D-Day 75th Anniversary "Part 3: The Decision"

When Last We Left the Allied Forces...

...tension rises as the make-or-break deadline approaches!
Will the Allies attack or wait?
Spoiler: they don't wait!

Illustrated by the highly-underrated George Evans, this chapter appeared as a backup in Gilberton's World Around Us #29 (1960).

This particular issue was subtitled "Vikings", but the stand-alone lead tales in the front had little relationship to the serials (including this and "Red Planet Mars") in the back of the book!

To see Part 4: Night Drop...click HERE!

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Longest Day

D-Day 75th Anniversary "Part 1: Key to Victory"

Yesterday, we presented a three-pager about D-Day...

...today, artist George Evans expands on that feature with a multi-part serial about the invasion of Normandy, along with a recap of events setting the stage...

Illustrated by the highly-underrated George Evans, this chapter appeared as a backup in Gilberton's World Around Us #27 (1960).

This particular issue was subtitled "Illustrated Story of High Adventure", but the stand-alone lead tales in the front had little relationship to the serials in the back of the book!

To see Part 2: Target Normandy...click HERE!

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Six Days

The Incredible Story of D-Day's Lost Chapter

by Robert Venditti, Kevin Maurer & Andrea Mutti

D-Day 75th Anniversary "The Normandy Invasion"

Here's a never-reprinted short about June 6th, 1944's historic event...

...from Gilberton's Classics Illustrated Special Issue #166A (1962)

Considered one of the most accurate artists to render military comics, George Evans presents a brief, concise mini-feature about the turning point in World War II!
But that's not all, folks!
Tomorrow through Thursday, we'll be doing a crossover event between us and our "brother" RetroBlog War: Past, Present & Future...a six-part never-reprinted serial about the D-Day invasion featuring more amazingly-detailed art by George Evans (and other Fleagle Gang members)!
It'll begin here tomorrow with Part 1, linking to Part 2 on War: Past, Present & Future the same day, and following the same pattern on Wednesday and Thursday for the remaining chapters!
Don't miss it!
BTW, see our previous D-Day tribute posts HERE!
And yes, we're back after an unplanned hiatus due to almost dying.
(Actually, my heart did stop for about two minutes, but I was brought back from "walking into the light", as they say!)
I'm better now, and eager to present more time-lost stuff to you eager readers!

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Normandy: a Graphic History of D-Day!

The Allied Invasion of Hitler's Fortress Europe

by Wayne Vansant

Roosevelt Reading Room WORLD AROUND US "The Nation Asks for Action"

Our last entry in the Roosevelt Reading Room is another take on the life of FDR...

...from the same issue of World Around Us the "Rough Rider" story came from.

Compare and contrast this version by George Evans and Gray Morrow with the previous FDR tale by John Buscema.

Note what facts both stories present, and which ones each version omits.

We hope you've enjoyed our attempt to supplement the amazing Ken Burns PBS documentary The Roosevelts.

Roosevelt Reading Room WORLD AROUND US "Rough Rider"

The World Around Us educational comic series devoted its' 21st issue to American Presidents...

..and while some Presidents received single-page treatments, both the Roosevelts got multi-page stories!

Here's Teddy's tale..

It's interesting to contrast this version with the other Teddy tale from Life Stories of American Presidents, noting what both stories cover and what each leaves out that the other version mentions!

Several artists contributed to this tale, including George Evans, Norman Nodel, and Gerald McCann.

But we're not sure who penciled and/or inked which pages.

The World Around Us editors were notorious for making extensive editorial changes in the name of historical accuracy, and if the original artist didn't have the time to do corrections, the editors would corral whoever was in the office to redraw art.

Tomorrow, World Around Us' bio of FDR...