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Issue Details

Issue #50
Published January 1963
Frequency Bi-monthly
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Pat Masulli (Executive Editor)

Cover Details - "The Bridge"

Genre War
Pencils Jack Abel
Inks Jack Abel
Notes This cover is made up from panels from the story "The Bridge".

4 page story "The Last Man"

Characters Sgt. Meade
Synopsis Sgt. Meade holds off a communist charge single-handedly, giving his company time to retreat with their wounded.
Genre War
Pencils Charles Nicholas
Inks Vince Alascia
Notes Korean War story.

1 page story "Sniper Hunt"

Synopsis A sniper harrasses Marines near Henderson air-field on Guadalcanal.
Genre War
Pencils Charles Nicholas ?
Notes WWII story.

7 page story "A Man Returns"

Characters Weisbardt; S/Sgt Vic Talbot
Synopsis Weisbardt is a high-school drop-out who enters the army and becomes a man in Korea.
Genre War
Pencils Bill Molno
Notes Korean War story.

2 page text article "Always Alert"

Synopsis Information on developments in military technology.
Genre War; Fact
Letters Typeset

4 page story "The Terrorists"

Characters Captain Joe Murdall; Sgt. Ace Albenese; Cpl. Dave Regan
Synopsis When Sgt. Albenese is captured by the Viet-Cong, his fellow advisors bluff the communists into releasing him.
Genre War
Pencils Charles Nicholas
Inks Vince Alascia
Notes Vietnam War story.

8 page story "The Bridge"

Characters Captain Arther V. Beckley; Arkie; Adolph Hitler (Cameo); Monk
Synopsis Captain Beckley and his commandos stop a German tank column in Italy.
Genre War
Script Joe Gill
Pencils Jack Abel
Inks Jack Abel
Notes WWII story. One panel depicts Adolph Hitler making paper dolls during a meeting with a General. Creative credits from The Comic Reader #217.
Reprinted in War (Charlton, 1975 series) #45

1 page Your Role in the Cold War story "God is Never Out of Style"

Synopsis How going to church will help win the Cold War.
Genre War
Pencils Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio
Inks Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio
Notes This story was published in various Charlton titles in this period.