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Post by Deleted on Jun 10, 2019 21:52:21 GMT -5
Which comics have been published which showed the ending of WWII, on any of DC's earths? I'm asking about either a depiction of German or Japanese surrender, or the direct aftermath of said surrendering. I've been going through Mike's Amazing World DC Chronology, and find it odd that there is apparently no DC comic which wraps up the war in Europe or the Pacific. Can this be true?
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Post by codystarbuck on Jun 10, 2019 22:02:33 GMT -5
Well, the Golden Age (aka JSA: The Golden Age) makes some reference to it and the Atomic Bomb. We get more of a summary, than anything else. That leads to Tex Thompson coming home to a heroes parade, as the man who killed Hitler. The story grows from there, as Manhunter (Paul Kirk) also returns home, hidden on a freighter, running from people trying to kill him.
All Star Squadron really never got to conclude the series (and didn't exactly progress the years, much) and most never really had a close connection. In the war comics, they are always finishing one fight, before the next.
The Garth Ennis Enemy Ace two-parter does end with Von Hammer and his men surrendering to Rock and Easy Company, after blowing up their Me-262s. Its pretty much implied that this is right around the German surrender.
The war on Earth X does come to an end in the second part of the JLA/JSA/Freedom Fighter crossover. The later Freedom Fighter series starts with showing that everyone is adjusting to being free and the Freedom Fighters seem to be out of a job, until they cross over onto Earth 1 and are framed by the Silver Ghost, putting them on the run from the law.
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Post by shaxper on Jun 10, 2019 22:24:52 GMT -5
It must have been covered somewhere in a Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos story, right? We've certainly gotten glimpses of their lives after the war.
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Post by codystarbuck on Jun 11, 2019 9:28:29 GMT -5
It must have been covered somewhere in a Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos story, right? We've certainly gotten glimpses of their lives after the war. Not within the series, itself. The annuals had post-war reunions of the Howlers, in Korea (where Fury gets his commission) and Vietnam (as a SHIELD operation). The series was always loose with the timeline, jumping back and forth. We do see the Howlers on D-Day; but, most of their stories still featured them operating from England, into Fortress Europe, without an Allied advance. Most of the post-war history of the Howlers comes from other series, with Fury first seen in the present in Fantastic Four. That led to SHIELD, where Gabe and Dum-Dum joined Nick. The two annuals I mentioned add a bit, then there were some Howler reunions elsewhere, such as the two-part Captain America story, in the early 80s (where Reb is a senator). The Twelve starts out with a mass Mystery Men attack on Berlin, which leads to that group falling into a trap. That and the Captain America What If stories are the only ones I can remember that dealt with the tail end of the war. |
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