Larry Hama is best known as a writer and editor for Marvel Comics where he was responsible for the G. I. Joe comic book of the 1980s, and developing many of the G.I. Joe characters for Hasbro. His other comic book writing credits include Wolverine, Avengers, Elektra, Venom and Batman. Larry also created the Bucky O'Hare comic, which was also turned into a toy line and an animated TV series. He lives and works in New York.

Anthony Williams, aka The Comic Stripper, has been a comic strip artist for twenty years. His artwork appears in international advertising for clients such as McDonalds, Virgin, Hertz, and Action man for Hasbro. He has illustrated icons such as Batman, Spider-man, Superman, The X-men and Scooby Doo. Other work of note includes illustrating storyboards for the British TV series Dr Who.

The savage battle of Iwo Jima was a costly but essential victory that paved the way for the Allied invasion of Japan. This book vividly recreates 36 days in 1945 when Marines such as Sgt Darren Cole and 19-year-old Private Douglas T. Jacobson displayed untold bravery, fighting seemingly impenetrable defences until the American flag could be raised on Mount Suribachi and the Japanese defeated. For more information, please visit www.graphichistories.com