Sgt. Rock and The Haunted Tanks comics from days gone by!

[Freebooter]

Hello all,
Growing up in the late '50s, '60s, and '70s, my favorite comics were the Sgt. Rock and The Haunted Tank military ones. My dad and all my friends dads had all fought in WWII and Korea and we grew up on such stories and those comics rocked. But I also loved the"Classic" series then, Ivanhoe, Don Quiote, Man in the Iron Mask, etc, and loved the artwork on the front covers. I remember The War of the Worlds had a neat scene of British artillerymen firing at the Marsian tripods.
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[destro]

I've just started to delve into the Haunted Tank stories a bit and am enjoying them so far. Such a wild premise, it's fun.

[Rasputin9977]

War comics are my favorite and I am slowly buying as much as I can (afford). Right now, I'm focusing on the Sgt Rock and Sgt Fury series.

[Freebooter]

I have not looked at comics in years but might check some out and see what is available now. I also like Conan type stories, Solomon Kane, etc, by Robt. E. Howard (original creater and author of them).

[MajorHoy]

I kept hoping that maybe DC would see fit to revive a WWII series in their new war anthology books, but sadly it seems they only want to use the names of those characters, not the settings.

I guess those of us who had parents who lived during WWII are just too old and not cool enough to care about.

(By the way, my favorites were often the Losers and Codename: Gravedigger . . . the WWII-era Unknown Soldier could be interesting as well.)

[Red Oak Kid]

I also bought that War of the Worlds comic.

http://www.comics.org/issue/515297/cover/4/

[MajorHoy]

I also bought that War of the Worlds comic.

http://www.comics.org/issue/515297/cover/4/

How come Tom Cruise isn't on the cover?!?

[Johnny P. Sartre]

Big fan of War comics (losers, haunted, unknown solider, war that time forget, weird war stories) and especially those that have a very anti-war and has an upfront non-romantic view on it (Charlies War, Ace, It Was the War of the Trenches, Blazing Combat and others).

As of recently, I this books has become my favorite war novel



A scathing and vicious attack on the Japanese military, hierarchy and a humanizing look at the Japanese Soldiers (who were treated as dirt and less than animals) who had to put up with that shit. Also, the cartoonist, Mizuki, wrote this story because of his experience and injuries (lost his left arm) from the war.

[pinkfloydsound17]

I enjoy the older war books. Oldest comic I have is Our Fightin Forces #35....I think. It has the guy with a frog mask on front cover. Well, you can sort of make it out. The cover is faded, and pretty much worn beyond worn but it was in a fifty cent bin so I rescued it years ago. Used to do that with a bunch of older war comics, still have a few nice GI Combats and Sgt Furys

[Rasputin9977]

As of recently, I this books has become my favorite war novel



A scathing and vicious attack on the Japanese military, hierarchy and a humanizing look at the Japanese Soldiers (who were treated as dirt and less than animals) who had to put up with that shit. Also, the cartoonist, Mizuki, wrote this story because of his experience and injuries (lost his left arm) from the war.

Thanks for this. I always prefer to read about the enemy because it hardly gets a spotlight. Will check it out.

[MajorHoy]

I enjoy the older war books. Oldest comic I have is Our Fightin Forces #35....I think. It has the guy with a frog mask on front cover. Well, you can sort of make it out. The cover is faded, and pretty much worn beyond worn but it was in a fifty cent bin so I rescued it years ago. Used to do that with a bunch of older war comics, still have a few nice GI Combats and Sgt Furys

(from dc wikia site)