The Losers

Before anyone asks, no I am not blogging about the team from the Vertgio series that was seen on film not too long ago, I am talking about the original Losers, first appearing in Our Fighting Forces #123 (1970). The team consisted of Captain Storm, a P.T. boat commander who lost his crew twice, and was missing one leg and one eye; John Cloud, nicknamed the Navajo Ace due to his impressive flying skills, was constantly beset by racial prejudice from his fellow soldiers, Sarge and Gunner, two Marines who had fought bravely in the Pacific, then lost an entire squad of new recruits in Europe along with a dog nicknamed Pooch that was trained to sniff out enemy forces. These four men and dog soon met up and formed 'The Losers'. They fought bravely during WWII in the comics, until they were killed in action during Crisis on Infinite Earths by the Anti-Monitor's shadow demons. They were featured again at the beginning of the mini series DC: The New Frontier are seen in their last mission for the O.S.S. retrieving a Nazi rocket scientist from Dinosaur Island, a mission from which none of them return. If anyone who reads this blog happens upon any copies of Our Fighting Forces which contains an adventure of this team, I suggest you get it! These men may have seemed like losers, but they fought with the spirit of winners. And for anyone who reads this blog, if you wish to find any issues of any comics containing the adventures of any of the DC characters I've recently blogged about, just click this link, http://www.metropoliscomics.com/. There you'll find tons of comics, from the Golden Age, the Silver Age etc. all at convenient and affordable prices. So don't hesitate, get your copies of these classic and thrilling comic books today!