#wwii comics

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Spitfire Comics #133 - Cover art by Sam Cooper (1945)

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Sensation Comics (1942) #1

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Sara Art by Steve Epting Ennis and Epting doing a series about a lady sniper in Nazi occupied Russia?

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The Invaders - art by Alex Schomburg

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The Invaders - art by Alex Schomburg

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The Desert Peach (1988)

Basic Story: The misadventures of “The Desert Peach” and his unit of misfits in the Afrika Korps.

Fan Thoughts: I reviewed this comic per the request of a follower; I’ll preface this by saying I only read the first 10 comics as they are quite dense; I read fairly quickly and it took about 20-30 minutes to finish each one.  Right off the bat, I think the comic suffers from the WEBTOON roll-and-scroll format, given that it was originally printed as a normal comic book which seems like a much easier format to read it in by virtue of the pages breaking things up.  The art style is quite tight, and every panel is crammed with characters, background details and speech bubbles.  The density of the art can make it a bit hard to read at times since it is all in black and white so you’re searching for what you’re supposed to be looking at, however the artist is talented at showing motion and expressions.  As the comics go on you get a better picture of the minor characters, but the star of the show is obviously Oberst Manfred Pfirsich Marie Rommel aka The Desert Peach.  Pfirsich reminds me strongly of the Hitler in the fake play from The Producers (1967), who is played as an over-the-top artist type in an accidentally brilliant satire that makes the play that was supposed to be a flop into a hit.  This characterization is something you’re either going to like or really hate, and it’ll come down to personal preference on that front.  The stories always ended up pulling me in the most because they were just wild enough to get me hooked into the plot.  One downside is that the language and some of the portrayals are not the most sensitive and use language that may have been acceptable at the time but certainly is not now.  If you can look past that you might just enjoy this comic about a unit of misfits in the African desert!

Warnings: Offensive language/portrayals of multiple minority groups

Available On: WEBTOON, Kindle

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WATCH: Private Snafu - Spies

WATCH: Private Snafu – Spies

PRIVATE SNAFU: Episode 3: Spies

Private Snafu was the title character of a series of American instructional cartoon shorts, ironic and humorous in tone, produced by Warner Bros., between 1943 and 1945 during World War II. The series were designed to instruct armed forces personnel about security, proper sanitation habits, booby traps and other military subjects. It depicted Private Snafu doing…

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Always check under your bed kids.

For someone with a knife clenched in between his teeth, he speaks good English.