tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1502701005570169613.post4564733033956473413..comments2024-03-04T13:18:25.277-05:00Comments on Out Of This World: African American History Month Reprise: Sgt. Fury 6 - "The Fangs of the Fox"KBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09745482563627003570noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1502701005570169613.post-47230703376646793522010-04-05T13:21:18.884-04:002010-04-05T13:21:18.884-04:00Absolutely agree with you, KB. GL gets alot of cre...Absolutely agree with you, KB. GL gets alot of credit, but I'm not sure that #76 deserves as much as it gets. The John Stewart issues later on in the run are to my mind more laudable.<br /><br />I've been thinking about Fury's anger in this strip. I can't think of anything to match it's force. I thoroughly enjoyed seeing it again.Colin Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15246781681702128600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1502701005570169613.post-21367339674082682642010-04-05T08:19:55.575-04:002010-04-05T08:19:55.575-04:00colsmi: I can't say for sure at this point, be...colsmi: I can't say for sure at this point, because I haven't reviewed every 60s comic, and that would be essential to do, but I'd put money on there being very few others, or none at all from the early 60s. Daredevil 47 (December 1968, "Brother, Take My Hand!") is a good one, but it's late 60s. Our Army At War 160, one of the Sgt. Rock stories that I posted before is also pretty powerful, and with Sgt. Fury 6 constitute the two main companies' overt attacks on racism in the early/mid-60s. By 1970 you've got Green Lantern 76, which tends to get all the credit for addressing the issue, but despite looking a little more deeply into structural inequality in society that results from racism, it doesn't shout as loudly as those earlier war books, not to me anyway. It's strong, but I guess takes the issue further. It's not the initial salvo.KBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09745482563627003570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1502701005570169613.post-59218717849298564962010-04-05T04:37:31.060-04:002010-04-05T04:37:31.060-04:00Thank you for posting this. I wonder if there'...Thank you for posting this. I wonder if there's a MORE openly, explicitedly VERY-ANGRY-INDEED denunciation of racism in the comics of the early/mid '60s than the good Sgt's here - it's actually shocking in how openly and forcibly Lee and Kirby engage - and close! - the whole debate here. ("Rats like him aren't on any side!" - splendid!)<br /><br />It's good to be reminded of this fine work. Thanks again for posting it.Colin Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15246781681702128600noreply@blogger.com