Here in the South, Murrica Day is a pretty big deal. And I've got a four day weekend, so why not read some of the best of DC's war comics?
Starting with Day 1: Sgt. Rock
Come and read awhile, and listen to music from local Texas artists.
https://youtu.be/h5jiagIMj6Y
>It Ain't Me starts playing
>>84199010
I'm planning on posting some America themed comics on The 4th of July, like Give Me Liberty (not the Frank Miller one) and An Army of Principles. If I had the patience I'd storytime all of Rebels.
Somewhat jarring going from a war zone to a cartoon bear selling Tootsie Rolls
There's my boys.
>>84199194
Good man.
Almost like he was... a Rock...
I love all the weapon euphemisms they use.
This seems familiar
Sorry, that one didn't have the Sarge in it, actually.
Sadly, not featuring Amanda Waller.
This is actually the first time the character is called "Sgt. Rock" and associated with Easy Company. The two were kind of separate at first, but were the most popular parts of OAaW.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aqX2UIOL6o&
>not reading this
Beginning to establish the actual members of Easy Company.
>>84199484
>we need a rival for sgt rock
>what about joe wall
lmao
>>84199604
We've barely even begun with the gloriously dumb names yet.
>>84199611
who else
>private brick
>jimmy boulder
>captain concrete
Imagine, in 1959 there were no movies with realistic special effects, and this was the best way to experience explosive action.
good thread OP, I've never read any of these before
>>84199631
Some choice examples:
>Farmer Boy
>Beanpole
>Ice Cream
>Wee Willie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjY7rK3Ls-U&
Not related, but in case you missed Doom Patrol and want to give that a read:
>>84155158
I wouldn't call it "patriotic" though.
I really hope we get some HQ scans of this stuff, Joe Kubert's art deserves to be seen in the best quality.
This reminds me of how George Washington, according to legend, would ride across battlefields with no cover and bullets would seem to just go around him. Sarge is pretty untouchable.
Granted, back then they fired volleys that took eternity to reload, so it's not as impressive.
>I've been squeezin' it so long-- I can't let go of it
And here's Ice Cream himself.
What's the most American comic ever made?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVLPxxjW-2g
>>84199970
Best I got.
If anyone /v/ is here, what are the best WWII games?
Notice they avoid actually showing guys getting iced.
Cat just knocked over my Sinestro Corps liquor glass :'(
>>84200192
Never was a big WWII guy, though I like Daisenryaku. If you like advanced level turn-based strategy it's a pretty cool series. You'll need to memorize the menus though since they're in Japanese.
1942 and its sequels (1943, 1941, 1944, and 19XX) are top tier arcade shooters if you're into that sort of thing. Strikers 1945 is also a decent enough series in the same genre.
Man, this makes me want some goddamn ice cream.
>>84199831
Whats up with the coloring? It looks like someone colored in a black and white book with magic markers.
>>84200427
More relevantly to the holiday is Liberty or Death for SNES, the best American Revolution game ever.
>>84200427
A WWII game from a Japanese perspective sounds really interesting and I love TBS. Is there no english patch?
>>84200446
I prefer older games so that sounds really cool.
>>84200438
Coloring presses were still fairly crude back then, you had limited choice of colors and had to be pretty broad with what areas were what colors, no tiny details.
Plus old ass copies of issues degrade over time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsybAwW6ybM
>>84200503
I think the first game on NES might be translated. You can learn the basics of the series from there. There are dozens of games in the series for almost every major system. Lots of WWII games, but also some modern Gulf War stuff. SNES has a couple, 1 from for WWII, 1 for Gulf War, which are easy-ish to get into once you've gotten the hang of the menus. From there you can attempt to move to later games, but the language barrier will become an issue more and more the later you go into the series.
>7/11
Fun fact: the convenience store chain apparently started as a single tank.
>>84200618
I can't believe I've never heard of this series, it sounds perfect
>>84200503
Liberty or Death is turn-based grand strategy from KOEI, the developers behind Romance of the Three Kingdoms. So it's deep as fuck with lots of micro-management. 2 Player, or vs. the CPU. You can pick the Colonialists or the Redcoats. It's fucking awesome. Learning curve is high though, as is the case with all KOEI games.
This is some badass shit.
Nicky is an asshole.
For America!
Nicky is an asskicker.
This totally happened.
So how are y'all anons spending your Fourth of July weekend?
>>84200678
Daisenryaku is THE turn-based strategy nut's game of choice for genre fanatics in Japan. I don't think any have come out in other languages, but I could hypothetically be mistaken since I've only played the 90s games and a few of the 2000s ones.
I've heard it described as "Advance Wars for seasoned strategy buffs", but that really doesn't do it justice. It's hexagonal strategy for military and/or WWII nuts, as straight down the line as possible with absolutely zero bullshit. Japan fucking loves it, or at least the turn-based strategy niche over there does. I don't know why they think us westerners aren't interested.
Just keep in mind this shit is hard as fuck. No fucking handholding whatsoever. If you don't understand actual tactics and strategy you will get whupped. If that's what you're looking for then they're cool games. Language barrier is really the only issue.
These stories are starting to get REALLY good.
>>84201242
Silver Age DC war comics are underrated nowadays. Everyone expects war comics to be cynical and DARK AS FUCK and aren't used to straight war action stories in the medium anymore.
>>84201456
I mean, these are pretty fuckin' dark by Silver Age standards. But you're right in that they don't try so hard to be dark that they lose the excitement.
There hasn't been an uplifting war story since Ennis.
That's Mademoiselle Marie, another classic DC war character.
But of course she's a frog so she's not getting a thread this 4th of July. Maybe on French National Day, I owe the French for giving us Wakfu.
Rock actually has a brother also named Sgt. Rock who fought in the Pacific. I know it's a stupid excuse to essentially have Sarge in both theaters at once, but I wish they did more stories with him because the Pacific has lots of storytelling potential.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNtZ2gQcEtk
Brutal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3a_zQw3ihoI
I like the way they frame these stories as being told within other stories.
Originally, Sgt. Rock was written to have died "on the last day of the war by the last enemy bullet fired", along with Easy Co.
Of course, they couldn't just let the character go, and ended up writing more post-WWII stories with him.
Eventually he was teaming up with Superman and Batman and everyone else in other books.
So they explained it by setting the team-ups on Earth-Two where Supes and Bats actually fought in WWII. But this Rock was different from the Earth-One version who was the one in every non-crossover story.
This was because Robert Kanigher, who created Rock and Easy Company and the vast majority of DC's war characters as well as most of Wonder Woman's mythos, got sick of the crossovers (many of which he wrote, ironically) and felt they ruined the spirit of the character.
So the Earth-Two one was where everything he didn't like went and Earth-One was the one he felt was the most pure WWII character, who should only exist in WWII.
Some weird fun facts:
There was almost a Sgt. Rock movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.
>>84199140
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Beda3kFNjo
The plan was to explain that he had a German father, which is why he had a German accent.
>>84199010
shit was raw
For a long time, Guy Ritchie maintained that he was going to make a Sgt. Rock movie. I suspect it ended up in the same status Edgar Wright's Ant-Man was in for years.
The last news on this supposed movie was in 2010 when the studio said it would be set in a future war instead of WWII, which sounds incredibly stupid and is a pretty good indication of why this movie was never made.
Activision was once making a Sgt. Rock game, but they never spoke of it again after its announcement.
There actually is a Sgt. Rock game on Game Boy Color.
>>84202748
>Guy Ritchie maintained that he was going to make a Sgt. Rock movie
And a Lobo movie
Later depictions of Rock after Kubert were sometimes based on Tommy Lee Jones.
This is my first time reading the original Silver Age stories, and they're actually way better than I expected.
However the later stories in the 70's are where it starts to get REALLY good. So I'm hoping to post those in the future.
I've also never read any of the Brave and the Bold crossovers, and I'm not sure if I want to.
This is gonna do it for me for the night. Tomorrow: Haunted Tank!
>>84199010
cool
>>84202398
wat lol
>>84200383
i fear its broken
>>84199219
a bear that nearly accidentally shot himself in the face mind you.
>>84203082
>sgt rock by brian bolland
wow that's awesome
>>84200192
Company of Heroes 1.
>>84200446
>Liberty or Death for SNES
That's Koei.
Hmm.. Imagine an American Revolution version of Dynasty Warriors.
>>84206957
It's an awesome game.
>>84203020
What's the alternative, he's an old fart in a nursing home somewhere?
>>84200192
Silent Storm is pretty good
