Blitzkrieg Vol 1 1

"The Enemy": A retelling of the Siege of Warsaw.

"The Enemy"
Cover
Blitzkrieg Vol 1 #1
February, 1976
Executive Editor	Jenette Kahn
Cover Artists	Joe Kubert
The Enemy
Writers	Robert Kanigher
Pencilers	Ric Estrada
Inkers	Ric Estrada
Editors	Joe Kubert
The Huns
Writers	Robert Kanigher
Pencilers	Ric Estrada
Inkers	Ric Estrada
The Anteater
Writers	Sam Glanzman
Pencilers	Sam Glanzman
Inkers	Sam Glanzman
Next Issue	Blitzkrieg # 2

Blitzkrieg #1 is an issue of the series Blitzkrieg (Volume 1) with a cover date of February, 1976. It was published on October 14, 1975.

Synopsis for "The Enemy"

A retelling of the Siege of Warsaw.

Appearing in "The Enemy"

Antagonists:

• Nazis
  • Hugo Radl
  • Ludwig Goertz, former mailman in Berlin
  • Franz Steiner

Other Characters:

• Feldwebel (sergeant) (Single appearance; dies)
• Poles
  • Prop. J. Borski, baker (Single appearance; dies)
• Herr Kugle, German baker (Mentioned only)
• Radio Warsaw
• Erwin Rommel (Mentioned only)

Locations:

• World War II (1939)
  • Poland
    • Warsaw

Items:

• Polish National Anthem in a Phonograph
• Violin
• Molotov cocktail

Vehicles:

• German Panzer
  

Synopsis for "The Huns"

Attila the Hun attacks the Goths.

Appearing in "The Huns"

Antagonists:

• Attila the Hun
• Huns
  • A Hun boy

Other Characters:

• Nazis (Cameo)
• Goths
  • Ilka
    • Her brother (Dies)

Locations:

• World War II (Cameo)
  • Europe
• 433 AD

Items:

• Attila's Sword

Vehicles:

• 
  
  

Appearing in "The Anteater"

• Appearances not yet listed

Notes

• "The Anteater" is a Battle Album feature.
• Historical inconsistencies in the two stories:
  • Uniform insignias and uniforms were inaccurate. The main characters were privates, but armed with weapons not issued to privates. The Panzer was created in 1941. Rommel was actually a Colonel attached to Hitler's bodyguard.
  • It is difficult to define what kind of media is being played in the first story. LP record was created in 1948. It can't be V-Disc either (created in 1943, and Poland was invaded in 1939).
  • "Bakerei" (story page 5) is not the Polish word to bakery: it is "piekarnia".
  • Attila was not ruling the Huns in 433, only in 434 until 453.

Trivia

• Blitzkrieg (Volume 1) has the distinction of being the only DC Comics war-era series to present stories from the perspective of the Nazi officers and soldiers.

See Also

• Cover gallery for the Blitzkrieg series

Recommended Reading

• World War II Recommended Reading
  • Adventures in the Rifle Brigade (Volume 1)
  • Adventures in the Rifle Brigade (Volume 2)
  • All-American Men of War (Volume 1)
  • All-Out War (Volume 1)
  • Blackhawk (Volume 1)
  • Blitzkrieg (Volume 1)
  • Capt. Storm (Volume 1)
  • Four-Star Battle Tales (Volume 1)
  • G.I. Combat (Volume 1)
  • Men of War (Volume 1)
  • Military Comics (Volume 1)
  • Our Army at War (Volume 1)
  • Our Fighting Forces (Volume 1)
  • Sgt. Rock (Volume 1)
  • Sgt. Rock (Volume 2)
  • Star-Spangled War Stories (Volume 1)
  • Unknown Soldier (Volume 1)
  • Weird War Tales (Volume 1)