{"id":1569,"date":"2009-03-29T16:23:24","date_gmt":"2009-03-29T16:23:24","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/kirby\/?p=1569"},"modified":"2009-03-29T16:23:24","modified_gmt":"2009-03-29T16:23:24","slug":"our-fighting-forces-154-1975-bushido","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/kirby\/archives\/1569","title":{"rendered":"Our Fighting Forces #154 [1975] – Bushido"},"content":{"rendered":"

This was the fourth of Kirby’s twelve issues of the series featuring the team of DC’s WWII characters who couldn’t support their separate features, The Losers. In this 18-page story, “Bushido”, he moves the action to the war against the Japanese in the Pacific islands (those Losers get around), as they infiltrate a Japanese base and capture a Colonel, leading to a chase through the jungles and quite a lot of action in very few pages, including escapes, booby-traps, prisoner exchanges and single combat until the Losers finally complete their mission.<\/p>\n

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Kirby’s stories of the war in the Pacific tend to be a bit more fanciful than those set in Europe, presumably because his first-hand experience was in Europe and for the other stories he has to rely on second-hand accounts. Still, there’s a lot of neat stuff, including a well-designed two-page splash with some carefully labeled heavy guns. D. Bruce Berry inks the whole thing, with somewhat uneven results. A few pages, including the splash, look really good, while others look rushed.<\/p>\n

In addition to the story, there’s also a 2-page “Wheels ‘n Tracks” feature, looking at some of the armoured cars of the war, from the Germans, Italians and the British. The cover is also by Kirby and Berry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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