Category Archives: Legion Comics

3rd Day of Christmas: 3 Beau Peep

Posted on January 3, 2023 by Jack Wagner

We are fast counting down to the end of the holidays.  My tree is still up until this weekend and the outside Christmas lights will still be lit but will come down after the tree–I’m not like the neighbors who … Continue reading →

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Grit Gregson: Dandy Diamond Captured!

Posted on April 28, 2022 by Jack Wagner

Since this week is the run-up to Camerone Day (30 April) I’m going to try to post as much as my schedule can allow.  This will mean an obligatory Grit Gregson story from the pages of the UK comic “Lion”.  … Continue reading →

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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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