Category Archives: Legion Comics

Wings of the Legion

Posted on December 7, 2021 by Jack Wagner

When it comes to tall tales of the French Foreign Legion the United Kingdom has produced an oversized share particularly in their comic books and story papers.  On this blog I’ve posted several stories featuring Grit Gregson “Fighter in the … Continue reading →

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Men of the Legion

Posted on May 6, 2021 by Jack Wagner

This comic was originally in Spanish and called Hombres De La Legion.  The illustrator was Alberto Salinas and story by Alfredo Grassi.  It was published by Ediciones Record and appeared in English by Eclipse Comics in two editions (#3 and … Continue reading →

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Grit Gregson: “Mahmoud the Evil” Strikes!

Posted on December 11, 2020 by Jack Wagner

He’s back!  Good ol’Grit Gregson and his merry lot of Legionnaires gets mixed up in a local tribal dispute and foils the nefarious plans of “Mahmoud the Evil” to seize control of the Ben Hassan tribe.  It starts with a simple … Continue reading →

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Happy Camerone Day!

Posted on April 30, 2020 by Jack Wagner

Happy Day to the Foreign Legionnaires. Bonne fête! Given the subdued way in which this great day is to be celebrated you might be interested in how it was done last year.  For your browsing pleasure here is the press … Continue reading →

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Single Panel Comics

Posted on April 6, 2020 by Jack Wagner

Over the years of running this blog I’ve acquired an assortment of single panel comics related to the Foreign Legion.  Now that I’ve scanned the hard copies here is the collection beginning with one of my favorites with probably one … Continue reading →

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DC’s Danger Trail: Battle Flag of the Legion

Posted on January 29, 2019 by Jack Wagner

It’s a nice balmy -7 degrees (windchill -22) here in south central Wisconsin.  Tonight however, the temperature will be approaching -31 degrees with a windchill of -57 (that is -31 Celsius with a windchill of -49c).  Could there be a … Continue reading →

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Grit Gregson: Held to Ransom

Posted on October 12, 2017 by Jack Wagner

I recently found that I have several more of these great Grit Gregson stories squirreled away on my hard drives, so here is another–this one is from the pages of the British comic Lion (23 Jan 1954).  In this story Grit … Continue reading →

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Grit Gregson: Ambush in the Valley of the Moon

Posted on April 26, 2017 by Jack Wagner

Camerone Day is coming up fast and I’m a bit flat footing on my celebratory blog postings so here is the very first Grit Gregson feature that appeared the U.K. comic Lion (#096 dated 19 December 1953).  Legionnaire Gregson appeared … Continue reading →

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Beau Geste by Fast Fiction

Posted on February 24, 2017 by Jack Wagner

Here is a very condensed, graphic version of P. C. Wren’s classic Beau Geste.  This was produced by Seaboard Publishers of New York as part of their series called “Stories by Famous Authors Illustrated”.  This issue was Number 5 in … Continue reading →

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French Forlorn Legion

Posted on April 29, 2016 by Jack Wagner

…I was saving that bacon……….er, saving this comic strip from a vintage Cracked Magazine (issue #4, September 1958).  But since it’s so near to Camerone Day I figured now is the time….     Cracked Magazine was a very strong … Continue reading →

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