Comic books have presented fictional and fact-based stories of the Korean War, as it was being fought and afterward. Comparing these comics with events that inspired them offers a deeper understanding of the comics industry, America's "forgotten war," and the anti-comics movement, championed by psychiatrist Fredric Wertham, who criticized their brutalization of the imagination. Comics--both newsstand offerings and government propaganda--used fictions to justify the unpopular war as necessary and moral. This book examines the dramatization of events and issues, including the war's origins, germ warfare, brainwashing, Cold War espionage, the nuclear threat, African Americans in the military, mistreatment of POWs, and atrocities.

Follow Private Meyer's wartime memoirs as he travels you back in time to 1950 to 1952, as an infantry soldier on the frontlines of the Korean War, only just turning 17 years old. Be inspired by these true life stories with fully illustrated comics for each one. See him survive harsh winters in foxholes and deal with the life at war. Motivating, captivating, and sometimes even funny. So grab a cup of coffee, sit back, and enjoy these greatest ever stories by a U.S. Army veteran. At 90 years old Phillip W. Meyer still enjoys writing stories and poems. Each story in this book includes a fully illustrated comic.

Traces the development of the comic book, looks at publishers and genres, and discusses industry trends.

When the Korean War broke out in June 1950, there were no U.S. Marines on the Korean peninsula. This changed quickly, as elements of the 1st Marine Division arrived in August 1950. This is a story of the Chosin.

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