There's just something about Simon and Kirby that defines the golden age of comix. And here, the Boy Commandos report for duty in World's Finest Comics for a while.
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Message to Murmansk
Ah, the great team-ups of visual story-telling history. From William Shakespeare and William Robinson (albeit a few hundred years apart), to Joe Simon and Jack Kirby.
Escape to Disaster
The Golden Age of Comics ran alongside World War II, and it acted out stories even as the actual action took place. I can't quite imagine that happening with today's comics and war(s).
Below, the Jerry Robinson cover to this issue:
Jack Kirby and Joe Simon had a way of personalizing the big picture and bringing the war to a level that kid or adult could empathize with.
The Boy Commandos, from Detective Comics #67, September 1942:
Below, the Jerry Robinson cover to this issue:
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