page_title: U.S. Government Informational Comics
section_title: United States Marines #3: A leatherneck Flamethrower
hierarchical_section_title: U.S. Government Informational Comics / World War II comics / United States Marines #3: A leatherneck Flamethrower
caption_attribution_description: English: Comic Booker Cover of USMC #3
context_page_description: Prior to Pearl Harbor and the United States becoming involved in World War II, private comic book publishers and later government comic book publications increased and gained popularity among the foreign and domestic populations and Allied forces. Once the U.S. entered World War II, comic book sales greatly increased. Between 1941 and 1944 comic book sales doubled from 10 million to 20 million copies per month. As the popularity of the comics grew, companies such as DC Comics and Marvel Comics and their predecessor companies started developing comics geared for military audiences. Evidence of the growth and popularity of these comics and their pro-U.S. stance and messaging is noted by Comic Books Go to War;
  Between 1940 and 1945, circulation numbers would triple and at military post exchanges, comic books outsold standard fare such as Life and Reader's Digest by as much as ten to one.
  These comic books were developed, illustrated and published with the intention of educating and informing U.S. citizens and U.S. military, while also being entertaining and engaging.
context_section_description: United States Marines #3: A Leatherneck Flamethrower was a comic published by Government Enterprises.  It was authored by Milburn McCarty and drawn by Mart Bailey, Wood Cowan, Ogden Whitney, and Ray McGill.  This comic book series was published during World War II and continued for a time afterwards.  It illustrated the U.S. Marines Corps' battles in the Pacific and their encounters with the Japanese. The comic also included varying characterizations and illustrations of the Japanese, such as Prime Minister Hideki Tōjō, being depicted as an octopus.  The comic book series was done with the approval and collaboration with the United States Marine Corps.  The comics published during World War II included images of Marines in the Pacific and their living conditions, battles, meals and lifestyle.
caption: Marine Leather Neck Comic Cover
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