the 'nam - comic

[barto]

Anyone read this?

I was reminded of it last night. In '89 I Marvel UK started reprinting the Punisher, it came out weekly but didn't last very long. I've got up to issue 30 and then I think it must have died (in that issue it's got the dreaded "GREAT NEWS INSIDE!!" announcing it'll be fortnightly, merged with Carebears or whatever...)

Anyway theye reprinted stuff from The 'Nam as a second strip to go with the main Punisher strip. This all I've found on the web after a google search:

http://www.slushfactory.com/features/ar ... murray.php

I thought it was a really great piece of comic writing and the early artwork (before they start colouring it in) is superb - very much in the same vain as Charley's War but set in Vietnam. Anyway I'd recommend it.

Did anyone else read this? Would interested to hear what you thought of it...

[jamarmiller]

I read a little of it and what I did read of it I LOVED!

very good book I kept hoping they would have brought the JOES that served in Nam into it as well since they did the punnisher but sadly they never did and I think that is why I never collected the whole run BACK THEN

but now I kind of wish I did as ya it was good

Larry Hama had a big hand in that as well too

[Quickfire]

Yeah, got into the Nam for a while when WHSmith seemed to stock it... was certainly a decent yarn with an excellent dose of worldly-wise cynicism.

The Larry Hama :snakeeyes: was certainly diverting when it premiered in the Marvel UK AF comic, even found myself remembering it when I stumbled across the Vietnam war memorial on a DC trip, that scene when is muttering about the smell of napalm in the morning to or whoever.

However, all BAF afficionados will remember the greatest UK Vietnam strip ever, FIGHTING MANN! Brought to a close way too quickly. Is it online anywhere?

[barto]

However, all BAF afficionados will remember the greatest UK Vietnam strip ever, FIGHTING MANN!

Blimey don't remember that one, must have been pre august '84...

[Red Laser]

Anyone read this?

I was reminded of it last night. In '89 I Marvel UK started reprinting the Punisher, it came out weekly but didn't last very long. I've got up to issue 30 and then I think it must have died (in that issue it's got the dreaded "GREAT NEWS INSIDE!!" announcing it'll be fortnightly, merged with Carebears or whatever...)

Anyway theye reprinted stuff from The 'Nam as a second strip to go with the main Punisher strip. This all I've found on the web after a google search:

http://www.slushfactory.com/features/ar ... murray.php

I thought it was a really great piece of comic writing and the early artwork (before they start colouring it in) is superb - very much in the same vain as Charley's War but set in Vietnam. Anyway I'd recommend it.

Did anyone else read this? Would interested to hear what you thought of it...

I have some of those Punisher issues and also a later Nam comic which starred the Punisher in it I was getting into that one question I would like answered is what happened to Ed Marks the original main character?

[barto]

The comic was supposed to be in "real time" so when Ed Mark's tour finished he went back to the world and some new recruuiters came in.. That was the answer they gave to a similar question on one of the letter pages in the punisher comic

[The Baron]

I'm sure the artist (name excapes me) did a few GI Joe strips, one with the Oktober Guard chasing a train if I recall. I downloaded the full set recently:

http://www.demonoid.com/files/download/ ... 1/1245623/

[Red Laser]

I'm sure the artist (name excapes me) did a few GI Joe strips, one with the Oktober Guard chasing a train if I recall. I downloaded the full set recently:

http://www.demonoid.com/files/download/ ... 1/1245623/

It's Michael Golden he drew Return of the Oktober Guard in GI Joe Yearbook2.