You know John Wayne did a Vietnam War movie (Green Berets)...
...but he never did a Korean War flick!
(Jet Pilot is a Cold War movie involving Russians.
No Koreans or scenes set in Korea.)
Comic books were a different matter...
Trivia: Besides not doing a Korean War movie, Wayne never did a film set in World War II Europe!
Correction: Wayne did appear in a film with flashbacks to WWII, Cast a Giant Shadow, and an actual WWII movie, The Longest Day, as part of an all-star ensemble!
(Though, to be fair, neither one had a comic adaptation!)
Thanks to reader Lawrence for catching my gaffe and inspiring me to do a little more research!
This never-reprinted tale is from Toby's John Wayne Adventures #15 (1952), penciled by Mel Keefer.(The other credits are unknown)
You'll note that Wayne is referred to as "John Wayne", not "John Wayne as Sgt Stryker" or some other character he played in movies...or a totally-new character!
The conceit of this 31-issue series, John Wayne Adventure Comics, was that Wayne was always himself in the stories, no matter where or when they were set!
Tales ran the gamut from Wayne in the French Foreign Legion to putting out oil-rig fires to big-game hunting in Africa to tracking spies in Hong Kong, with at least one Western-themed story every issue.
Oddly enough, though there are numerous comic adaptations of Wayne's Western movies, and even a comic based on The Conqueror (where he portrayed Genghis Khan), there are no comics adapting any of his war movies!
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