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    Four Colour Combat: Canadian Forces in War Comics
    Four Colour Combat: Canadian Forces in War Comics
    Four Colour Combat: Canadian Forces in War Comics
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    Four Colour Combat: Canadian Forces in War Comics

    By Cord Scott

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    Comic books TRANSCEND TIME and Space

    Regardless of one’s language or age, comic books transport the reader into the action through exciting four colour graphics.

    Centered around Canadian war stories within American comic books, the comics featured in this book present a unique spirit and  play a colourful role in popular c

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherW. Brand Publishing
    Release dateApr 16, 2019
    ISBN9781950385041
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      Four Colour Combat - Cord Scott

      FourColour_finalCVR.jpgtitle

      Copyright © 2019 by Cord A. Scott.

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and certain other noncommercial uses permitted by copyright law.

      Real Heroes and True Comics: Articles from all issues that deal with World War II and the Canadian Military have been reproduced with permission by Meredith Corporation.

      Published by ONBrand Books

      (an imprint of W. Brand Publishing, Nashville, TN)

      W. Brand Publishing

      ONBrand Books

      4806 Merrill Lane

      Nashville, TN 37211

      [email protected]

      www.wbrandpub.com

      Cover design: JuLee Brand / designchik.net

      Ordering Information:

      Quantity sales. Special discounts are available on quantity purchases by corporations, associations, and others. For details, contact the Special Sales Department at the email address above.

      Four Colour Combat / Cord A. Scott – 1st ed.

      Paperback ISBN: 978-1-950385-03-4

      eBook ISBN: 978-1-950385-04-1

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2019904216

      Disclaimer:

      Author is responsible any errors relating to the research content of this publication.

      All images provided by author’s personal collection whenever possible.

      Special thanks to the Meredith Corporation and Dell Comics for additional imagery.

      Contents

      Acknowledgements

      Introduction

      The Ground War

      The Air War

      Sea stories

      The Recent Years

      Conclusions

      About the Author

      Bibliography

      Notes

      Landmarks

      Cover

      Acknowledgements

      Like most things in my life, this book started out as something quite different, and not as the book you now hold. My background is in US History and my dissertation was on concepts regarding war- and patriotically-themed comics in the US. While I was writing my dissertation, I had the great opportunity to go with the Canadian Battlefields tour, that year organized by both the University of New Brunswick and the Cantigny First Infantry Division Museum. Those folks are still close friends.

      As I was finishing up my research, I ran across some stories from True Comics, a historically based comic book produced by Parents’ Magazine as a way to teach as well as entertain readers on aspects of history. As with any business-minded publication, they included a wider audience, in this case, Canadian stories, to appeal to the Canadian readers. I had initially compiled these stories into this book to send to them. One friend, Matt Symes, noted that I should write some historical context to the stories to flesh it

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