MAD would have been enough to cement Harvey Kurtzman’s reputation as one of the titans of American comics, but he also created two other landmarks: the scrupulously-researched and superbly-crafted war comics Two-Fisted Tales and Frontline Combat. Like every book in the new Fantagraphics EC line, “Corpse on the Imjin!” will feature extensive essays and notes by EC experts — but Kurtzman’s stories, as vital, powerful, and affecting and as when they were created 60 years ago, make this a must-have.
Fantagraphics, hardback, 240 pages, published October 2012