Legendary comic book artist Sam Glanzman draws upon his own experiences aboard a WWII destroyer in these gripping tales of Navy life, including a new 10-page story and a new foreword by New York Times-bestselling author of World War Z, Max Brooks. Recounted in graphic novel style, these dramatic adventures realistically depict a teenager's military career, from initiation and advancement through the ranks to tours of the Pacific and kamikaze attacks at the Battle of Okinawa.
Each issue of Air War Stories focuses on aerial war battles, illustrated brilliantly by comic book legend, WWII vet, and Eisner Award nominee Sam Glanzman! This issue features: The Day I Died set during WWII, The Deadliest Game set during WWI, Victor 4 Why Don't You Answer? set during the Korean War, and Buzz Bomb Patrol set during WWII. Also included are essays about Sam Glanzman, original covers, vintage advertisements, and more! Don't miss what some have called a Sam Glanzman tour de force!
A rebellious caveman, cast out by his mountain-dwelling tribe, finds adventure in the lowlands among giant tigers, dinosaurs, and visitors from another planet. Rendered in stark black-and-white by the acclaimed creator of the USS Stevens stories, the saga combines prehistory, super-science, and time travel. This complete collection includes a never-before-published story as well as a new Introduction by original publisher Timothy Truman and a foreword by comic writer/artist Jeff Lemire.
Each combat one shot features true stories from World War II, illustrated by comic book legend, WWII vet, and Eisner Award -nominee Sam Glanzman! This D-Day issue features the main story, The Normandy Invasion, plus the back-up story, The Train to Nowhere, the 1-page story Secret Weapon, essays about general Omar Bradley and Sam Glanzman, originals covers, and vintage advertisements.
Finally collected by IT'S ALIVE! and co-published with Dark Horse, The Lonely War of Capt. Willy Schultz was originally serialized in the comic book Fightin' Army in the 1960s. This series was written by a sixteen-year-old Will Franz and illustrated by the already-seasoned comic book creator and WWII veteran Sam Glanzman. The entire story arc, collected here and finally finished, is one of the most dramatic, moving, and controversial comic book stories ever told! An American solider of German heritage finds himself on the wrong side of World War II in this sweeping epic. This war story is, at its heart, an antiwar story and a story about universal human nature in the hellhole of war.
Each Combat one shot features true stories from World War II, illustrated by comic book legend, WWII vet, and Eisner Award-nominee Sam Glanzman! This Midway issue features the main story: Battle of Midway plus the back-up story Out the Gate, 1-page story High Ground, and essays about General George Patton, Jr. and Sam Glanzman. Incentive cover by comic book legend Russ Heath!
Each Combat one shot features true stories from WWII, illustrated by comic book legend, veteran, and Eisner Award nominee Sam Glanzman! This Pearl Harbor issue features the story: Pearl Harbor, plus the back-up stories Defeat of the Spanish Armada and A Deadly Weapon. Also included are essays about General John Pershing and Sam Glanzman, original covers, vintage advertisements, and more!
Set during the 19th century, and combining an unusual mix of racial unrest, odd ball characters, and strange happenings, Red Range is a unique take on The Western. During a Klan lynching, a mysterious rider appears, and proves to be a deadly shot! It is the Red Mask, a tough, lethal, black man who wisely keeps his identity concealed, especially while battling his enemies. Through a series of events, the Red Mask continues to thwart the violent and hateful actions of the Klan, while picking up an orphan along the way, and teaching him how to turn his hate into something more positive.
The legendary Sam Glanzman set many of his tales on the USS Stevens, the World War II destroyer on which he served. This full-color, hardcover treasury collects more than 60 short Stevens adventures from Our Army at War, G. I. Combat, and other '70s DC war comics. It also includes longer pieces from Marvel's 1986 revival of Savage Tales magazine, the cover of 1967's Combat, Sam's very first illustration of the ship, letters to Sam from Presidents Barack Obama and George H.W. Bush, and much more. This collection also boasts a newly created, four page USS Stevens story, written and drawn by Sam Glanzman himself!
A classic run of Tarzan comics, reprinted for the first time! In the 1960s, believing Tarzan to have fallen into the public domain, Charlton Comics enlisted Joe Gill (Flash Gordon, House of Mystery) and Sam Glanzman (Hercules, Our Army at War) to create a new comics version of the Lord of the Jungle. Only four issues were produced before Charlton was forced to end the series, and much of the original print runs were destroyed. Collects Chaltons Jungle Tales of Tarzan #1#4. • Includes never-before-seen Tarzan comic strips by Glanzman and historical essays by Roger Broughton! [(W) Joe Gill (A) Sam Glanzman & Various]
Follow the adventures of a shape-shifting atomic sub battling sea creatures, arctic monsters, sonic attacks, anti-matter generators, global terrorism, and more! Four tales of the atomic submarine Proteus and her crew in one graphic novel! First, the submarine Proteus has just finished its shakedown run and heads out to explore the Mariana Trench, but when the ship arrives, it not only has to deal with giant sea creatures, but an act of terrorism that threatens the entire world! Plus, a monster larger than the Proteus, a fanged sea creature and an anti-matter generator that threatens to tear apart the world, and an unknown enemy unleashes sonic destruction on the Proteus, and then the world! Only the Proteus and her crew can stop them! Advance solicited for February release!
