Two-Fisted Tales
Superior · 1950–1953 · 19 issues
About the series
Harvey Kurtzman's Two-Fisted Tales from Superior Publications (1950–1953) was a landmark 19-issue war comic that broke from gung-ho patriotism to deliver gritty, humanistic stories of conflict. Kurtzman, the primary writer and frequent artist alongside Jack Davis and John Severin, treated soldiers with unflinching realism, focusing on the psychological toll of battle rather than simple heroics. Its mature, anti-war stance and meticulous research set a new standard for the genre, influencing generations of comics to come.