World War II, the Korean Conflict, & the Vietnam War in Popular Culture
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How we see the past...
History.
What we think happened and what did happen are often two different things.
Here are links to fact, fiction, fact as seen thru fiction.
and kool kollectibles for veterans or collectors of wartime pop culture
Great gifts for Meomorial Day, Flag Day, veterans' birthdays, or the 4th of July!
Contents at a Glance
Aviators of the Golden Age of Comics 2012 12-Month Calendar
High-Flying Heroes!
Fighting evil doesn't always require super-powers!
Sometimes you just need nerves of steel and a steady hand on the joystick!
Join...
Captain Flight!
AirBoy!
Captain Wings!
Black Commander!
Captain Aero!
Steve Savage!
Captain MidNight!
and their comrades in combat as they battle the Axis and Communists in the air over Europe and Asia to protect democracy!
Click HERE or on the cover to browse!
REAL Wonder Women of World War II
WACs, WAVEs, & MCWRs!
Atomic Kommie Comics offers a unique set of kool kollectibles for the female World War II veteran in your life.
Whether she's your mother or grandmother, sister or aunt, or wife or ex-wife, we've got a bunch of items that show your respect and love in a kitchy kind of way. Long & short-sleeve T-shirts, mugs, blank journals, even kitchen magnets, all adorned with a classic 1940s comic cover paying tribute to WWII-era WACs, WAVEs, and MCWRs!
Perfect as Flag Day or 4th of July gifts!
Click here or on the cover to see the line of tribute collectibles!
The True...
...and the Sorta True!
Classic Comic Book WWII Flyer Tribute Cover Art Collectibles
Army Air Force, Navy Air Corps, & Marine Air Corps
Comic books played a major part in shaping the public's impression of both our troops and our enemies during World War II.
Among the classiest were three beautiful covers for Contact Comics, an aviation-oriented title. Spectacular, intense, eye-catching color highlights these poster-style pieces of art.
Each one paid honor to the aviation division of one of the three armed forces branches. (The Air Force as a separate branch didn't come about until after WWII)
They have been digitally-restored and remastered on a line of kool kollectibles which would make perfect Veteran's Day, Flag Day, or 4th of July, gifts for the WWII veteran in your life.
PLUS: there are a half-dozen other aviation-oriented covers to choose from!
Choose from t-shirts, mugs, magnets, BBQ aprons, and many other goodies by clicking here or on the cover!.
Don Winslow U.S.N.
The Comic Strip as Military Recruiting Tool!
True! Don Winslow, clean-cut, all-American star of radio, movie serials, comic books & strips, and juvenile novels, was created to help Navy enlistments, which had reached an all-time low in 1934!
And it worked! Enlistments doubled before WWII began in 1941!
Now four of his iconic images are available as part of our retro-classic WWII line!
Perfect gifts for the nostalgic WWII veteran in your life!
Choose from four different designs on t-shirts, mugs, magnets, BBQ aprons, and many other goodies by clicking here or on the cover!
WWII Comic Collectibles
By veterans, for veterans
Gritty, dramatic art by men who served in the European and Pacific theatres of war and lived to tell the story in honest, unglamorous terms!
Choose from clothing, mugs, mousepads, and other items that'll make great birthday or Christmas gifts for veterans, historians, and WWII aficionados by clicking here or on the cover!
Military Green T-Shirts with WWII Graphics!

- FoxHole 5 T-Shirt
- For veterans and aficionados of WWII, a cool image from the Golden Age of Comics showing an infantryman hurling a grenade.
Drawn by returning vets, showing the grim and gritty realities of being a dogface or leatherneck.
48-star flag image on back. - FoxHole 4 T-Shirt
- For veterans and aficionados of WWII, a cool image from the Golden Age of Comics of the haunted face of a GI who's seen one battle too many.
Drawn by returning vets, showing the grim and gritty realities of being a dogface or leatherneck.
48-star flag image on back. - FoxHole 3 T-Shirt
- For veterans and aficionados of WWII, a cool image from the Golden Age of Comics showing a solider carrying his wounded buddy to safety.
Drawn by returning vets, showing the grim and gritty realities of being a dogface or leatherneck.
48-star flag image on back. - FoxHole 2 T-Shirt
- For veterans and aficionados of WWII, a cool image from a Golden Age of Comics showing a nighttime attack.
Drawn by returning vets, showing the grim and gritty realities of being a dogface or leatherneck.
48-star flag image on back. - FoxHole 1 T-Shirt
- For veterans and aficionados of WWII, a cool, ironic image from the Golden Age of Comics series of the aftermath of one of the many beachhead invasions.
Drawn by returning vets, showing the grim and gritty realities of being a dogface or leatherneck.
48-star flag image on back.
Bill Battle: the One-Man Army!
The Korean War's greatest fictional Commie fighter!
Created at the tail-end of the Korean Conflict, BILL BATTLE is noted for having photo, not comic art, covers for it's entire run!
We're pleased to be able to offer a line of kool comic-oriented kollectibles using the three best ones...
PLUS: a number of OTHER Korean Police Action covers featuring US armed forces in action both on land and in the air!
Choose from clothing, mugs, mousepads, and other items by clicking here or on the cover!.
WarTime Advertising
Not Comics, but a major part of Pop Culture
Choose from four different, dynamic designs on clothing, mugs, mousepads, and other items by clicking here or on the cover!
The Korean War (or "Police Action")
as shown in the comics of the 1950s
Shirts, bags and assorted items with graphics taken from the gung-ho comics of the time...
Choose from clothing, mugs, mousepads, and other items by clicking here or on the cover!
Super Green Beret!
The silliest hero of the Vietnam War is back!
Combine the concept of the original Captain Marvel (kid transforms into adult superhero) with the John Wayne movie The Green Berets and you get...SUPER GREEN BERET!
Really! I kid you not!
He lasted only two issues in the 1960s, but what a wild, weird ride it was...
Return to those weird, warped days with clothing, mugs, mousepads, and other items by clicking hereor on the cover!
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