Memorial Day Question: Favorite War or Military Comics

[pinkfloydsound17]

I don't read a lot of war comics but G.I. Combat, Star Spangled War Stories (with Unknown Soldier) and Sgt Fury are my favourites. I also enjoy the oddball stories in Weird War Tales.

[Scott Shaw!]

What, no Memorial Day love for "USS Stevens", the great backup series by the even greater Sam Glanzman? These ran across DC's line of war comics from their "Make War No More" era in the late 1960s and early 1970s, all based on true experiences by Sam when he served in the Navy during WWII. I showed a few of 'em to my late father, a Pearl Harbor survivor; his reaction was, "I've looked at some of your comics about the war and they were all bullshit, but these strike me as being by someone who was actually THERE." I've always wished that my dad and Sam had a chance to meet each other; both good men who influenced me in very different ways.

Aloha,

Scott Shaw!

[Polar Bear]

I wonder, does the "Creature Commandos" feature in Weird War Tales counts as a super-hero or a war comic? Anyway, I'm going with Weird War Tales.

[T GUy]

Re: Captain Storm

Cool. I own only the first issue (a throw-in in some eBay purchase from several years back),

The best, and also one that works very well as a stand-alone story.

but I know I read several over cokes & M&M's in the drugstore as a kid. Yet another Showcase Presents I'd love to see someday (along with several other war-related strips, like "Steve Savage," which you mentioned, & also "Gunner & Sarge," the prince hal-cited "Mlle. Marie" & "Johnny Cloud," "Hunter's Hellcats," etc. (Needless to say, I'm also crossing my fingers for further volumes beyond the first Our Army at War collecting stories wihout continuing characters.

I wouldn't hold your breath waiting for that one.

While Captain Storm and possibly Gunner and Sarge would fill Showcase volumes, I doubt we'll ever see Steve Savage reprinted, sadly. Unless perhaps there's a possibility of a volume called smething like Showcase presents Miscellaneous War Series.

[T GUy]

What, no Memorial Day love for "USS Stevens", the great backup series by the even greater Sam Glanzman? These ran across DC's line of war comics from their "Make War No More" era in the late 1960s and early 1970s, all based on true experiences by Sam when he served in the Navy during WWII. I showed a few of 'em to my late father, a Pearl Harbor survivor; his reaction was, "I've looked at some of your comics about the war and they were all bullshit, but these strike me as being by someone who was actually THERE." I've always wished that my dad and Sam had a chance to meet each other; both good men who influenced me in very different ways.

Aloha,

Scott Shaw!

Ah.

I apologise for this inexplicable omission.

Scott is right, guys: this is unsurpassed in the field of war comics. More. That 'war' in the previous sentence needs to be struck through.

[dan bailey]

I wouldn't hold your breath waiting for that one.

While Captain Storm and possibly Gunner and Sarge would fill Showcase volumes, I doubt we'll ever see Steve Savage reprinted, sadly. Unless perhaps there's a possibility of a volume called smething like Showcase presents Miscellaneous War Series.

That's pretty much what I'm hoping against hope for.

[Rasputin9977]

Two of my favorites havent been mentioned yet.

Vietnam Journal and Fax From Sarajevo. Excellent reads IMO.

Another two that i enjoyed are Born from Marvel's MAX line and the Marvel Knights Sgt Fury mini.