The origins of war comics can be traced back to the age of superheroes.
During World War II the masked men turned their attention to defeating Hitler and
the Nazi hordes. At the end of the war public interest in superheroes waned,
but this led to comics that devoted themselves solely to war stories.
More titles appeared, especially during the Korean War. The modern war comic was born.
One of the major publishers of war comics was Charlton with such titles as
Battlefield Action and their Fightin' series. Also
worthy of mention is Quality's Blackhawk. Apart from his own title, he appears in
Miltary comics, Modern comics and many other of their books. Another star is G.I. Joe
brought to us by Ziff Davis, always with a smile on his face and a flower in his helmet.
For a bit of light relief check out the glamorous
Canteen Kate, whose own title sadly only ran for 3 issues.
We have 163 titles and 2,825 issues in our 'War / Armed Forces Category' for you to enjoy.
War / Armed Forces Comics, Books and Radio Shows
| The Adventures of Horatio Hornblower |
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| Description: | Horatio Hornblower is a fictional Napoleonic Wars era Royal Navy officer who is the protagonist of a series of novels by C. S. Forester. He was later the subject of films and radio and television programs.
The original Hornblower tales began with the 1937 ... |
| Airboy Archives |
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| Section: | Comic Book Compilations |
| Description: | Airboy is a fictional flying hero based during the Second World War. He was created by writers Charles Biro and Dick Wood and artist Al Camy.
His name was David Nelson II, the son of an expert pilot and despite his youth an excellent pilot himself. An orphan, ... |
| Army War Heroes |
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| Available: | 23 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 38 |
| From: | Dec 1963 |
| To: | Jun 1970 |
| Seq: | 1 - 38 |
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| Publisher: | Charlton |
| Description: | Issues 1-22? 23 is copyright 18 is not so please check indicia of 19-22 before uploading. |
| Atomic War! |
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| Available: | 4 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 4 |
| From: | Nov 1952 |
| To: | Apr 1953 |
| Seq: | 1 - 4 |
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| Publisher: | Ace Magazines |
| Description: | ATOMIC WAR! (Junior Magazines) 1952 Series.
No. 1, Nov 1952 - No. 4, Apr 1953. |
| Attack |
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| Available: | 12 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 7 |
| From: | 1958 |
| To: | Nov 1959 |
| Seq: | 54 - 60 |
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| Publisher: | Charlton |
| Battle Attack |
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| Available: | 6 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 8 |
| From: | Oct 1954 |
| To: | Dec 1955 |
| Seq: | 1 - 8 |
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| Publisher: | Stanley Morse (Key) |
| Description: | (1954 series)
October 1954 - December 1955
Issues: #1-8
Artists on this title include Hy Fleishman, Eugene Hughes & Tony Mortellaro |
| Battle Cry |
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| Available: | 18 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 20 |
| From: | May 1952 |
| To: | Sep 1955 |
| Seq: | 1 - 20 |
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| Publisher: | Stanley Morse (Key) |
| Description: | (1952 series)
May 1952 - September 1955
Issues: #1-20
Artists on this title include Bernard Baily, Hy Fleishman, A. C. Hollingsworth, Eugene Hughes, Tony Mortellaro, Irv Novick, Ed Smalle, & Charles Stern |
| Battle Report |
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| Available: | 5 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 6 |
| From: | Aug 1952 |
| To: | Jun 1953 |
| Seq: | 1 - 6 |
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| Publisher: | Ajax-Farrell |
| Description: | BATTLE REPORT (Ajax-Farrell) 1952 Series.
No. 1, Aug 1952 - no. 6, Jun 1953. |
| Blackhawk |
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| Available: | 119 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 99 |
| From: | 1944 |
| To: | Dec 1956 |
| Seq: | 9 - 107 |
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| Publisher: | Quality |
| Description: | BLACKHAWK (Quality) 1944 Series.
No. 9, 1944 - no. 107, Dec 1956.
Formerly UNCLE SAM QUARTERLY (Quality) 1941 Series,
Continues as BLACKHAWK (DC) 1957 Series.
Featuring a group of WWII-era fighter pilots, the series, created by Will Eisner, would feature ... |
| Captain Aero |
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| Available: | 9 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 9 |
| From: | Feb 1942 |
| To: | Jan 1943 |
| Seq: | v1 8 - v2 4 |
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| Publisher: | Holyoke |
| Description: | (1941 series)
December 1941 - August 1946
Issues: 23 (V1 #7-V1#12, V2 #1-V2#4, V3#9-V3#13, V4#2-V4#3, #21-26)
Tracking: Numbering continues from Green Hornet Comics (Helnit, 1939 series).
Imprints: Holyoke, Et-Es-Go Magazines
Notes: Numbering discrepancies ... |
| Captain Steve Savage |
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| Available: | 20 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 8 |
| From: | 1950 |
| To: | Jan 1953 |
| Seq: | - 8 |
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| Publisher: | Avon Periodicals |
| Description: | CAPTAIN STEVE SAVAGE
1950 Series
nn (No. 1), 1950 - no. 9, Jan 1953
First issue not by Avon, but by Superior (Canadian)
1954 Series:
No. 5, Sep-Oct 1954 - no. 13, May-Jun 1956
Formerly SENSATIONAL POLICE CASES (Avon) 1954 Series. |
| Captain Wings Archives |
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| Available: | 4 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 4 |
| Seq: | 1 - 4 |
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| Section: | Comic Book Compilations |
| Description: | Captain Wings first appeared in Wings Comics #16 (December 1941) published by Fiction House. Written and created by Major T.E. Bowen.
His alter-ego is plain Captain Smith, who was both a special agent and a R.A.F. veteran. In his many adventures, the heroic ... |
| Cavalcade |
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| Available: | 90 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| From: | 1941 |
| To: | 1969 |
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| Section: | Newspapers and Magazines |
| Description: | Australian men's magazine that began in the early 1940s during WWII. The book started out with some fairly serious subject matter as much of the features had to to do with the war. The early cartoons and gags were also benign at first. As time went on the magazine ... |
| Cloak and Dagger |
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| Available: | 22 Shows |
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| Broadcasting History |
| Shows: | 22 |
| From: | May 1950 |
| To: | Oct 1950 |
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| Description: | Cloak and Dagger opened over the NBC network on May 7, 1950. It had a short run through the Summer on Sundays, changing to Fridays after its Summer run. The last show aired October 22, 1950.
The series told fictional stories of OSS agents during World War II who took ... |
