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WAR AND FIGHTING MEN
March 18, 2022 10:00pm

 

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WAR AND FIGHTING MEN
ARE UNDER DISCUSSION as guest Jett and Dr. H. Owll discuss War comic books featuring non-commissioned officers, remarking on the service careers of cigar-chompin' Sergeant Rock (DC Comics), Sergeant Fury (Marvel) and Gilbert Shelton's Smilin' Sergeant Death (and the Merciless Mayhem Patrol). EC Comics war titles also get a mention, including VALOR, TWO-FISTED TALES, FRONTLINE COMBAT and ACES HIGH. This brings us to the aerial exploits of Baron von Hammer, DC's Enemy Ace, in both World Wars. We at the Show do wish humanity would Make War No More, as DC's battle stories used to conclude. But other topics are also wide and far-ranging; for an unusual departure from our recurrent obsessions, we spend a considerable portion on the Great American Pastime, which is to say: Baseball. Players, Stats, batting averages-- the Show really does go where it has not previously been. But we hit many of the more familiar notes as well (out of the park?), for hours. Yes, that's four hours.


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