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  • Item #46250492
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    Fightin' Marines (1951 St. John/Charlton) #8 PR 0.5
    Published Oct 1952 by Charlton Comics Group.
    PR 0.5
    SOLD
    $13.50
    • INCOMPLETE. Centerfold missing. Interrupts art and story.
    • This item has sold.

    Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Matt Baker and Gene Colan. Charlton's long-running series focused on the miliary exploits of the US Marines throughout the 20th century. After Al accidentally breaks the Colonel's vase, Canteen Kate thinks she can put it back together, in a story with art by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. In Korea, Leatherneck Jack and Monte are assigned to learn if the enemy is using a sacred temple for military purposes, in a story with early art by future Marvel legend Gene Colan. Biff and Smokey stow away on a freight train and find themselves deep in enemy territory. Cover by Baker. Have You Heard This One?; Tripoli Shores: Ivan the Terrible; Canteen Kate: Say It with Flour; Leatherneck Jack: Mountain Murder; Biff & Smokey: Round Trip Ticket to Danger; Private Thistlewait: Left Out; The Lighter Side; Quips and Queries. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10. Grade: PR 0.5 explanation of grade Condition: Used (collectible)

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