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| Tarzan, detail from cover to #227 (January 1974) Art by Joe Kubert |
Showing posts with label Carmine Infantino. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Carmine Infantino. Show all posts
Sunday, 23 September 2012
Thursday, 16 August 2012
DC Big 5 War Comics: Our Army at War
I started to write this post before I heard about the death of the legendary Joe Kubert. Readers of this blog will be aware of my love of the art that Joe created over his long career. During the course of my next few posts I will be writing about DC war books and there will be a lot of Joe's art involved. Joe Kubert was and remains an absolute legend.
DC Comics are attempting to revive their once great line of war comics. As part of the New 52 they launched a new Men of War title and revived Blackhawks, both were cancelled after eight issues. Blackhawks had gone through many re-vamps and re-boots over the years and whilst I enjoyed some of the incarnations of the group I have never really considered it to be a war comic in the same way as I viewed G I Combat. Men of War was an attempt to relaunch a revered DC war title and update the character Sgt. Rock. The New 52 continuity is still evolving and I am not sure if the "real" Sgt. Rock existed in this new time line. DC has not given up as they replaced Men of War with a new G I Combat containing revamps of The War That Time Forgot and Unknown Soldier, both stalwarts of Star-Spangled War Stories.
Personally I think what DC are attempting with their war comics is impossible to achieve. The youth of today can get their military fix from Code of Duty or any one of many combat games on the market. Most of the customers interested in military comics would probably be happy with monthly anthology re-prints from DC's Big 5 War Comics illustrated by great artists such as Russ Heath, Joe Kubert, John Severin, Ross Andru and Jerry Grandenetti. Over the course of my next five posts I will be providing an overview of each of DC's Big 5: Our Fighting Forces, All-American Men of War, Star-Spangled War Stories, G I Combat, and to kick things off, Our Army at War.
DC Comics are attempting to revive their once great line of war comics. As part of the New 52 they launched a new Men of War title and revived Blackhawks, both were cancelled after eight issues. Blackhawks had gone through many re-vamps and re-boots over the years and whilst I enjoyed some of the incarnations of the group I have never really considered it to be a war comic in the same way as I viewed G I Combat. Men of War was an attempt to relaunch a revered DC war title and update the character Sgt. Rock. The New 52 continuity is still evolving and I am not sure if the "real" Sgt. Rock existed in this new time line. DC has not given up as they replaced Men of War with a new G I Combat containing revamps of The War That Time Forgot and Unknown Soldier, both stalwarts of Star-Spangled War Stories.
Personally I think what DC are attempting with their war comics is impossible to achieve. The youth of today can get their military fix from Code of Duty or any one of many combat games on the market. Most of the customers interested in military comics would probably be happy with monthly anthology re-prints from DC's Big 5 War Comics illustrated by great artists such as Russ Heath, Joe Kubert, John Severin, Ross Andru and Jerry Grandenetti. Over the course of my next five posts I will be providing an overview of each of DC's Big 5: Our Fighting Forces, All-American Men of War, Star-Spangled War Stories, G I Combat, and to kick things off, Our Army at War.
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| Our Army at War #1 (August 1952) Pencil Art by Carmine Infantino, inks: Joe Giella |
Monday, 6 August 2012
Top 5 Team-Up Books: The Brave and The Bold
The best team-up book in my personal top 5 will come as no surprise and is The Brave and The Bold,
1 - The Brave and The Bold (DC Comics)
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| Brave and The Bold #50 (October/November 1963) Art by George Roussos |
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