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Steve Adelson
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| Posted: 13 November 2018 at 8:09pm | IP Logged | 1
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War comics were generally not my thing, so I think this was the first and last one I ever purchased, if only as a back issue:
Another book I regret later trading away! I must have gotten something good for it, I suppose.
EDIT: Actually, except for really high-end copies, it looks like this issue is not valued all that highly these days.... Oh well, I enjoyed reading it multiple times.
Edited by Steve Adelson on 13 November 2018 at 8:32pm
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Eric Jansen
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| Posted: 13 November 2018 at 10:24pm | IP Logged | 2
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Yeah, I bought everything when I was a kid--except war comics. I guess I skipped westerns too, but they were mostly gone by the time I started buying. Does THE INVADERS count?--cause I bought all of those! And ALL-STAR SQUADRON too!
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Shane Matlock
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| Posted: 14 November 2018 at 12:46am | IP Logged | 3
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It was this issue of Weird War Tales with this glorious Joe Kubert cover that's seared into my memory.
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Brian Hague
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Shane, I'm glad someone else posted that cover. That image really sticks with you, doesn't it?
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Mike Norris
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I picked up the occasional war comic as a kid: Sgt Rock. Fury, Haunted Tank and even a Charlton book or two. The first one I bought on a regular basis was Star-Spangled War Stories starring the Unknown Soldier.
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Peter Martin
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| Posted: 14 November 2018 at 10:07pm | IP Logged | 6
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I was not into War comics, but I was into 'Action Force' and I collected Battle Action Force. Not 100%, but I may have got the first issue as a freebie.
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Shane Matlock
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| Posted: 15 November 2018 at 4:27am | IP Logged | 7
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Brian, I couldn't remember the issue number, but it only took me a few seconds to spot it when browsing the covers of Weird War Tales. I haven't had it since I was around 9 or so years old. 40 years later and it's still a vivid memory.
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Robbie Moubert
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| Posted: 15 November 2018 at 5:52pm | IP Logged | 8
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War stories were a staple of UK boys' comics when I was growing up. My weekly of choice, Valiant, had the adventures of Captain Hurricane. Played pretty much straight when first launched, by the time I was reading it had become a comedy feature. Royal Marine Captain Hercules Hurricane would display superhuman strength while suffering from his trademark "raging fury".
Colin mentioned Warlord earlier and I remember buying that from the first issue and for couple of years afterwards.
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Stéphane Garrelie
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| Posted: 18 November 2018 at 8:08am | IP Logged | 9
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Neither was a fan of War comics or movie, with the exception of the tv show Baa baa Black Sheep (Les Têtes brulées) starring Robert Conrad.
But i loved WW2 stories with super-heroes. My first one was the Invaders story introducing U-Man (Merrano). About a year (maybe more, maybe even two) later i read and loved the Batman / Sergent Rock story "Operation time Bomb" (against the Major Iron Hand) from The Brave and the Bold 162) and of course loved it.
A few years again and i was a fan of the All Star Squadron.
Today I own and like to reread the two volumes of the Invaders complete run
Edited by Stéphane Garrelie on 18 November 2018 at 8:10am
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Stephen Churay
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SGT. ROCK SPECIAL #9 featuring ENEMY ACE.
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Gundars Berzins
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The first I bought was this.
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