Gwandanaland Comics #2061

A wonderful treasury collecting issues #8–12 of The Fighting Yank, gathering "America's Bravest Defender" in one handsome volume from Gwandanaland Comics. The reproduced cover of Fighting Yank #9 sets the tone perfectly: the patriot hero in his signature colonial hat and star-spangled shirt drives his fists into enemy soldiers on a jungle rope bridge, with aerial explosions lighting the sky behind him. If you're drawn to Golden Age wartime adventure at its most spirited, this 2019 compilation is a fine way to revisit those ten-cent thrills.