The Mammoth Book of Best War Comics

(2007)

Contents (Table of Contents: 1)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

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Letters

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Introduction (Table of Contents: 2)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 3 pages (report information)

Script

David Kendall ?

Letters

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Acknowledgements (Table of Contents: 3)

text article / 3 pages (report information)

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Letters

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Synopsis

Copyright information for this volume

I Saw It! (Table of Contents: 4)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script

David Kendall ?

Letters

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I Saw It! (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 48 pages (report information)

Script

Keiji Nakazawa; Project Gen (translation)

Pencils

Keiji Nakazawa

Inks

Keiji Nakazawa

Letters

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Genre

biography; war

Synopsis

Nakazawa tells of his family's experiences in the wake of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.

Reprints

• from I Saw It (Educomics, 1982 series) (December 1982)
which is reprinted
• from SHONEN JUMP #? (1972; Japanese Manga comic)

Keywords

air raid; atomic bomb; autobiography; B-29 bomber; Battleship Yamato; Hiroshima; Japan; radiation poisoning; World War II

The Tin-Pot Foreign General and the Old Iron Woman (Table of Contents: 6)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script

David Kendall ?

Letters

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The Tin-Pot Foreign General and the Old Iron Woman (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 46 pages (report information)

Script

Raymond Briggs

Pencils

Raymond Briggs

Inks

Raymond Briggs

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction; war

Synopsis

The Falklands War, cast as a children's fairy tale.

Reprints

• from The Tin-Pot Foreign General and the Old Iron Woman (Little, Brown, 1985 series) (1985)

Keywords

Falkland Islands; Falklands War

Charley's War (Table of Contents: 8)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script

David Kendall ?

Letters

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[none] (Table of Contents: 9)

Charley's War / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Pat Mills

Pencils

Joe Colquhoun

Inks

Joe Colquhoun

Letters

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Genre

war

Characters

Charley Bourne; Ginger; Old Bill

Synopsis

Charley joins the Royal Army.

Keywords

France; trench warfare; World War I

Snow (Table of Contents: 10)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script

David Kendall ?

Letters

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Snow (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Askold Akishin

Pencils

Askold Akishin

Inks

Askold Akishin

Letters

?

Genre

war

Synopsis

An encounter between Russian and Finnish soldiers in 1939.

Reprints

• from ?

Keywords

Russian-Finnish War

Desert (Table of Contents: 12)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script

David Kendall ?

Letters

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Desert (Table of Contents: 13)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Carol Swain

Pencils

Carol Swain

Inks

Carol Swain

Letters

Carol Swain ?

Genre

war

Synopsis

Soldiers in a desert find an area of sand fused to glass by an atomic blast.

Reprints

• from Stripburger (Forum Ljubljana, 1992 series) #35 (2003) [Warburger]

Keywords

Gulf War

Lone Hawk (Table of Contents: 14)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script

David Kendall ?

Letters

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Lone Hawk (Table of Contents: 15)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Archie Goodwin

Pencils

Alex Toth

Inks

Alex Toth

Letters

Ben Oda

Genre

war

Synopsis

A vignette from the life of RAF pilot and ace Billy Bishop.

Reprints

• from Blazing Combat (Warren, 1965 series) #2 (January 1966)

Keywords

ace; Albatros; biplane; dogfight; Nieuport; World War II

Indexer Notes

Letters credit from the index for the original Blazing Combat publication.

The Landings in Sicily (Table of Contents: 16)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script

David Kendall ?

Letters

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The Landings in Sicily (Table of Contents: 17)

comic story / 64 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Letters

?

Genre

crime; war

Synopsis

Tommy Panocchio is Lucky Luciano's man in Sicily during the WWII invasion of the island.

Reprints

• from Combat Picture Library (Micron ?, 1960 series ?) #?

Keywords

Algeria; Italy; Mafia; Palermo; Sicilian invasion; Sicily; Sing-Sing Prison; World War II

Landscape (Table of Contents: 18)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script

David Kendall ?

Letters

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Landscape (Table of Contents: 19)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Archie Goodwin

Pencils

Joe Orlando

Inks

Joe Orlando

Letters

Ben Oda

Genre

war

Synopsis

An American attack on a Vietnamese village from the point of view of an elderly villager.

Reprints

• from Blazing Combat (Warren, 1965 series) #2 (January 1966)

Keywords

rice paddy; Viet Cong; Vietnam War

5.56 Blues (Table of Contents: 20)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script

David Kendall ?

Letters

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The 5.56 Blues (Table of Contents: 21)

Vietnam Journal / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Don Lomax

Pencils

Don Lomax

Inks

Don Lomax

Letters

Clem Robins

Genre

war

Characters

Scott "Journal" Neithammer; Corporal Styles; Westley; Sergeant Teed

Synopsis

Journal listens to a corporal compare the M-14 to the M-16.

Reprints

• from Vietnam Journal: Indian Country (Apple Press, 1990 series) #1 (August 1990)

Keywords

listening post; M-14; M-16; NVA; Viet Cong; Vietnam War

Indexer Notes

This story takes place on March 15th, 1967.

Souvenirs (Table of Contents: 22)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script

David Kendall ?

Letters

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Souvenirs! (Table of Contents: 23)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Archie Goodwin

Pencils

John Severin (signed)

Inks

John Severin (signed)

Letters

Ben Oda

Genre

war

Synopsis

A US Marine in the Pacific during WWII loses his life because of his obsession with collecting dental fillings from dead Japanese.

Reprints

• from Blazing Combat (Warren, 1965 series) #3 (April 1966)

Keywords

Marines; Pacific; World War II

A Bullet for Me (Table of Contents: 24)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script

David Kendall ?

Letters

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A Bullet for Me (Table of Contents: 25)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Darko Macan

Pencils

Edvin Biuković

Inks

Edvin Biuković

Letters

?

Genre

war

Synopsis

An American soldier in the WWII invasion of Sicily carries a bullet that literally has his name on it.

Reprints

• from Negative Burn (Caliber Press, 1993 series) #46 ([April] 1997)

Keywords

Italy; Palermo; Sicily; World War II

Combat Zone (Table of Contents: 26)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script

David Kendall ?

Letters

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Combat Zone (Table of Contents: 27)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Darko Macan

Pencils

Edvin Biuković

Inks

Edvin Biuković

Letters

?

Genre

war

Synopsis

An American soldier in Vietnam turns down a chance to go home.

Reprints

• from Negative Burn (Caliber Press, 1993 series) #47 ([May] 1997)

Keywords

ambush; Viet Cong; Vietnam War

The Legion of Charlies (Table of Contents: 28)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script

David Kendall ?

Letters

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The Legion of Charlies (Table of Contents: 29)

comic story / 32 pages (report information)

Script

Tom Veitch

Pencils

Greg Irons

Inks

Greg Irons

Letters

Greg Irons

Genre

war

Characters

Charles Manson; Lt. Rusty Kali; Ronette; Brother Fred; Spiro Agnew; Senator Quagmire; The Pope; Mao Tse-tung; Richard Nixon

Synopsis

Parallels are drawn between the Mi Lai Massacre and the Tate-LaBianca killings of Charles Manson.

Reprints

• from The Legion of Charlies (Last Gasp, 1971 series) ([Fall ?] 1971), ([Fall ?] 1971)

Keywords

electric chair; hippie; LSD; mass killing; Mi Lai; politics; San Francisco; Vietnam War; Washington DC; Washington Monument

You Only Lose Once (Table of Contents: 30)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script

David Kendall ?

Letters

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You Only Lose Once (Table of Contents: 31)

comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Paul S. Newman ?

Pencils

Sam Glanzman (signed)

Inks

Sam Glanzman (signed)

Colors

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Letters

?

Genre

war

Synopsis

How the plane "Winner Take All" took out its primary target in its 25th mission in WWII.

Reprints

• from Air War Stories (Dell, 1964 series) #4 (June-August 1965)

Keywords

Anti-Aircraft gun; flak; Heinkel; Messerschmidt; World War II

Indexer Notes

Newman is credited with scripts in The Comic Reader #32, December 1964. Info per Nick Caputo, January 2014.

Breakout! (Table of Contents: 32)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script

David Kendall ?

Letters

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Breakout at St. Lo (Table of Contents: 33)

comic story / 26.67 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Sam Glanzman (signed)

Inks

Sam Glanzman (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

war

Synopsis

Story of the WWII Battle of St. Lo.

Reprints

• from Combat (Dell, 1961 series) #13 (July-September 1964)

Keywords

artillery; France; hedgerow; Lancaster bomber; Sherman tank; sniper; Tiger Tank; World War II

Pearl Harbor (Table of Contents: 34)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script

David Kendall ?

Letters

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Pearl Harbor (Table of Contents: 35)

comic story / 26 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Sam Glanzman (signed)

Inks

Sam Glanzman (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

war

Characters

President Roosevelt; General Marshall; Admiral Stark; General Tojo

Synopsis

Story of the Japanese attack on the American fleet at Pearl Harbor in WWII.

Reprints

• from Combat (Dell, 1961 series) #2 (December 1961-January 1962)

Keywords

aircraft carrier; Hawaii; Pacific; Pearl Harbor; submarine; U.S.S. Arizona; U.S.S. Nevada; U.S.S. Oklahoma; U.S.S. Tennessee; U.S.S. West Virginia; Washington DC; World War II; Zero

Your Luck Just Ran Out... (Table of Contents: 36)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script

David Kendall ?

Letters

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Your Luck Just Ran Out... (Table of Contents: 37)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Alexey Malakhov

Pencils

Alexey Malakhov

Inks

Alexey Malkhov

Letters

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Genre

war

Synopsis

A German POW escapes from his Soviet captors in WWII.

Reprints

• from ?

Keywords

POW; Prisoner of War; Russia; World War II

Last Day in Vietnam (Table of Contents: 38)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script

David Kendall ?

Letters

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Last Day in Vietnam (Table of Contents: 39)

comic story / 28 pages (report information)

Script

Will Eisner

Pencils

Will Eisner (signed)

Inks

Will Eisner (signed)

Letters

Will Eisner

Genre

war

Synopsis

A soldier on his last day in Vietnam escorts a journalist.

Reprints

• from Last Day in Vietnam (Dark Horse, 2000 series) (2000)

Keywords

helicopter; reporter; Vietnam War

The Casualty (Table of Contents: 40)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script

David Kendall ?

Letters

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The Casualty (Table of Contents: 41)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Will Eisner

Pencils

Will Eisner

Inks

Will Eisner

Genre

war

Synopsis

A wounded solider in Vietnam recalls how a "one-night-stand" put a bomb under his bed.

Reprints

• from Last Day in Vietnam (Dark Horse, 2000 series) (2000)

Keywords

grenade; Vietnam War

Indexer Notes

Story is told in mime, without dialog or captions.

The Road to Glory (Table of Contents: 42)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script

David Kendall ?

Letters

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The Road to Glory (Table of Contents: 43)

comic story / 64 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

?

Genre

war

Synopsis

A British soldier in WWII races for Dunkirk and the evacuation.

Reprints

• from Sabre Library: War Stories in Pictures (Librus, ? series) #?

Keywords

Ardennes; Belgium; Dieppe; Dunkirk; dynamite; France; motercycle; Panzer; World War II

Sand (Table of Contents: 44)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script

David Kendall ?

Letters

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Sand (Table of Contents: 45)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Mark Chadbourn

Pencils

David Massengill

Inks

David Massengill

Letters

?

Genre

war

Synopsis

A veteran relives his war experiences through alcohol.

Reprints

• from Negative Burn: Summer Special 2005 (Image, 2005 series) (Summer 2005)

Indexer Notes

Fallujah

Long Distance Runner (Table of Contents: 46)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script

David Kendall ?

Letters

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Long Distance Runner (Table of Contents: 47)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Danijel Zezelji

Pencils

Danijel Zezelji

Inks

Danijel Zezelji

Letters

?

Genre

war

Synopsis

The difficulties of living in Croatia during war-time.

Reprints

• from Stripburger (Forum Ljubljana, 1992 series) #35 (2003) [Warburger]

Indexer Notes

Croatia

Bowl of Rice (Table of Contents: 48)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script

David Kendall ?

Letters

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Bowl of Rice (Table of Contents: 49)

comic story / 4.67 pages (report information)

Script

Ed Hillyer [as Ilya]

Pencils

Ed Hillyer [as Ilya]

Inks

Ed Hillyer [as Ilya]

Letters

?

Genre

war

Synopsis

Atrocities against the Shan people in Myanmar.

Reprints

• from A Bowl of Rice (Slab-O-Concrete, 1998 series) #[nn] (1998)

Indexer Notes

Myamar; Burma

Slaughterhouse Safari (Table of Contents: 50)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script

David Kendall ?

Letters

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Slaughterhouse Safari (Table of Contents: 51)

comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Fabian Goranson

Pencils

Fabian Goranson

Inks

Fabian Goranson

Letters

?

Genre

war

Synopsis

A group of European students get involved in revolutionary activity in Colombia.

Reprints

• from Stripburger (Forum Ljubljana, 1992 series) #35 (2003) [Warburger]

Keywords

coca; Columbia; communism; jungle

School Essays of Berlin Kids About the Year 1945 (Table of Contents: 52)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script

David Kendall ?

Letters

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School Essays of Berlin Kids About the Year 1945 (Table of Contents: 53)

comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Ulli Lust; Kai Pfeiffer (translation)

Pencils

Ulli Lust

Inks

Ulli Lust

Letters

?

Genre

war

Synopsis

Authentic essays by Berlin school children in 1945, assembled into a narrative.

Reprints

• from Stripburger (Forum Ljubljana, 1992 series) #35 (2003) [Warburger]

Keywords

air raid; bombing; Germany; Russian troops; World War II

Casting Stones (Table of Contents: 54)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script

David Kendall ?

Letters

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Casting Stones (Table of Contents: 55)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Eric Drooker

Pencils

Eric Drooker

Inks

Eric Drooker

Letters

Eric Drooker

Genre

historical

Characters

David; Goliath

Synopsis

An ironic re-telling of the story of David and Goliath.

Reprints

• from World War 3 Illustrated (World War 3 Illustrated, 1979 series) #10 (1988)

[none] (Table of Contents: 56) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)