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Artist Joe Kubert talks about introducing black characters to Sgt. Rock

A very interesting interview here:

...there was no hesitation to publish – it was felt that having a black character in Easy Co. would be popular with the readers and that it was something that our readers would like to see. We did have a good reaction from the readers in their letters. It wasn’t all purely money-making, however. There was an attempt to show recognition of problems that had existed. We knew there had been no integrated units in WWII but it was important to show how things were supposed to be.
Kubert credits editor Bob Kanigher with making the decision. I guess that proves that Bob K, whose famous for his egomania and less-than-kind behavior to comics creators, wasn't all bad.