comic book
Jun-89
Sub-title: "Fire and Ice" Tay Ninh, battle in city, AWOL man killed by VC while with his lover. Cover: Soldier and girlfriend reading a comic book- in bed- and a VC soldier sneaking in... |
May-89
Sub-title: "Bunker Line" R& R, Love, Night watch (in the Bunkers), setting boarders, AWOL Cover: Man in bunker, on watch , with barbed wire, gun and sand bags. THe Marvel signage is in... |
Feb-87
Sub-title: "Three Day Pass" in reference to three-days leave, spent in Saigon with women, gambling and real sheets! Cover: Photograph on fire, keys and the Saigon Soire- maybe a program for... |
Apr-89
Sub-title: "War & 'Peace'" R& R, Paris Peace Talks, RFK assasination, ARVN/US troop relationships, Dr.Spok/Draft dodgers hearings in MA Cover: Heavy artillery/tank with troops... |
Mar-89
Sub-title: "The Boarder Line" Invading Cambodia |
Feb-89
Sub-title: "Like a Candle In the Wind" Violence and casualties mounting. Cover: Fire-fight in a jungle, the river is red with a lot of casualties, and depictes a lot of confusion. The... |
Jan-89
Sub-title: "Auld Acquaintance" This issue covers home- paticularly Colombia University, and the media-coverage (questions its validity, and its role in the war) shows the Phillipenes, more... |
Dec-88
Sub-title: "Hue: City of Death" in reference to the Tet Offensive, and the bloody battle in Hue. Cover: VC behind barbbed-wire and a piece of American equipment, looking very devious. The... |
Nov-88
Sub-title: "Beginning of the End" TET offensive, tv cameras taping it, attack on the American Embassy Cover: VC/ARVN (?) troop excecuting an unkown mad (can only see his hand-cuffed hands... |
Oct-88
Sub-title: "Blue Christmas" Deals with lonliness, and making/loosing friends Cover: Blonde Christmas Show- A blonde woman in the spotlight with little on excpet a mini-dress and Santa hat... |
Jun-88
Sub-title: "Milk Run" Air fighters brought into the story. Cover: Air fight- two jets, one, is hit. |
Jan-87
Sub-title: "Dust-Off" in refrence to intense fire fight depicted in issue, and hurried helicopter pick-up (glossary in back of the comic). Cover: Two soldiers using heavy artilery in what... |
Jul-88
Sub-title: "Dominoes" refering to the Dominoe theory of loosing Vietnam to the communists will cause the rest of Asia to follow. Cover: African-American soldier being medi-vaced from battle... |
Aug-88
Sub-title: "Do not forsake Me" This issue is about the medical ward, and the trauma nurses had to cope with. Cover: Shows bunker being bombed, soldier falling down and the nurse runnig... |
Sep-88
Sub-title: "Thanks for Thanksgiving" Depictes the VC is tunnels waiting for US troops to leave, and once they are gone gathering anything they left behind Cover: Us Soldiers standing above... |
Dec-87
Sub-title: "...And A Wakeup" this issue refers to going home, and a lot about NAPALM being dropped on troops. Cover: Troops exiting Hueys (3 copters) lots of guns. The Marvel singage is... |
Jan-88
Sub-title: "Fatigue Duty" Invasion of a village, orphans, re-upping. Cover: Shows troops humping the boonies, one soldier facing rear with a big gun, and a VC throwing a hand grenade at... |
Feb-88
Sub-title: Notes From the World- previous character who has returned home telling of the anti-war movement, his 'welcome' home, and the problems vets were having adjusting. Cover: One of... |
Mrch 1988
Cover: US Soldier being taken prisoner by two VC's in blck pajamas, with guns. The Marvel signage is in the upper left, and there is b & w spiderman mask in the loewr left. |
Apr-88
Sub-title: "Back in the Boonies" In-country, humping, fill-in soldiers, new and re-upped. Cover: Shows four smaller soldiers "humping" with a large face of their leader in the background.... |
May-88
Subtitle: "The Bombs Bursting" |
Dec-86
Subtitle: "'Nam: the first patrol" this issue deals with boot camp, saying goodbye to your family, and adjusting to the confussion of Vietnam. Cover: The Marvel title is in the upper left... |
Sep-87
Sub-title: "Guerrilla Action" Self-explanitory, soldiers not expecting attack, an attack comes during a celebration day in South Vietnam., this issue also shows Americans giving kids Hershey bars... |
Oct-87
Sub-title: "Tis the Season" this issue deals with more holiday attacks, Christmas shows, guerilla warfare and even alludes to both the Tet Offensive and how horrific 1968 was. Cover: Three... |