the original series, all-american men of war, published 118 issues from 1956 to 1966. contributors to "all-american men of war" included writers robert kanigher, hank chapman, and france herron; and artists alex toth, gene colan, mort drucker, mike esposito, jerry grandenetti, sheldon moldoff, russ heath, bernard krigstein, joe kubert, and irv novick. pop artist roy lichtenstein's famous 1962 work "whaam!" is based on a jerry grandenetti panel from the cover of "all-american men of war" #89 (january–february 1962).