Blazing Combat comic books issue 1
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Issue #1
$1,525.86
View scans- Restored: C1
- Paper: Off white to white
- Restoration includes: small amount of color touch on cover.
- Label #3740191001
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
Blazing Combat, which evokes Harvey Kurtzman's Two-Fisted Tales and Frontline Combat, was a short-lived, though critically acclaimed series edited (and mostly written) by Archie Goodwin. The first issue includes the following stories, each of which was written by Archie Goodwin: Viet Cong (art by Joe Orlando); Aftermath! (art by Angelo Torres); Flying Tigers! (art by George Evans); Cong View! (art by Gray Morrow); Cantigny! (art by Reed Crandall); Mad Anthony! (art by Russ Jones, Tex Blaisdell, and Maurice Whitman); and Enemy! (art by John Severin). Cover art by Frank Frazetta. Cover price $0.35.
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Issue #1
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Issue #1
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$6.49
b&w. Cover price $3.75.
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$10 Blazing Combat: World War I and World War II #1 FN; Apple | Wally Wood - w/Bag+B Clicking on the links to the eBay listings shown above and then making a purchase may result in MyComicShop earning a commission from the eBay Partner Network.
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Published Mar 2018 by Fantagraphics.$29.99
$17.99
3rd Edition - 1st printing.
Written and edited by Archie Goodwin. Art by Gene Colan, Frank Frazetta, John Severin, Alex Toth, Al Williamson, Russ Heath, Reed Crandall, and Wally Wood.
Written by Archie Goodwin and drawn by such luminaries as Frank Frazetta, Wally Wood, John Severin, Alex Toth, Al Williamson, Russ Heath, Reed Crandall, and Gene Colan, Blazing Combat was originally published by independent comics publisher James Warren in 1965 and '66. Following in the tradition of Harvey Kurtzman's Two-Fisted Tales and Frontline Combat, Goodwin's stories reflected the human realities and personal costs of war rather than exploiting the clichés of the traditional men's adventure genre. They were among the best comics stories about war ever published.
Blazing Combat ended after its fourth issue when military post exchanges refused to sell the title due to their perception that it was an anti-war comic. Their hostility was fueled by the depiction of the then-current Vietnam War, especially a story entitled "Landscape," which follows the thoughts of a simple Vietnamese peasant rice-farmer who pays the ultimate price simply for living where he does - and which was considered anti-war agitprop by the more hawkish members of the business community.
Writer Archie Goodwin and the original publisher James Warren discuss the death of Blazing Combat and market censorship as well as the creative gestation of the series in exclusive interviews.
Hardcover, 8-in. x 10-in., 228 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $29.99.
