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Description
This reprint of the all-star war-comics anthology is an expanded edition, with a cover gallery featuring all of Frazetta’s painted covers and exclusive interviews with Goodwin and publisher James Warren.
These controversial-at-the-time war stories were produced by some of the top comics talents of the 20th century—written by Goodwin and drawn by John Severin, Alex Toth, Russ Heath, Reed Crandall, and many more.
About the Author
Archie Goodwin(1937–1998, b. Kansas City, Missouri) is best known as an editor and writer for Warren, DC, and Marvel Comics. He co-created, with Walter Simonson, Luke Cage and Spider-Woman, and rebooted the Vampirella character. He also wrote newspaper comic strips, notably Star Wars, drawn by Al Williamson. He won multiple awards and authored the first graphic novel on the NYT Best-Seller list.
Wallace Allan Wood (1927–1981) is widely considered to be America’s greatest science fiction cartoonist, but he was also one of the brightest lights of the early Mad comic and, later, a pioneering alternative/underground cartoonist/publisher with his magazine witzend.
Al Williamson (b. 1931, d, 2010) was a comics artist best known for his work on EC's Weird Science and Weird Fantasy comics titles (and, later, Creepy and Eerie, comics magazines that featured EC alumni). He also adapted Star Wars into comics, and worked on the newspaper strips Flash Gordon and Secret Agent X-9, both creations of Alex Raymond. He also inked various Marvel superhero comics, and was inducted into the Will Eisner Hall of Fame in 2000.
Praise For…
Blazing Combat collects some of the most beautiful black and white comic art you have ever seen... It also features interviews and some of the most beautiful printing I have seen. From cover to cover, this book is what keeps me in comics.
— Newsarama
Blazing Combat constitutes a high-water mark of the war-comics genre.
— Booklist
Although the subject matter is bleak, the presentation it’s been given is beautiful. This is as good as war comics get.
— Bookgasm
The Blazing Combat cartoonists made powerful contributions to the literature of war. ... Both civilians and veterans may welcome this anthology of comic book stories.
— Spectrum Culture
Blazing Combat reprints all 4 issues of the ground-breaking war series. These are fascinating stories, drawn by some of the top talent in comics, who did some of their finest works for this short-lived publication. The design work is A+.
— Innocent Bystander