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GLI AMERICANI AL FRONTE : EROI O BUFFONI ?
SE NEMMENO FILMS ATROCI E DISGUSTOSI COME IL GIORNO PIU’ LUNGO, IL PONTE DI REMAGEN, SALVATE IL SOLDATO RYAN, MIRACOLO A SANT’ANNA E BASTARDI SENZA GLORIA NON SONO RIUSCITI A RISOLVERE I VOSTRI ANGOSCIOSI DILEMMI E A DARE UNA
RISPOSTA AI VOSTRI ATROCI DUBBI, NON SPERATE DI TROVARE ALCUN AIUTO
DALLA LETTURA DI QUESTA MEDIOCRE E INCONSISTENTE SERIE.
L’ UNICO BENEFICIO CHE
POTRETE RICAVARE DA QUESTO PRESUNTUOSO E INSOPPORTABILE TORMENTONE
SARA’ DI TERMINARNE LA LETTURA TANTO LOGORI, ESAUSTI, SFINITI E
DEPRESSI, DA RIUSCIRE AD ANDARE A LETTO E PRENDERE SONNO
IMMEDIATAMENTE SENZA IL CONSUETO ED INDISPENSABILE GIRO DI ROULETTE
RUSSA CON GLI AMICI, I FAMILIARI, I COLLEGHI DI UFFICIO O I
PARENTI.
A ONOR DEL VERO SONO MOLTO BELLI PERO’ I DISEGNI, UNO DEGLI AUTORI PRINCIPALI DELLE STORIE E’ IL BRAVISSIMO JOE KUBERT (autore di 1 delle 4 storie interne, oltre che della copertina)
Le 4 storie complete pubblicate in questo numero per tenere alto il morale delle truppe impegnate oggi nelle varie guerre giuste qua e là nel mondo, sono ambientate ai tempi gloriosi e rimpianti della 2a guerra mondiale ed hanno come protagonisti : UNKNOWN SOLDIER (IL SOLDATO FANTASMA) – LOSERS (I PERDENTI) – HAUNTED TANK (LO SPIRITO DEL CARRO) , quest’ ultimo con 2 episodi
ALBO ORIGINALE DEL 1977
CONDIZIONI : OTTIME, PICCOLO SEGNETTO A BIRO IN RETROCOPERTINA, COLORITURA DI RESA NEGLI SPESSORI PAGINE SUPERIORE ED INFERIORE
Featured Characters:
Locations:
- Washington, D.C.
- Occupied France
- Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia
Synopsis
Notes
- 1st appearance of Chat Noir, who figures prominately later in the series.
“The Tank and the Turtle” / IL CARRO E LA TARTARUGA !
G.I. Combat Vol 1 #91
January, 1962
The Tank and the Turtle
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Locations:
- Europe
Vehicles:
Synopsis
and Jeb Stuart, on the cover.
The Haunted Tank crew rescue the turtle from a hawk, in between
battling a whole slew of Nazi tanks.
always avoids running it over, which often leads him into great
positions to kill more Nazi tanks.
often is just shown as a head looking mournfully on. Apparently he is
worried about the turtle as well. The Nazis don’t care about the
turtle. They shoot at it with their guns at one point, revealing their
position to the Tank crew. But General Stuart is shown in one panel a
bit more full bodied, and you can see part of his horse as well.
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Villains:
- Unnamed German soldiers
Other Characters:
- Unnamed American Infantry soldiers
- Unnamed American Infantry squad (Dies)
Locations:
Items:
- tank grenades
- M1A1 Rocket Launcher
Vehicles:
- The Haunted Tank
- German Junkers Ju 88 twin-engined aircraft
- Panzerkampfwagen Tiger Ausf. B
Synopsis
On their way to meet up with the rest of the squadron, Jeb is having a
heart-to-heart talk with the ghost of his ancestor, General J.E.B.
Stuart. Jeb is proud of his tank, but the General reminds him that wars
are won with men, not steel. Then the General vanishes just as it begins
to snow. As Jeb retreats back into the tank to avoid the cold, the
radio comes alive to inform them that the Germans have begun an attack
on the Infantry’s position in sector V-8. Jeb orders the Haunted Tank to
turn and head towards the battle.
Arriving at sector V-8, Jeb and the others find only the remains
of the battle, the Germans having moved on. The bodies of the dead
American soldiers still lie alongside their weapons and ammo in the
snow. They do however find tank tracks from a German Tiger printed in
the snow. HQ radios them again, instructing them to hold sector V-8 at
all costs until replacements can be brought in. As the Haunted Tank
takes up a defensive position, they are attacked from above by a German
buzzard plane. The shots ring through the little tank, deafening Jeb and
the others and damaging the tank enough to fix them into their
position.
With the Haunted Tank out of commission, Jeb orders the others to
dismount and grab whatever weapons they can find from the dead. If they
can’t be artillery, then they’ll stand their ground as infantrymen.
Slim and Rick find a stash of tank grenades, while Arch takes his
position behind a machine gun. Jeb looks around, finding a bazooka and
rockets still being grasped by its previous owners dead body. Just as
the snow becomes so think they can barely see, the German Tiger tank
emerges from the haze! Jeb fires, but is hit in the helmet by ricochet
and knocked back out of the way. Arch opens fire with the machine gun,
but the Tiger ignores him and continues on. Same with Slim and Rick, who
jump out and toss their grenades. They explode, but have no affect. Jeb
realizes that the Tiger has its sights on the Haunted Tank, not knowing
that it’s been taken out of commission. But just as the Tiger moves up
for the kill, it suddenly explodes! They had thought their attack was
futile, but instead their constant bombardment ignited the Tiger’s ammo
magazine. As the others pick themselves up from the snowy ground,
General J.E.B. Stuart appears before Jeb to ask him if he still believes
that his steel will win him the war. Jeb smiles, having changed his
mind.
“Daughters of Death” / LE FIGLIE DELLA MORTE !
Our Fighting Forces Vol 1 #125
June, 1970
Daughters of Death
Featured Characters:
Locations:
- France
Synopsis
The Losers split up in order to rescue a professor and his daughters
from the Germans so that he can aid the Allies in breaking their codes.
Sarge and Gunner are successful in getting the professor back to the
sub, but Captain Storm’s jeep hits a landmine and Germans recapture the
girl. Likewise, Johnny Cloud steps into a tree snare and the Germans
recapture the other daughter. The professor refuses to help them without
his girls so the Losers allow themselves to be captured by the Germans
and they are brought to where they are being held. The Losers overpower
the Germans and escort the girls back to the sub. Unfortunately, the
professor tells them that the stress of worrying over his daughters has
made him forget everything he knew of codes.
