Comic books in 'War Picture Library Collection'
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1st printing.
Art and cover by Ian Kennedy.
A talented pilot who never loses his determination to defend his country against immense obstacles both technical and personal. A squadron undertakes heart-stopping missions to combat the intense night-time assaults of the Axis air force.
Two true stories of aviation heroism and derring-do set during the Battle of Britain in 1940, drawn by comics legend Ian Kennedy!
Hardcover, 64 pages, B&W.
Cover price $18.99. -
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1st printing.
Written by V.A.L. Holding. Art and Cover by Hugo Pratt.
Two stories of soaring combat as the master of Euro comics, Hugo Pratt, meets the classic comic book air ace who's as skilled a fighter on land as he is in his Spitfire! Collected in graphic novel form for the first time, these two fast-paced Battler Britton stories from 1960 - Wagons of Gold and Rockets of Revenge - are drawn by the legendary artist behind Corto Maltese.
In this thrilling collection, Britton helps resistance fighters smuggle gold from Nazi occupied Yugoslavia, before escorting a ballistics expert on his mission to analyze an unexploded V2 rocket in Poland!
Hardcover, 144 pages, B&W.
Cover price $19.99. -
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1st printing. Written by Fred Baker, Donnie Avenell, and Alf Wallace. Art and cover by Hugo Pratt. The title story of this collection, The Crimson Sea, tells the tale of a younger brother of an officer, both survivors of the sunken HMS Grapnel, who feels he must step out of his brother's shadow with astonishing acts of bravery. There are three other stories in this collection; Pathfinder focuses on an Australian pilot joining the RAF, Up the Marines features tales of Royal Marine Commandos being sent on daring missions behind enemy lines, and in Dark Judgment two rescued POWs are suspected of not being who they claim to be. Each of these four stories is stunningly drawn by the Italian comics maestro Hugo Pratt just a few years before he created Corto Maltese. Hardcover, 7-in. x 9 1/2-in., 242 pages, B&W. Cover price $22.99.
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1st printing.
Written by Tom Tully and Gordon Sowman. Art and Cover by Hugo Pratt. Foreword by Chloe Maveal.
In Night of the Devil, take a hallucinatory trip through the oppressive heat of the Burmese jungle along with British soldiers engaged in desperate skirmishes with the enemy. In Bayonet Jungle, Private Jack Green's presence is seen as an omen of bad luck but he struggles to prove himself to the experienced soldiers of Third Platoon as they fight against the Japanese army that surrounds them.
Two exciting and explosive war stories lushly illustrated by Hugo Pratt, comics' legend and creator of iconic character, Corto Maltese.
Hardcover, 144 pages, B&W.
Cover price $19.99. -
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1st printing. Written by Val Holding, W. Howard Baker, and A. Carney Allen. Art and cover by Hugo Pratt. The title story of this collection, The Iron Fist, focuses on the lives of the crew manning the Goliath and the battles they fight, ranging from El Alamein to the D-Day landings - the tank crew rely on each other to get through the hellish situations. Also included in this collection are The Big Arena featuring Australian soldiers fighting in Egypt, and Strongpoint featuring sappers in Italy. Each of the three stories in this compilation is stunningly drawn by the Italian comics maestro Hugo Pratt just a few years before he created Corto Maltese. Hardcover, 7-in. x 9 1/2-in., 208 pages, B&W. Cover price $25.99.
