CBCS 10th Anniversary auction in progress, bid now! Ends Monday June 17 to Friday June 21!

Fightin' Army (1956 Charlton) comic books 1972-1974

  • Issue #101
    Fightin' Army (1956 Charlton) 101

    Stories and art by Jack Keller, Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. War comics featuring the US Army in WWII, Korea and other conflicts, part of Charlton's Fightin' military series. WWII courier "Motorsickle" Monhegan becomes a legend, because of all the Nazis he wipes out while delivering messages on the front. An assault on an enemy fortification changes a soldier. GIs target an Axis stronghold in the South Pacific. Paid in Full!; Mangan's First Law; "Motorsickle" Monhegan; The Trapped Trappers. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.20.

  • Issue #102
    Fightin' Army (1956 Charlton) 102

    Cover by Don Perlin and Charles Nicholas. Stories and art by Don Perlin, Jack Keller, Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. War comics featuring the US Army in WWII, Korea and other conflicts, part of Charlton's Fightin' military series. Private Grissom is always compared to his brother, a tough two-fisted sergeant, but when his brother is left behind in Korea, Grissom goes after him. Baldwin has bad intent toward his fellow soldier, an Asian-American, during the Korean War. Soldiers stranded in an Italian town are aided by resistance fighters, in a story with early art by future Marvel legend Don Perlin. In The Blood; The Volunteer; The Real Enemy; Trust a Traitor?; The Panzers Are Coming! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.20.

  • Issue #103
    Fightin' Army (1956 Charlton) 103

    Cover by Don Perlin and Tony Tallarico. Stories and art by Don Perlin, Sam Glanzman, Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. War comics featuring the US Army in WWII, Korea and other conflicts, part of Charlton's Fightin' military series. A sniper fights a solitary, lonely war in WWII Germany, in a story with art by artist and combat veteran Sam Glanzman. Soldiers at the Battle of the Bulge are surprised to see Hitler's own attack dog riding shotgun, in a story with early art by future Marvel legend Don Perlin. The Sniper; Two For One; The Loners; A Avengeance; The Devil Hound of Hitler! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.20.

  • Issue #104
    Fightin' Army (1956 Charlton) 104

    Cover by Don Perlin. Stories and art by Don Perlin, Joe Staton, Willi Franz, Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. War comics featuring the US Army in WWII, Korea and other conflicts, part of Charlton's Fightin' military series. A sniper strikes in WWII, in a story inked by Charlton legend Joe Staton. Soldiers crossing a rickety bridge are at the mercy of attacking Stukas, in a story with early art by future Marvel legend Don Perlin. Conflict on a Hill with No Name; The Cop-Out!; The Sentence; Nowhere to Hide!; The Sniper! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.20.

  • Issue #105
    Fightin' Army (1956 Charlton) 105

    Cover by Don Perlin. Stories and art by Don Perlin, Jack Keller, Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. War comics featuring the US Army in WWII, Korea and other conflicts, part of Charlton's Fightin' military series. Guts the cook has to take a hot Christmas dinner to the front lines in Korea, and that's an adventure in itself. A wrong turn sends a tank crew behind enemy lines in World War II. A GI fancies himself a modern-day gunslinger with the Nazis as outlaws, in a story with early art by future Marvel legend Don Perlin. Merry Christmas, Cookie!, Bushwack Alley!, Sam Spolo: Smart Spy!; The Nazis Meet Billy the Kid. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.20.

  • Issue #106
    Fightin' Army (1956 Charlton) 106

    Cover by Don Perlin. Stories and art by Don Perlin, Fred Himes, Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. War comics featuring the US Army in WWII, Korea and other conflicts, part of Charlton's Fightin' military series. A captain who's always had a desk job is suddenly faced with the reality of combat in Korea. A scout for a WWII rifle company, who doesn't believe in killing, must make a moral choice. A GI captured by the Axis is forced to fight a Japanese soldier dressed like a samurai, in a story with early art by future Marvel legend Don Perlin. The Killing; The Lost Command; Super Spy; Hirohitos Big Day! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.20.

  • Issue #107
    Fightin' Army (1956 Charlton) 107

    Cover by Don Perlin. Stories and art by Don Perlin, Willi Franz, Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. War comics featuring the US Army in WWII, Korea and other conflicts, part of Charlton's Fightin' military series. British soldiers in WWII face a moral quandary involving a wounded Nazi, in a story by "Lonely War of Capt. Willy Schultz" writer Willi Franz. American soldiers undertake an "Inglorious Basterds"-type mission when they disguise themselves as Nazis to rescue a captured GI. A paratrooper must brave alligators and enemy soldiers to reunite with his squad, in a story with early art by future Marvel legend Don Perlin. Act of Mercy; The Death Squad; Family Reunion! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.20.

  • Issue #108
    Fightin' Army (1956 Charlton) 108

    Cover by Tom Sutton. Stories and art by Jack Keller, Pat Boyette, Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. War comics featuring the US Army in WWII, Korea and other conflicts, part of Charlton's Fightin' military series. A lieutenant who's used to his men doing all the fighting finds himself in the thick of it, for a change. Barrow and Quinn have a matter to settle between them, but they're willing to wait until WWII is over first. WWII soldier Ross begins a killing spree of German soldiers, and someone has to stop him. Plus a poem about the first time humans ever fought, back in the cave-man era. Cover by future horror comics legend Tom Sutton. This Stupid War; Enemy at His Back!; The First Battle; The Victors! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.20.

  • Issue #109
    Fightin' Army (1956 Charlton) 109

    Cover by Don Perlin. Stories and art by Don Perlin, Pat Boyette, Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. War comics featuring the US Army in WWII, Korea and other conflicts, part of Charlton's Fightin' military series. A "holdout" from the Japanese army on a remote island doesn't realize that WWII ended 28 years before. Two soldiers decide the Korean War must wait while they settle their personal differences, in a story with early art by future Marvel legend Don Perlin. Shadow from the Rising Sun; The Duelists; Escape and Survival!; You Cant Win Em All! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.20.

  • Issue #110
    Fightin' Army (1956 Charlton) 110

    Cover by Jean Elier and Teczhenko. Stories and art by Willi Franz, Jean Elier, Teczhenko, Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. War comics featuring the US Army in WWII, Korea and other conflicts, part of Charlton's Fightin' military series. French Resistance fighters prepare for the arrival of American troops so they can join the battle against the Nazis. Wounded Col. Trapp and two soldiers, one a woman, hide out in a French building that happens to be the local Nazi communications center. In the closing days of WWII, German soldiers await their fate as the Russian tanks roll in. Counter-Attack; Hidden Talent; Hidden Plans; Panzerjager. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.20.

  • Issue #111
    Fightin' Army (1956 Charlton) 111

    Cover by Tom Sutton. Stories and art by Pat Boyette and Warren Sattler. War comics featuring the US Army in WWII, Korea and other conflicts, part of Charlton's Fightin' military series. New recruits prepare for an enemy assault during World War II. Kennedy bends the rules in Korea to keep soldiers supplied with the necessities, but that antagonizes by-the-book Lt. Snider. Soldiers from both sides must maintain silence to prevent an avalanche from burying a village in the French Alps. Cover by future horror comics legend Tom Sutton. Where Do They Come From?; Nobody Knows; Trapped?; The Enemy Above. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.20.

  • Issue #112
    Fightin' Army (1956 Charlton) 112

    Cover by Demetrio Sanchez Gomez. Stories and art by Pat Boyette, Demetrio Sanchez Gomez, Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. War comics featuring the US Army in WWII, Korea and other conflicts, part of Charlton's Fightin' military series. Macken is a regular killing machine in Korea, until two kids find his compassionate side during a battle. A captain contemplates an upcoming suicide mission during WWII. A lost GI accidentally stumbles onto a German camp. No Place For Bleedin' Hearts; A Direct Order; The Day Smitty Joined the War; The Victory of the Birds. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.20.

  • Issue #113
    Fightin' Army (1956 Charlton) 113

    Cover by Tom Sutton. Stories and art by Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. War comics featuring the US Army in WWII, Korea and other conflicts, part of Charlton's Fightin' military series. A tank crew faces an uphill battle after the Normandy Invasion. In a two-part story, brothers are raised in different countries, and those countries are the USA and Nazi Germany. Before long, each of them wears a military uniform, making conflict inevitable. Cover by future horror comics legend Tom Sutton. Shoot-Out at Argentan!; The Brothers Part I; The Double-Cross; The Enemies Part II. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

  • Issue #114
    Fightin' Army (1956 Charlton) 114

    Cover by Bill Molno. Stories and art by Tom Sutton, Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. War comics featuring the US Army in WWII, Korea and other conflicts, part of Charlton's Fightin' military series. A GI catches a ride with a supply-truck driver in WWII and learns just how dangerous that job really is. Pvt. Hoad doesn't fit in with the military and winds up in the stockade, until he gets a chance to be a medic, and finds his niche. A soldier in WWII rebels when ordered to kill enemy soldiers, in a story featuring moody, impressionistic art by future horror comics legend Tom Sutton. Don't Tell Me to Kill!; Salute the Chicken; Early Artillery; Don't Call Me a Hero! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

  • Issue #115
    Fightin' Army (1956 Charlton) 115

    Cover by Demetrio Sanchez Gomez. Stories and art by Joe Gill, Demetrio Sanchez Gomez and Pat Boyette. War comics featuring the US Army in WWII, Korea and other conflicts, part of Charlton's Fightin' military series. Long after the war, an American general reflects on how one battle went wrong. A bomber under attack is damaged so that its bomb-bay doors are inoperable. The Enemy; In Memoriam; No Way Back; The Scar. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

  • Issue #116
    Fightin' Army (1956 Charlton) 116

    Cover by Demetrio Sanchez Gomez. Stories and art by Bill Molno, Warren Sattler, Demetrio Sanchez Gomez and Pat Boyette. War comics featuring the US Army in WWII, Korea and other conflicts, part of Charlton's Fightin' military series. During WWI, American soldier Goddard finds himself trapped in the deadly no-man's-land between the trenches. An impending battle that will mean ruin to a German town is the topic of conversation, when a Nazi officer and a GI have a Mexican standoff. Lost in No-Man's Land!; The Weapon That Nearly Won the War!; Nothing to Lose; A City Will Die; The Biggest Bluff! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.