Infinite Bronze War Thread 11 11

[jimm]

Weird War... Horror or War? both I reckon, love it

[Jeffro.]

On 2/5/2019 at 5:32 PM, Black_Adam said:

On 1/31/2019 at 12:35 PM, bigfiver69 said:

Agree! Charlton war books of this era get a really bad rap - they have a different flavour than DC war from the Bronze Age, but they have many charms! 

A few years back, I was fortunate to purchase VF run of all the Charlton war books from about 1969-81. I’ll try and post some of the covers soon. Some of them are truly spectacular.

Shep

 

Growing up in the 70s, I'm also a fan of the Bronze Age Charlton War (and other titles) which are very, very affordable though sometimes hard to find in decent grade mainly due to low supply and even lower demand. But with lazy spell checking like this - on a cover to boot - it's not hard to see why the company was doomed to demolition...

 

Just about everything about Charlton was on the cheap side. They didn't pay well. With a few exceptions, they didn't have the "good" creators and most of the more talented ones who broke in with Charlton quickly went to DC and/or Marvel. Charlton used paper at the end of rolls with the serrated edges still present. Production values were horrible. Charlton war comics can't hold a candle to anything DC did. Trying to put them on par with DC war is laughable. It doesn't help that they didn't have iconic characters like Sgt Rock, The Unknown Solider, Haunted Tank, etc. However, that doesn't mean they can't be enjoyable. Some of the covers are very good. They do have a certain charm and they did have Sam Glanzman. I know Sam will never be rated as highly as Kubert, Heath, Severin, etc in the war genre but he did some damn fine work. I've been thinking lately about picking up cheap Charlton war when I see them. I should pull out the handful I still have from childhood.  

Edited May 2, 2019 by Jeffro.

[Gnasher]

Couple of low key Kubert covers

[FoggyNelson]

Hitler cover above is cool🆒🆒🆒

[bigfiver69]

Hey fellas,

Been a while since I've posted. I'm making some room, and running a number of sales in the coming weeks. There'll be a large collection of higher grade Charlton 1960s/70s war books coming up in the next while, plus a signiicant run of late silver and bronze war books in high grades. Starting off, though, I'm selling off a collection of Men's Adventure magazines (colloquially known as 'sweats') from the late 1950s into the 60s. Seriously weird in some cases, but great art by Norm Saunders, Earl Norem, Mort Kunstler, etc. Take a look and hope that all are well! - Shep

Men's Adventure Mags

[creaturefan95]

[creaturefan95]

[bronze johnny]

21 hours ago, creaturefan95 said:

Great books 👍 

[creaturefan95]

[shiverbones]

Ooops, wrong copy and paste

Edited July 27, 2019 by shiverbones

[bronze johnny]

Finally got around to reading the War Report in the 49th Edition of the OSPG. A great piece that I always enjoy and this year's tribute to Russ Heath was excellent. Perhaps a focus on the greatest war comic artist, Joe Kubert, can be considered next year? Looking at the top 50 War books, there was no surprise that Army 83 comes out on top- the Action Comics 1 of the War genre. SSWS 84 moved up a place while SSWS 90 stayed put. Both books should place ahead of the Rock prototype issues. I was surprised to see Sgt. Rock 302 on the list but no G.I. Combat 138 and Our Fighting Forces 123. These Bronze Age keys having the 1st appearance and beginning of the Losers run belong on the list and would definitely place higher than Sgt. Rock 302. Maybe these two books will be considered for next year? That said, kudos to the guys for the great work on this year's War Report. 

[johnenock]

On 3/18/2019 at 1:46 PM, creaturefan95 said:

Weird War Tales #83 is one of the forty remaining issues that I still need to find in the wild.

I am pretty flush on the Creature Commandos WW books. Love them!

[creaturefan95]

[HouseofComics.Com]

Question for you guys:

Have a customer who is a disabled vet (Iraq, 2005) who just told me a story about his dad throwing away his comics in the 80s. The one he's looking to get is a back up story in an issue of Sgt. Rock where the crux of the story is "I do know that it had one of those other stories of an Afrika Korp Soldier smoking a cigarette near a burnt out tank and the fuel had leaked and dried up and when he flicked it to the ground, it ignited the fuel and killed him."

Any ideas, guys? I had a full run of this in April but more than half the Rocks have sold. Regardless, I'll be digging into them soon to see if I can help the guy.

 

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[southern cross]

[Gnasher]

[creaturefan95]

On 10/12/2019 at 6:52 PM, HouseofComics.Com said:

Question for you guys:

Have a customer who is a disabled vet (Iraq, 2005) who just told me a story about his dad throwing away his comics in the 80s. The one he's looking to get is a back up story in an issue of Sgt. Rock where the crux of the story is "I do know that it had one of those other stories of an Afrika Korp Soldier smoking a cigarette near a burnt out tank and the fuel had leaked and dried up and when he flicked it to the ground, it ignited the fuel and killed him."

Any ideas, guys? I had a full run of this in April but more than half the Rocks have sold. Regardless, I'll be digging into them soon to see if I can help the guy.

 

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@HouseofComics.Com Is it "Detour" from Sgt. Rock #346?

Edited November 26, 2019 by creaturefan95
war is hell

[batmiesta]

[fastballspecial]

I never knew DC war. My dad bought me the cheapest comics he could find to read and they were Charlton and Yang. 
I bought a NM copy of Yang 1 last year just for sentimental reasons. It will probably be one of the last copies of my 
collection I will part with. Its not worth much, but those Charlton and Yang books to me are priceless to me.

 

[bronze johnny]

On 1/18/2020 at 9:27 PM, fastballspecial said:

I never knew DC war. My dad bought me the cheapest comics he could find to read and they were Charlton and Yang. 
I bought a NM copy of Yang 1 last year just for sentimental reasons. It will probably be one of the last copies of my 
collection I will part with. Its not worth much, but those Charlton and Yang books to me are priceless to me.

 

DC War was all I saw on the newstand as a kid during the late '70s. Woolworth was the only place I could find Charltons back then and for some reason, war comics were never available.