Deucey | 18 Apr 2020 9:39 a.m. PST |
In order (for my tastes): Sgt Rock (DC) -#1 in my book! GI Combat/The Haunted Tank (DC) -a close second War (Charleton) Fightin' Army (Charleton?) Fightin Marines (Charleton?) Blitzkrieg (DC) -a rather short-lived version starring… The Bad Guys! After those 5, the quality drops: The Losers (DC) The Unknown Soldier (DC) Sgt Fury and the Howling Commandos (Marvel) -not to my liking I'm sure I've left some out. But this is based on my youth and memory! |
Deucey | 18 Apr 2020 10:30 a.m. PST |
I thought of another one: the Osprey Graphic Histories. (I'm not a big fan) |
dragon6 | 18 Apr 2020 10:56 a.m. PST |
Gunner and Sarge DC Comics Enemy Ace DC Comics Haunted Tank DC Comics Sgt Fury and his Howling Commandos Marvel Comics Johnny Cloud DC Comics |
JimDuncanUK | 18 Apr 2020 11:03 a.m. PST |
We just had the Beano, the Dandy and the Eagle. |
HMS Exeter | 18 Apr 2020 11:07 a.m. PST |
Haunted Tank Johnny Cloud My family was "fiscally challenged." I only had my brother's few hand me down comics. |
Wackmole9 | 18 Apr 2020 11:16 a.m. PST |
Haunted Tank and I always liked the British digest series Commando. |
Brian Smaller | 18 Apr 2020 11:20 a.m. PST |
My favourite was an issue of Commando comic #351 Iron Cross Tommy.
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Richard Brooks | 18 Apr 2020 11:42 a.m. PST |
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Deucey | 18 Apr 2020 11:51 a.m. PST |
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Blutarski | 18 Apr 2020 12:23 p.m. PST |
Boy, are we showing our age. Some of these comics go back to the '50s (at least). B |
Bismarck | 18 Apr 2020 12:28 p.m. PST |
Hey B, I feel I earned every gray hair! And yes, some even back to 1949! My top two are Fightin Marines and Sgt Rock. They were almost a tie, with WAR being my third choice. Sam |
Schogun | 18 Apr 2020 12:43 p.m. PST |
You forgot "Star Spangled War Stories" where troops were fighting dinosaurs. |
Timbo W | 18 Apr 2020 1:21 p.m. PST |
How about Warlord!? Union Jack Jackson is the character I remember but it had lots of different series in the comic. |
rmaker | 18 Apr 2020 1:37 p.m. PST |
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tigrifsgt | 18 Apr 2020 1:38 p.m. PST |
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Gear Pilot | 18 Apr 2020 1:39 p.m. PST |
The Losers The Haunted Tank Weird War Tails Sgt. Rock The Unknown Soldier |
bobspruster | 18 Apr 2020 2:11 p.m. PST |
Sgt. Rock. He was just wicked cool. |
Huscarle | 18 Apr 2020 2:13 p.m. PST |
Over in the UK it was the following in the 60s/70s Commando Victor link link |
Glengarry5 | 18 Apr 2020 2:26 p.m. PST |
If we are including Graphic Novels: Alan's War Twists of Fate Maus Two Generals I,Rene Tardi, Prisoner of War in Stalag 2B Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths |
Legion 4 | 18 Apr 2020 3:46 p.m. PST |
SGT Rock and SGT Fury and his Howling Commandos … |
Jubilation T Cornpone | 18 Apr 2020 4:07 p.m. PST |
In the UK we had the Victor and Valiant. Both with some WW2 stories but later on came Battle andcWarlord. Both of these had a core of WW2 characters such As Johnny Red, Major Easy, Union Jack Jackson andvtge particularly visceral Darkies Mob. Nor were the characters wholly Allied. There were also stories based around German characters such as Panzer G man and Hellman of Hammer force. These comics were definitely of their time. |
Rudysnelson | 18 Apr 2020 4:39 p.m. PST |
WW2 Sgt Rock though I bought all of the Haunted tank too. Overall war comic is Enemy Ace. |
BW1959 | 18 Apr 2020 5:23 p.m. PST |
Definitely Sgt Rock, when I did Flames of War my U.S. infantry was always called Easy Company. Second was Haunted Tank, any time a M-3 stuart could kill a Tiger and shoot down a Me109 has to be cool |
Wargamer Blue | 18 Apr 2020 5:29 p.m. PST |
I grew up reading Commando and Battle Picture Library comics. |
brass1 | 18 Apr 2020 7:41 p.m. PST |
I didn't pay much attention to comics, so I don't really have a favorite but one of the guys from my platoon at Danang appeared in a Sgt Rock book in early 1972 (I think). Only one copy crossed the Pacific so this was a big deal for a week or so and then we went back to blowing things up. LT |
mghFond | 18 Apr 2020 8:13 p.m. PST |
Sgt. Fury and the Howling Commandoes |
Buck215 | 18 Apr 2020 8:23 p.m. PST |
Add in: "Sgt. Hawk" from Atlas Comics… |
Tgerritsen | 18 Apr 2020 11:01 p.m. PST |
GI Combat with the anthology of: Enemy Ace Grave Digger Unknown Soldier Haunted Tank Loved them all. My grandfather had stacks of 1950s issues of War that I read. Also loved Weird War Tales with all kinds of strange stuff. |
BattlerBritain | 18 Apr 2020 11:15 p.m. PST |
Commando for me. Still got a box of them in the attic. Lots of dogfight stories with a character called BattlerBritain . |
uglyfatbloke | 19 Apr 2020 1:18 a.m. PST |
When I was a boy I had a US comic book history of D-Day…brilliant. Also…in the UK in the mid-60s there were a few 'books'of pop-out cardboard figures…anybody remember them? |
Marc33594 | 19 Apr 2020 5:57 a.m. PST |
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Uesugi Kenshin | 19 Apr 2020 7:41 a.m. PST |
Sgt Rock was the only one I ever owned. |
Deucey | 19 Apr 2020 8:45 a.m. PST |
I forgot about Grave Digger! |
newarch | 20 Apr 2020 9:56 a.m. PST |
I love Commando, Battle Picture Weekly (which immediately preceded 2000AD and was written and illustrated by many of the same people) and its competitor Warlord. |
TBeyer | 20 Apr 2020 2:43 p.m. PST |
I enjoyed a comic series called 'Combat', illustrated by Sam Glanzman, one of my favorite artists. Each issue covered a major battle – the ones I had were Tarawa, Okinawa, and Sunda Strait (Australians, British, and Dutch vs Japanese?) Here is the Tarawa issue on ebay, I liked Glanzman's realistic style. auction |
yankincan | 20 Apr 2020 3:17 p.m. PST |
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Bobgnar | 20 Apr 2020 3:38 p.m. PST |
Ditto to rmaker -- Blackhawk. I had every issue from about 1956 to 1964(when they changed from blue uniforms) but when I went to college my younger brother sold them all :( |
HappyHussar | 20 Apr 2020 6:42 p.m. PST |
Sgt. Rock and the Ghost tank comic books were my favs. |
SgtPain | 21 Apr 2020 12:51 p.m. PST |
Sgt. Fury and the Howling Commandoes 'Nuff said!" |
PaulByzantios | 21 Apr 2020 8:50 p.m. PST |
Sgt. Fury and the Howling Commandos Sgt. Rock and Easy Company The Haunted Tank |
Windy Miller | 22 Apr 2020 3:21 a.m. PST |
Mostly Commando for me. There must be about 400 of 'em in my parents bathroom still. Some of the earlier ones only cost 5p I think. I'll have to fight my brothers for them one day! Victor was another good one, it always had a Victoria Cross action on the front and back covers. |
genew49 | 22 Apr 2020 7:38 a.m. PST |
Sgt Rock (DC) GI Combat/The Haunted Tank (DC) |
Patrick Sexton | 23 Apr 2020 2:31 p.m. PST |
Sgt. Rock, The Haunted Tank, Sgt. Fury and the Howling Commandos. |
Mobius | 23 Apr 2020 7:17 p.m. PST |
Sgt Rock and Haunted tank but I thought the Haunted Tank jumped the shark at some point so only Sgt Rock. |