This was a terrific video, I love Sergeant rock as a kid as a 61-year-old adult I still buy them. I almost have them all now, this is a character who stories still stand up today. And I know a lot of folks my age or older, that have great memories of Sergeant rock and some of them still buy them to this day. I would recommend anyone who hasn’t read a Sergeant rock comic go back and find one I doubt you’ll be disappointed. Thanks for the video.
I read SGT.Rock when I was 6. Now Im 23 lol still read them and collect the comics!!! They will always be my favorite comic series! The Nam is also a great series!
They were actually thinking of making a movie about Sergeant Rock back then I never panned out though sadly I believe Shane black was the screenwriter for sergeant Rock on that one I got to check my facts but I think that's what I've seen or heard
Just watched a YT blurb about Schwarzenegger getting tapped for it in the 90s, but he passed on it, then a decade later Tarentino was teased with the idea, and he was the one considering Bruce Willis. Who would have been awesome. I can't watch the last 'Die Hard' film without visions of Sgt. Rock dancing in my head. The blurbs title is something like 'Quentin Taranino's Sgt. Rock' or something like that.
Thanks for giving Sgt. Rock some respect and his own video. He is my favorite funny book character and had attributes to live by: Loyal, respected his guys, a great leader and wouldn't order anyone in Easy Company do something that he wouldn't do. I also like his "super power: Killin' Nazis! i wrote Joe Kubert a fan letter a couple of years before he died, thanking him for all of his contributions throughout the years on that title. He mailed me back a hand written letter. What a guy!
This is excellent it would be nice to see him in a movie with Blackhawk and other characters such as the unknown soldier. And you can even include the haunted tank if necessary. And don’t forget G.I. zombie. Good video and thank you for that.
Maybe Enemy Ace, The Losers would be awesome, yeah, Winston, Unknown Sokdier would be awesome. I loved him when I was really little because he scared the absolute hell out of me. I'd read his comics and unlike the ither3 characters, I most definitely did not want to EVER be this guy. He wasn't a wish fulfillment hero like the JLA, he was like the Doom Pafrol. You never sa text to he any of those guts when you were little and if you did then you're probably my good friend or you're in prison, therapy or at your dealer's house.
Still got a couple of dozen sitting, fav story was probably Letters from Home featuring a one of his wounded squad fighting mob gangsters back home. Don't forget about the Unknown Soldier, another great series back then. Loved Weird War Tales as well, Robot soldiers, creature commandoes, also got a couple of hundred of British Commando comics featuring weird tales like Spaceman in a Spitfire etc.
Don't know about anyone else but I believe I just found the perfect Fallout 4 character build. His comics were around during the time that the game was based and he's an awesome soldier as the game loosely implies that the male counterpart is the MC with him narrating at the beginning. Hand to hand, gun, crafting, and follower related perks will be a give in. With the last bit of this video I'd say the institute is not an option. Brotherhood, Railroad, and Acadia are uncertain allies where Children of Atom and Nuka Raiders are psychopathic enemies.
Used to love reading the comic growing up. I'm surprised there's never been a Sgt Rock live action movie (though there was a rumor that Arnold Swartzenegger was supposed to star in one). Never knew about the cartoon versions of him. Thanks for this!
@@rimshot2270 You and the op are both right. Bruce Willis was considered for the role back in 2007, but way back in the 80s and 90s a Sgt Rock film was in development with Arnold Schwarzenegger set to star as the title character. There is even a scene in the film Predator, also staring Schwarzenegger where the character Hawkins played by Shane Black is reading a Sgt. Rock comic book. This was an Easter egg foreshadowing the film to come. It was mentioned in the Predator special features or audio commentary to the film. Sorry I can't quite remember which.
@@rimshot2270 No problem. Tbh, as much as I love Schwarzenegger movies, I think Bruce would probably have been better for the role. I think it might be a bit distracting to have Schwarzenegger playing an American soldier with his thick accent. I guess they could always give him the 'Hercules in New York' treatment again and have his lines dubbed over with another actor lol.
I grew up reading a lot of Sgt. Rock, and others in the 1960s. Also loved the rare 'Team Ups' with Haunted Tank and, even rarer, Johnny Could. Ah, one of the best Comics I ever read was the team up of Sgt. Rock, Jeb Stuart, Johnny Cloud, and Mlle. Marie. Sgt. Rock was promoted to Lt. and hated it. Next issue he deliberately got himself busted back to Sgt.
Was one of the first comics i remember from about 1970, along with challengers of the unknown,leigon of superheroes and the superman books,i was 7 also weirdly i remember soloman grundy from that time also ?lol
It sounds cliche to hear about ww2 being a high point in comics but those comics showed why it was such a high point and why potentially 100+ years later comics are still fixated on that point in time. For me it was enemy ace, the creature commandos, and weird war tales in general that opened my eyes.
I was a big fan of "War" comics (WWI & WWII) in the late 60's, into the 70's, as well as Batman (and others). I fondly remember a strange "Brave and the Bold" team-up with Rock and Batman, (#124) in which they're both after terrorists, so the terrorists go after... comic book artist Jim Aparo. One of several B&B Team ups for Bruce and Franklin (Rock). As always thank you so very much for the video.
Just have to say I was also a big fan of the "war" comics as a kid in the 70s, Sgt Rock was my favorite and I also liked Sgt Fury and and Bat Man too. For some reason Superman and the other super heroes did not last long with me, an issue here and there if the covers looked cool. But I mostly liked the realistic comics.
@@merkury06 yeah I enjoyed, and still fondly remember a few of the "war" comics. I think G.I. Combat with the Haunted Tank was one of my favorites, and much of the artwork, I didn't appreciate in hero comics, I think, (in horror comics too,) worked well. I also remember a story, (DC Comics Presents?) where Superman (with Amnesia, back in time) briefly joined Easy Company, as private Tag-Along.
Back In the 80s/90s there was a Sgt. Rock film in the works and was to star Arnold Schwarzenegger as Sgt. Rock. There is a scene in the film Predator, also staring Schwarzenegger, where the character 'Hawkins', played by Shane Black, is seen reading a Sgt. Rock comic book. This was an Easter egg hinting at the movie to come.....which, for better or worse, never did.
An odd thing about Sgt. Rock- creator Robert Kanigher consistently said in letter columns that Rock & the Joes of Easy Co. didn’t survive World War II; yet Sgt. Rock has been seen in several 1970s era The Brave and the Bold comics teamed up with Batman! And even then he Never got promoted; at least Marvel’s Nick Fury got a battlefield promotion during the Korean War, and was a full Colonel when he was picked to head SHIELD.
Well, Rock was a Master Sergeant ("MSG"). In WWII, MSG was the highest enlisted grade, a "Sergeant Major" then was a position a Master Sergeant might fill, in addition to things like Battalion Motor Sergeant or Regimental Operations or Intel Sergeant . . . or like Rock, commanding a specialty platoon (like an I&R Platoon) or a line platoon when there were not enough officers. Frank Rock was never depicted as a guy with a lot of formal education (as opposed to being perceptive and wise and perhaps a guy who liked to read with a book or two in his rucksack (like most good NCOs). Now part of his backstory was that his younger brother, Larry Rock, was a college grad who was commissioned in the USMC through NROTC (Penn State grad given the fact that the stories had the Rocks coming from Pittsburgh?) But not seemingly Frank's cup or tea . . . .
Sgt Rock first appeared in Our Army at War 81! Check the official DC Encyclopedia and DC Millennium Edition which recognized Our Army at War 81 as the first appearance!
I want a Sgt Rock movie so bad! But I want it done right. I don't want it to be portrayed just as another comic book movie but as dark and grim war movie done in the style of Saving Private Ryan, Hacksaw Ridge and Fury; these captured the true brutality of the Allie's fight against the Axis power. To see Rock and Easy Company fight against Nazis is something I want to see on film so bad. I know it's a long shot of happening but I a guy can dream.
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I thought I was the only one who remembered that show! I had to explain this show to an ex and she came up with the best description for it. "Quantum leap, but for kids."
You mentioned G.I. Robot in this video. I don't think I've ever heard of such before. And the only video I could find on the character is in Spanish. This needs more coverage.
Don't mess with Sgt. Rock, and Easy Company. It will not end well for you. Bulldozer, Wildman, Long Round, Short Round, Jackie Johnson, Ice Cream Soldier. They will mess you up.
there are so many stories in both Marvel and DC around WW2 that a film or series of films could be made, they can even get currently existing and established characters in the cinematic universes involved, for DC if Spielberg can ever get his Blackhawk Squadron movie made, they can easily bring in other WW2 comic characters and use it as a starting point, you could bring back Wonder Woman, Sgt Rock and his squads (both human and monster), The Justice Society, the Suicide Squadron with Rick Flagg Sr., maybe make Vandal Savage as the main adversary (he does have a history with the Nazi in some comic versions) as for Marvel, you could bring back First Avenger Captain America and his squad The Howling Commandos, Red Skull, Peggy Carter, Howard Stark, i believe in some versions Nick Fury's father was part of Cap's unit, Wolverine also fought in WW2 and even with Captain America (before the Adamantium bones)... there is even stories of Count Dracula joining the allies to protect Transylvania
Classic character but one thing that always irritated me was how he was “in charge of” Easy Company, even though it was just one squad of soldiers you ever saw. An Army rifle company is around 100 to 150 soldiers. As an E-7 or E-8 he was the correct rank to be running a company (with an O-3 captain actually commanding), but an NCO that high up would not be wasted leading just 5 or 6 guys.
My understanding is that Bob Kanigher (like Stan Lee) served in the US Army in WWII, but never went overseas (unlike creators like Jack Kirby, Army Infantry scout in 3d Army, or Sam Glanzman, US Navy DDE crewman). However, Kanigher seemed to really understand the boredom and fear that are the soul of war and the endless repetition of events that you see in a war zone.
The History of SGT ROCK. During WW2, SGT Rock fought in the Infantry branch of the U.S. Army in the European Theatre and eventually rose to authority within his unit, Easy Company. The unit was made up of a disparate collection of individuals who managed to participate in every major action in the European war. Rock's dog tag number was 409966, which had been, the writer, Robert Kanigher's own Military serial number. Mr. Kanigher wrote that Rock belonged to "The Big Red One" 1st ID, given his appearance on battlefields in North Africa, Italy, and Northwest Europe. The back-story for Rock was fleshed out in different comics over the years; generally, he is considered to have come from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where he worked in a steel mill. Enlisting after the attack on Pearl Harbor, he went to North Africa as a private, but promotion came quickly as his superiors were killed, to assistant squad leader, squad leader and then platoon sergeant. His unit is only ever given as "Easy Company,” but no regiment or division is named nor is unit insignia ever shown. Rock also wears the chevrons and rockers of a Master Sergeant on his uniform and applied, oversize, to the front of his helmet. Rock's official position in Easy Company was of senior platoon sergeant though dialogue and scripts are usually vague on his actual responsibilities and duties. He usually leads patrols and appears to have powers of command over the men of the company.
What I like about this caricature him and nick fury and the punisher have in common that they have no super powers but the average man can relate to these caricatures and I also like bat man even though they have no super power they can still hold their ground
Also, given the fact "Rock" tends to be an Irish name and his backstory involves having a sister who is a Nun, I would guess he was "Francis 'Frank' Rock." Sorry, for outing you, Top . . . .
"Sergeant Rock made a number of appearances in the Bronze Age with Batman in "The Brave And The Bold", so the talk about him not surviving the end of World War II is B.S..
Im confused as to his rank. Some frames Sgt.Rock has a master sergeant rank, others he has a sergeant major, but my confusion has no bearing on the greatness of the character..
We’ve seen Nick Furry (albeit post WWII and as the leader of the Avengers) So why not a live action Sargent Rock movie ? We need to have a Patriotic boost these days… We have a new Dr. Strange movie out, and soon a new Thor movie…. They look interesting, but why not show how WWII was fought even it it’s fictional Meanwhile, it looks like there’s a few good animated Sgt. Rock shows to check out.
I actually have all my team leader in my company read Sgt. Rock and also created a company award named Sgt Rock for being a steadfast, loyal, hardcore, caring leader! Being a 1sg has it's privilege's! 🤓
Creature Commandos - a seven-episode animated show in which Amanda Waller creates a black ops team out of monstrous prisoners; Gunn wrote all the episodes of the first season
Kind of funny how the Sgt Rock DC animated short that probably cost half a million to one million is a better Dark Universe than Universal's $150 million Mummy.
character based in robert mitchum's 50's marine movies. in the original comics the face and mannerisms were all robert mitchum. this modern form i'm not a big fan. what made the comic so popular was the fact the man got hurt really had to work to achieve and was just a man doing his best not a some godlike omnipotent superhero. back in those days there were tons of war comics like commando comics that were anti war and characters and stories that were sometimes based on real events. 60'sand 70's i believe produced some of the best comic characters in that field.
"Francis" was an appropriate as the Saint was himself a former Soldier who tried to make peace, I'm not sure this was a delibrate artistic choice or accident.
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I'll never understand why DC hasn't done a Sgt Rock movie, Unknown Soldier movie/franchise, Our Fighting Force/ Losers movie.... They would kick Marvel Universes Ass! Maybe Jonah Hex or Scalphunter too...just saying... even Men of War or Weird War Stories, unlimited possibilities.
GL power ring was it missing it was out of juice I needed charged and he didn't have his portable battery in the 40s it was left in the alternate timeline had disappeared see that it was on their way back and everything changed and they were only reason they were protected from the time change was because they were in Green Lantern's force field which I don't understand how Green Lantern's Forestville protects from time changes
Hey! Let's just stop talking about this right now before SOMEONE gets the big idea to make a freakin live action movie...or anything on Netflix. Leave my lore alone! Carry on!
Rock for me, and I say that as an old Nick Fury fan from the 1970's. They were both great characters though, and I really loved how Rock and Fury's co-creators Joe Kubert and Jack Kirby really put a lot of themselves into their characters.
That’s true, I remember one comic featuring the Creature Commandos in which the Monster is rather amused and a little annoyed at everyone calling him ‘Frankenstein’ but decides to accept that name and answers to it, being that the entire Frankenstein family has been long dead at this time.
MY SUGGESTION FOR A (SARG. ROCK) SERIES & WHAT I IMAGINE IT MIGHT BE LIKE: I think it might be good to have a (SARGENT ROCK) cartoon show series get made someday. But I imagine that some parts of the storyline about (Sargent Rock) in a cartoon series would be slightly different. I imagine a scenario possibility; That (Sargent Rock) is the great grandson of a hero who worked with monsters, I imagine he is told this after surviving a numerous of fights in Afghanistan, and later fighting against North Korean enemies in a battle. In addition I imagine much later (Sargent Rock) teams up with monsters to fight against evil enemies who exists in the current era. Now I imagine the descendant of the Werewolf soldier from World War 2, is the one who joins the new set of monsters, who later team up with SARGENT ROCK, and I imagine later hears information about her great grandfather who fought in World War 2 with the previous team. To add I imagine that a female vampire who is the adoptive daughter of the World War 2, war hero vampire she joins the new team too, and I imagine that she is best friends with the great grandson of the monster from the Black Lagoon. In addition I imagine that Frankenstein’s monster who once fought in World War 2, he has given himself a name now, and I imagine that he was living a good time where he was secretly at until he came across a minion of a new evil threat. Plus I imagine after dealing with the minion he realized that there might be more coming, and so he would have to leave the place he is at, and start fighting again in a battle that might be in the works now.
