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sheepherder · 03-10-2015, 08:06 AM

I grew up in the 50's/60's [born 1949] and never heard of Sarge Steel or Charlton Comics...Sgt Rock & Easy Co were the only WW II comics I can recall...They weren't the only combat comic stories; there were AAC and Navy tales too, but Rock & the members of his company were the only recurring stories/characters...

I do recall a story from DC's combat-action comics called "Ghost Ship Of Three Wars" where some WW I biplane flew into a cloud and entered WW II Europe against BF-109's, then into another cloud and flew into Korea against Mig 15's...IIRC, the enemy planes all had the same nose-art (like it was the same pilot each time)...I really can't recall any other storylines from the combat comics...Somebody told me they 'cleaned up' Sgt Rock in the later comics; no cigar, no #$%^*@ symbols, no ethnic labels...I guess Rock wasn't politically correct enough...

Funny what things you can remember from 50+ years ago...

03-10-2015, 08:06 AM	#3
sheepherder Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: ...on the 'ol Erie Canal... Posts: 8,197 Thanks: 1,416 Thanked 4,462 Times in 2,336 Posts	I grew up in the 50's/60's [born 1949] and never heard of Sarge Steel or Charlton Comics...Sgt Rock & Easy Co were the only WW II comics I can recall...They weren't the only combat comic stories; there were AAC and Navy tales too, but Rock & the members of his company were the only recurring stories/characters... I do recall a story from DC's combat-action comics called "Ghost Ship Of Three Wars" where some WW I biplane flew into a cloud and entered WW II Europe against BF-109's, then into another cloud and flew into Korea against Mig 15's...IIRC, the enemy planes all had the same nose-art (like it was the same pilot each time)...I really can't recall any other storylines from the combat comics...Somebody told me they 'cleaned up' Sgt Rock in the later comics; no cigar, no #$%^@ symbols, no ethnic labels...I guess Rock wasn't politically correct enough... Funny what things you can remember from 50+ years ago... __________________ I like my coffee the way I like my women... ...Cold and bitter... Last edited by sheepherder; 03-10-2015 at 09:00 AM. Reason: punctuation*