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Issue: The Mammoth Book of Best War Comics #[nn]
Publication Date: January 2007
 
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Issues: #[nn] of 1 Issue
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagCarroll & Graf
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Indicia Publisher: Carroll & Graf Publishers
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume:
Pages: 516
ISBN: 97807867197300786719737
UPC/EAN: 978078671973090000
Price: $17.99 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 57 (26 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): David Kendall
Disclose Notes: This book was first printed in the UK by Robinson, and the cover blurb states it contains 30 stories instead of the 25 here, and has an isbn of 1845295862.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: 15.5 cm x 23.5 cm
Paper Stock: Cardstock cover
Binding: Squarebound
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Disclose Notes: Cover is similar to the cover of Frontline Combat (EC, 1951 series) #2.
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Contents

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Introduction

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Acknowledgements

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Synopsis: Copyright information for this volume
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I Saw It!

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I Saw It!

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Writer(s): Keiji Nakazawa; Project Gen (translation)
Penciller(s): Keiji Nakazawa
Inker(s): Keiji Nakazawa
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Genres: autobiography, war
Synopsis: Nakazawa tells of his family's experiences in the wake of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.
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The Tin-Pot Foreign General and the Old Iron Woman

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The Tin-Pot Foreign General and the Old Iron Woman

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Writer(s): Raymond Briggs
Penciller(s): Raymond Briggs
Inker(s): Raymond Briggs
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Genres: informational, war
Synopsis: The Falklands War, cast as a children's fairy tale.
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Charley's War

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Writer(s): Pat Mills
Penciller(s): Joe Colquhoun
Inker(s): Joe Colquhoun
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Genres: war
Feature(s): Charley's War
Character(s): Charley Bourne; Ginger; Old Bill
Synopsis: Charley joins the Royal Army.
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Snow

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Snow

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Writer(s): Askold Akishin
Penciller(s): Askold Akishin
Inker(s): Askold Akishin
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Genres: war
Synopsis: An encounter between Russian and Finnish soldiers in 1939.
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Desert

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Desert

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Writer(s): Carol Swain
Penciller(s): Carol Swain
Inker(s): Carol Swain
Letterer(s): Carol Swain ?
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Genres: war
Synopsis: Soldiers in a desert find an area of sand fused to glass by an atomic blast.
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Lone Hawk

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Lone Hawk

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Writer(s): Archie Goodwin
Penciller(s): Alex Toth
Inker(s): Alex Toth
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Synopsis: A vignette from the life of RAF pilot and ace Billy Bishop.
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The Landings in Sicily

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The Landings in Sicily

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Genres: crime, war
Synopsis: Tommy Panocchio is Lucky Luciano's man in Sicily during the WWII invasion of the island.
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Landscape

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Landscape

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Writer(s): Archie Goodwin
Penciller(s): Joe Orlando
Inker(s): Joe Orlando
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
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Genres: war
Synopsis: An American attack on a Vietnamese village from the point of view of an elderly villager.
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From Content Item: FlagBlazing Combat #2 published January 1966
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5.56 Blues

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The 5.56 Blues

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Writer(s): Don Lomax
Penciller(s): Don Lomax
Inker(s): Don Lomax
Letterer(s): Clem Robins
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Vietnam Journal
Character(s): Scott "Journal" Neithammer; Corporal Styles; Westley; Sergeant Teed
Synopsis: Journal listens to a corporal compare the M-14 to the M-16.
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Souvenirs

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Souvenirs!

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Writer(s): Archie Goodwin
Penciller(s): John Severin (signed)
Inker(s): John Severin (signed)
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
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Genres: war
Synopsis: A US Marine in the Pacific during WWII loses his life because of his obsession with collecting dental fillings from dead Japanese.
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A Bullet for Me

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A Bullet for Me

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Writer(s): Darko Macan
Penciller(s): Edvin Biuković
Inker(s): Edvin Biuković
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Genres: war
Synopsis: An American soldier in the WWII invasion of Sicily carries a bullet that literally has his name on it.
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Combat Zone

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Combat Zone

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Writer(s): Darko Macan
Penciller(s): Edvin Biuković
Inker(s): Edvin Biuković
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Genres: war
Synopsis: An American soldier in Vietnam turns down a chance to go home.
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The Legion of Charlies

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The Legion of Charlies

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Writer(s): Tom Veitch
Penciller(s): Greg Irons
Inker(s): Greg Irons
Letterer(s): Greg Irons
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Genres: political, war
Character(s): Charles Manson; Lt. Rusty Kali; Ronette; Brother Fred; Spiro Agnew; Senator Quagmire; The Pope; Mao Tse-tung; Richard Nixon
Synopsis: Parallels are drawn between the Mi Lai Massacre and the Tate-LaBianca killings of Charles Manson.
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You Only Lose Once

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You Only Lose Once

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Writer(s): Paul S. Newman ?
Penciller(s): Sam Glanzman (signed)
Inker(s): Sam Glanzman (signed)
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Genres: war
Synopsis: How the plane "Winner Take All" took out its primary target in its 25th mission in WWII.
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Breakout!

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Breakout at St. Lo

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Penciller(s): Sam Glanzman (signed)
Inker(s): Sam Glanzman (signed)
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Genres: war
Synopsis: Story of the WWII Battle of St. Lo.
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Pearl Harbor

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Pearl Harbor

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Sam Glanzman (signed)
Inker(s): Sam Glanzman (signed)
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Genres: war
Character(s): President Roosevelt; General Marshall; Admiral Stark; General Tojo
Synopsis: Story of the Japanese attack on the American fleet at Pearl Harbor in WWII.
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Your Luck Just Ran Out...

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Your Luck Just Ran Out...

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Writer(s): Alexey Malakhov
Penciller(s): Alexey Malakhov
Inker(s): Alexey Malkhov
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Genres: war
Synopsis: A German POW escapes from his Soviet captors in WWII.
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Last Day in Vietnam

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Last Day in Vietnam

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Writer(s): Will Eisner
Penciller(s): Will Eisner (signed)
Inker(s): Will Eisner (signed)
Letterer(s): Will Eisner
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Genres: war
Synopsis: A soldier on his last day in Vietnam escorts a journalist.
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The Casualty

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The Casualty

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Writer(s): Will Eisner
Penciller(s): Will Eisner
Inker(s): Will Eisner
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Genres: war
Synopsis: A wounded solider in Vietnam recalls how a "one-night-stand" put a bomb under his bed.
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The Road to Glory

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The Road to Glory

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Synopsis: A British soldier in WWII races for Dunkirk and the evacuation.
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Sand

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Sand

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Writer(s): Mark Chadbourn
Penciller(s): David Massengill
Inker(s): David Massengill
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Genres: war
Synopsis: A veteran relives his war experiences through alcohol.
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From Issue: FlagNegative Burn: Summer Special 2005 #[nn] published January 2005
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Long Distance Runner

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Writer(s): David Kendall ?
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Long Distance Runner

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Writer(s): Danijel Zezelji
Penciller(s): Danijel Zezelji
Inker(s): Danijel Zezelji
Letterer(s): ?
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Genres: war
Synopsis: The difficulties of living in Croatia during war-time.
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Bowl of Rice

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Bowl of Rice

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Writer(s): Ed Hillyer [as Ilya]
Penciller(s): Ed Hillyer [as Ilya]
Inker(s): Ed Hillyer [as Ilya]
Letterer(s): ?
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Genres: war
Synopsis: Atrocities against the Shan people in Myanmar.
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Slaughterhouse Safari

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Slaughterhouse Safari

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Writer(s): Fabian Goranson
Penciller(s): Fabian Goranson
Inker(s): Fabian Goranson
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Genres: war
Synopsis: A group of European students get involved in revolutionary activity in Colombia.
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School Essays of Berlin Kids About the Year 1945

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School Essays of Berlin Kids About the Year 1945

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Writer(s): Ulli Lust; Kai Pfeiffer (translation)
Penciller(s): Ulli Lust
Inker(s): Ulli Lust
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Genres: war
Synopsis: Authentic essays by Berlin school children in 1945, assembled into a narrative.
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Casting Stones

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Casting Stones

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Writer(s): Eric Drooker
Penciller(s): Eric Drooker
Inker(s): Eric Drooker
Letterer(s): Eric Drooker
Subject Matter
Genres: historical
Character(s): David; Goliath
Synopsis: An ironic re-telling of the story of David and Goliath.
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From Content Item: FlagWorld War 3 Illustrated #10 published January 1988
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Synopsis: Promotional material for this volume.
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