BETTER/NEDOR/STANDARD/PINES PUBLISHING (AT THIS POINT, STANDARD)RELEASED THE FIRST ISSUE OF JOE YANK, STARTING WITH ISSUE #5, COVERDATED MARCH OF 1952. IT WOULD RUN A TOTAL OF TWELVE ISSUES WITH #16BEING ITS FINAL BOOK.THE STORIES TOOK PLACE DURING THE KOREAN WAR AND WERE A WEIRDHODGEPODGE OF HUMOR AND GRISLEY WAR TALES. THE REAL STARS OF THESERIES WERE THE ARTISTS. DAN DECARLO & RUSS ANDRU, MIKE EPOSITO AND MIKE SEKOWSKY JUST TONAME A FEW, ALL PRODUCED ART FOR THIS SERIES.ALSO AVAILABLE IN HARDCOVER AND BLACK & WHITE EDITIONS