Nuclear Armageddon came to America in 1960...
...not once, but twice!
At least, that was the basis for
two different series from the same publisher running simultaneously in 1952;
Atomic War! and
World War III!
Oddly, the
premiere issue of World War III presented a
similar series of events to the
first issue of Atomic War, but in a slightly-
different time-frame, and
a different order!
There were
no cross-overs and certain events and available technology were
very different in the two titles, indicating the two series were alternate universe / multiverse versions of each other!
BTW,
Atomic War! came first, in November, 1952, with a second issue following in December, then going bi-monthly in February and April, 1953
.World War III ran in March and May of 1953, the months
Atomic War! wasn't published, giving kids of the era a monthly fix of future fun!
With Russia threatening us with nuclear annihilation (again), we thought we'd call your attention to our re-presentation of these kool examples of Cold War paranoia at our "brother"
RetroBlog ™,
War: Past, Present & Future™.