Synopsis
Continuing Fantagraphics’ project to reprint MarvelComics’ 1950s genre titles, this volume compiles thefirst of what became the industry’s largest line of warbooks. Produced by veterans of WWII, the eight issueshere feature future mainstream comics stalwarts suchas Gene Colan, Russ Heath, Joe Maneely, and more.Forged in the crucible of the Korean War, and produced by veteransof the Second World War, this volume’s eight issues present thebrutality and grimness of armed combat by some of Atlas’ mostnotable war artists and future comics stars including Gene Colan,Russ Heath, Joe Maneely, Dave Berg, Jay Scott Pike, Mike Sekowsky, VernHenkel, Allen Bellman, Pete Morisi and Norman Steinberg.Propaganda abounds from the very first story, published in War Comics#1 in September 1950: “Peril in Korea,” a primer explaining why the U.S.joined the conflict. Other highlights include Colan’s “The Chips are Down”and “Victory,” Heath’s “Alone” and “No Survivors,” Maneely’s “StormyWeather,” Henkel’s “Total Destruction,” and Berg’s “The Infantry’s War.”Originally a trial spun off from the publisher’s “Men’s Adventure” publications,in the nine years to follow Atlas went on to produce 533 comicbook issues with war content, across 34 different titles. War Comics iswhere it all began, unseen in decades, scanned from the original books,restored, and packaged as one large, beautiful hardcover volume.
À propos des auteurs
Joe Maneely (1926-1958, b. Philadelphia, PA) blazed a trail through Marvel's 1950s comic books that is unsurpassed in both quantity and quality. Maneely was revered as a lightning-fast talent, and he launched most of Marvel's character features during that time, excelling at every genre -- westerns, horror, humor, and war. He is best remembered today for his signature character, The Black Knight. Maneely's career was tragically cut short in June 1958 when, at the age of 32, he accidentally fell between the cars of a moving commuter train.
Eugene Jules Colan (1926 - 2011) illustrated many war comics for both Timely/Atlas and DC Comics. He flourished after Atlas became Marvel, with notable stints plotting and drawing on Daredevil and Captain America in the 1960s, before co-authoring Howard The Duck with Steve Gerber and Tomb of Dracula with Marv Wolfman.
Russell Heath Jr. (1926 - 2018) was an American artist best known for his comic book work, particularly his DC Comics war stories and his 1960s art for Playboy magazine's "Little Annie Fanny" feature. Heath was inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 2009.
Dr. Michael J. Vassallo is a noted historian on Marvel's early pulp, Timely and Atlas periods. A Manhattan dentist, he spends his free time attempting to bring recognition to artistic creators of the 1940's and 1950's. He has also written introductions to 20 Timely and Atlas Masterworks volumes, dissecting the credits for posterity and providing historical context, as well as writing the detailed captions to the first 210 pages of Taschen's 75 Years of Marvel coffee table book. He lives in Westchester County, New York.
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