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#JackedKirby - The Losers for D-Day... 💥💥💥 Today is the 75th Anniversary of D-Day, a day that is super important in the military history of the United States as well as something that Jack Kirby was directly effected by. 💥💥💥 Jack was drafted into the US ARMY in June of 1943 and landed on Omaha Beach in August of 1944, just 2.5 months after the great D-Day invasion. Jack’s military experiences have made their way into many of his comic works, but none were more apparent than his 11 issue run on Our Fighting Forces for DC Comics featuring The Losers! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 The Losers were a ragtag group of soldiers stuck behind enemy lines. In the opening splash of his first issue of the book (pic 1) we see the four man crew: Captain Storm, Johnny Cloud, Sgt. Clay and Gunnar McKay. This splash (pics 1/2/3) appears early in #Issue151 of Our Fighting Forces (August of 1974) and features the whole team! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 Kirby’s run on the series was loaded with action and infused his personal military experience into the stories, but the best example of this is the open letter he penned to the readers telling them what he had planned for the book (Pic 4). Jack was candid and forthcoming about WHAT he wanted the book to be and WHY he wanted to do it... and one paragraph he even mentions D-Day specifically (Pic 5). 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 I strongly recommend this series for anyone who wants to see Jack’s version of WWII on the comics page... especially on a patriotic day like today!!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 #JackKirby #KingKirby #Kirby #TheLosers #OurFightingForces #KirbyInTheMilitary #USArmy #DDay #75thAnniversary #Comic #Comics #ComicBook #ComicBooks #70sComics #ComicsOfThe70s #igcomicbookcommunity #igcomics https://www.instagram.com/p/ByYrQjXhyJ0/?igshid=rdkhvjcg4el5

#JackedKirby - The Sub-Machine Guns Of World War II... 💥💥💥 While Jack was winding down his time at DC before returning to Marvel in 1974 he was fulfilling contractual obligations by creating random issues of books and small runs here or there. Some of these were Justice Inc, Kobra and few more... but one that was a bit special to him was The Loser stories in Our Fighting Forces. The Losers were a rag tag group of soldiers that were behind the lines of WWII, something Kirby had first hand experience with. So when he had the opportunity to take over the book as both writer and pencilled, he jumped at the chance!!!! 💥💥💥 Kirby took over the book with #Issue151 and continued until he turned it back over to the original creator Bob Kahniger. While Kirby was on the book he changed the tone of the series to make it a bit more serious... properly reflecting on a war that he had the displeasure of fighting in himself. At the time people criticized this tonal shift, but now the run is looked back upon fondly as some of Jack’s more intricate work while at DC that wasn’t involving the 4th World. Many of his personal touches found a way into the stories and material... like in #Issue152 from December of 1974!!! 💥💥💥 In the main story the Losers find themselves pinned down in a supposedly friendly town by Nazi’s... and they are almost done for until they are saved by General Patton himself!!! (Pic 1) This is a cool tidbit cause Kirby actually served under Patton in WWII... so it’s a bit of life finding it’s way into the art! He also did this really cool two page reference feature on the sub-machine guns of WWII, highlighting the different types of guns the various countries in the war used in actual combat (Pic 2/3). Its little touches like this that make Kirby’s war comics that much more authentic... he lived it, not just imagined it!!! 💥💥💥 #JackKirby #KingKirby #Kirby #TheLosers #OurFightingForces #Comic #Comics #ComicBook #ComicBooks #70sComics #ComicsOfThe70s #igcomiccommunity #WarComics #GeneralPatton #GunsOfWWII #igcomicfamily #igcomics 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 Thanks to all the veterans for all the years of service for our great country!!!! https://www.instagram.com/p/BqImRmVhnk9/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=3x38vuf47kfc

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