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[nerds-yearbook]

On a day in June 1969, Soldier "Ice" Phillips serving in Viet Nam, imagined what it would be like if the heroes from Marvel Comics were real and came over to fight in the war in the The 'Nam 41#, cover date February, 1990. ("Back in the Real World", The 'Nam 41#, Marvel Comic Event)

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Atari Force: Dart by Wayne Vansant

[cryptocollectibles]

The 'Nam #41 (February 1990) by Marvel Comics

Written by Doug Murray, drawn by Wayne Vansant and Geof Isherwood, cover by Ron Frenz and John Romita, Sr.

[smashpages]

Out this week: The Lonely War of Capt. Willy Schultz (It’s Alive/Dark Horse, $49.99):

This collects the 1960s war comic by Will Franz and Sam Glanzman, which was originally  published by Charlton. The comic is about an American soldier in WWII who, while being sent to a firing squad for a murder he didn’t commit, manages to escape when the jeep he’s in hits a landmine. The soldier then pretends to be a German soldier after finding a uniform. The comic came out during the Vietnam War and legend has it that the U.S. military asked Charlton to cancel it because it was reportedly responsible for creating objectors out of young American men. This is also one of the final projects of Drew Ford, who passed away last September from COVID-related pneumonia, and it not only collects the original story but also includes an ending written by Franz and drawn by war comics veteran Wayne Vansant. 

See what other comics and graphic novels will arrive in shops this week.

[keycomicbooks]

The 'Nam #24 (1988) Andy Kubert Cover & Wayne Vansant Pencils, Doug Murray Story, 1st Appearance of Teo, General Westmoreland Cameo Appearance

#TheNam #24 (1988) #AndyKubert Cover & #WayneVansant Pencils, #DougMurray Story, 1st Appearance of #Teo, #GeneralWestmoreland Cameo Appearance "Beginning of the End" North Vietnam launches the #TetOffensive! This seems like the beginning of the end for the United States! https://rarecomicbooks.fashionablewebs.com/The%20Nam.html#24 @rarecomicbooks Website Link In Bio Page If Applicable. SAVE ON SHIPPING COST - NOW AVAILABLE FOR LOCAL PICK UP IN DELTONA, FLORIDA #RareComicBooks #KeyComicBooks #MCU #MarvelComics #MarvelUniverse #KeyComic #ComicBooks

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The 'Nam #47

by Jacqueline Zambrano, Wayne Vansant and Phil Felix

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BRAD THOMAS Brad’s US Army career spanned twenty years, starting at 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment in the early 90’s before taking the “long walk” and becoming an operator with 1st SFOD-D (Delta Force). He joined Robert Gowin, John Waters, and Chris VanSant on Episode 280. Brad describing the first photo: hanging with #theman - I was fortunate enough to meet and engage with Gen. Wayne A. Downing 3 times in two years. In Mogadishu, we talked for a few minutes outside the hangar and he told me to quit smoking. I told him I would quit when the bullets stopped flying. A little less than a year later, I met him at the back of my aircraft headed to Haiti for the big invasion (that never happened). I was one of the jump masters for the combat jump and had finished rigging and JMPI’ing everyone on the bird and was out back firing up lung rocket when he rolled up in a vehicle and told me we were on a 24 hour delay... and then said “hey SGT Thomas I thought I told you to quit smoking” - I was surprised he remembered me from Mogadishu. This pic was taken in 1996 at a USASOC Stone Dedication at Arlington and as you might guess, the first thing he asked me was about quitting smoking. #legend #rangerlegend #usasoc #rangers #army @silence_and_light_official #Mentors4mil #CAG #DeltaForce #JSOC #SOF #1stsfodd @rainwaters27 @cvansant123 Posted @withregram • @mentors4mil (at Middle Tennessee Area) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpJYkBpOPuy/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Book 44 of 2024 (★★★★★)

Title: The Vietnam War: A Graphic History Authors: Dwight Jon Zimmerman & Wayne Vansant

ISBN: 9780809094950 Rating: ★★★★★ Subject: Books.Military.20th-21st Century.Asia.Vietnam War.Misc

Description: A graphically told history of the Vietnam War, interweaving U.S. political and cultural history with the military history of the war.

When Senator Edward Kennedy declared, "Iraq is George Bush's Vietnam," everyone understood. The Vietnam War has become the touchstone for U.S. military misadventures―a war lost on the home front although never truly lost on the battlefront. During the pivotal decade of 1962 to 1972, U.S. involvement rose from a few hundred advisers to a fighting force of more than one million. This same period saw the greatest schism in American society since the Civil War, a generational divide pitting mothers and fathers against sons and daughters who protested the country's ever-growing military involvement in Vietnam. Meanwhile, well-intentioned decisions in Washington became operational orders with tragic outcomes in the rice paddies, jungles, and villages of Southeast Asia. Through beautifully rendered artwork, The Vietnam War: A Graphic History depicts the course of the war from its initial expansion in the early 1960s through the evacuation of Saigon in 1975, and what transpired at home, from the antiwar movement and the assassinations of Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. to the Watergate break-in and the resignation of a president.

My Review: I'd heard a lot of good things about this graphic novel, and I wasn't disappointed at all! I went in expecting a cartoonish/childrens overview to be honest, but instead it had a lot of great depth in showcasing not just the various aspects of the war, but the political battles as well.

The writing and info boxes were top notch, clear, concise, and excellent story telling, and the artwork would move from general sketch lines to incredibly detailed portraits in a style that kept you focused on the key elements. Whether it was the sweat pouring off a Captains face while others drank and rested, or a gaggle of Hueys coming in, or the signs at an anti-war protest.

Definitely worth a read for a good overview with some nice topics picked out to explore in depth.

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Semper Fi #9 cover. 1989. Art by Wayne Vansant.

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Spotlight: Sherman’s March

On today’s date, August 31 in 1864, Union forces led by General William T. Sherman began their assault on Atlanta, the first major victory on Sherman’s ruinous March to the Sea. The assault had been preceded by a number of important skirmishes, but Atlanta was the prize as it was an important rail hub and industrial center for the Confederacy. On August 31, Sherman's army captured the railroad track from Macon. General John Bell Hood was in command of Atlanta’s defense, but with his supply lines fully severed, Hood pulled his troops out of Atlanta the next day, September 1, destroying supply depots as he left to prevent them from falling into Union hands. He also set fire to eighty-one loaded ammunition cars, which led to a conflagration watched by hundreds (and later depicted, of course, as one of the most memorable scenes in the movie version of Gone with the Wind).

By September 2, it was all over and the city surrendered. On September 3, Sherman sent a telegram to Washington that "Atlanta is ours, and fairly won.” He then established his headquarters there on September 7, where he stayed for over two months. On November 15, the army departed east toward Savannah, on what became known as "Sherman's March to the Sea." As this comic book points out in its final panel:

Sherman’s March cut a swath 250 miles long and 60 mile wide from Atlanta to the sea. The economic and social damage to the region would be felt for decades. Sherman had promised to “make Georgia howl!” and that he did. The bitter feelings resulting from that 250 mile scar lived through Reconstructon and into the next century. . . 

                           . . . and for some that bitterness is still felt today.

This comic book, Sherman’s March Through Atlanta to the Sea, published in Atlanta by The Heritage Collection in 1995, and written and illustrated by Wayne Vansant with Ethan Krash, has a decidedly “heritage” flavor. In a subplot, a Southern black man named Luther eschews his relatively comfortable job in a pistol factory, even though some of his fellow Black workers find that “we’z got it good here. No field work. We’z been taught a good trade, and Mr. Sam don’t ask us to do nothin’ he wouldn’t do.”

Luther complains to his sweetheart Leah (who looks “almost white”) that “Just ‘cause they call us workers instead of slaves don’t make us Free! I want to be free! And I intend to be.” Luther decides to defect to the Union army, but is so mistreated and marginalized by the thuggish Union troops that he returns to fight fervently for the Confederacy, which ultimately leads to his death on the battlefield. When Leah finds his lifeless body, she laments, “Luther. . . Oh, Luther. At least you’re finally free.”

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Garth Ennis writes new "Rat Pack" story for 2020 Battle Special

Garth Ennis writes new “Rat Pack” story for 2020 Battle Special

The cover of Battle, cover dated 17th April 1976 – featuring Rat Pack. Art by Carlos Ezquerra. With thanks to Great News For All Readers

The latest 2000AD Thrillcast offers a recording of the war comics panel from New York Comic Con – and writers Alex de Campi and Garth Ennis have both revealed they have written strips for a new Battle Special from Rebellion out next year, Garth writing a new “Ra…

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Atari Force: Dart by Wayne Vansant

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Pin-ups by Wayne Vansant from various issues of The ‘Nam, published by Marvel Comics, 1990-91.

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Dark Horse and It's Alive! Reprint The Lonely War of Capt. Willy Shultz

Dark Horse and It's Alive! Reprint The Lonely War of Capt. Willy Shultz #comics #comicbooks

After its original publication more than 60 years ago, The Lonely War of Capt. Willy Schultz is being published by It’s Alive and Dark Horse Books. The Lonely War of Capt. Willy Schultz was originally written by 16-year-old Will Franz in Fightin’ Army and illustrated by comic book creator and WWll veteran, Sam Glazman. It will soon be available in its finished state thanks to a new final chapter…

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REVIEW: Stonewall in the Shenandoah (2018)

REVIEW: Stonewall in the Shenandoah (2018)

A Comic by Wayne Vansant, a reprint of a comic from 1996(?) In my recent interview with Antonio Gil, he had mentioned that one of his influences was Wayne Vansant, I was unfamiliar, so a trip to Amazon brought up something that definitely interested me. Wayne Vansant is a celebrated historical comic author/artist and he has done everything from WWII to the American Civil War. With the latter…