Comic books in 'War'

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Vol. 6, No. 2 - September 1943. 6.75" x 9.75", 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Jack Sparling, Al Avison, Vic Donahue, Bob Powell and Warren Kremer. Tales of war from Harvey, published as the Korean War was at its peak. WWII pilot Pete is shot down, and only his buddy Mike can save him. A US convoy truck confronted by enemy soldiers makes a desperate ramming attack. A soldier on his last tour in Korea brings along a movie camera to capture footage of the war. Plentiful vintage ads for toy soldiers and war comics (including one starring Joe Palooka) provide a time capsule of Cold War-era culture. Buddy System; Do or Die; Eye Witness; He Knew!; The Last Patrol; Conways Revenge. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Jack Sparling, Howard Nostrand, and Warren Kremer. Tales of war from Harvey, published as the Korean War was at its peak. A fighter pilot sees a UFO over Korea. Infantry soldiers are dangerously close to the aerial bombardment from their own side. Native American soldier Bill springs into action. On the Line!; I Saw Something From Another World; You Murdered Us; Operation Hedge-Hop; Medal of Honor; Home…Sweet Dirt; Warpath; Dead Mans Bluff; Nine Fingers. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Pete Morisi, Abe Simon, Joe Certa, Moe Marcus and Howard Nostrand. Tales of war from Harvey, published as the Korean War was at its peak. Soldiers must rely on trickery to take a strategic hill. A bomber crewman risks all to finish the assignment. Stunt driver "Speed" Duffy puts his skills to work as a jeep driver. Death Rides the Bomb Bay!; Our Army; Mine Field; Belly Gunner; Battle of Bloody Hill; The Hero!; On Guard; Devil on Wheels. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Pete Morisi and Rudy Palais. Tales of war from Harvey, published as the Korean War was at its peak. A card game turns deadly on the battlefield. Infantry soldiers are dangerously close to the aerial bombardment from their own side. A dictionary of contemporary Army slang is a chronicle of the era, in its own way. Terms include: boilermakers, corner pocket, jeep and purple heart. Death Deals a Deuce; Basic Weapons; Bombs Away!; Airplane Carriers; Buttons; Army Slang; Is the Ship Hurt?; Guts Road! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Bill Walton and others. Tales of war from Harvey, published as the Korean War was at its peak. A soldier learns the truth about a battlefield legend. A unit's last chance for survival comes down to one hand grenade. An ordinary GI Joe learns what it takes to be called a hero. The Bullet; One Grenade!; Wake Island; Hero?; On Your Guard; Torpedo!; Roaring Ridge! Final issue of the series. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Fighting Heroes Battle for Freedom (1943 Whitman BLB) #1401, All Pictures Comics, from "Heroes of Democracy" strip, Stookie Allen

"Introducing Quigley and Beals"; Two brawling, womanizing buddies join the United States Marine Corps. and are sent to "clean up" a Pacific Island held by a Japanese force that refuses to acknowledge the war's end and their nation's defeat. "Dame Trouble"; In Hawaii, Quigley and Beals encounter a ring of spies led by the beautiful Lani. Captain Tootsie and the Return of Dr. Narsty ad for Tootsie Rolls. "Duke's Diary"; The Duke comments on Good Girl types. "Battle Stations" text story; While competing with Beals for the attentions of Marie, Quigley traps a killer. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Vic Herman and Mike Roy. Military comedy from Toby Press featuring ne'er-do-well US Marines Quigley and Beals. The boys are assigned to protect the wife of the visiting Middle Eastern prince from Eurania, and soon find themselves in wacky international intrigue. Female Marine private Gwendolyn volunteers for a special assignment. Quigley and Beals find danger and fight over an Italian starlet while working as technical advisors for a Hollywood war movie. Plus a selection of one-page good-girl art pin-ups from various unsigned artists, and a whimsical look at Marine uniforms through the ages. Princess Powder-Keg; Gwendolyn; The Private Gets His Gun; In Hollywood; Duke's Diary; What the Well-Dressed Marine Has Worn - 1775-1951. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Military comedy from Toby Press featuring ne'er-do-well US Marines Quigley and Beals. While on leave in San Francisco, Quigley and Beals compete with a nerdy sailor, and each other, to make time with a beautiful local. Q. and B. get to see how the other army lives when they're assigned to capture a North Korean officer. Somehow Quigley tricks Beals into going a few rounds in the ring with a Japanese Sumo wrestler. Plus a selection of one-page good-girl art pin-ups from various unsigned artists, and a comics history of the Battle of Wake Island. Want-Ad Campaign; Old Sam and His Whistle!; The U.S. Marines at Wake Island, Dec. 8 - Dec. 22 1941; The Good Old Suma Time; Gil's Gals; Hup Bradley; Memory Lame. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Vic Herman and others. Military comedy from Toby Press featuring ne'er-do-well US Marines Quigley and Beals. A diplomatic assignment to Austria is impeded by Quigley and Beals' inclination to compete for every comely woman they see, whether she's a military secretary or a sinister Russian spy. Q. and B. are assigned to protect a visiting Russian opera star with info on commie agents, but the commie agents are there too, disguised as the FBI. Marine private Gwendolyn gets all dolled-up for a formal dance, forgetting that "formal" in the military means "in uniform." Plus a selection of one-page good-girl art pin-ups from various unsigned artists - the best one yet. The Brunette Bombshell; A Night at the Opera; Crying Is For Cowards; GI Chuckles; Gils Gals; Gwendolyn. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Mike Roy, Sam Burlockoff, Jack Sparling, George Crenshaw and Art Helfant. Military comedy from Toby Press featuring ne'er-do-well US Marines Quigley and Beals. While trying to stop an enemy rocket mission, Quigley and Beals' compete for the attention of a local teacher, and get whisked airborne by a runaway parade float. To stop Quigley from reading his mail, Beals arranges a confrontation for him with a bulked-out lady wrestler. This issue's selection of good-girl art pin-ups from various artists has a movie theme, but the starlets have made-up names like "Claudette Shmaltz." The Wild Blue Yonder; Red Letter Day; The Ring of Steel; Gils Gals; Fat Stuff the Happy Hobo; Wobble's Squabbles. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Mike Roy, Sam Burlockoff, Jack Sparling, George Crenshaw and Art Helfant. Military comedy from Toby Press featuring ne'er-do-well US Marines Quigley and Beals. Quigley and Beals volunteer for corpsmen (medic) duty, so they can protect (and fight over) a curvaceous war correspondent. Q. and B. are assigned to guard a experimental rocket for the Navy. Plus a selection of one-page good-girl art pin-ups from various unsigned artists. Errand of Mercy; Flight of Fancy; King of Hearts; Battle Song; Gil's Gals. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories by unknown. Art by unknown. Thrilling battle adventures! See the trials a front line mail clerk goes through in "Mail and Mayhem"! Plus: PFC Jones finds himself trapped behind the Iron Curtain and helps destroy a Russian jet in "Peril at Jet Junction"; Brock Temple is hired to pilot a plane, only to discover that he has been captured by spies in "Operation Hush-Hush!"; and Barney Smith is washed out of OCS but becomes an officer on the battlefield in "Bloody Victory!" Also: The story of Joseph Hartney and how he won the Legion of Merit medal after the U.S.S. Juneau was sank in the 1-page text story "Trapped." And: 2-page text story "Yardbird Yancy - Hero!" 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories by unknown. Art by unknown. Thrilling battle adventures! PFC Dawson, straight off a Kansas farm, is thought by the rest of the men to be too wet behind the ears to be useful, until his farming knowledge comes in handy to expose a North Korean ambush in "Hay Seed!" Plus: Tommy Phillips is scared of combat, but when a tank has him trapped in a foxhole with two of his buddies, he loses his fear in "A Question of Guts!"; "Detroit" Thompson's crazy idea helps his platoon that is pinned down by Korean soldiers in "The Kid from Detroit"; and PFC Magee and his sniper rifle pick off Korean soldiers for an advancing patrol in "Pick Them Off First!" Also: 2-page text story "Red Fights Red"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by unknown. Art by unknown. Thrilling battle adventures! Private Luke Apple takes over a Korean chicken coop in "Chickens 'Come Home' to Roost"! Plus: Private Baxter is sent into a POW camp of Chinese prisoners to learn who their leader is in "Mutiny and Murder"; Private Jennings is the biggest goldbrick in the Army, at least until he gets into combat in "Goldbrick"; and the men of Company "A" are ordered to attack in "Operation Attack"! Also: 2-page text story "The Man with Two Heads"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by unknown. Art by unknown. Thrilling battle adventures! An unknown replacement soldier helps Baker Company against a Korean attack before being killed, with nobody knowing his name, in "Hero Unknown"! Plus: Deke Perkins joins the Army to be a bugler, only to learn that the Army doesn't need buglers anymore; he does find a use for his bugle when he gets to Korea in "Glory Horn"; Joe and Mike are detailed to guard a shipment of weapons and ammunition on a train in "Blood and Steel"; and two G.I. hotrodders steal a North Korean jeep and use it to get their buddies back to safety in "Two Men in a Hot Jeep"! Also: 2-page text piece "Target Guide." 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories by unknown. Art by Iger Shop and unknown. Thrilling battle adventures! Private Jones is an artist, but can Sergeant Bragg turn him into a soldier? Find out in "Battle Hungry"! Plus: Jim Towne is an average guy who must shake his fear and become a soldier during his first beach landing in Korea in "Desperate Destination"; Sergeant Wilcox is ordered to take his recon patrol behind enemy lines and stop the Korean advance in "The Super Sergeant"; and two soldiers must spend the night on duty in a forward listening post in "Peril Patrol"! Also: 2-page text story "Tempting Targets"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories by unknown. Art by unknown. Thrilling battle adventures! Captain Rodgers and his men are ordered to take a series of ridges from the Koreans in "Bloody Fingers"! Plus: Lieutenant Smithers is called in to help remove booby traps from a Korean village in "Booby Trap"; Brigadier General James Parnell goes to the front when he realizes his regiment is in trouble in "Heart of Brass"; and Captain Noel goes up in a recon plane to find concealed flak batteries in "Flak-Happy"! Also: 2-page text story "Plot in Chumunjin"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories by unknown. Art by unknown. Thrilling battle adventures! Bill and his raiders are tasked with destroying some AA guns behind enemy lines in Korea in "Flaming Fury"! Plus: Tex takes a chopper up on a joyride in "Sky Jeep"; Slugs and Jim get tasked with looking after a ballot box so the unit in the field can vote in the elections in "Bullets for Ballots"; and Clem wants to wear his grandfather's Rebel hat in the Korean war in "Rebel Yell"! Also: 2-page text story "This is War!" 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Battlefield tales of Korea illustrate the tensions of the Cold War. Soldier Matt, assigned to locomotive train duty, longs for more direct action, and soon gets his wish. Rival Army engineers Dave and Bill must put aside their differences when the enemy attacks. Military convict Gentry is sent to Korea, where he promptly gets into more trouble. Scarlet Wheels; Enemy Landing; Sniper's Nest; Bloody Ice; Guardhouse Lawyer. Final issue of the series. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Battlefield tales of Korea illustrate the tensions of the Cold War. This Annual reprints Fighting Man (1952) #1-2, plus GI in Battle (1952 1st Series) #1. Trapped behind the Iron Curtain, PFC Jones sets out to destroy a Russian jet. Test pilot Brock Temple is captured by spies mid-flight, and must do some fancy flying to escape. Kansas recruit Private Dawson is called "hayseed" by fellow soldiers, until his farming know-how exposes an enemy ambush. Gallant Glory; Traitors Island; Double Duty; Gorilla From G-2, The; Hay Seed!; A Question of Guts!; Red Fights Red; The Kid from Detroit; Pick Them off First!; Mail and Mayhem; Peril at Jet Junction; Yard Bird Yancy - Hero; Operation Hush-Hush; Blood Victory. 96 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

Art by Louis Ravielli and Everett Raymond Kinstler. Cover by Louis Ravielli. Sometimes listed as Undersea Fighting Commandos #1, the title in the indicia; the first two words were flipped for the remaining issues. Tales of the U.S. Navys Underwater Demolition Team, popularly known as the frogmen. U.S. frogmen become the point men in a suicidal undersea invasion of the North Korean coast during the Korean War. A soldier posthumously receives a Medal of Honor, but turns up alive in time to receive it in person. Also featuring a stunning contents page illustrated by Louis Ravielli on the inside front cover. Assignment Suicide!; Parachute Open!; Marooned on a Raft; Medal of Honor. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Art by Louis Ravielli and Gerald McCann. Tales of the U.S. Navys Underwater Demolition Team, popularly known as the frogmen. The frogmen are dropped near an enemy-held island to track down the sub fleet that is decimating UN forces. In the backup story, two sailors volunteer for a risky mission aboard an experimental two-man sub. Also featuring another stunning contents page illustrated by Louis Ravielli on the inside front cover. Hidden Menace; Death on Razorback Ridge; Operation Havoc. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Art by Louis Ravielli and others. Cover by Louis Ravielli. Tales of the U.S. Navys Underwater Demolition Team, popularly known as the frogmen. The frogmen face sharks beneath the waves, enemy patrols on the surface, and Mig jets above. Then they join forces with the Taiwanese army against Communist China. Also featuring an action-packed contents page illustrated by Louis Ravielli on the inside front cover. Assignment in Formosa; Fight to the Death; Rear Guard; Assault on Chenghi; Rescue at Sea; Ambush In China. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Art by Louis Ravielli, Norman Nodel, Vincent Alascia and Rafael Astarita. Cover by Everett Raymond Kinstler. Tales of the U.S. Navys Underwater Demolition Team, popularly known as the frogmen. The frogmen race against their Communist counterparts to retrieve documents from a submerged plane wreck. Jim Hansen seeks the deadly spy known only as The Black Shark. Also featuring another great contents page illustrated by Louis Ravielli on the inside front cover. Operation Salvage; Killer Dark; Dawn Attack; Destroy Target X; The Black Shark. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Art by Louis Ravielli and Vincent Alascia. Cover by Louis Ravielli. Tales of the U.S. Navys Underwater Demolition Team, popularly known as the frogmen. A captured American soldier with vital secrets is subjected to truth serum, and the frogmen must free him before he cracks. Then, the frogmen seek the mystery underwater message service delivering info to the enemy. Also featuring one last stunning contents page illustrated by Louis Ravielli on the inside front cover. The Stolen Brain!; Undersea Post Office!; They Couldnt Take Us!; Death to the Enemy!; Surprise Attack! Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Reprints: "Assignment Suicide" (art by Louis Ravielli), "Dangerous Mission), "Harvest of Death," and "Medal of Honor!" Ravielli cover. Cover price $0.12.

John Severin cover. Stories reprinted from Fighting Undersea Commandos (1952) #2. In order of appearance: "Hidden Menace!", "Part 2: Playground of Death!", and "Part 3: Attack on Peichu Island!" art by Louis Ravielli; and "Operation Havoc". "Death on Razorback Ridge!" text story. Indicia states "Undersea Commandos". 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.12.

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Stories and art by Jimmy Dixon and others. Bloody war stories from the height of the Korean Conflict. A medic must risk his life to aid wounded soldiers on the battlefield, a topic that inspired MASH, two decades later. When an experimental US jet is forced down in enemy territory, an American platoon must risk their lives to retrieve it. "Hate!" is an example of the sort of gung-ho war story that inspired Harvey Kurtzman to create Frontline Combat over at EC Comics. Help Me!; Forced Landing!; Hero or Traitor?; Guilty!; Hate! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Bill Fraccio. Stories and art by Tony Tallarico and others. Bloody war stories from the height of the Korean Conflict. Chinese-American soldier Tommy faces immediate racism from his own squad mates, and must prove to them he's neither a traitor nor a coward. After their platoon is wiped out, new recruit Alan and veteran George must cross ten miles of enemy lines to get to safety. The Yellow Deserter; Smart Soldiers Never Die! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Tony Tallarico and A. C. Hollingsworth. Bloody war stories from the height of the Korean Conflict. War correspondent Ted Fisher is resented by the Marine company he's embedded with, but soon they have a reason to appreciate him. A squad trapped by enemy fire is saved by the sudden arrival of a stranger. After a pilot named "Lloyd Bridges" is shot down, his air squadron vows revenge, in a story with some cool aviation art by A. C. Hollingsworth. The Fighting Eightball; Glory-Happy Stranger; A Legend of Valley Forge; The Death of the Red Vulture; Dear John. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Dick Beck and Edward Goldfarb. Bloody war stories from the height of the Korean Conflict. This issue introduces a tough hero-soldier of the Sgts. Fury/Rock caliber: Sgt. "Battle" Flagg, "the roughest, toughest and fightingest one to date," it says here. Marine sergeant Todd loses his nerve while storming the beach at Iwo Jima, but his buddy Jim keeps him going, in a story with pre-Code levels of violence. Trash-talking Marine "Bull" Nelson disquiets his fellow troops almost as much as the enemy with his voluble epithets. Sgt. Battle Flagg: The Caveman of Korea; War of Nerves; Old Acquaintance; The Quick and the Dead; Date with Death. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Edward Goldfarb and others. Bloody war stories from the height of the Korean Conflict. Tough-guy hero-soldier Sgt. "Battle" Flagg gets two stories this issue, plus his name above the title. A company on the battlefield resents it when their beloved sarge is replaced with a by-the-book lieutenant who's never seen combat. A Marine company in Korea is shocked to learn what their fellow recruit Heinz did in the last war. Sgt. "Battle" Flagg: The Long Voyage Home, The Japanese Sandman; The Sweetheart of Company 6; The Heart of an Army; Freedom to Die. Final issue of the series. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Vintage WWII Nurses Military Booklet size 8.5 x 5.5 inches 34 pages, illustrated

1st printing. Story and art by Romain Hugault. 1942-1945: Humanity is living its darkest moments of the 20th century. While the Earth shakes under the bombs, the sky is the stage of intense combat. Among the clouds, planes strafe, men clash, and fates cross. In the solitude of their cockpits, four pilots, among the best their respective nations can offer, fly off into the darkened skies. Among those birds of prey, heading towards battle at 600 km/hour, how many realize that this will be their final flight? Softcover, 56 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $10.00.

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Written by Mathieu Mariolle. Art and cover by Fabio Piacentini. Translated by Montanna Kane.

A final chase between Allied and Nazi submarines at the dawn of the Cold War.

December 1944. As the fate of World War II seems to be sealed, a submarine leaves Germany, taking with it Hitler's secrecy-shrouded "last hope" for winning the war. Two allied soldiers immediately set off after the aircraft: one British, the other American. But when the true nature of the precious cargo is revealed, the once parallel paths of these allies begin to diverge...

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1st printing. Written by Tom Waltz. Art and cover by Nathan St. John. Finding Peace contains three stories, each unique and yet all connected by a single, tragic thread - the desperate search for peace in times of both declared and undeclared war. Set in an unnamed country ravaged by civil war, the three stories are presented in reverse chronological order, showing where things are before finally depicting where things have been. The reader will ultimately decide if the situation has improved, or whether the dangers and tragedies of civil war only wear a different mask during times of peacekeeping - a new disguise that simply hides the same, deadly monster underneath. Written by Children of the Grave's Tom Waltz and featuring stylized art and cover by Nathan St. John. Softcopver, B&W. Cover price $14.99.

1st prinitng. Designed by Jim Dietz. This is a rule book for an operational level World War 2 minatures system. Softcover, 5-in. x 8-in., 96 pages, Text Only. Cover price $20.00.

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