G.I. Joe

The Korean War is viewed through more of a satirical lens in the pages of Ziff-Davis's G.I.JOE seriesthan the war normally was in comics. The violence is portrayed in an almost slapstick fashion.Sergeants are ogres, officers are incompetent, women are seductresses and the enemy is easilydispatched caricatures. If it were not for the enlisted men, who are just regular folks, the wholeworld would end up speaking Korean or even Chinese.The riveting covers of G.I.JOE in this volume were...
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The Korean War is viewed through more of a satirical lens in the pages of Ziff-Davis's G.I.JOE seriesthan the war normally was in comics. The violence is portrayed in an almost slapstick fashion.Sergeants are ogres, officers are incompetent, women are seductresses and the enemy is easilydispatched caricatures. If it were not for the enlisted men, who are just regular folks, the wholeworld would end up speaking Korean or even Chinese.The riveting covers of G.I.JOE in this volume were composed by Norman Saunders and AllenAnderson. The interiors have incredible artwork by Henry Sharp, Mike Sekowsky, Dan DeCarlo, IrvNovick and Jack Sparling, plus other great talents.G.I. JOE by Ziff-Davis has an interesting publishing history numerically. The first five issues werenumbered #10-14 and were published between February to October of 1951. Ziff-Davis decided thatthese issues should be considered the first five comics of G.I.JOE and relaunched the series with issue#6 in April of 1952. This means there are two different issues each of G.I.JOE #10-14 published byZiff-Davis.THIS BOOK IS AVAILABLE IN BOTH HARDCOVER AND TRADE PAPERBACK EDITIONS AS WELL AS IN EITHERFULL COLOR OR BLACK & WHITE