BETTER/NEDOR/STANDARD/PINES PUBLISHING (AT THIS POINT, STANDARD)
RELEASED THE FIRST ISSUE OF JOE YANK, STARTING WITH ISSUE #5, COVER
DATED MARCH OF 1952. IT WOULD RUN A TOTAL OF TWELVE ISSUES WITH
#16 BEING ITS FINAL BOOK.
THE STORIES TOOK PLACE DURING THE KOREAN WAR AND WERE A WEIRD
HODGEPODGE OF HUMOR AND GRISLEY WAR TALES. THE REAL STARS OF THE
SERIES WERE THE ARTISTS ENLISTED TO PRODUCE IT. ALEX TOTH, WILL ELDER,
ART SAAF, SY BARRY, JOHN SEVERIN, DAN DECARLO & RUSS ANDRU JUST TO
NAME A FEW, ALL PRODUCED ART FOR THIS SERIES.
THIS VOLUME COLLECTS ISSUES 5 THROUGH 10 OF THE SERIES.
ALSO AVAILABLE IN HARDCOVER AND BLACK & WHITE EDITIONS