Joe Kubert (who also got to be an editor on this title), Russ Heath, Irv Novick and others are well-served by the black and white reprint. None of the stories in the first twenty-one issues are set in the Vietnam conflict the most recent war covered is the Korean War in one story, and even then not presented by name. For who knows the stories of war better? The majority of the stories are set in World War Two, both because the writers and artists had served in that conflict or were close to those that were, and because the sides were so clearly drawn. This switched around a few times, until the series settled on Death as the host of the book. Like many anthology comics, there was initially a framing device of a narrator telling the stories to a soldier and the reader. So a hybrid title was created that combined the two genres. At the same time, the once best-selling war comics were going into a slump, at least partially due to the real-life Vietnam War becoming increasingly unpopular. Comic Book Review: Showcase Presents: Weird War Tales Volume 1 edited by Joe Kubert & Joe OrlandoĪs I’ve mentioned in other reviews, the relaxation of the Comics Code in the early 1970s created a horror anthology boom at DC Comics.
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