Breger Lt Dave (4 results)

hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Includes dust jacket. This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear . This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear .

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Not Stated. Unmarked, clean and solid copy. Dj pictures comic strip soldier in red background. Small pieces missing all around dust jacket. Price inside cover 100100. Dj now in a protective mylar jacket. Color Cartoons (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Copyright 1945. "Born" in Yank, the Army Weekly, GI JOE was created in 1942 by Lt. Dave Breger in who had created the cartoon "Private Breger" for the Saturday Evening Post. The name became representative of the American soldier everywhere. The cartoon appeared until the Spring of 1944. (More details included in the introduction of the book.) The pages are orange with several cartoons on each page. End papers slightly tanned/ foxed. Tan boards with dark brown pictorial and print on front. Cover has some soiling. Spine sunned, bumped and torn at bottom, bumped at top. Edges of spine are rubbed, some surface nicks on spine. Edges of boards as well as the corners are rubbed. Starting at the 8th page of cartoons. Some very light soil near the lower binding on a few pages. Otherwise the page block hardly seems used.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 6 1/4 x 9 3/8 Inches. First printing of this collection of comics featuring "GI Joe", originally issued in YANK and The Stars and Stripes newspapers during WWII. Comics featuring the original character "Private Breger" began running in The Saturday Evening Post in 1941. In 1942, Breger was assigned by the authorities at YANK magazine to adapt his character for publication in YANK for the soldiers during the war effort. "GI Joe", the twin of "Private Breger", was born in 1942 with the first issue of YANK. The name GI JOE is now a household name due to the fame of the series and the toy line that came a bit later. Original brown cloth boards with title and GI JOE character stamped in black on front cover. Rubbing to hinges. DJ a bit sunned at spine. Light wear to DJ edges and folds. Hugh Hefner personal bookplate to front pastedown. Accompanied by letter of authentication from the Hefner estate. …