BETTER/NEDOR/STANDARD/PINES PUBLISHING (AT THIS POINT, STANDARD) RELEASED THE FIRST ISSUE OF JOE YANK, STARTING WITH ISSUE #5, COVER DATED MARCH OF 1952. IT WOULD RUN A TOTAL OF TWELVE ISSUES WITH #16 BEING ITS FINAL BOOK. THE STORIES TOOK PLACE DURING THE KOREAN WAR AND WERE A WEIRD HODGEPODGE OF HUMOR AND GRISLEY WAR TALES. THE REAL STARS OF THE SERIES WERE THE ARTISTS. DAN DECARLO & RUSS ANDRU, MIKE EPOSITO AND MIKE SEKOWSKY JUST TO NAME A FEW, ALL PRODUCED ART FOR THIS SERIES.