[PDF] Korean War Comic Books eBook

Author : Leonard Rifas
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 41,54 MB
Release : 2021-04-16
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0786443960

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Comic books have presented fictional and fact-based stories of the Korean War, as it was being fought and afterward. Comparing these comics with events that inspired them offers a deeper understanding of the comics industry, America's "forgotten war," and the anti-comics movement, championed by psychiatrist Fredric Wertham, who criticized their brutalization of the imagination. Comics--both newsstand offerings and government propaganda--used fictions to justify the unpopular war as necessary and moral. This book examines the dramatization of events and issues, including the war's origins, germ warfare, brainwashing, Cold War espionage, the nuclear threat, African Americans in the military, mistreatment of POWs, and atrocities.

Author : Phillip W. Meyer
Publisher : PM Media LLC
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 38,47 MB
Release : 2023-06-14
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN :

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Follow Private Meyer's wartime memoirs as he travels you back in time to 1950 to 1952, as an infantry soldier on the frontlines of the Korean War, only just turning 17 years old. Be inspired by these true life stories with fully illustrated comics for each one. See him survive harsh winters in foxholes and deal with the life at war. Motivating, captivating, and sometimes even funny. So grab a cup of coffee, sit back, and enjoy these greatest ever stories by a U.S. Army veteran. At 90 years old Phillip W. Meyer still enjoys writing stories and poems. Each story in this book includes a fully illustrated comic.

Author : Chris York
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 28,29 MB
Release : 2014-01-10
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0786489472

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Conventional wisdom holds that comic books of the post-World War II era are poorly drawn and poorly written publications, notable only for the furor they raised. Contributors to this thoughtful collection, however, demonstrate that these comics constitute complex cultural documents that create a dialogue between mainstream values and alternative beliefs that question or complicate the grand narratives of the era. Close analysis of individual titles, including EC comics, Superman, romance comics, and other, more obscure works, reveals the ways Cold War culture--from atomic anxieties and the nuclear family to communist hysteria and social inequalities--manifests itself in the comic books of the era. By illuminating the complexities of mid-century graphic novels, this study demonstrates that postwar popular culture was far from monolithic in its representation of American values and beliefs.

Author : Associate Professor of Art History Richard Meyer
Publisher : Heroes Fallen Studios IncorporatedOrg
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 12,31 MB
Release : 2014-01-05
Category : Graphic novels
ISBN : 9780983266716

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When the Korean War broke out in June 1950, there were no U.S. Marines on the Korean peninsula. This changed quickly, as elements of the 1st Marine Division arrived in August 1950. This is a story of the Chosin.

Author : Gary Jeffrey
Publisher : Graphic Modern History: Cold W
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,11 MB
Release : 2013-09-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780778712343

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After World War II ended, control of Korea was divided between the United States, who occupied the southern part, and the Soviet Union, who occupied the north. Tensions escalated until North Korea invaded South Korea in 1950. This book features three stories in graphic novel format describing Cold War conflicts between American and United Nations forces and Soviet, North Korean, and Chinese forces in the Korean Peninsula.

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Publisher :
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 35,82 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Comic books, strips, etc
ISBN :

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This thesis investigates how Korean War-era comic books and soldier-produced iconography between 1950 and 1953 reflected the conflict and helped construct ideal soldier masculinities. Differentiating between romantic, soldier-produced, and realist imagery, this thesis argues that comic books--traditionally treated as low-brow children's literature--articulated diverse and sophisticated discussions about the nature of warfare and its impact on manhood. Soldiers and artists reflected a war that came on the heels of World War II, and the disillusionment expressed in these sources reflected a broader cultural conflict between representing World War II sentimentalism and the new, limited war in Korea. This struggle resulted in contradictory presentations of soldiers and masculinity in comic books. In particular, realist narratives explored in chapter three invoked an alternative discussion of war that decoupled manhood from warfare. The anti-war rhetoric used by Entertaining Comics' realist narratives constitutes a new phenomenon during the Korean War, and laid the foundation for subsequent anti-war critiques during the 1960s. Comic books, newspapers, film, and other media anchor this thesis, and allow the following pages to contextualize comic book imagery in broader 1950s war culture.

Author : Kari Therrian
Publisher :
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 14,96 MB
Release : 2014-03-29
Category :
ISBN : 9781497487727

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The Atomic War comics were published by Ace Comics from November 1952 to February 1953. The series lasted for four issues. Atomic War was published during the time the U.S. participated in the Korean War. The series stated purpose was to warn against the horrors of atomic warfare, even though it did the opposite. In its stories, U.S. forces employed nuclear weapons to triumph repeatedly over the communists.You can enjoy again - or for the first time -Atomic War #2 with this public domain reprint from UP History and Hobby. Check out the full line - new titles every week! The comic reprints from UP History and Hobby are reproduced from actual classic comics, and sometimes reflect the imperfection of books that are decades old. These books are constantly updated with the best version available - if you are EVER unhappy with the experience or quality of a book, return the book to us to exchange for another title or the upgrade as new files become available.

Author : Kari Therrian
Publisher :
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 36,78 MB
Release : 2014-03-29
Category :
ISBN : 9781497487581

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The Atomic War comics were published by Ace Comics from November 1952 to February 1953. The series lasted for four issues. Atomic War was published during the time the U.S. participated in the Korean War. The series stated purpose was to warn against the horrors of atomic warfare, even though it did the opposite. In its stories, U.S. forces employed nuclear weapons to triumph repeatedly over the communists.You can enjoy again - or for the first time -Atomic War #1 with this public domain reprint from UP History and Hobby. Check out the full line - new titles every week! The comic reprints from UP History and Hobby are reproduced from actual classic comics, and sometimes reflect the imperfection of books that are decades old. These books are constantly updated with the best version available - if you are EVER unhappy with the experience or quality of a book, return the book to us to exchange for another title or the upgrade as new files become available.

Author : Kari Therrian
Publisher :
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 40,87 MB
Release : 2016-03-18
Category :
ISBN : 9781530612123

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War Fury #3Including:*Korean War tale about three American soldiers, Russo, Barnes and Cooper*Korean War story about an American piloting a plane called "Death-Trap"*Korean War story about Sgt. Bill Barker*Korean War story about American sharp-shooter Marine PFC Lou O'Neil*A Korean War story where Clancy, a loudmouth soldier, claims he can fly a plane, then has to prove it when his entire crew is incapacitatedNow you can re-live (or, enjoy for the first time) these great adventures from generations past, with Golden Age Reprints line of comic reprints. The comic reprints from Golden Age Reprints and UP History and Hobby are reproduced from actual classic comics, and sometimes reflect the imperfection of books that are decades old. These books are constantly updated with the best version available - if you are EVER unhappy with the experience or quality of a book, return the book to us to exchange for another title or the upgrade as new files become available.