Red, White and Blue

Red, White and Blue

Red, White and Blue is a fictional trio of soldiers from DC Comics.Red Dugan of The United States Marine Corps, Whitey Smith of the Army, and Blooey Blue of the Navy made up the Red, White & Blue team, U.S. agents who fought against Axis forces during World War II. They were helped by FBI agent...

is a fictional trio of soldiers from DC Comics

DC Comics

DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

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Red Dugan of The United States Marine Corps, Whitey Smith of the Army

Army

An army An army An army (from Latin arma "arms, weapons" via Old French armée, "armed" (feminine), in the broadest sense, is the land-based military of a nation or state. It may also include other branches of the military such as the air force via means of aviation corps...

, and Blooey Blue of the Navy

Navy

A navy is the branch of a nation's armed forces principally designated for naval and amphibious warfare; namely, lake- or ocean-borne combat operations and related functions...

 made up the Red, White & Blue team, U.S. agents who fought against Axis forces during World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

. They were helped by FBI agent Doris West. Their first appearance was in All-American Comics

All-American Comics

All-American Comics was the flagship title of comic book publisher All-American Publications, one of the forerunners of DC Comics. It ran for 102 issues from April 1939 to October 1948, at which time it was renamed All-American Western. In 1952, the title was changed again to All-American Men of...

 #1 (April 1939).

Other versions

In Mark Waid

Mark Waid

Mark Waid is an American comic book writer. He is well known for his eight-year run as writer of the DC Comics' title The Flash, as well as his scripting of the limited series Kingdom Come and Superman: Birthright, and his work on Marvel Comics' Captain America...

 and Alex Ross's

Alex Ross

Nelson Alexander "Alex" Ross is an American comic book painter, illustrator, and plotter. He is praised for his realistic, human depictions of classic comic book characters. Since the 1990s he has done work for Marvel Comics and DC Comics Nelson Alexander "Alex" Ross (born January 22, 1970) is an...

 miniseries Kingdom Come

Kingdom Come (comics)

Kingdom Come is a four-issue comic book mini-series published in 1996 by DC Comics. It was written by Alex Ross and Mark Waid and painted in gouache by Ross, who also developed the concept from an original idea...

, he made a more futuristic/savage version of Red, White, and Blue. They each dress in metallic body armor, colored after their namesake, and each had a signature weapon. Red uses a flame thrower, White uses a missile launcher, and Blue uses a laser gun. They were under the control of Lex Luthor

Lex Luthor

Lex Luthor is a fictional character, a supervillain who appears in comic books published by DC Comics, and the archenemy of Superman, although given his high status as a supervillain, he has also come into conflict with Batman and other superheroes in the DC Universe. Created by Jerry Siegel and...

and were his eyes and ears inside the Gulag, a large detention center that was built for amoral vigilantes like themselves.