1960s G.I. Combat

Looking back at the heyday of DC's war comics, which was the 1960s...starting with G.I. Combat...which started the decade with #79 (December-January 1959/1960) with a cover by Jerry Grandenetti and Jack Adler, and ended #139 (December-January 1969/1970), covered by Joe Kubert.

The earlier G.I. Combat issues were just generic war stories, but the series changed, adding the Haunted Tank as a regular feature (the story of Jeb Stuart who commanded a World War II tank, and was aided by a relative of his, who was a Confederate General who appeared to Jeb as a ghost) with G.I. Combat #87 (April-May, 1961), ending with the title in G.I. Combat #288 (March, 1987)

Don't Get Mad, Go Vote

Time again to go to your city hall or voting precinct and vote for president.

Alfred E. Newman will show you the way....or maybe not...from this cover by Norman Mingo from Mad #185 (September, 1976).

War On Time

Sgt. Rock is here to remind you that it's time to fall back again, as Daylight Saving Time ends tonight and you have to move your clock back an hour.

But. as you can see by this Joe Kubert cover to Sgt. Rock #352 (May, 1981), the Rock of Easy Company is ready for war anytime!

The Rock Face Of War

Showing the determined face of World War II's best soldier, Joe Kubert shows incredible expressions with Sgt. Rock for these two covers...

...Our Army At War #192 (April, 1968) and Sgt. Rock #395 (December, 1984).

Though the decades change, Kubert keeps a consistent style, yet also shows how much he has evolved as an artist as well.

Happy Halloween With Vampirella

A happy Halloween to one and all, here with a pair of covers from the Harris' Vampirella Halloween Special from 2006..

....one by Amanda Conner, and the other by Tommy Castillo.

Terror Illustrated

Here, a couple of magazine sized issues from the 1950s with covers by Reed Crandall...with adult tales of terror illustrated!

Inside these two magazines (Terror Illustrated #1 from November-December, 1955 and #2 from April, 1956) were prose stories by Al Feldstein, John Larner and Jack Oleck with accompanying art by Reed Crandall, Joe Orlando, George Evans, Graham Ingels, Johnny Craig, Charles Sultan and Jack Davis...with a third issue planned at the time, but not published until 2006, with the collection of the first two issues.

Shocking Weird Mystery Tales

Just a little electrical horror here, with a pair of Nick Cardy covers to Weird Mystery Tales (#3, November-December, 1972 and #7, August-September, 1973)...just to keep things grounded.