Iron Corporal
Iron Corporal | |
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![]() First appearance of the Iron Corporal in Army War Heroes. | |
Publication information | |
Publisher | Charlton Comics |
First appearance | Army War Heroes #22 (Nov. 1967) |
Created by | Willi Franz and Nicholas Alascia |
In-story information | |
Alter ego | Ian Heath[1] |
Team affiliations | Australian Army |
Abilities | Iron ribcage appliance |
The Iron Corporal is a fictional character appearing in comic books. He was first as a recurring character in Charlton Comics' war comics line, and briefly in his own comic book titled The Iron Corporal. His first appearance was in Army War Heroes #22 in 1967.
The stories, all written by Willi Franz and drawn by Sam Glanzman (except one story penciled and inked by Charles Nicholas and by Vince Alascia), revolved around Ian Heath, an American corporal fighting with the Australian Army in the Southwest Pacific during World War II. The Iron Corporal's back story includes having his ribs augmented with an iron-steel bracing manufactured by his steel industrialist father. The stories are only loosely connected and depict the struggles of infantrymen in war.
Bibliography
- Army War Heroes #22โ38 (Nov. 1967 โ June 1970)
- Iron Corporal #23-25 (Oct. 1985 - Feb. 1986) โ reprints of earlier stories
References
- ^ Iron Corporal at Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Retrieved on June 6, 2011.Archived from the original on September 17, 2016.
Further reading
- "Interviews with Sam Glanzman and Willi Franz". Comic Book Artist. No. 9. TwoMorrows Publishing. August 2000. p. 116.
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