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The best war comics covers by legendary artist Joe Kubert are collected in this spectacular new hardcover. From 1955 through the 1970s, Kubert was the primary cover artist on DC's war comics, and these covers feature Sgt. Rock, Enemy Ace, The Haunted Tank, and many other heroes. Kubert's gritty drawing style captured the dangers of war, showing these ordinary heroes' struggle to survive and reach their goals while portraying them in a realistic light.

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Kubert's signature graphic style; brisk, precisely rendered, emotionally charged linework in dramatically composed panels marks him as one of mainstream comics' most talented and celebrated interpreters of the horrors of war. -- Publishers Weekly

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Born in 1926, Joe Kubert began his comics career at the age of eleven as an apprentice in Harry A Chesler's comic book production house. He has worked in the industry ever since, and in his more than sixty years in the field he has produced countless memorable stories for countless characters, including DC's Hawkman, Tarzan, Enemy Ace, Batman and the Flash. Kubert also edited, wrote and illustrated the DC title SGT. ROCK, which he contributed to for thirty years. In 1996 he produced Fax From Sarajevo, a gripping graphic narrative that earned him critical acclaim. In 1976 he founded the first and only accredited school devoted solely to the art of cartoon graphics: The Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art in Dover, New Jersey, which has since produced many of today's leading cartoonists.

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