''Blitzkrieg'' was a short-lived 1970s war-themed

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published by

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Publication history

The focus of the series was an anthology of

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stories featuring soldiers of

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as well as the civilians resisting or victimized by the regime. This series differed from most other US-published war comics which focused exclusively on Allied forces; as a result, the cover of each issue included the tagline "We dare to be different!" Unlike the more famous stories of the

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, Hans von Hammer, a.k.a. The

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, the stories in this series kept an unambiguously negative tone against the World War II German military. The series was also notable for its strong (for the time) depictions of violence and gruesome images. The series was canceled after five issues.

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* 1976 comics debuts Comics by Robert Kanigher Comics about Nazi Germany DC Comics set during World War II {{DC-Comics-stub