{"product_id":"atom-bomb-and-other-stories-9781683962458","title":"Atom Bomb and Other Stories","description":"When artist Wallace Wood teamed up with writer\/editor Harvey Kurtzman to create stories, the result was some of the best war stories ever put to paper. Together, Wood and Kurtzman delivered outstanding, deeply human battle tales from the Civil War to World War I to World War II to Korea. \u003cem\u003eAtom Bomb And Other Stories\u003c\/em\u003e collects all the combat tales Wood and Kurtzman did together for EC's \u003cem\u003eTwo-Fisted Tales\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eFrontline Combat\u003c\/em\u003e, plus other war stories Wood did for EC writer\/editor Al Feldstein. Wood and Kurtzman pulled no punches in depicting the utter folly, madness, and horror of war -- especially in the title story, which depicts the bombing of Nagasaki from the viewpoint of the victims on the ground -- a shockingly controversial point of view in 1953!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWood, Wallace:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eWallace Allan Wood\u003c\/strong\u003e (1927-1981) rebooted Marvel's Daredevil, designing the iconic costume that recently appeared on the smash hit Netflix series. He was one of the best and funniest cartoonists of the earliest iteration of \u003cem\u003eMad\u003c\/em\u003e magazine and, thanks to his work on the EC Comics line, he is also widely considered one of America's greatest science-fiction cartoonists. With his magazine anthology \u003cem\u003ewitzend\u003c\/em\u003e, he helped pioneer underground\/independent comics publishing.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKurtzman, Harvey:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - In addition to his pioneering work on the \"serious\" EC war comics, \u003cstrong\u003eHarvey Kurtzman\u003c\/strong\u003e (1924-1993) created the all-time greatest satirical comic (with \u003cem\u003eMad\u003c\/em\u003e), the most widely-read adult comic strip (with \"Little Annie Fanny\" in \u003cem\u003ePlayboy\u003c\/em\u003e), and one of the earliest graphic novels (with the 1959 \u003cem\u003eThe Jungle Book\u003c\/em\u003e).","brand":"Fantagraphics Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50681507545362,"sku":"9781683962458","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7fa28c8d-1023-4c2b-aca9-b5db0279ba2e.jpg?v=1733954396","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/atom-bomb-and-other-stories-9781683962458","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}