Writer-artist-editor Harvey Kurtzman teamed with legendary artists Wally Wood, Johnny Craig, Jack Davis, Al Feldstein, John Severin, Will Elder, and Dave Berg to create these powerful stories of struggle and humanity that are considered to be among the best war stories ever told. Now, Dark Horse Books is proud to present this first incredible volume, reprinting the first six complete issues of Two-Fisted Tales, originally published in 1950 and 1951. Includes an introduction by noted comics collector and founder of Diamond Comics Distributors, Stephen Geppi.
Series Overview: EC Comics are widely credited for causing the dissolution of the morals of kids and teens in the 1950's thus playing a large part in the public outcry over comics that led to Senate hearings condeming the sex and violence within their pages. Dark Horse brings their usual high quality design and production values to the creation of collector's editions of these seminal comics.
Harvey Kurtzman (1924-1993) was a cartoonist, writer, editor and comics genius. He is probably best remembered for MAD, which he founded in 1952. He created 28 revolutionary issues for E.C. publisher Bill Gaines (for whom he also created Two-Fisted Tales and Frontline Combat) with such talent as Will Elder, Jack Davis, and Wally Wood before leaving in 1956. Kurtzman then created the short-lived satire magazine Trump for Playboy publisher Hugh Hefner in 1957. He followed with the comic-sizeHumbug in 1958, then Help! magazine. During his Help! tenure he discovered such diverse talent as Terry Gilliam, Gloria Steinem, Gilbert Shelton, and R. Crumb. In 1962 he and collaborator Will Elder began producing the long-running and elaborate Little Annie Fanny comic forPlayboy. In the '70s he became known as the father-in-law of underground comix for inspiring a new generation of media-bending cartoonists.
ISBN: 9781616558239
Author: Various
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Number of Pages: 216
Published: 15 October 2015
Publisher: Dark Horse
Country of Publication: US
Dimensions (mm): 280 x 217 x 20
Weight (kg): 1.084
