Comic books in 'War'

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1st printing. Collects Fire Team (1990 Aircel) #1-6.

Written by Don Lomax. Art by Don Lomax and Rose Lomax. Cover by Gabriel G Perez. Back Cover by Don Lomax and Rose Lomax.

Collected and published for the first time in over 30 years!

From Harvey-nominated writer/artist Don Lomax, creator of the Vietnam Journal series. Cam Ky MacMurphy is half-Vietnamese, half-American. His uncle, Nguyen Van Tan, raised him from birth in the US and the two live in an area that is controlled by a skinhead gang. The neighborhood lives in fear as the gang forces them to pay "protection" money. When Nguyen refuses, he and Cam are beaten and their family store is burned to the ground. Then hope appears in the form of a ghost from the past.

When Nguyen was young, right after Cam was born, he worked with a U.S. Fire Team deployed in the last days of the Vietnam War. The team was comprised of six brave men who ended up sacrificing their lives trying to evacuate women and children from an about to be overrun base.

Now the Fire Team has come back from the dead to not only save Nguyen and Cam but bring news to Cam that his American father is alive and fighting a guerilla war in the Vietnamese jungles!

Softcover, 152 pages, B&W.

Cover price $16.99.

Pocket-Size/Digest comic book created by Harry "A" Chesler during the WWII years. The audience for these pocket-size comics by Chesler were primarily servicemen. The contents of First Class Male is mainly single page cartoon jokes about service life with 'First Class Male' letter pages filling in between. 5" x 7-1/4", full color, 68 newsprint pages. NOTE: Other pocket-size titles by Chelser include Yankee Comics, Adventures of Riggin' Bill, Private Bill, Tops in Humor, Mirth of a Nation, and You Chirped a Chinful. Cover price $0.05.

Issued by the Training Division of the Bureau of Aeronautics Titled "Gunnery Approaches" 8 1/2-in. x 11-in. 32 Pages Text, Photos and B&W Illustrations.

Issued by the Training Division of the Bureau of Aeronautics Titled "Offensive Tactics Against Fighters" 8 1/2-in. x 11-in. 32 Pages Text, Photos and B&W Illustrations.

Issued by the Training Division of the Bureau of Aeronautics Titled "Defensive Tactics Against Fighters" 8 1/2-in. x 11-in. 32 Pages Text, Photos and B&W Illustrations.

1st printing.

Art and Introduction by Ferdinando Tacconi.

Originally published in War Picture Library (1958-1984 IPC/Fleetway) UK #49 and Air Ace Picture Library (1960-1970 Fleetway) #11, 37 and 54, these four stories showcase the art of the great Ferdinando Tacconi.

His style is immediately recognizable, with a very clear line work and some interesting curly cues done in pen and ink.

He wisely used an uncluttered art that, with the passage of time, became more and more limited to the essential. The care he applied to the environment and details of each panel he drew, especially in his way of presenting vehicles or his beloved aircraft, made him one of the top artists around the world. In fact, Tacconi would never hide his deep love for flying machines, which accompanied him throughout his career, both inside and outside the comic pages he drew.

Softcover, 268 pages, B&W.

Cover price $34.99.

1st printing.

Written by V.A.I. Holding, A. Carney Allen, and D.M. Garbutt. Art by Nevio Zeccara, Solano Lopez, Renzo Calegari, and Harry Farrugia. Cover by Alessandro Biffgandi.

In 1958 a new comic pocket library hit the news stands published by Fleetway.

Following the success of Cowboy, Thriller and Detective comics Fleetway launched the first in a hugely successful series of war comics. The first was War Picture Library (September 1958), followed by Air Ace Picture Library (January 1960), Battle Picture Library (January 1961), and War At Sea Picture Library (February 1962).

This collection reprints for the first time ever the very rare first issues of all 4 libraries.

Softcover, 6 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 282 pages, B&W.

Cover price $36.99.

1st printing. Collects stories from War Picture Library (UK 1958-1984 IPC/Fleetway) 1st Series #67, 83, 168 and 281. Art by Gino D'Antonio. Cover by Giorgio De Gaspari. Introduction by Peter Richardson. Originally published in the pages of War Picture Library, these four stories showcase the spectacular art of one of the most gifted artists to work in the European comics field, Gino D'Antonio. Born in Milan in 1927, he made his comics debut at the age of 20 with the series Jesse James. It was his work with Fleetway Publications that brought his art to an international audience through the pages of publications such as War and Battle Picture Library as well as the short lived War At Sea Picture Library. Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 264 pages, B&W. Cover price $35.99.

1st printing.

Adapted by Bob Keston and James Stagg. Art by Ron Turner. Cover by Nino Caroselli.

A companion volume to our first John Steel collection, this is blistering collection of four complete World War Two adventures from the John Steel Case-Books.

Collects Gateway to Glory (March 1960), Operation Tina (July 1960), The Hidden War (October 1960), and The Shadow: School For Spies (December 1960).

Softcover, 272 pages, B&W.

NOTE: Limited to 500 copies.

Cover price $36.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "The War Libraries!" Edited by David Roach and Steve Holland. An enormous undertaking that required years of research, this definitive index is an essential purchase for all fans and students of British comics. This indispensable index has over 420 cover illustrations, including 32 color pages of comic covers and original cover art. This first volume chronicles the full credits - writer, artist, and cover artist - for War Picture Library #1-2083, Battle Picture Library #1-1706, Air Ace Picture Library #1-545, War At Sea Picture Library #1-36, plus Giant War Picture Library and all the Holiday Specials. Softcover, 196 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $37.99.

No. 15. 5" x 7", 132 pages, B&W.

1st printing. Story and art by Jean-Pierre Gibrat. Jean-Pierre Gibrat's lushly colored graphic novel is one of the most stunningly beautiful comics of the 21st Century. The story takes place in Paris during the German occupation and stars a memorable heroine in the French Resistance fighter named Jeanne. With the help of an apolitical cat burglar named François, she tries to save her comrades, including her missing sister Cécile, from the Gestapo. They walk in the places between shadows, as Gibrat uses the evocative Paris rooftops and river barges on the Seine almost as separate characters. The book also includes a portfolio of pin-ups featuring its heroine. Winner of the Best Artist Award at the Angoulême Festival! Softcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 144 pages, full color. Cover price $29.99.

2nd or later printings. Story and art by Jean-Pierre Gibrat. Jean-Pierre Gibrat's lushly colored graphic novel is one of the most stunningly beautiful comics of the 21st Century. The story takes place in Paris during the German occupation and stars a memorable heroine in the French Resistance fighter named Jeanne. With the help of an apolitical cat burglar named François, she tries to save her comrades, including her missing sister Cécile, from the Gestapo. They walk in the places between shadows, as Gibrat uses the evocative Paris rooftops and river barges on the Seine almost as separate characters. The book also includes a portfolio of pin-ups featuring its heroine. Winner of the Best Artist Award at the Angoulême Festival! Softcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 144 pages, full color. Cover price $29.99.

Flight Orderly Training Manual c.1940. 4 1/2-in. x 9-in. 49 Pages single side top bound B&W text and illustrations.

1st printing.

Written by Gil Ortega. Art and cover by Antonio De Jesus.

In October 1943, all the Special Operations Executive (SOE) agents in Holland are captured by the Germans... except one. John Hewson, a.k.a. "Boekman," is the most dangerous agent to the German occupiers, with vital information about the German army, Boekman escapes the clutches of the S.S. and stays hidden until the start of the largest airborne operation in World War II: Operation Market Garden. When the SOE learn that Boekman is still alive, and that his estranged son, Harry, is on the ground fighting in Market Garden, Harry is tasked with organizing a small commando unit to rescue Boekman and try to escape through the German siege.

The Battle of Arnhem unfolds day by day as father and son search for each other amidst the chaos of war and the dogged pursuits of a cruel Gestapo agent.

Softcover, 152 pages, full color.

Cover price $24.95.

Painted cover by Norman Saunders. Stories and art by Alex Kotzky and George Tuska. Aerial action with the aviator hero known as Flyboy. Larry gets constant ribbing and hazing from his peers and officers in the Air Force, but when his trainer blacks out in midair, Larry takes the controls and earns the name "Flyboy." A Korean War veteran, two lovely ladies, a case full of cash and trigger-happy gangsters add up to trouble for Flyboy and Happy. Anne's father, who looks like J. Jonah Jameson in colonel's stripes, becomes even worse after he learns he has reputation as a "monster." Plus a look at 1950s combat training for pilots, and a story with art by future Marvel legend George Tuska. Training for Combat; Stunting with Death; Angels Without Wings; The Dogface; The Gripes of Wrath!; Navy Wings; Fortress in the Sky. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Painted cover by Clarence Doore. Stories and art by Alex Kotzky, George Olesen, and Vic Martin. Aerial action with the aviator hero known as Flyboy. During a test flight, Flyboy and Happy must ditch into a water landing, right in the path of an ocean liner. Flyboy and Happy are assigned to watch 27 monkeys as part of an Air Force experiment, but a barrel of monkeys isn't as fun as it sounds. Flyboy's squad struggles to accept a fellow cadet's death in a training exercise. Plus a look at 1950s training for pilots. Flyboys Flame-Out; Monkey Business; Two Kids and a Cub; Schoolhouse in the Sky; Flights of Fancy; Heroes Never Die; The Weather Station. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by A. Martinez and Jeannette Elier. Edited by Roger Broughton. Stories by Joe Gill. Art by Demetrio Sanchez Gomez, Tom Sutton, Bill Montes, Sam Glanzman, Pat Boyette, Jack Keller, A. Martinez and Jeannette Elier. Aerial combat stories from World War I, World War II and Korea. Featuring reprints from Charltons Attack, Fightin' Air Force, and Fightin' Army. Nazi Inferno; No Way Back; Roger and the... Red Baron; Work Horse; An Ace Is Born; Dead Man's Boots!; Where The Action Is! 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $5.95.

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