Two Fisted Tales (1950 EC) comic books 1953-1955

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Special Civil War issue. Cover by Harvey Kurtzman. Stories by Harvey Kurtzman. Art by John Severin, Bill Elder, Wally Wood, and Jack Davis. Harvey Kurtzman's legendary series enlisted top EC artists for gritty tales of war and adventure. A Civil War sergeant who brags that a bullet will never find him is proved a little too right, in a story with inks by MAD legend Will Elder. The military career of Union commander and future US president Ulysses Grant. The first battle between two "ironclads" signals the end of the wooden warship, with art by Wally Wood. Blockade!; Campaign!; Air-Minded Fitz John; Donelson!; Grant! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Wally Wood. Stories by Harvey Kurtzman and Jerry De Fuccio. Art by Joe Kubert, Johnny Craig, Wally Wood, and Jack Davis. Harvey Kurtzman's legendary series enlisted top EC artists for gritty tales of war and adventure. A WWII soldier meets his final battle in a story by Johnny Craig. In a rare collaboration between two legends of war comics, Kurtzman and Joe Kubert, the real-life story of D-Day's Navy Combat Demolition team is revealed. Master strategist Hannibal launches his legendary attack on Rome, using elephants no less, with art by Wally Wood. Cool submarine cover by Wally Wood. Silent Service!; Lost Battalion!; Submarine School; Hannibal!; Tide! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Wally Wood. Stories by Harvey Kurtzman and Jerry De Fuccio. Art by John Severin, Bill Elder, Joe Kubert, Wally Wood, and Jack Davis. Harvey Kurtzman's legendary series enlisted top EC artists for gritty tales of war and adventure. A Signal Corps soldier learns why his outfit was issued firearms during a sudden skirmish. A sea captain encounters sharks and treachery while diving for pearls, in a rare art collaboration between two legends of comics, Kurtzman and Joe Kubert. In a Wally Wood story, a Japanese POW in Russia doesn't know his home in Nagasaki has been razed by the atomic bomb. Action-packed cover by Wally Wood. Signal Corps!; Outpost!; Indian Sign; Pearl Divers!; Atom Bomber! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Jack Davis. Stories by Harvey Kurtzman, Jack Davis, Wally Wood, and Jerry De Fuccio. Art by George Evans, John Severin, Marie Severin, Wally Wood, and Jack Davis. Harvey Kurtzman's legendary series enlisted top EC artists for gritty tales of war and adventure. An outlaw takes over a Western town but doesn't reckon on an elderly homesteader. (This story was written and drawn by Jack Davis while Harvey Kurtzman was busy shaping the early MAD.) French pilot Georges Guynemer becomes a legendary fighter ace during World War I. During feudal times, a charge of murder leads to a duel, with art by Wally Wood. Action-packed cover by Wood. Betsy!; Trial by Arms!; Salty Speech; En Crapaudine!; Guynemer! NOTE: This issue was reprinted by East Coast Comics with a $1 cover a 1970's copyright date (see E.C. Classic Reprints #9). These and other changes make the reprint easy to distinguish from the original which has a 10-cent cover price and a 1950's publication date. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Special Civil War issue (Content Warning: Pro-Confederate narratives). Cover by Jack Davis. Stories by Harvey Kurtzman, Bill Gaines, and Al Feldstein. Art by Harvey Kurtzman, John Severin, Wally Wood, Reed Crandall, and Jack Davis. Harvey Kurtzman's legendary series enlisted top EC artists for gritty tales of war and adventure. General Robert E. Lee makes a desperate bid to stop the advancing Union army at Fredericksburg. At Memphis, the Confederate and Union Navies meet in battle on the Mississippi. Another Mississippi battle is for the city of New Orleans, with art by Wally Wood. Plus an illustrated map of the Civil War Battles of Fredericksburg, New Orleans, Memphis and Chancellorsville. Civil War Map; Robert E. Lee!; New Orleans!; Forrest!; Memphis!; Chancellorsville! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Add to cart VG- 3.5 $189.00 View scan Signed by artist John Severin. Certification not included. 1/2" spine split from bottom. Cover oxidation. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by Bud Plant

Cover by John Severin and Will Elder. Stories by Colin Dawkins and Robert Graves. Art by John Severin, Will Elder, Reed Crandall, and Jack Davis. Harvey Kurtzman's legendary series enlisted top EC artists for gritty tales of war and adventure. A sheriff's orphaned son returns to town years later to find his father's killer. Roman General Aulus faces insurmountable British forces, in a story inspired by Robert Graves and illustrated by Reed Crandall. Gunfire!; Battle!; Lone Wolf Constable; Justice!; Dangerous Man! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by John Severin and Will Elder. Stories by Colin Dawkins and John Severin. Art by John Severin. Harvey Kurtzman's legendary series enlisted top EC artists for gritty tales of war and adventure. In the post-Kurtzman era, the series turns to spy drama, as Ruby Ed Coffey seeks the truth about a Soviet agent's arrival in Canada. During the Age of Western Expansion, the Shoshoni tribe debates whether to live peacefully with the whites or make war. A British policeman gets a surprise, in a rare tale set during the Irish conflict prior to World War II. Action!; Warrior!; How Jim Thorpe Began to Play Football; Homemade Blitz!; Showdown! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by John Severin. Stories by Colin Dawkins. Art by John Severin. Harvey Kurtzman's legendary series enlisted top EC artists for gritty tales of war and adventure. Soldier of fortune Ruby Ed Coffey follows a stolen statue to a lost city and a hidden uranium lode. A Harvard-educated Cheyenne chieftain's son returns to challenge Flaming Arrow, who killed his father and wants to lead his people to war. The new ranch hand seems like a coward to the other cowboys, until they encounter a band of rustlers. Lost City!; Warpath!; Two-Fisted Men: Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton; Bullets!; Stampede! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by John Severin. Stories by Colin Dawkins. Art by John Severin and Gene Colan. Harvey Kurtzman's legendary series enlisted top EC artists for gritty tales of war and adventure. Ruby Ed Coffey finally discovers the lost Incan city of Uranium Valley, but he must fight to save his cohort Cannon from the lost tribe they find living there. A mysterious new secret weapon may mean peace or war between the US and Russia, in a story with uncredited early art by Marvel legend Gene Colan. Gunslinger Black Jack Slaughter thinks he's discovered the culprit behind a gang of rustlers, until the arrival of the real rustlers forces him to join his old enemy. Uranium Valley!; Oregon Trail!; Two-Fisted Men: Buffalo Bill; The Secret!; Slaughter! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by George Evans. Stories by John Severin, John Putnam, Jerry DeFuccio, George Evans, Jack Davis and James Fenimore Cooper. Art by John Severin and George Evans. Harvey Kurtzman's legendary series enlisted top EC artists for gritty tales of war and adventure. A fighter pilot's new assignment doesn't provide him the glory he craves. One of the earliest battles in the 20th century's long-running wars in Viet Nam unfolds at Dien Bien Phu, as French colonial forces are decisively driven out of Indochina. An adaptation of The Last of the Mohicans, the classic frontier adventure by James Fenimore Cooper. Dien Bien Phu!; Squalus; Flaming Coffins!; The Last of the Mohicans!; Sharpshooter! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Jack Davis. Stories by John Severin, Jerry DeFuccio, George Evans, and Wally Wood. Art by Harvey Kurtzman, Bernie Krigstein, John Severin, Wally Wood, and George Evans. Harvey Kurtzman's legendary series enlisted top EC artists for gritty tales of war and adventure. A safari guide leads a film crew into the jungle, where mysterious accidents plague the shoot. The life of legendary big-game hunter Carl Akeley. Fighter pilots Bill and Curry have a friendly competition that turns less friendly as the war heats up. Code of Honor!; Mau Mau!; Carl Akeley!; Yellow! Final issue of the series. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.