Weird

I was just checking some census numbers and noticed the still low numbers for a couple of the bronze horror keys. HOM 174 has 13 graded copies ranging from 8.0 to 9.6, while HOS 81 has 6 total graded copies. HOS 81 only has 2 8.5s, 1 9.2 and 3 9.4s.

I wonder when/if there will be a spike or even modest increase in those numbers. Maybe not necessarily all high grade, I mean there is not much even in the way of "misses" in the middle/lower grades. You would think there might be more copies in any grade considering each is a $100+ book in 9.2 in the OS. And each brings a big slabbed premium for the most part.

Any thoughts? Are basically all the pedigree copies of those books slabbed? I see Pacific Coast and Oakland are indicated for HOM 174. Only Pacific Coast is registered as a GPA sale for HOS 81.

Gone, cash/trade deal I couldnt resist, but I still have the pic

but still

Looks so much cooler than the published/color version.

Our Army At War 279, I think page 13 (has a "20" on it) by Russ Heath. My only Sgt. Rock piece of original art (and I don't even have the book yet ).

If someone has some Kubert stuff, I would love to see it. A Rock action page by Kubert is right at the top of my OA want list.

Post your Dominguez cover...

That issue and US 252 are the two war books I remember having when I was younger. I think I got them from older cousins.

GI Combat #147

 

 

Jim

That is a nice copy for a white cover. I don't see any tanning or anything even around the edges. What's the page quality like on that book?

Nice. That's one of those books that I don't have, but want to get just so I can find out the what the cover is about.

Ack! That GI 245 DOLLAR COMIC!!!!!!! Must seek it. Dang you for expanding my DC BA to this title.

 

That's what I'm saying. Definitely looks like a WWT cover to me

This one looks like a Weird War one to me as well:

Stop it! Stop showing those cool GI Combat Horror covers!!!!!!!!

I don't have this one yet...

Not a Dollar Comic, but still cool looking.

G.I. Combat 280

Ack! That GI 245 DOLLAR COMIC!!!!!!! Must seek it. Dang you for expanding my DC BA to this title.

I do love the DC Dollar G.I. Combats though. What a cool looking format, just hellish to find in NM. Here's a few more.

G.I. Combat 217

G.I. Combat 231 (I guess you could call this a "money shot" )

Here are some other related titles:

 

Army At War 1 New material

 

Battle Classics Reprints -- 1 issue

 

*note* I think Army at War and Battle Classics also have material included in the Cancelled Comic Cavalcade.

I just looked them up and CCC #2 has the covers to issue 2 of AAW and issue 3 of Battle Classics. Here's my AAW 1:

Detective 502 Death(?) of Mlle. Marie

This is an odd one. It's the second part of a two parter (I only have the second part) in which it turns out that Bruce Wayne's butler, Alfred, was knocking the proverbial boots with Mlle. Marie back in the day. It goes into a whole thing about Mlle. Marie possibly drowning right after, but not until after she gave birth to their love child.

Don't know if this storyline has been brought up anywhere else in the DC universe. Wild, wacky early 80s DC stuff...

Here are some other related titles:

All-Out War 1 Origins Viking Commando, Force Three

Army At War 1 New material

Blackhawk 244 Re-launch 1976

Blackhawk 251 Re-launch 1982

Battle Classics Reprints -- 1 issue

Boy Commandos Reprints -- 2 issues

Four Star Battle Tales Reprints -- 5 Issues

GI War Tales Reprints -- 4 issues

*note* I think Army at War and Battle Classics also have material included in the Cancelled Comic Cavalcade.

To go along with what I think is the first issue of the unmasked Unknown Soldier (let me know if I am wrong in this assumption - I don't have the complete run and Overstreet doesn't indicate any particular issue),

Yes, it is!

Sweet, thanks for confirming. I wish OS would break that out/indicate it somewhere. For instance, it seems more important than some of the Enemy Ace reprint info they list in the run.

They do list a lot of good stuff for bronze war though. I quickly went through the new OS and the Big 5 guide I think I mentioned earlier (along with checking out Mike's DC Cover Gallery) and jotted down some quick issue info for important DC bronze war (and related) books.

It turned out to be quite a bit and I am sure I missed stuff, so let me know where I erred and what I missed. One thing, I'm sure there is some comic age crossover with some of the books. The list makes me realize how few of these issues I currently have.

Blitzkreig 1 Begin WWII through enemy's perspective

Brave & the Bold 96 Rock/Batman Last 15 cent issue

Brave & the Bold 108 Rock/Batman

Brave & the Bold 117 Rock/Batman 100 Pager

Brave & the Bold 124 Rock/Batman Aparo Cover

Brave & the Bold 146 US/Batman

Brave & the Bold 162 Rock/Batman - Iron Major appearance

Brave & the Bold 167 Blackhawk/Batman

DC Comics Presents 10 Rock/Superman

DC Comics Presents 42 US/Superman

DC Comics Presents 69 Blackhawk/Superman

DC-9 Rock 100 Pager (OAAW 242)

DC-16 Rock 100 Pager

DC Special 26 Enemy Ace

DC Special Series 3 Rock

DC Special Series 8 B&B Batman/Rock

DC Special Series 13 Rock

DC Special Series 18 Rock Prize Battle Tales

DC Special Series 22 G.I. Combat

DC Super-Stars 15 Rock/US

Detective 502 Death(?) of Mlle. Marie

GI Combat 138 Intro Losers -- 10/69

GI Combat 139 Jeb Gets Married

GI Combat 150 Death of Haunted Tank, Ice Cream Soldier name explanation

GI Combat 162 Death of Arch Asher

GI Combat 168 Adams Cover

GI Combat 201 Adams Cover

GI Combat 202 Adams Cover

GI Combat 203 Re-telling of Origin of Haunted Tank

GI Combat 232 1st Kana, the Ninja

GI Combat 242 1st Mercenaries (OS incorrectly states 244 as their first appearance)

GI Combat 244 Death of Slim Stryker, Anniversary Issue

GI Combat 264, 265 Origin Kana

GI Combat 269 1st Bravos of Vietnam

GI Combat 274 Monitor from Crisis cameo

Men of War 1 Origin Gravedigger

Men of War 4 1st Dateline Frontline

Men of War 9 US Appearance

Men of War 17 1st Rosa

Men of War 26 Sgt. Rock

Our Army At War 238 1st Horace Smith

OAAW 240 Adams art

OAAW 242 100 Page Super Spectacular 9

OAAW 251-253 Return of Iron Major

OAAW 267 Rock gets a kiss [i guess this was a noteworthy thing for Big 5 fans]

OAAW 273 Crucifixion cover

OAAW 280 200th Rock appearance

OAAW 295 Bi-centennial cover

Our Fighting Forces 146 Classic Toth art

OFF 147 Adams cover

OFF 151-162 Kirby

OFF 181 1st Falcon

Sgt. Rock 302 First Issue in Title, Anzio (through 304)

Sgt. Rock 310 Baby Story

Sgt. Rock 325-326 Future Kill

Sgt. Rock 329 Scarce Whitman variant exists

Sgt. Rock 339 D-Day

Sgt. Rock 345 Iron Major

Sgt. Rock 348 Zack loses an arm

Sgt. Rock 349 The Dummy

Sgt. Rock 359 Iron Major

Sgt. Rock 422 Joe, Adam, Andy Kubert team

Star Spangled War Stories 151 Begin Unknown Soldier in Title

SSWS 154 Origin Unknown Soldier

SSWS 157 Sgt. Rock crossover

SSWS 164 Origin Retold

SSWS 183 US Exposed

SSWS 200 Enemy Ace

SSWS 204 Last Issue of Title

Unknown Soldier 205 First Issue in Title

Unknown Soldier 219 Miller art

Unknown Soldier 250 Rock Appearance

Unknown Soldier 268 Death of Unknown Soldier

Weird War 1 1st Issue

Weird War 64 1st Miller DC work

Weird War 68 2nd Miller DC work

Weird War 93 1st Creature Commandos

Weird War 101 1st G.I. Robot

Re-imaged my SSWS 151 as well:

Here's the first appearance of the Ninja.

I am putting together a short list of some of the key bronze issues. I'll post it and see if what else people can add. I do not have anywhere near all of them, so I may be off.

I am sure there has to be some Big 5 fans on the board who continued with the titles that were left in the 70s/early 80s. I'd like to devote more attention to these books, but that damned bronze horror keeps pulling me back.

G.I. Combat 232

Up late and bored, so here are some of the more interesting G.I. Combat covers I have:

G.I. Combat 245

G.I. Combat 260

G.I. Combat 287

very cool--so is this like the first unmasking of the Unknown Soldier? I read the title in the 80s and never saw him unmasked. I loved war books as well but my concentration during my readership days was primarily G.I. Combat, Sgt Rock, and Unknown Soldier.

I think it is, but no one has confirmed it and I cannot find it in the guide - maybe I am just blind.

Star Spangled War Stories turns into The Unknown Soldier with issue 205. Our Army At War turns into Sgt. Rock with #302. They keep the numbering from the previous title.

Here's my copy of US 205. Great dark Kubert cover. Big chip out of the right edge, it's still hangin on though.

A series that went through a lot of changes, almost with each new issue:

I don't think I have any Marvel bronze war books.

Were the changes thematic or talent-wise?

To go along with what I think is the first issue of the unmasked Unknown Soldier (let me know if I am wrong in this assumption - I don't have the complete run and Overstreet doesn't indicate any particular issue),

SSWS 183:

I have a digital pic of the first page of the issue.

Nice work from Gerry Talaoc. The story is pretty brutal too. The US has to cap a Jewish girl at point blank range to keep his identity secret. I thought the death was going to be a trick or something, but no - he killed her to make sure his mission which included saving innocents wasn't exposed.

Love that cover BassGMan. The looks on the faces - just great Kubert stuff.

I'll double post these G.I. Combats here as well. Bronzejohnny, how about putting that SSWS 151 of yours up in here?

While not the most important, the Adams G.I. Combat covers are sweet and smaller "keys" in 70s war books:

 

G.I. Combat 201

 

 

 

G.I. Combat 202

 

 

I like to collect the bronze G.I. Combats because so many were Dollar Comics.

 

The upper book Dollar Comic-kind of damage is seen in both of my copies and it took me a while to find them that nice. They are Manitoba copies from Doug Sulipa - he graded them both out at 9.0.

I really love Kubert's cover art on most of the BA war books, and the stories seem cool. I guess I am just leery to get started on this genre cause I know I will never stop and I am not even close to finishing my BA horror collection.

It could have been detrimental to DC war books to have the same artist do so many of the covers, but I really think in the end the consistency and quality that is provided by a master like Joe Kubert only helps to elevate the titles. His style is brilliant and the images were always first rate.

Thanks to drbanner for some nice bronze horror books and big ups to shiverbones for a wanted Weird War book (for free no less ). Thanks again Mike and Matthew!

72

Very nice. That is a sweet 72....