United States Marines (1943 Magazine Enterprises/Toby) 1 GD 2.0

2" cumulative spine split. Two centerfold wraps detached.

Stories and art by Mart Bailey, Creig Flessel, Ray McGill, Clem Gretter and Ogden Whitney. Cover by Mart Bailey. Sometimes listed as United States Marines (1943) #1 (it was the first published, but there is no actual issue number in the comic). Action-packed fact and fiction about the US Marine Corps, printed at the height of WWII patriotic fervor. Includes the note "published with the cooperation of the U.S. Marine Corps." Marines-based humor with "Monte Zuma and Trip O'Lee," a reference to the Marines' Hymn; The history of the U.S. Marine Corps; Illustrated tales of combat and patriotic messages about both fronts and the home front during World War II. Trophies of War; Victory at Gavutu; Birth of the Marines; Monte Zuma and Trip O'Lee; Hellcat Out of Heaven; Your Blood Can Save Him; Battle of the Ditch; Wildcat in the Sky; The Marines Have Landed!; Saga of the Solomons; This Is the Enemy! The Flying Butcher; In Ten More Minutes What Will You Be Doing?; The Cliffs of Veru; Guadalcanal Diary; Johnny Devildog; Super Stamp Outfit; Death Sailed the Delaware!; The Snaring of the Fox; The Drillmaster. 60 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10. Grade: GD 2.0 explanation of grade Condition: Used (collectible)