Our Army at War 104 and 105

My next thing I collected  was the Battlefield Atlas Era Marvel Masterworks. It collects all 11 issues of that series, and once again, the reason I collected it was because I decided I want to collect all the Golden Age and Atlas Era Masterworks.

I wasn't prepared to be blown away by it. It's easily my favourite volume I've collected so far. The stories are just fantastic, many written by the unheralded Golden Age writer Hank Chapman. 

And the art, oh boy  the art drawn by the who's who of 1950s artists: Paul Reinman, Joe Maneely, Al Hartley, Syd Shores, Bill Everett, Werner Roth, Dick Ayers, and John Forte.

But the greatest of them is the virtually unknown, chronically underappreciated Russ Heath, who's a fucking God Tier artist. The very first page of the very first issue you get this absolute masterpiece that sets the stage for the series. The second scanned image is from issue #7 and I think it's one of the single best panels ever drawn.

My favourite story though is from issue #5, written by Hank Chapman, and drawn by another fucking God Tier artist Gene Colon. It's a story about a soldier who is an animal lover who puts his life on the line to rescue a pigeon and nurses it back to health.

I think the fact that many of the creators of this series were also veterans, gave it that extra bit of realism making it perhaps one of the best things Marvel has ever produced. It also gave me an appreciation for war comics as a genre.

<div class="md"><p>My next thing I collected  was the Battlefield Atlas Era Marvel Masterworks. It collects all 11 issues of that series, and once again, the reason I collected it was because I decided I want to collect all the Golden Age and Atlas Era Masterworks.</p>

<p>I wasn&#39;t prepared to be blown away by it. It&#39;s easily my favourite volume I&#39;ve collected so far. The stories are just fantastic, many written by the unheralded Golden Age writer Hank Chapman. </p>

<p>And the art, oh boy  the art drawn by the who&#39;s who of 1950s artists: Paul Reinman, Joe Maneely, Al Hartley, Syd Shores, Bill Everett, Werner Roth, Dick Ayers, and John Forte.</p>

<p>But the greatest of them is the virtually unknown, chronically underappreciated Russ Heath, who&#39;s a fucking God Tier artist. The very first page of the very first issue you get this absolute masterpiece that sets the stage for the series. The second scanned image is from issue #7 and I think it&#39;s one of the single best panels ever drawn.</p>

<p>My favourite story though is from issue #5, written by Hank Chapman, and drawn by another fucking God Tier artist Gene Colon. It&#39;s a story about a soldier who is an animal lover who puts his life on the line to rescue a pigeon and nurses it back to health.</p>

<p>I think the fact that many of the creators of this series were also veterans, gave it that extra bit of realism making it perhaps one of the best things Marvel has ever produced. It also gave me an appreciation for war comics as a genre.</p>
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My Pride And Joy...

Indianapolis Comic Con Haul

I was never into war comic. I certainly saw them as a kid but they never appealed to me the same way the super-hero comics did. When I was much older, I decided to revist my collection and started buying the collected works. But then I decided to start collecting everything related to the Marvel Universe continuity, and since Sgt. Fury And His Howling Commandos exist in that continuity I had to buy and finally tipped my toes into the war comic genre.

The two books cover everything from issue #1 to #36 plus 2 annuals.  It is of course a war comic but set in the Marvel Universe with all the craziness that comes with it, including super-heroes, super-villains, and outlandish sci-fi gadgets, and that one tunnel under the English Channel the Nazis keep having to rebuild...

...and of course it has art by Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers...

<div class="md"><p>I was never into war comic. I certainly saw them as a kid but they never appealed to me the same way the super-hero comics did. When I was much older, I decided to revist my collection and started buying the collected works. But then I decided to start collecting everything related to the Marvel Universe continuity, and since Sgt. Fury And His Howling Commandos exist in that continuity I had to buy and finally tipped my toes into the war comic genre.</p>

<p>The two books cover everything from issue #1 to #36 plus 2 annuals.  It is of course a war comic but set in the Marvel Universe with all the craziness that comes with it, including super-heroes, super-villains, and outlandish sci-fi gadgets, and that one tunnel under the English Channel the Nazis keep having to rebuild...</p>

<p>...and of course it has art by Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers...</p>
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Somebody Wanted Me To Post Some of My Collection Here, So Here I Am...

Some pre-code Atlas war comics.

Our Army at War 101 and 103

Our Army at War 93 and 96

Star Spangled War Stories 25 and 26

Our Army at War 87 and 88

Our Army at War 66 and 86

Quality reading material, 1987

G.I. Combat 85 and 86

G.I. Combat 76 and 83 Jack Adler and Jerry Grandenetto cover

G.I. Combat 66 and 71

G.I. Combat 57, 58 and 62

Sgt Fury 2 and 3

Sgt Fury And His Howling Commandoos 1

DC Star Spangled War Stories 23 and 24

DC Showcase 57 Enemy Ace

Our Army at War 85

Working on improving my picture taking, took comics out of bags and tried different lighting.

<div class="md"><p>Working on improving my picture taking, took comics out of bags and tried different lighting.</p>
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G.I. Combat 32, 55 and 56

Greetings from Michigan! I have a large collection of DC war comics and a almost complete run of Sgt Fury and the Howling Comandos. Will share pics of my collection here.

<div class="md"><p>Greetings from Michigan! I have a large collection of DC war comics and a almost complete run of Sgt Fury and the Howling Comandos. Will share pics of my collection here.</p>
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G.I. Combat 1, 28 and 29

Capt. Savage and his Leatherneck Raiders #2 March 1968

GI Combat #45 (Feb 1957, Jerry Grandenetti cover)

Duke #1 (of 5) - (W) Joshua Williamson (A) Tom Reilly, Jordie Bellaire

War Comics #1 (1940)

Flea market find: Complete NAM run

Just curious, I have a collection of SGT Rock comic books that I purchased as a child growing up.  They are in boxes in a closet…. are these things worth anything and how do I get their values.  Thinking about selling if it makes sense.

<div class="md"><p>Just curious, I have a collection of SGT Rock comic books that I purchased as a child growing up.  They are in boxes in a closet…. are these things worth anything and how do I get their values.  Thinking about selling if it makes sense.</p>
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