAIPkDKI/s320/SSWS179-09.JPG" width="215" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI60op0WmzH6jmaFIYioIqzxYnv-_qehbUII-UbdpK47DSwgjGW2nT65egH90aNGh2ez87TMWAzwHPlOErWd4WH1G-Tq9ihI6U6BVE67pd02bctwW0xutEbLvbjRGKld0wtbinCBehSBM/s1600/SSWS179-10.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI60op0WmzH6jmaFIYioIqzxYnv-_qehbUII-UbdpK47DSwgjGW2nT65egH90aNGh2ez87TMWAzwHPlOErWd4WH1G-Tq9ihI6U6BVE67pd02bctwW0xutEbLvbjRGKld0wtbinCBehSBM/s400/SSWS179-10.JPG" width="271" /></a></div><br />For the time being, however, and very ironically, the racial conflict works in favor of the U.S. forces. The group of Nazis disguised as G.I.'s, that the Unknown Soldier has infiltrated, reaches the town. Still seeking vengeance, the African American unit mistakes the Germans for the hostile white U.S. soldiers. In taking them prisoner they find out they're Nazis, and also that they've contacted the Unknown Soldier.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_24_rvBKCSJlzv3sOYvtpGdJ9AYYVxpTtHBXPszg2Mfxxmf-8WE4OroTL6rDzLm05cNIlXqZzdiOuf9mlxFBanxQ8S5zoJqWoAh939BFbHN0EicQypUEZBzoBUaVmj36p5VxqTMi5yGE/s1600/SSWS179-11.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_24_rvBKCSJlzv3sOYvtpGdJ9AYYVxpTtHBXPszg2Mfxxmf-8WE4OroTL6rDzLm05cNIlXqZzdiOuf9mlxFBanxQ8S5zoJqWoAh939BFbHN0EicQypUEZBzoBUaVmj36p5VxqTMi5yGE/s320/SSWS179-11.JPG" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdTr7OKeO6OdL7PnppU2OrXjDsm5Y5_RhVE8uh9iGlvBzgu65VofaP897sw5cXHXl4o0dUc3jbX6UodCismU1BI1GF8ElDdciAs60VBR8py-wLzAr6BMmVO2Hx8c6m7XmXVW-STJL-j5k/s1600/SSWS179-12.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdTr7OKeO6OdL7PnppU2OrXjDsm5Y5_RhVE8uh9iGlvBzgu65VofaP897sw5cXHXl4o0dUc3jbX6UodCismU1BI1GF8ElDdciAs60VBR8py-wLzAr6BMmVO2Hx8c6m7XmXVW-STJL-j5k/s320/SSWS179-12.JPG" width="216" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYbXL8_R8w6Xh0gWAaPSZHWKEjqBFAhLgjehPiLMwAKvRTgBpKbrnkdZ2h9wJQFI1K4SVwKxxM6wL19A64c8xWxChZ5ugGHxWJAh92WVxKaPRzxhippnCo04XBGycveAK3mDM9xoQlEsU/s1600/SSWS179-15.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYbXL8_R8w6Xh0gWAaPSZHWKEjqBFAhLgjehPiLMwAKvRTgBpKbrnkdZ2h9wJQFI1K4SVwKxxM6wL19A64c8xWxChZ5ugGHxWJAh92WVxKaPRzxhippnCo04XBGycveAK3mDM9xoQlEsU/s320/SSWS179-15.JPG" width="218" /></a></div><br />Chat Noire rolls into town in the nick of time to quell the racial conflict amongst the U.S. troops. Evidence then emerges that appears to indicate that disguised Nazis shot the African American soldiers, hoping to divide the Americans against each other. Sufficient unity is recreated to turns everyone's attention to the Nazi onslaught, and succeed:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDHgyL3Kq-HTGSuQ47JaRZSKHeltuwb3w2PJnsubonLs7SuGENwj22ZZsBC9bxutY5VxPthaRzbiNKltajTonaJvMXMYIrhORK4zdtDYAckJ3iE3DGaFgiPeVF8PJN-Qhrnlg5cU9JY7o/s1600/SSWS179-16.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDHgyL3Kq-HTGSuQ47JaRZSKHeltuwb3w2PJnsubonLs7SuGENwj22ZZsBC9bxutY5VxPthaRzbiNKltajTonaJvMXMYIrhORK4zdtDYAckJ3iE3DGaFgiPeVF8PJN-Qhrnlg5cU9JY7o/s320/SSWS179-16.JPG" width="209" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTCiI8RaaDW1Myhj3fuWzo6u9_ZxMYFXY8pwULp8SFtBsOpmeYJjSPMM76vxeukGVyiPclqQ5xZJHFSp1CMMYOvtdH5H0FWz-GMMFgA9_DnRIDEci5Wksis98m4D2yP8yrrD5kI_tEaRo/s1600/SSWS179-17.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTCiI8RaaDW1Myhj3fuWzo6u9_ZxMYFXY8pwULp8SFtBsOpmeYJjSPMM76vxeukGVyiPclqQ5xZJHFSp1CMMYOvtdH5H0FWz-GMMFgA9_DnRIDEci5Wksis98m4D2yP8yrrD5kI_tEaRo/s320/SSWS179-17.JPG" width="215" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-5qN_0vmFSvUTAh-5IEEHdphbOTn93Ph7Rlryi1V3XCADQIykNWbT1NkkldaQ8kq7Na32_ZEKrAwOJ5R0Vd7o8Y5cZeILxfh_XNNn7qGJ4eAG7xtgq17LWpThzBSINHHnGHyi5WLAiOE/s1600/SSWS179-20.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-5qN_0vmFSvUTAh-5IEEHdphbOTn93Ph7Rlryi1V3XCADQIykNWbT1NkkldaQ8kq7Na32_ZEKrAwOJ5R0Vd7o8Y5cZeILxfh_XNNn7qGJ4eAG7xtgq17LWpThzBSINHHnGHyi5WLAiOE/s320/SSWS179-20.JPG" width="213" /></a></div><br />While the point has been made that racial divisions in the military are counterproductive to the mission of our armed forces, there's a kind of disturbing epilogue that only the Unknown Soldier and Chat Noire are party to. In surveying their dead after the battle, the corpse of one white soldier is found, still clutching the German weapon he'd captured, used as his own, and which had become a kind of trademark lending it's name to him as a nickname. Those German cartridge cases found at the scene of the initial crime that sparked the racially polarized battle within the U.S. forces now take on more meaning. The white unit bought the Nazi infiltrator explanation because they knew it really was one of their men who carried out the shooting. The African American unit were convinced by the evidence that they had been hoodwinked by the Nazis. But the real truth was that it had been a racist white soldier who had gunned down his African American comrades in cold blood, and the engineers' initial deductions had been correct. For the sake of the war, the problem was solved temporarily, but the racial divisions still existed.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWjMepPJflCigGI0AlFA0bOlPouZqvvJYIo2cxRiX82uGe2xGvDw2geYRKG41dfE0v35K165pr26_CDEy4eHpE5EWJZrDba3HYPpacn2vdg7wZ1EuRv8ZJN1pWPlU0bWDZwRduF7zQCOI/s1600/SSWS179-21.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWjMepPJflCigGI0AlFA0bOlPouZqvvJYIo2cxRiX82uGe2xGvDw2geYRKG41dfE0v35K165pr26_CDEy4eHpE5EWJZrDba3HYPpacn2vdg7wZ1EuRv8ZJN1pWPlU0bWDZwRduF7zQCOI/s320/SSWS179-21.JPG" width="213" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This story picked up on this racial conflict in the military theme that had originally been brought to light in comics by Harvey Kurtzman and Ric Estrada's "Bunker!" in <i>Two-Fisted Tales 30</i> (Nov-Dec 1952), from over 20 years earlier. According to Col. Heinl, racial conflict within the U.S. military had a long history, dating back to the beginning of the 20th century. He noted, "Racial trouble is no new thing for the Army. In 1906, after considerable provocation, three companies of the 25th Infantry (a colored regular regiment) attacked white troops and townspeople of Brownsville, Texas, and had to be disbanded. Among the few pre-World War II War Department records still heavily classified and thus unavailable to scholars are Army documents</div>on racial troubles."<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">America's struggle for racial equality and integration has, on the one hand, been a source of criticism of the American people. But looked at another way, and I would say a more accurate way, it is the struggle of a nation at the forefront of developing a more enlightened, more advanced civilization. This struggle is seen in America because it is here where racism has been challenged by both white and black, and where the fight is on the front line. Where America has already trodden, other countries have yet to follow. While there are undoubtedly many areas of progress still to be made, I would argue that there is no nation on Earth that has advanced as far as the USA in developing a harmonious multi-racial, multi-cultural society, despite whatever shortcomings we still have to address. Comics like this issue of <i>Star Spangled War Stories</i>, that bring important issues out into the open, have played their part in the progress that has been made.</div>adipatihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02143090877338812596noreply@blogger.com0