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Post by dem bones on Jun 21, 2021 7:19:23 GMT
Justin Marriott [ed.] - Paperbacks at War: 20th Century Conflict from the Front Lines of Vintage Paperbacks, Pulps, and Comics (House of Fanatic, June 2021). Introduction
Contributors Biographies
Appendix I: Legion of the Damned
Appendix II: Cover Gallery
ReviewsBlurb: LEGION OF THE DAMNED!
World War Two has long been a recurring theme in popular culture.
Its grand scale, themes, and emotions offered rich inspiration for authors, who readily provided the public with tales of fearless heroes, diabolical enemies, and enduring love.
This book reviews 170+ of books, comics and pulp magazines that used the setting of war, providing information and opinion on their entertainment value and historical importance.
From pioneering pulp heroes such as The Operator and Lone Eagle, to comic icons such as Sgt Rock and The Unknown Soldier, to the cynical and ultra-violent paperbacks of the 1970s from Sven Hassel and Leo Kessler.
Fully illustrated with 200+ reproductions of paperbacks and comics. As with previous Fanatic 'Review Guides.' the intention is to provide something for reader to dip into when seeking recommendations and inspiration. Fortuitously, my very first dip brought me Jim O'Brien's five grenade appraisal of George Macdonald Fraser's Flashman at the Charge which looks so of Vault interest it is a marvel we've not been there. Second go, Michael Hughes' Scumbags, which, despite promising title is, apparently, not quite as essential (one grenade). Approximately 175 reviews by various hands encompassing everything from serious minded military fiction through to "they saved Hitler's brain" lunacy, via war comics, thrillers, horror fiction (spotted The Spear, The Keep, and The Devils of D-Day during initial flick through), Boys Own-ish 'Escape to Victory' adventure, The Dirty Dozen rip-offs and lurid Australian gestapo pulps. Even were copies to somehow come this way, not sure I have what it takes to survive Dekker's Demons, Nazi Paratrooper #1: Storm Belgium!, Commander Amanda Nightingale (though she's been added to latest volume of wants list ...), Jasper Smith's Sledgehammer, or Wheatley's Faked Passports, but reading about them is an entirely different matter. War fiction not this reader's genre of choice and wasn't sure I'd be able to get into Paperbacks at War, but found myself drawing up a list of titles for consideration should there be a second volume. Available from; Am-z-n.co.ukAm*z**.com
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Post by dem bones on Jun 30, 2021 18:13:44 GMT
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