Fightin' Army
Fightin' Army | |
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The Lonely War of Willy Schultz" | |
Editor(s) | Al Fago (1956–1957) Pat Masulli (1957–1966) Dick Giordano (1966–1968) Sal Gentile (1968–1971) George Wildman (1971–1984) |
Fightin' Army was a bimonthly
In the late 1960s, Fightin' Army was the host of the ongoing feature "
Publication history
As with many comic book titles published at the time, Fightin' Army did not start with issue number one; it was a renaming of a series called Soldier and Marine Comics, which published five issues, numbered #99–69, from Dec. 1954 - Aug. 1959.
The title became Fightin' Army with issue #15, published in January 1956. Early issues of Fightin' Army sported such taglines as "Breathtaking Action Stories", "Action Packed Battle Stories", "Thrill Packed Combat", and "Rip-Snorting Combat Tales". Issues #120 – #126 (Sept. 1969 – Oct. 1969) featured painted covers.
Like the entire Charlton line, Fightin' Army went on a publishing hiatus between January and August 1969, issues #126 and #127. From issue #132 (Apr. 1978) onward, Fightin' Army was primarily a reprint title, mostly using material from earlier issues, as well as the 1963–1970 Charlton title Army War Heroes. Fightin' Army ran through issue #173, publishing a total of 157 issues.
Features
The Fightin' Army letter column was called "Weapons, Wars, and Wisdom". Reader letters were answered by the fictional "General Knowett".
The bulk of the stories in Fightin' Army take place during World War II, but as the series moved along, more were set during the Korean War. The Vietnam War was only rarely featured, and only made the cover of two issues, #65 (Dec. 1965) and #135 (Nov. 1978).
"The Lonely War of Willy Schultz"
From 1967–1970, Fightin' Army ran an ongoing
In popular culture
John Taylor of the band Duran Duran can briefly be seen reading issue #157 (cover dated April 1982) of Fightin' Army in the music video for their song "Rio".[4]
Notes
- ^ A Complete History of American Comic Books, Shirrel Rhoades, Peter Lang Publishing, Inc., 2008, Pg. 53.
- Avalon Communications/ America's Comics Group
- ISBN 978-1-50673-166-7.
- ^ Rio (1982), directed by Russell Mulcahy, EMI/Harvest Records
References
- Fightin' Army at the Grand Comics Database
- Fightin' Army at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)