attended — the distributing conventions or whatever — that I was un-American and that I was doing a shameful thing. It was done sub rosa. That's about the way it happened. Critical assessment Critic Jason Sacks, in his review of the book The Warren Companion, refers to Blazing Combat as "the finest war comics since the EC days", while comic-book historian Richard Arndt assesses Blazing Combat as, "Probably the best war comic ever published". Writer and critic Steve Stiles, in an overview of writer-editor Archie Goodwin's career, said, "The stories were both gritty and realistic ... showing the true horror of war". Reprints Blazing Combat (Warren Publishing, 1978) Trade paperback reprinting 17 black-and-white stories and all four color covers Cover of Creepy #89 (June 1977) Cover of Blazing Combat #1 (This issue of the horror anthology contained war stories) Creepy #139 (July 1982) "Survival" (Blazing Combat #3): Art by Alex Toth Creepy #142 (Oct. 1982) "Night Drop!" (Blazing Combat #4): Art by Angelo Torres "Kasserine Pass" (Blazing Combat #2): Art by Angelo Torres & Al Williamson Blazing Combat: Vietnam and Korea (1993), #1–2 (Apple Comics) Reprints of Blazing Combat stories set in Vietnam and Korea. Blazing Combat: World War I and World War II (1994), #1–2 (Apple Comics) Reprints of Blazing Combat stories set during the two World Wars. Blazing Combat (Fantagraphics Books, 2009) Hardcover reprinting all four issues in their entirety References Further reading External links Additional . 1965 comics debuts Defunct magazines published in the United States Magazines established in 1965 Magazines disestablished in 1966