Willy Schultz", a Vietnam War-era serial about a German American U.S. Army captain during World War II.
I never got anywhere strong with it, and I was kind of relieved when I got a call saying "We're dropping the War Heroes title, so we don't need 'The Devil's Brigade' anymore."
Franz opposed the American war in Vietnam,[6] and his Willy Schultz stories, featuring a conflicted hero caught between loyalties, reflected the divisiveness of the era.
Despite an initial inclination to kill Schultz at the end of the war,[5] Franz instead had him go off with the daughter of a German general to start a new life.
Following Charlton's dissolution in the 1980s, stories were collected by Avalon Communications/America's Comics Group in the 1999 miniseries The Lonely War of Willy Schultz #1–4 (May–Nov.
[4] Critic Mark Evanier observed One fine (though brief) body of work emerged when a writer named Will Franz scripted ... a combat series called "The Lonely War of Capt.
[3] In the 2000s, Franz re-teamed with "Willy Schultz" artist Glanzman on the Roman centurion series The Eagle,[7] portions of which were published in the comics anthology Negative Burn.
[2] As of summer 2011, a recovered Franz was teaching writing and hosting event nights for Independence Care System, a nonprofit organization for Medicaid patients with long-term disabilities and other health issues.
Willy Schultz" in a hardcover compilation began, with a new final chapter written by Franz and drawn by Wayne Vansant.
[13] Charlton Comics' Fightin' Army #76 (Oct. 1967), introducing writer Will Franz and artist Sam Glanzman' feature "The Lonely War of Capt.