The Atlas Comics Library No. 4: War Comics Vol. 1 (The Fantagraphics Atlas Comics Library)

Maneely, Joe; Colan, Gene; Heath, Russ

ISBN 10: 1683969685 / ISBN 13: 9781683969686

Editore: Fantagraphics, 2024

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• Titolo: The Atlas Comics Library No. 4: War Comics Vol. 1 (The Fantagraphics Atlas Comics Library)
• Editore: Fantagraphics
• Data di pubblicazione: 2024
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1683969685
• ISBN 13: 9781683969686
• Rilegatura: Rilegato
• Condizione: New

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War Comics 1: War Comics Vol. 1

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Continuing Fantagraphics’ project to reprint MarvelComics’ 1950s genre titles, this volume compiles thefirst of what became the industry’s largest line of warbooks. Produced by veterans of WWII, the eight issueshere feature future mainstream comics stalwarts suchas Gene Colan, Russ Heath, Joe Maneely, and more.Forged in the crucible of the Korean War, and produced by veteransof the Second World War, this volume’s eight issues present thebrutality and grimness of armed combat by some of Atlas’ mostnotable war artists and future comics stars including Gene Colan,Russ Heath, Joe Maneely, Dave Berg, Jay Scott Pike, Mike Sekowsky, VernHenkel, Allen Bellman, Pete Morisi and Norman Steinberg.Propaganda abounds from the very first story, published in War Comics#1 in September 1950: “Peril in Korea,” a primer explaining why the U.S.joined the conflict. Other highlights include Colan’s “The Chips are Down”and “Victory,” Heath’s “Alone” and “No Survivors,” Maneely’s “StormyWeather,” Henkel’s “Total Destruction,” and Berg’s “The Infantry’s War.”Originally a trial spun off from the publisher’s “Men’s Adventure” publications,in the nine years to follow Atlas went on to produce 533 comicbook issues with war content, across 34 different titles. War Comics iswhere it all began, unseen in decades, scanned from the original books,restored, and packaged as one large, beautiful hardcover volume.