'Vengeance', the comic written by Suresh R and published by DC Thomson Media, which has been publishing Commando since 1961, features an Indian hero

The Second World War ended over 75 years ago, and yet, it continues to cast its long political and cultural shadow across the globe. Take the ever-popular Commando comics, for instance — or to give them their official name, the ‘Commando For Action and Adventure’ (formerly ‘Commando War Stories in Pictures’) — the storylines of which do occasionally touch upon the First World War, the Korean war and the Boer war, but primarily draw from World War 2.

First published in 1961, four issues of Commando are brought out by the UK-based DC Thomson Media every two weeks; although Commando was hugely popular in India in the media-starved 80s and 90s, especially among teenage boys, those boys are grown men now who would probably be surprised…

DC released the first trailer for the highly anticipated upcoming animated film Justice Society: World War II this week. The movie stars Matt Bomer as Barry Allen/The Flash, who accidentally travels back in time after making his first connection with the Speed Force. Landing right in the middle of World War II, Barry meets the Justice Society of America, a superhero group dedicated to fighting the German soldiers and helping the American government win the war. The Justice Society of America is led by Diana Prince/Wonder Woman (Stana Katic), who offers to help send Barry back home. Thrilled at the chance of fighting alongside the most famous superheroes in history, Barry offers to help the team win the war before he travels back to the present.

The trailer opens with Captain Steve Trevor (Chris Diamantopoulos) informing President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Darin De Paul) that the German army has taken control…

Orignal strip by St. Paul cartoonist published on Oct. 10, 1965, and spawned multi-media success

St. Paul's Charles M. Schulz used to scoff that it was the apex of his career as a cartoonist.

But for many, the story arc of Snoopy versus the Red Baron is an unforgettable part of their daily dives into the funny pages.

And it all started on Oct. 10, 1965.

His whole life, Howard Weistling wanted to be a comic strip artist. But in December 1941, the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. And Weistling felt compelled to enlist. He trained to be an aircraft mechanic with the Army in Gila Bend.

"He would tell stories about putting the tools in water to keep them cool enough to handle," said Mike Weistling, Howard's grandson. "Then you'd have to dump out the water because the water would get too hot to touch."

Mike, who lives in Flagstaff, said after flight engineer training Howard was promptly shipped off to Europe.  On his maiden flight, his plane was shot down over Austria.