Tag Archives: Phil Gascoine

Spotlight on The Unknown Soldier, 1988-1989 – part 2

Posted on March 10, 2022 by I.M. Baytor

As I started to discuss last week, 1988-9’s exhilarating The Unknown Soldier limited series is miles apart from Joe Kubert’s original iteration of the character. For one thing, instead of a fully-committed agent of an unquestionably righteous American war effort, … Continue reading →

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Spotlight on The Unknown Soldier, 1988-1989 – part 1

Posted on March 3, 2022 by I.M. Baytor

At a time when pavlovian pundits and politicians seem keen to revive Cold War rhetoric and imagery, (mis)applying it to the conflict taking place in Ukraine, perhaps it is worth remembering that even during the Cold War itself there were … Continue reading →

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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (January 2019)

Posted on January 3, 2019 by I.M. Baytor

I had so much fun doing these last year that I’ve decided to carry on… Here are another three pulpy splash pages to remind everyone that comics can be awesome: The Unknown Soldier (v2) #10 The Hands of Shang-Chi, Master … Continue reading →

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