Those who know Ennis (Preacher) as a creator of off-the-wall, black-humored, and hilariously obscene twists on the usual superhero or SF tropes may be surprised to see his more serious side on display in these three tales of WWII, based upon true events, in which Soviet airfighter Anna Borisnova Kharkova faces off against German enemies,… Read more

A collection of the best stories from the classic run of Don Winslow of the Navy, one of the most popular comic books running during and after World War II. Edited by Craig Yoe, the selected stories are digitally remastered and contextualized with Yoe’s historical research. Preceding the full, colorful tales is a detailed introduction… Read more

Here are the most unforgettable books of 2018, works that deserve and then command your attention. This year, your Military Times reviewer offered readers reviews of 57 military-related titles and considered dozens of others. “Considered” means we read portions of other books in order to determine whether a review would serve readers. Those books often… Read more

Katusha: Girl Soldier of the Great Patriotic War by Wayne Vansant (Mar. 13, trade paper, $26, ISBN 978-1-68247-425-9). A fictional account of the Nazi invasion of Ukraine in WWII, this graphic novel tells the story of war through the eyes of Katusha, a Ukrainian teenage girl, who fights as a tank driver and commander, facing… Read more

A collection of the best stories from the classic run of Don Winslow of the Navy, one of the most popular comic books running during and after World War II. Edited by Craig Yoe, the selected stories are digitally remastered and contextualized with Yoe’s historical research. Preceding the full, colorful tales is a detailed introduction… Read more

Machete Squad by Brent Dulak, Kevin Knodell and David Axe with illustrations by Per Darwin Berg, Dead Reckoning, 160 pages, $19. Iraq and Afghanistan veteran Dulak relives his experiences as a sergeant in charge of a medical unit that ties off amputations — “machete medicine” — as a routine duty. Inside, relying on few words… Read more

When one thinks of heroic tales in modern-day combat, the images of special operations troops might come to mind. Outfitted with the best equipment and sporting scraggly beards, the “tip of the spear” often seems to get most of the limelight in TV, video games, film and novels. But what of the grunt? While the… Read more

It was an unexpected surprise. A parcel from the US Naval Institute Press was waiting for me at the Post Office and I had already received the batch of books I was expecting as well as the model ships that were on order. I wondered what it was but as it was raining here, I… Read more

Dead Reckoning is one of the newest entrants into the independent comics scene. It’s an imprint of the Naval Institute Press, the publishing arm of the U.S. Naval Institute, which until now has dealt solely in traditional biographical and historical books. To learn about how the Institute adjusted to this new territory, we spoke to… Read more