Created by writer Will Franz and artist Sam Glanzman, the character starred in the feature "The Lonely War of Capt.

The Willy Schultz storyline was a departure from most other combat features of this time, with its conflicted hero caught between loyalties.

[10] Schultz became the sole survivor of his partisan unit,[11] escaping to once again join the Germans and being sent to fight on the Eastern Front.

[12] Despite an initial inclination to kill Schultz at the end of the war, writer Franz instead had him go off with the daughter of a German general to start a new life.

[12] Charlton Comics' Fightin' Army #76 (Oct. 1967), introducing writer Will Franz and artist Sam Glanzman's feature "The Lonely War of Capt.