Coffee and a Comic Blog

Today's Coffee ☕ and a Comic 📓 is The 'Nam #26 "Auld Acquaintance" Cover Date: January 1989 After surviving the battle for Hue, Andy Clark, Joe Palone, and George Glass are rotated to the rear for supposed R&R. But there’s no real peace, they’re pressed into grim work unloading the wounded and handling the dead at Graves Registration. Meanwhile, back in the United States, cracks start to show. Families wrestle with grief, protesters hit the streets, and public faith in the war effort begins to falter. As the world turns the page on 1968, both the men overseas and the people at home realize life will never be the same. Credits: Writer: Doug Murray Penciler: Wayne Vansant Inker: Geof Isherwood Colorist: Bob Sharen Letterer: Phil Felix Editor: Don Daley Cover Artist: Mike Golden #coffeeandacomic #thenam #marvelcomics #vietnamwar #1960swar #militarycomics #comicbookhistory #newcomicbookday #veteransstories

Today's Coffee ☕ and a Comic 📓 is The 'Nam #25 "Hue: City of Death" Cover Date: December 1988 The Tet Offensive rages on, and Hue turns into a living nightmare. Andy Clark and Joe Palone are trapped in brutal house-to-house fighting, where every street corner could be the last. Leadership has no real grip on how bad it is, and the guys on the ground are left to survive however they can. What used to be one of Vietnam’s most beautiful cities is now just dust, blood, and shattered dreams. Uncle Sam's Misguided Children came in to even the odds and get the boys out safe Credits: Writer: Doug Murray Penciler: Wayne Vansant Inker: Geof Isherwood Colorist: Mark Chiarello Letterer: Phil Felix Editor: Don Daley Cover Artist: Dan Wagner and Armando Gil #coffeeandacomic #thenam #marvelcomics #vietnamwar #hue #hueoffensive #tetoffensive #1980scomics #comicbookhistory #militarycomics #newcomicbookday

Today's Coffee and a Comic 📓 The 'Nam #24: "Tet: Beginning of the End" Cover Date: November 1988 The Tet Offensive has begun. North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces launch a massive surprise assault across South Vietnam, including an attack on the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. While the offensive is ultimately repelled, the psychological blow is severe. News footage and shocking images from the Embassy siege dominate American televisions, shaking public faith in the war effort This issue drops readers into the chaos as the 23rd Infantry scrambles to react. There’s no safe zone anymore, not even in the rear Credits: Writer: Doug Murray Penciler: Wayne Vansant Inker: Geof Isherwood Colorist: Phil Felix Letterer: Phil Felix Editor: Don Daley Cover Artist: Andy Kubert #TheNam #VietnamWar #TetOffensive #ComicBookHistory #80sComics #DougMurray #WayneVansant #CoffeeAndAComic #MilitaryComics #Saigon #USEmbassyAttack #ClassicComics #NCBD #WarComics #ComicsAndCoffee