By the late 1980s, a great number of venerable war titles (most of which were either anthologies or else World War II-themed titles) from the late 1950s and 1960s "Silver Age of Comic Books" died out. War comics series that ended long runs in the 1980s, following publication of over 100 issues, include:   New titles were still appearing, however – notable among these being Marvel's "the 'Nam", which debuted in 1987 and was based during the first year on writer Doug Murray's actual Vietnam experiences (through the eyes of fictional character Ed Marks). Murray was surprised that his proposal for a Vietnam-war themed comic was accepted during this period: "I never expected anything to come of it because war books were already pretty much dead at that point in 1985." Another notable war comic focused on Vietnam was Don Lomax's "Vietnam Journal", published by Apple Comics from 1987 to 1991. Also from Marvel in the 1980s was the toy tie-in "" which focused on a fictional counter-terrorist team in a contemporary setting, and a limited run of "Tales of the Marine Corps", similar in tone and style to Charlton's "Fightin' "line of war anthologies. Black and white anthology stories were popular in Britain in the 1960s and early 1970s. Examples include "Commando Comics" and "Battle Picture Weekly". There were also weekly comics that consisted of a variety of mainly war story series, such as "The Victor", "Warlord", and "Battle". Trade paperback reprint collections of war comics include: