Sgt. Ernie Bilko

Fast-talking, angle-working, and utterly irresistible, Sgt. Ernie Bilko made his comics debut in DC's Sergeant Bilko #1 in 1957, brought to four-color life by Cal Howard and Bob Oksner right at the heart of the Silver Age. A fixture across Sergeant Bilko, Sgt. Bilko's Pvt. Doberman, and the Sgt. Bilko Annual, this lovable schemer shared his pages with a memorable cast of enlisted men and officers — Pvt. Duane Doberman, Col. John T. Hall, Cpl. Rocco Barbella, and the rest of the gang. It's a compact but charming run from the late fifties that captures a wonderfully breezy, comedic corner of DC history, and for collectors with a taste for Silver Age humor titles, Bilko's books are a genuinely fun find.