Approved by the Indigenous Comics Code Authority. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Volume 1. Biographies. illustrated by Weshoyot Alvitre ; by Lee Francis IV -- Publisher's note / by Lee Francis IV -- Prologue / written by Lee Francis III ; artwork by Arigon Starr -- We speak in secret / written and illustrated by Roy Boney, Jr. -- Annumpa Luma: code talker / written and illustrated by Arigon Starr -- Code: love / written by Lee Francis IV ; illustrated by Arigon Starr -- PFC Joe / by written and illustrated by Jonathan Nelson ; additional colors and letters by Arigon Starr -- Mission: Alaska / written and illustrated by Johnnie Diacon ; colors and letters by Arigon Starr -- Trade secrets / pencils and inks, Theo Tso ; story, color and letters by Arigon Starr -- Korean War Caddo / original story concept by Michael Sheyahshe ; story, art, color and letters by Arigon Starr -- Epilogue / illustrated by Renee Nejo ; written by Arigon Starr -- History of the code talkers / written by Lee Francis IV -- Coding stories / illustrated by Weshoyot Alvitre ; by Lee Francis IV -- Bibliography -- Editor's note -- Biographies.
Summary:
"There has been a great deal of writing the past several decades about Native American Code Talkers of World War Two. The published works have been about Navajos and the tremendous contribution they made in the Pacific campaigns of the war. What is often overlooked is the role played in both World Wars by men of other tribes. There were Cherokee, Choctaw, Comanche, Creek and other tribal representatives with their languages involved as well. Tales of the Mighty Code Talkers, a graphic anthology of historically based stories, begins to fill that void. Seven stories -- two by the book's editor, Arigon Starr, dealing with Choctaw and Comanche code talkers, one by Roy Boney, Jr. on Cherokees, one by Johnnie Diacon on Creeks, and one by Jonathan Nelson on Navajos, plus stories from Lee Francis IV and Michael Sheyahshe -- provide an excellent rendering of the subject."
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