Real Life Comics #28

In the turbulent 1640s, Robert Blake transforms from a Oxford scholar into one of England's greatest naval commanders, fighting alongside Oliver Cromwell against the tyranny of King Charles I and his royalist forces. With little military experience but unshakable conviction, Blake learns warfare on land and sea—capturing strongholds, pursuing enemy fleets across European waters, and facing off against formidable Dutch and Spanish naval powers. His battles reshape England's naval dominance and secure the Commonwealth's future, though not without cost to himself.

In the turbulent sixteenth century Mediterranean, Andrea Doria rises from a mercenary condottiere to command the Genoese fleet, earning respect through naval prowess and an iron code of honor—even as he faces off against the cunning Turkish corsair Barbarossa across decades of rivalry. After years of fighting for various masters, Doria returns to defend his native Genoa and reshape its fractured republic, all while pursuing his vendetta against his most formidable foe. From the roaring cannons of galley warfare to the halls of emperors and kings, Doria's life becomes a legend of seamanship, pride, and an uncompromising will that outlasts even his greatest adversary.

Two thousand years ago, a tyrannical Syrian king demanded that the Jewish people abandon their faith and worship him as a god—sparking a fierce guerrilla uprising led by brothers known as the Maccabees, "the Hammerers." From surprise raids in the Judean hills to desperate stands in Jerusalem itself, this historical account follows how a determined band of rebels challenged an empire's might through cunning, courage, and unwavering conviction. The story of their fight for religious freedom and independence stands as a powerful reminder of resistance against oppression.

Commander Robert J. Foley takes the reins of the submarine Greenling in 1942, leading the vessel deep into enemy waters to disrupt Japanese supply lines across the Pacific theater. Through daring attacks on enemy convoys and freighters, Foley and his crew prove that isolated garrisons depend entirely on the ships that reach them—and when those ships don't arrive, the "conquerors" face starvation. A gripping account of one officer's relentless campaign that earned him an unprecedented four Navy Crosses.

Roger answers the phone, only to realize he’s the one being called—while he’s already standing in the phone booth just to the left of the man who’s asking him to show up at the store.

From law student to military commander to world explorer—Louis Antoine de Bougainville's restless ambition takes him across continents and oceans in this chronicle of eighteenth-century adventure. Rising from a Parisian notary's household, he earns recognition as a mathematician, fights in the French colonial campaigns, and leads an expedition that discovers new lands and a flower that still bears his name. It's a brisk, rousing portrait of a man who refused to settle for an ordinary life.

During the Bougainville campaign in 1943, when Japanese air superiority threatened to halt the American advance, Sergeant Gross and his resourceful maintenance crew undertake an audacious salvage operation—combing the jungle for wrecked aircraft and scrap metal to rebuild operational P-40 fighters from the scattered remains of battle-damaged planes. Working under constant enemy bombardment, the "G.I. Junkmen" manage to assemble thirteen flyable aircraft that prove crucial in turning the tide, engaging Japanese bombers and fighters to protect the beachhead during Major General Turnage's marine landing.