Two-Fisted Tales #30
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "Bunker!", Harvey Kurtzman and Wally Wood deliver a sharp, darkly ironic tale set in a fractured 14th-century Europe where feuding lords exploit the peasantry with ruthless abandon. When the oppressed serfs pin their hopes on a mysterious Black Knight to end the tyranny, they’re met with a bitter truth: even heroes can wear the same armor as the villains. Jack Davis’s striking cover captures the story’s grim tone, while the interior art by Wally Wood and colors by Marie Severin bring the era’s harsh realities to life.
In a tense stand-off during a brutal war, a small group of American soldiers—Eightball, Jack, and their comrades—hold a hidden bunker positioned between two enemy strongholds, tasked with capturing the eastern bunker. Unbeknownst to them, their position is a deadly trap, as a second concealed bunker lies just beyond their line of sight, waiting to be discovered.
In a fractured 14th-century Europe ruled by armored lords, a desperate peasant named Alard and his fellow serfs pin their hopes on a legendary Black Knight to end the cycle of violence. When the knight finally arrives, he’s not the savior they imagined—but a figure just as ruthless as the Robber Baron they’d hoped to escape.
In the isolated silence of Wake Island, a group of civilian workers watches in stunned disbelief as twelve Grumman fighters touch down—only to hear the pilots speak of Pearl Harbor, and then the sky erupts with the roar of Japanese bombers. As the island becomes a battleground, the men brace for a fight they never expected, facing the enemy they’ve been warned about, and the grim reality of war closing in.
In the skies over Europe during World War II, veteran pilot Major Goscinny mentors two young cadets—Lieutenant Campbell and Lieutenant Richard Becker—pushing them through the trials of aerial combat. As the 94th "Hat-in-the-Ring" Squadron faces enemy German pilots, Becker’s skill begins to shine, forging his path as a rising ace under Goscinny’s watchful eye.
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Reprinted in Two-Fisted Tales #30 (1952), EC Portfolio #5 (1974), Two-Fisted Tales #3 (1980), Iskalde Grøss #8 [1988] (1988), Two-Fisted Tales #13 (1995), The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #1 (2012), The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #22 (2018), The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #26 (2019), Comics Signatures #4 (2022), Illustrators Special Issue #14 - First Edition (2022), Verta ja väristyksiä #[nn] (2023), Artisan Edition #[16] (2024)
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