Download or read book Vietnam Journal Vol 4 M I A written by Don Lomax and published by Caliber Comics. This book was released on 2021-04-27 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The acclaimed comic book war series from Don Lomax, nominated for a Harvey Award, is now presented as a series of graphic novel volume collections. Vietnam Journal is a look at the Vietnam War through the eyes of a war journalist Scott Neithammer, a freelance reporter the troops have nicknamed 'Journal'. As an embedded reporter, Neithammer has a single minded focus and obsession to report the controversial war from the "grunt’s" point of view. It chronicles the lives and events of soldiers on the front line during the war. In VOLUME FOUR, Scott 'Journal' Niethammer, lost in the jungle and on his own, sees firsthand the terror the Vietnamese villages contend with on an almost daily basis. But he comes across an U.S. army dog named Luther who faithfully serves. And as Operation Pershing unleashes 'Journal' hears a tale from a young soldier about an action soldiers didn’t usually talk about, especially to a reporter. It is a grey line between morality and loyalty and 'Journal' is also forced to deal with that situation. He also begins to put to paper the struggles of American prisoners of war held by the Viet Cong, as an American soldier, after brutal imprisonment by the Viet Cong, recounts his tale and 'Journal' finally understands how resilient the American soldier can be even at such a young age. Collects comic book issues #13-16. Picked by Entertainment Weekly as "a graphic novel you should own" and recommended by the Military History Book Club, Vietnam Journal is written and drawn by Don Lomax, a Vietnam War veteran. "Lomax bases his fictional work on his real experiences in Vietnam in 1966, with powerful results. It is Lomax's concern for average soldiers that, in the end, makes his work significant." - Publishers Weekly. A Caliber Comics release.
Download or read book Vietnam Journal Series Two 4 written by Don Lomax and published by Caliber Comics. This book was released on 2019-09-24 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don Lomax's critically acclaimed Vietnam Journal series returns with all new stories. THIS ISSUE: "SIAGON INTRIGUE" - Journal (Scott Neithammer), finally gives up “soldiering” on with his jungle rotted feet and catches a chopper to Saigon to get treatment at the 3rd Field Hospital. While there he decides to take a few days R&R and go out on the town. He quickly finds out that the Saigon nightlife takes on a completely different dimension when looking through the honest prism of a non-drinker. From the high-profile pleasure palaces on TuDo Street to the seedy little back street bars, the war is still there, just below the surface, and just as real and deadly as it is in the bush! Praise for Vietnam Journal: “..the best war comic in more than 35 years...grade A+” - Don Thompson, Comic Buyers Guide.
Download or read book Vietnam Journal 4 written by Don Lomax and published by . This book was released on 2017-04-12 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The acclaimed Vietnam Journal series from Don Lomax, nominated for a Harvey Award, is collected and presented as a series of graphic novels. Vietnam Journal is a look at the Vietnam War through the eyes of a war journalist, Scott 'Journal' Neithammer, as he chronicles the lives and events of soldiers on the front line during the Vietnam War. Creator Don Lomax based Vietnam Journal on his experiences on his tour of duty in Vietnam in the mid 1960's. In BOOK THREE, Scott 'Journal' Neithammer returns to Vietnam, having recovered from his war injuries, but his expectations of being assigned to a safe area dissipate as he is dropped into the middle of a firefight in the Mekong Delta. Neithammer joins up with a new group deployed in the Vietnam War by the US Navy...the Seals. They're not exactly happy with the older 'Journal' tagging along but orders are orders. The problem is 'Journal' can't really figure out what the Seals' orders exactly are. As preparations get underway for the Dak To engagement, 'Journal' ventures out into the jungle but ends up escorting a pregnant villager to safety only to discover she's really with the enemy. And afterwards, as a battle rages towards occupying a hill that has no significant value, 'Journal' finds he has to deal with both choking gas and Vietcong snipers. These stories plus a short story titled "Dustoff" are included in Book Three. Collects issues 9-12. Published by Caliber Comics. Entertainment Weekly labels Vietnam Journal as "a graphic novel you should own" and is recommended by the Military History Book Club, while Max Brooks (World War Z) names Vietnam Journal as one of his best war comic series. "Lomax bases his fictional work on his real experiences in Vietnam in 1966, with powerful results. It is Lomax's concern for average soldiers that, in the end, makes his work significant." - Publishers Weekly. "This is, without a doubt, the most graphic, realistic and emotionally powerful portrayal of the Vietnam War that's ever been seen in comic form." - Jason E. Aaron, Wizard's 2008 Best Writer. "Even today, VIETNAM JOURNAL is one of the most gritty and brutally honest war stories ever published." - Brian Cronin, Comic Book Resources. "Vietnam Journal by Don Lomax is the best comic book portrayal of Vietnam I have ever read. It's probably one of the best works ever put down in any art form about the war." - Daniel Robert Epstein. "A powerful collection of stories and history of the Vietnam War, created by a veteran of both the war and of war comics." - Douglas P. Dave, School Library Journal.
Download or read book Vietnam Journal Book Four written by Don Lomax and published by . This book was released on 2017-04-12 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The acclaimed comic book war series from Don Lomax, nominated for a Harvey Award, is now presented as a series of graphic novel volume collections. Vietnam Journal is a look at the Vietnam War through the eyes of a war journalist Scott Neithammer, a freelance reporter the troops have nicknamed 'Journal'. As an embedded reporter, Neithammer has a single minded focus and obsession to report the controversial war from the "grunt's" point of view. It chronicles the lives and events of soldiers on the front line during the war. In BOOK FOUR, Scott 'Journal' Niethammer, lost in the jungle and on his own, sees firsthand the terror the Vietnamese villages contend with on an almost daily basis. But he comes across an U.S. army dog named Luther who faithfully serves. And as Operation Pershing unleashes 'Journal' hears a tale from a young soldier about an action soldiers didn't usually talk about, especially to a reporter. It is a grey line between morality and loyalty and 'Journal' is also forced to deal with that situation. He also begins to put to paper the struggles of American prisoners of war held by the Viet Cong, as an American soldier, after brutal imprisonment by the Viet Cong, recounts his tale and 'Journal' finally understands how resilient the American soldier can be even at such a young age. BOOK FOUR collects issues 13-16. Picked by Entertainment Weekly as "a graphic novel you should own" and recommended by the Military History Book Club, Vietnam Journal is written and drawn by Don Lomax, a Vietnam War veteran. "Lomax bases his fictional work on his real experiences in Vietnam in 1966, with powerful results. It is Lomax's concern for average soldiers that, in the end, makes his work significant." - Publishers Weekly. "This is, without a doubt, the most graphic, realistic and emotionally powerful portrayal of the Vietnam War that's ever been seen in comic form." - Jason E. Aaron, Wizard's 2008 Best Writer.
Download or read book Survive written by Don Lomax and published by Caliber Comics. This book was released on 2022-10-31 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By Don Lomax, Harvey-nominated creator of the acclaimed Vietnam Journal comic book series. Survive! is a grim look at life after the events of a Third World War. Nuclear fallout has hit the U.S.A., and the Miller family were prepared...they have an underground bunker, and plenty of food and supplies. But they must protect themselves against the less fortunate, who are proving to be more and more desperate as starvation and radiation effects take hold, becoming literal zombies before their very eyes. "Don Lomax's writing is excellent and extremely detailed, and I imagine this is one of the better takes on the reality of a post-apocalyptic society." - comicclassics.org A Caliber Comic release.
Download or read book Rampage written by Alan Caillou and published by Caliber Books. This book was released on 2024-01-16 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adapted into the Warner Brothers action/adventure motion picture of the same name starring Academy Award nominee Robert Mitchum and BAFTA Award Winner Jack Hawkins. The novel contains numerous additional scenes, subplots, and characters not depicted in the feature film. For fans of such films as The Ghost and the Darkness, and Beast. RAMPAGE: Two renowned big-game hunters, a German Otto von Abart and American Harry Stanton, embark on a dangerous mission into the steaming jungles of Malaya. Their assignment: to capture prize specimens for the Munich Zoo in Germany. Neither man realizes that the trip is to prove the ordeal of their lives, an ordeal inflamed by the presence of von Abart's beautiful mistress Anna. As the trio battle their way through the treacherous jungle, what began as a professional rivalry soon turns into a personal rivalry as well, and the two men engage in a strange combat that can end only with the destruction of one of them. Always between the two men is Anna, watching, waiting as much the prize as is the black killer leopard both hunters covet and pursue.
Download or read book Black Gold WarKeep 2030 Book Zero written by Michael Kasner and published by Caliber Books. This book was released on 2022-12-05 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From action/adventure novelist Michael Kasner comes a series of future military warfare! The year is 2030 and the world is in a state of political and territorial unrest. The Peacekeepers, an elite military force is created to combat it. Armed with all the tactical advantages of modern technology, battle hard and ready when the free world is threatened - the Peacekeepers are the baddest grunts on the planet. BLACK GOLD: WARKEEP 2030 - Book 0: ARAB JIHAD RISING! The rugged desert terrain of the Middle East is a high-tech battlefield for black gold. Fighting to control the monopoly of oil is a ruthless Arab alliance - up against a coalition of major Western industrial nations. As the war escalates, so does global unrest, and the Peacekeepers are dispatched. Their job is not to appeal to peace, brotherhood or goodwill. Times have changed, but war remains the same - strike first, strike hard and give no quarter. But in the changing battlefields and shifting alliances, the Keepers must first identify the enemy. If they make the wrong move, the world stands to be crushed by the destructive juggernaut of nuclear war.
Download or read book Vietnam written by Michael Lee Lanning and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published: New York: Ballantine Books, 1988.
Download or read book Vietnam Veterans Unbroken written by Jacqueline Murray Loring and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2019-05-30 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For 50 years, civilians have avoided hearing about the controversial experiences of Vietnam veterans, many of whom suffer through post-traumatic stress alone. Through interviews conducted with 17 soldiers, this book shares the stories of those who have been silenced. These men and women tell us about life before and after the war. They candidly share stories of 40-plus years lived on the "edge of the knife" and many wonder what their lives would be like if they had come home to praise and parades. They offer their tragedies and successes to newer veterans as choices to be made or rejected.
Download or read book Gulf War Journal 4 written by Don Lomax and published by Caliber Comics. This book was released on 2019-09-04 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: HARVEY AWARD NOMINEE comic writer and artist Don Lomax assembles his Gulf War comic series and brings back the central character from his critically acclaimed VIETNAM JOURNAL books. THIS ISSUE: "Patriot". B-52s hammer Baghdad with relentless carpet bombing taking out Saddam’s “eyes and ears” in the form of his electrical grid and radar capabilities. On TV, the horror of the war is brought into American homes with stark reality as downed American pilots are displayed as war trophies of Hussein’s insane war. War correspondents are shepherded about from site to site and fed the government drivel, “for their own good”. All this forcing Scott "Journal" Niethammer to make drastic decisions.
Download or read book Rogue s Gambit written by Alan Caillou and published by Caliber Books. This book was released on 2024-01-16 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During WWII a British officer was sent to East Africa to align and coordinate with the native tribes a guerrilla campaign to attack and harass the Axis forces. In his possession were secret government documents outlining certain allegiances and a strongbox containing gold bullion to pay for those allegiances. Unfortunately the officer was captured by a group of Italian soldiers and killed; and the whereabouts of those documents and gold undetermined. Now, 13 years later comes word that one of those Italians has turned up and is being held prisoner by an African warlord. A branch of the British Foreign Office is tasked to get their hands on that Italian and find the gold but more importantly the sensitive and compromising documents, and to do it they will send in Ian Metcalfe to make it happen. Rogue’s Gambit is a fast-moving novel of action and suspense, of strange and violent adventures in the post-war years, written by a veteran WWII British intelligence officer.
Download or read book Hardcase Cade Book Two written by Neil Hunter and published by Caliber Books. This book was released on 2023-03-12 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For Fans of Blade Runner, Robocop, and I, Robot. In mid-21st century America – over-populated cities harbor ordinary citizens who are oppressed by money manipulators, drug pushers and daily violence. And beyond the cities lay vast wastelands of chemically polluted regions teaming with outlaws and mutants. Law enforcement, as it has always been, is seemingly on the brink of collapse against the ever increasing tide of lawlessness, corrupt political officials, and a system that favors the criminal and not the victims. However U.S. Justice Marshal Thomas Jefferson Cade is one of a new breed of law enforcers. Teamed with his Cyborg partner, Janek, an infuriatingly logical masterpiece of engineering, they take on the criminal elements and deal out sentences that the rules of the law does not find so black and white. HARDCASE: CADE - Book Two: U.S. Justice Marshal T.J. Cade and his Cyborg partner Janek investigate a series of murders and discover a conspiracy involving a multi-billionaire industrialist and military renegade with visions of taking over the U.S. Government. Amos Sinclair is a powerful enemy and has an army of combat androids doing his dirty work. In a high-speed death race the bad guys play very dirty but T.J. Cade and his partner has something new to teach them.
Download or read book The Walls of Jolo written by Alan Caillou and published by Caliber Books. This book was released on 2024-01-16 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BASED ON TRUE EVENTS. One of the bloodiest “little wars” in American history, that saw the deaths of 4,200 U.S. soldiers, serves as the background for this story of high adventure and brutal combat. The year is 1898 and the setting is the island of Sulu in the Philippines. The Spanish-American War has just ended and with its victory over Spain, the United States has gained possession of the islands. However, American troops are now fighting a series of savage and brutal guerrilla skirmishes with rebellious local tribes who wish independence. The most feared and fearless of these are the violent Moros, headed by a chieftain of unusual intelligence and cunning named Jokiri. Three years later with no victory in site, the U.S. has sent out patrols into the jungle to locate Jokiri, but he has laid a treacherous ambush for one group of these foreigners. Surrounding a group of Army officers who fall into his trap, he slays and beheads all of the soldiers except Captain Shay Sullivan, whom he takes to his camp. There Sullivan faces unimaginable torture and death unless he turns traitor to his country and teaches the Moros American war tactics. THE WALLS OF JOLO is the story of what happens to Shay as he matches wits and does battle with Jokiri. His only weapons being courage, and the fearless love of the Spanish beauty who tries to help him, Medina, Jokiri’s beautiful adopted daughter.
Download or read book Jungle Breakout WarKeep 2030 Book Two written by Michael Kasner and published by Caliber Books. This book was released on 2022-12-05 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From action/adventure novelist Michael Kasner comes a series of future military warfare! The year is 2030 and the world is in a state of political and territorial unrest. The Peacekeepers, an elite military force is created to combat it. Armed with all the tactical advantages of modern technology, battle hard and ready when the free world is threatened - the Peacekeepers are the baddest grunts on the planet. JUNGLE BREAKOUT: WARKEEP 2030 - Book 2: Echo Company’s transport plane crash-lands in Laos under fire from a renegade Han jet fighter. With only their Light Assault Rifles functioning, they head for the border...and encounter an astounding sight: a village of descendants of American POWs from the Vietnam War. With the enemy biting at their heels, Echo Company and sixty refugees are thrust into jungle guerrilla warfare at its most relentless and primitive. But they’re Peacekeepers - strip them down and put a rock in their hands, and they’re still bad news.
Download or read book The Charge of the Light Brigade written by Alan Caillou and published by Caliber Books. This book was released on 2024-01-16 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BASED ON ACTUAL EVENTS. THE STIRRING EPIC OF HIGH ACTION AND BRAVE MEN RIDING INTO HELL. The Crimea, Russia, 1854. The armies of England, France and Turkey join forces against the iron-clad onslaught of Imperial Russia. This will be a battle to decide the fate of Europe, and every man who lifts a saber brandishes history in his clenched fist... THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE pulses with drama and passion of that mighty encounter. Heroes and cowards, madmen and valiant lovers spring to life from its action-swept pages. Here is a novel equaled in power only the legendary adventure which inspired it: six hundred brave men’s charge into hell.
Download or read book Vietnam Journal Series Two 6 written by Don Lomax and published by Caliber Comics. This book was released on 2019-09-24 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Don Lomax's critically acclaimed Vietnam Journal series returns with all new stories. THIS ISSUE: "SISTER EMILY" - 'Journal', wounded by a stray bullet, is taken in by Sister Emile and the orphanage Nuns for treatment. 'Journal' and Lindsey form an instant attachment for the Nuns and the orphanage of ethnic Vietnamese children, caught in the middle of the warring factions, and tagged for annihilation by the brutal butcher of Cambodia, and new President, Lon Nol. Desperation and panic envelop the group of refugees in a wild race for the border and sanctuary in the home of their ancestors, South Vietnam. But they are not alone. There is someone watching over them. And with help from above, the innocent children have a chance to survive the desperate situation.
Download or read book Vietnam Journal Series Two 12 written by Don Lomax and published by Caliber Comics. This book was released on 2020-06-29 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don Lomax's critically acclaimed Vietnam Journal is back with all new tales of Scott 'Journal' Neithammer as he reports on the heartache and headache, and the young soldiers on both sides of the Vietnam War. THIS ISSUE: "Return to the A Shau" - Gladly leaving Long Binh Jail in his rearview, Journalist Scott Neithammer, has a price on his head issued by despot, would-be dictator Lon Nol, the new Prime Minister of Cambodia. At the 101st Airbourne base, Camp Evans, Journal meets Radio Specialist, Ulysses Simply. A friendly kid with an unscratchable itch to get into the action. He sees Journal as his ticket to the heat of battle at a remote, scarred knob hill, an American artillery outpost overlooking the enemy infested A Shau Valley. They call it Ripcord. A Caliber Comics release.
