12-cent War Comics

[bigfiver69]

Here are some of my favorite DC war books. Fantastic stories.

 

 

October,

 

I love that run. I've had a really hard time finding those issues in high grade... most of mine are weak VFs.

 

Those are beauties. I love the colous on SSWS #141.

 

Shep

[october]

October,

 

I love that run. I've had a really hard time finding those issues in high grade... most of mine are weak VFs.

 

Those are beauties. I love the colous on SSWS #141.

 

Shep

 

Yeah, they are pretty tough above 8.5, so I am going for 7.5-8.5 copies mostly. The 139 and 140 were really cheap. I only paid $12 each for them off eBay a few months ago. I love Enemy Ace and I really want to track down OOAW 151 and Showcase 58 in nice shape.

 

On another note, do you have the war issue with the Mongol raider on the cover? I think it's a G.I. Combat and the cover is all red and orange. I had an opportunity to buy a really nice copy awhile back and passed....I am still kicking myself.

[Forbush-Man]

 

It's probably the color contrast but this cover always makes me think of Kurtzman's EC war titles, like two-fisted tales.

[RickHigh]

The colors on that 141 are beautiful. Joe Kubert was the mater of war books. Here's a couple that I had scanned...

 

[RickHigh]

Here's another one of my favorites by Kubert...

 

[RickHigh]

Russ Heath was pretty good also...

 

[Red Hook]

Here are a couple of Green River Rocks!

 

[Red Hook]

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[Comic Geek-migration]

 

[tth2]

Great idea, and fantastic covers!

 

I have to say one thing that bugs me about many of the tank covers is that they've taught generations of American boys that the way to take out a tank is by going for a full frontal shot with their little bazooka/self-propelled rocket launcher.

 

They might as well be throwing chiclets at the tanks!

[adamstrange]

Great idea, and fantastic covers!

 

I have to say one thing that bugs me about many of the tank covers is that they've taught generations of American boys that the way to take out a tank is by going for a full frontal shot with their little bazooka/self-propelled rocket launcher.

 

They might as well be throwing chiclets at the tanks!

 

It's actually quite depressing reading WWII history of American vs Germans. The Germans not only had better amored tanks, which neither our tanks nor our bazookas could dent (straight on, that is), but their Panzerfaust could take out our Shermans. The main advantage of the Shermans was that they were mechanically reliable, speedy, and we could turn them out by the bucketful. This was of little comfort if you were trying to get past a well-positioned Tiger or Panther.

[bigfiver69]

Great idea, and fantastic covers!

 

I have to say one thing that bugs me about many of the tank covers is that they've taught generations of American boys that the way to take out a tank is by going for a full frontal shot with their little bazooka/self-propelled rocket launcher.

 

They might as well be throwing chiclets at the tanks!

 

It's actually quite depressing reading WWII history of American vs Germans. The Germans not only had better amored tanks, which neither our tanks nor our bazookas could dent (straight on, that is), but their Panzerfaust could take out our Shermans. The main advantage of the Shermans was that they were mechanically reliable, speedy, and we could turn them out by the bucketful. This was of little comfort if you were trying to get past a well-positioned Tiger or Panther.

 

 

The British and Canadian soldiers during WW2 used to call the Sherman tank a Ronson, after the popular lighter the soldiers used. The advertising slogan for the Ronson was 'One flick and it's lit.'

 

Similarly, the Germans used to call the Sherman the 'Tommy cooker'.

 

The only thing the Sherman had going for it? The benefit of mass production - the allies sould field more of them than the Germans could handle.

 

Shep

[bigfiver69]

October,

 

I love that run. I've had a really hard time finding those issues in high grade... most of mine are weak VFs.

 

Those are beauties. I love the colous on SSWS #141.

 

Shep

 

Yeah, they are pretty tough above 8.5, so I am going for 7.5-8.5 copies mostly. The 139 and 140 were really cheap. I only paid $12 each for them off eBay a few months ago. I love Enemy Ace and I really want to track down OOAW 151 and Showcase 58 in nice shape.

 

On another note, do you have the war issue with the Mongol raider on the cover? I think it's a G.I. Combat and the cover is all red and orange. I had an opportunity to buy a really nice copy awhile back and passed....I am still kicking myself.

 

 

That would be GI Combat #131.... I got a beauty off ebay several years ago (from a collection called 'The Buckeye Collection'... anyone ever heard of it?) It's a killer.... I'll try and post some more later.

 

And to all you guys posting covers.... awesome!! I'm glad this thread has some appeal.

 

As I said, I'll try and post some more covers later.

 

Shep

[tth2]

Great idea, and fantastic covers!

 

I have to say one thing that bugs me about many of the tank covers is that they've taught generations of American boys that the way to take out a tank is by going for a full frontal shot with their little bazooka/self-propelled rocket launcher.

 

They might as well be throwing chiclets at the tanks!

 

It's actually quite depressing reading WWII history of American vs Germans. The Germans not only had better amored tanks, which neither our tanks nor our bazookas could dent (straight on, that is), but their Panzerfaust could take out our Shermans. The main advantage of the Shermans was that they were mechanically reliable, speedy, and we could turn them out by the bucketful. This was of little comfort if you were trying to get past a well-positioned Tiger or Panther.

 

 

The British and Canadian soldiers during WW2 used to call the Sherman tank a Ronson, after the popular lighter the soldiers used. The advertising slogan for the Ronson was 'One flick and it's lit.'

 

Similarly, the Germans used to call the Sherman the 'Tommy cooker'.

 

The only thing the Sherman had going for it? The benefit of mass production - the allies sould field more of them than the Germans could handle.

 

Shep

I`ll share a little secret that`s actually well known amongst the armor community: the real tank killer from the Allies` side was airpower (both directly by hitting tanks from above and indirectly by destroying the Germans` oil supplies) and to a lesser extent artillery. Shermans, even in great numbers, were ineffective in armor-on-armor battles, because getting around a well trained and well positioned German unit to get flank and rear shots was incredibly difficult. What the Shermans were great at was pinning the German tanks down and then calling in for airstrikes and artillery. And the main benefit of massive production was to produce a lot of tanks to serve as infantry support during the Allied advance post-Normandy (as an ex-tanker, it always pains me greatly to admit this)--Shermans were lousy against Panzers and Tigers, but great against German foot soldiers and bunkers. Ever notice the lack of great tank battles in Western Europe? Besides the terrain, the main reason was that the Allies simply wouldn`t engage in them, because they didn`t need to.

[Red Hook]

Thanks for the very interesting info, guys!

[Norrin_Radd]

Great thread! Here's my contribution...

 

[bigfiver69]

On another note, do you have the war issue with the Mongol raider on the cover? I think it's a G.I. Combat and the cover is all red and orange. I had an opportunity to buy a really nice copy awhile back and passed....I am still kicking myself.

 

Here it is... GI Combat #130. I'll also post a couple of the nice Heath covers around the same time.

 

[RickHigh]

Great thread! Here's my contribution...