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Thank you for responding and for the link. It'll come in handy in the foreseeable future.

Hello, CGC and Sgt Fury fans. I'm trying to track down Ilsa Koenig's final appearance in Sgt Fury. I know she was in issues #35, #42, #43, #45, #47, and the last issue I've seen her in is issue #65. After that, she seemingly disappears. Any clue if she appears in any other issues or was she dropped from the series by Friedrich and Ayers? Thank you all in advance.

Hello everyone. I know Jim Morita's first appearance in in Sgt Fury and His Howling Commandos #38. I found a graded copy sold by Heritage Auctions in 2018, (cert number 1294379002). For some reason, Morita's first appearance is not notated. Does anyone know why? Is it just that his appearance is just not that important to be notated? Thank you in advance for your answers. Cncapks

Hello! I am conducting research for my dissertation and needs scans of three FF letter columns (#18, #19, and #27). The transcribed letter cols can be found online, but I have not been able to find the actual pages. It would be amazing not to have to purchase these issues so if anyone could provide me with these scans I would be eternally grateful. Thank you all and have a great day! Kenny

First off, thank you for your service, wilbil. I myself am a veteran (Operation Iraqi Freedom) but still had to google MOS 76Y. I'm sure with that MOS you would definitely be familiar with the publication and distribution of periodicals in VN. I've just found on Google Books the Review of Military Exchanges and Commissaries and Related Activities held by the House of Representatives, Committee of Armed Services, Subcommittee of Exchanges and Commissaries held in Washington D.C. on June 16th 1970. Its rather lengthy, as you would expect, but it lays it all out. In my original post, I showed the letter written by the soldier explaining that Marvel Comics could not be found in an PX in VN. I did not post the staff's response: Amen to that, Brother Keith — and we hope you're out of exile soon. That name tape you found sort of worried us, until we realized that it had to be a plant. Guess the Cong don't know how to spell "America." [paragraph break] But, seriously, we've got a stack of letters from Nam complaining that our books disappeared. We don't know what's happened yet, but we've got a guy checking it out with the distributor, and when we know something, we’ll pass it on to you guys soonest. I have since checked other letter columns, Marvel Bullpen Bulletins, and Stan's Soapboxes but I can't find any mention of it ever again. I guess the search continues. Thank you all for your interest and comments.

@wilbil: Do you have, or know of, any publication that states this exact information that I could use as a secondary source, or is this just something you know off the top of your head? Thanks!

Again, thank you for all of your responses. There's nothing quite like the comic book community. Please forgive me for being offline this weekend; I was busy celebrating by 40th birthday. @thunsicker: I have contacted Peter Sanderson through Facebook (couldn't on twitter) and I'm waiting on his response. I would like to write Roy Thomas but I'm not sure of a definitive way of getting in contact with him. There are multiple fan pages dedicated to him on Facebook but I'm not sure if this is the best route. @AJLewandoski: I have met and talked with Sternako before at a Baltimore Con. He was extremely nice but was not able to give me any information behind the curtain at Marvel. When he was not busy hitting on my wife, he only seemed interested in discussing his material. @James J Johnson: you are correct and thank you @wardevil0: first, thank you for a very interesting post as I have never heard of "Mark Jewelers" inserts or "star stamped" covers. I can't wait to investigate this further. Second, I'm not exactly sure about banning Marvel comic books from all PXs, its just that I've only seen this mentioned in one letter. The reason why I HAVE to know why this happened is because I can find no mention of it ever again. As far as finding official PX records, there is a trove at the National Archives at College Park, MD that I plan on visiting ASAP. I have found so far through other contacts (Dr. Gregory A. Daddis at Chapman University) information on how to ban offensive material on PXs and the exact number of comic books purchased by Star Publishing and shipped to VN in 1969. I found these numbers for Iron Man (12,000), Spider-Man (30,000), Captain Marvel (14,400), X-Men (21,600), Captain Savage (14,400), Marvel Tales (7,200), Dennis the Menace (17,600), Adventure Comics (24,000), Detective Comics (12,000), Our Army at War (18,000), Lois Lane (18, 400), Superman (20,000), Jimmy Olsen (12,000), Batman (14,400), Showcase (9,600), Worlds Finest (16,000), Challengers of the Unknown (10,800), GI Combat (6,000), House of Secrets (9,000), Metal Men (10,800), Star Spangled War Stories (7,800), House of Mystery (12,000), Our Fighting Heroes (9,000), and Strange Adventure (9,000). I also found Bugs Bunny (1,800), Flintstones (4,800), Dr Solar, Man of the Atom (3,600), Little Lulu (3,200), Korak, Son of Tarzan (9,000), Star Trek (4,000), Tarzan (8,000), Tom and Jerry (4,800), Turok, Son of Stone (4,000), and Woody Woodpecker (4,800). What's interesting to me wardevil0 is that there is no mention of Sgt Fury, the main series I'm working on, although Captain Savage is being sold. Lastly, thank you suggesting "The End of Victory Culture" by Tom Englehardt. I will absolutely check that out. @wilbil: Yes I am familiar with the many works of Cord Scott but have not contacted him yet as I am trying to do as much work as I can before approaching him. I'm sure he will be extremely helpful but I do not want bother him just yet. THANKS AGAIN EVERYONE!

Thank you for that information davidtere. I'll see if I can find out anything from George Olshevsky, if I can get in touch with him.

Thanks again, thunsicker. Would you, or anyone else for that matter, know if Marvel has an official historian or archivist?

Thanks waaagboss, I have read about how Charlton fired a writer of Fightin' Army after a draftee cited it as inspiration to become a conscientious objector in the book, The Routledge Companion to Comics. And yes, the drug issues of Spider-Man, along with the Captain America books from this period are also full of antiwar sentiment. wilbil, is this the SGM Herb Friedman you're talking about? http://www.psywarrior.com/HerbBio.html And JTLarsen, you are absolutely right, thanks

Thank you so much thunsicker. I had NO CLUE that other comic books had been banned from PXs until researching Blazing Combat. I have messaged Murray and Hama through their Facebook pages and I'll try Steranko as well.

Thanks for the response, bronze johnny. I am familiar with the excellent work of Murray and had thought of contacting him along with some of the other veterans of that war like Hama. I just wanted to exhaust my possibilities before contacting the talent. Thanks!

Hello. I am a current PhD student at George Mason University. This semester, my project is the memory and depiction of WWII in Vietnam-era comic books. So far, my biggest mystery to unravel is why all PXs in Vietnam stopped selling Marvel comic books in the fall of 1970. While I haven't come across anything yet that specifically answers this question, I was wondering if anyone here would happen to know anyone who may something about Marvel comic books in Vietnam PXs. I have a letter from a soldier, from Sgt. Fury issue #88, sent from Vietnam in the Summer of 1971 explaining the ordeal: If any of you may know any one who may possibly shed some light on this, or could at least point me in the right direction, I would greatly appreciate any help offered. Thanks.