Showa: A History of Japan — Drawn & Quarterly
Issue: #1
Showa 1926-1939: A History of Japan is the first volume of Shigeru Mizuki's meticulously researched historical portrait of twentieth-century Japan. This 560-page volume deals with the period leading up to World War II, a time of high unemployment and other economic hardships caused by the Great Depression. Mizuki's photo-realist style effortlessly brings to life the Japan of the 1920s and 1930s, d...
First appearances: Shigeru Mizuki, Zhang Xueliang
Creators: Zack Davisson, Shigeru Mizuki
Characters: Adolf Hitler, Shigeru Mizuki, Zhang Xueliang, Hirohito, Hideki Tojo, Puyi, Chiang Kai-Shek, Georgy Zhukov