Coffee and a Comic Blog

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Today's Coffee ☕ and a Comic 📓 is The 'Nam #27  "Like a Candle in the Wind" Cover Date: February 1989 In the chaos of war, some friendships shine brightest, and are lost just as quickly This issue takes us to a field hospital at Chi Lang, where Andy Clark listens to a wounded soldier named Griffis recount the story of his best friend, Steve Baker, a Ranger with the 1st Air Cavalry They met out in the bush, forged a bond in the fire of battle. But when Steve received devastating news from home, (can only assume from a cheating partner) something inside him broke In the confusion of an ambush, Steve was killed, and Griffis was left blinded, carrying the memories and the weight of survival. "Like a Candle in the Wind" reminds us: in war, the brightest lights are often the most fragile. It's not always the gunfire or explosions that haunt a soldier, it's the faces of the ones who didn't make it home Credits: ✏️ Writer: Doug Murray ✏️ Penciler: Wayne Vansant ✏️ Inker: Geof Isherwood ✏️ Colorist: John Wellington ✏️ Letterer: Phil Felix ✏️ Editor: Don Daley ✏️ Cover Artist: R. Wagner #Comics #VietnamWar #TheNam #MarvelComics #80sComics #CoffeeAndAComic #ComicBookHistory #WayneVansant #DougMurray #ComicCollector #GraphicNovels #WarComics #MilitaryHistory

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