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 2,833 issues in our 'War / Armed Forces Category' for you to enjoy.
War / Armed Forces Comics, Books and Radio Shows
| Percy Crosby |
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| Section: | Illustrators |
| Categories: | Humor | War / Armed Forces |
| Description: | In this section we have a two books by Percy Crosby, which predate his most notable creation the popular and critically acclaimed Skippy comic strip. Crosby enlisted in the Army during World War I, where he was wounded in battle and awarded both the Purple ... |
| D-Day |
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| Available: | 5 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 5 |
| From: | 1963 |
| To: | Nov 1968 |
| Seq: | 1 - 6 |
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| Publisher: | Charlton |
| Categories: | War / Armed Forces |
| Dogface Dooley |
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| Available: | 3 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 5 |
| From: | 1951 |
| To: | 1952 |
| Seq: | 1 - 5 |
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| Publisher: | Magazine Enterprises |
| Categories: | Humor | War / Armed Forces |
| Description: | Issues #1, #2 and #4 are also listed as A-1 #40, A-1 #49 and A-1 # 53. |
| Don Winslow of the Navy |
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| Available: | 77 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 69 |
| From: | Feb 1943 |
| To: | Sep 1951 |
| Seq: | 1 - 69 |
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| Publisher: | Fawcett |
| Categories: | War / Armed Forces | Water / Boats |
| Description: | DON WINSLOW OF THE NAVY (Fawcett) 1943 Series.
No. 1, Feb 1943 - no. 69, Sep 1951.
Continues as DON WINSLOW OF THE NAVY (Charlton) 1955 Series. |
| Don Winslow of the Navy |
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| Categories: | War / Armed Forces | Water / Boats |
| Description: | The idea for Don Winslow was conceived by Lieutenant Commander Frank V. Martinek USNR, himself a storied veteran of World War I Naval intelligence, after Admiral Wat T. Cluverius complained to him about the difficulties of recruiting in the Midwest. Ruminating ... |
| Exciting War |
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| Available: | 5 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 5 |
| From: | Sep 1952 |
| To: | Nov 1963 |
| Seq: | 5 - 9 |
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| Publisher: | Better / Nedor / Standard / Pines |
| Categories: | War / Armed Forces |
| Description: | Sept 1952 - Nov 1953; #9 11/53
Issues: 5 (#5-9)
Artists on this title include Alex Toth |
| Fightin' Army |
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| Available: | 63 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 157 |
| From: | Jan 1956 |
| To: | Nov 1984 |
| Seq: | 16 - 172 |
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| Publisher: | Charlton |
| Categories: | War / Armed Forces |
| Description: | Issues 33-77? go here. Not sure which issue was the last without a proper copyright. Do not post any issues with a proper copyright |
| Fightin' Marines |
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| Available: | 12 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 11 |
| From: | Oct 1951 |
| To: | Mar 1953 |
| Seq: | 2 - 12 |
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| Publisher: | St. John |
| Categories: | War / Armed Forces |
| Description: | (1951 Series)
August 1951 - March 1953
Issues: 12 (#15, 2-12) (Numbering initially continued from "The Texan").
Artists on this title include Matt Baker & Gene Colan
Tracking:
Continues as Fightin' Marines (Charlton, 1955 series) #14 onwards ... |
| Fighting Fronts |
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| Available: | 5 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 5 |
| From: | Aug 1952 |
| To: | Jan 1953 |
| Seq: | 1 - 5 |
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| Publisher: | Harvey Comics |
| Categories: | War / Armed Forces |
| Description: | (1952 series)
August 1952 - January 1953
Issues: #1-5
Artists on this title include Al Avison, Joe Certa, Vic Donohue, Lee Elias, Warren Kremer, Moe Marcus, Pete Morisi, Howard Nostrand, Abe Simon, & Jack Sparling |
| Fighting Undersea Commandos |
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| Available: | 5 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 4 |
| From: | Aug 1952 |
| To: | Apr 1953 |
| Seq: | 2 - 5 |
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| Publisher: | Avon Periodicals |
| Categories: | War / Armed Forces | Water / Boats |
| Description: | FIGHTING UNDERSEA COMMANDOS, 1952 Series.
No. 1, May 1952 - no. 5, Apr 1953
Note: Issue no. 1 titled UNDERSEA FIGHTING COMMANDOS |
| Flying Aces |
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| Available: | 4 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 5 |
| From: | Jul 1955 |
| To: | May 1956 |
| Seq: | 1 - 5 |
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| Publisher: | Stanley Morse (Key) |
| Categories: | War / Armed Forces | Aviation |
| Description: | (1955 series)
July 1955 - May 1956
Issues #1-5
Notes: Medal Comics on cover of #3-5.
Artists on this title include S. Finocchiaro, Eugene Hughes & Sal Trapani |
| Frogman |
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| Available: | 12 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 11 |
| From: | Jan 1952 |
| To: | May 1953 |
| Seq: | 1 - 11 |
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| Publisher: | Hillman |
| Categories: | War / Armed Forces | Water / Boats |
| Description: | (1952 series)
January-February 1952 - May 1953
Issues: #1-11
Artists on this title include Jack Abel, Ross Andru, Michael Becker, Lorence Bjorklund, Bill Ely, Bernie Krigstein, Mort Lawrence, Gerald McCann, Mort Meskin, Leo Morey, Charles Nicholas, George ... |
| G-I in Battle |
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| Available: | 9 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 9 |
| From: | Aug 1952 |
| To: | Jul 1953 |
| Seq: | 1 - 9 |
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| Publisher: | Ajax-Farrell |
| Categories: | War / Armed Forces |
| Description: | G-I IN BATTLE
1952 Series
No. 1, Aug 1952 - no. 9, Jul 1953.
Also:
1957 Series
No. 1, Mar 1957 - no. 6, May 1958. |
| G. I. Combat |
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| Available: | 44 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 43 |
| From: | Oct 1952 |
| To: | Dec 1956 |
| Seq: | 1 - 43 |
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| Publisher: | Quality |
| Categories: | War / Armed Forces |
| G.I. Joe |
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| Available: | 54 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 46 |
| From: | 1951 |
| To: | Oct 1951 |
| Seq: | 6 - 51 |
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| Publisher: | Ziff-Davis |
| Categories: | War / Armed Forces |
| Description: | (1951 Series)
December 1951 - June 1957
Issues published:
6-51
With 46 issues this was by far the publishers longest running title. |
| Hazanas Belicas |
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| Available: | 29 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 29 |
| From: | 1948 |
| To: | 1949 |
| Seq: | 1 - 29 |
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| Non-English: | Spanish Language Books |
| Categories: | War / Armed Forces |
| Description: | Spanish war series created by Guillermo Sánchez Boix (Boixcar). The first series of these weeklies ran from 1948 - 1949. |
| Heroic Comics |
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| Available: | 48 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 23 |
| From: | Jan 1943 |
| To: | Sep 1946 |
| Seq: | 16 - 38 |
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| Publisher: | Eastern Color |
| Categories: | War / Armed Forces |
| Description: | Artists on this title include Newt Alfred, Ruth Atkinson, Ben Allen, Charles Bange, Jack A. Barrill, John Belfi, Phil Berube, Sam Burlockoff, Gene Byrnes, Mario Colavito, Don Dickson, Stephen A. Douglas, Bill Ely, Bill Everett, Frank Frazetta, Harvey Fuller, ... |
| Joe Yank |
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| Available: | 12 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 12 |
| From: | Mar 1952 |
| To: | Jul 1954 |
| Seq: | 5 - 16 |
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| Publisher: | Better / Nedor / Standard / Pines |
| Categories: | War / Armed Forces |
| Description: | (1952 series)
March 1952 - 1954
Number of Issues: 12 (#5-16)
Artists on this title include Ross Andru, John Celardo, Dan DeCarlo, Mike Roy, Art Saaf, Mike Sekowsky, Alex Toth & George Tuska |
| The Liberty Boys Of 76 |
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| Available: | 4 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 999 |
| Seq: | 1 - 999 |
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| Section: | Dime Novels |
| Categories: | Adventure | War / Armed Forces |
| Description: | Liberty Boys of '76 was published by Frank Tousey based in New York, USA.
Published weekly from January 1901 to May 1925 it ran for a total of 1273 issues.
It features stories based on the American Revolution.
Liberty Boys were based on a real life group ... |
| Marines Attack |
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| Available: | 11 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 9 |
| From: | Aug 1964 |
| To: | Feb 1966 |
| Seq: | 1 - 9 |
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| Publisher: | Charlton |
| Categories: | War / Armed Forces |
