military during that era, Spirit creator Will Eisner turned to illustrating Army manuals such as Army Motors and Preventive Maintenance Monthly. In one of the famous images from the golden age of comics, Jack Kirby's red, white, and blue-clad Captain America was shown delivering a powerful blow across Hitler's exaggerated nose amidst a host of desperate Nazis. Or pulling from the shelf and reconsidering again.Since the Second World War, American comics have consistently played a role in America's conflicts. Still worth finding a copy these many years later. It was and remains a milestone in graphic storytelling both in terms of displaying what the comic book form is capable of achieving and better understanding the history of an era. "The 9/11 Report: A Graphic Adaptation" even received a promotional blurb from comic book legend Stan Lee: "It will surely set the standard for all future works of contemporary history, graphic or otherwise, and should be required reading in every home, school and library." There were graphic interpretations for data and loads of information boiled down to a hundred-some pages of masterful comic book storytelling. Jacobson and Colon created a tremendously readable version of the 9/11 Report as a comic book. Though when reading the original report in text book form, the thought would have never crossed my mind to adapt it into a graphic novel. 11, 2001, the details of the 9/11 Report lent themselves to adaptation in comics form. Jacobson and Colon took a serious look at a serious subject.įrom the history of Al-Qaeda's rise to the history of terrorism in America to the training of terrorists in flying but not landing planes to the awful events of Sept. There was nothing disrespectful about it. Yes, there was a comic book adaptation of the 9/11 Report.
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