A Brief History of DC’s War Comics

This month, DC is publishing one-shot revivals of five of their old war series: Our Army at War, Weird War Tales, Our Fighting Forces, G.I. Combat and Star-Spangled War Stories. There aren’t many ongoing war comics being published these days–and all-ages war comics are a thing of the past–but from the ’50s to the ’80s, DC’s war series were a mainstay of spinner racks. Here’s an overview of the five titles returning from the military cemetery this month.

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