Fightin' Army (1956 Charlton) comic books 1961-1963

Cover by Sam Glanzman. Stories and art by Sam Glanzman, Bill Molno and Vince Alascia. War comics featuring the US Army in WWII, Korea and other conflicts, part of Charlton's Fightin' military series. Ultimate tough-guy General Rees must train and lead a squadron of green recruits, in a story by artist and combat veteran Sam Glanzman. In another gung-ho story, the last survivor of an Axis ambush in New Guinea tries to hold off the assault with a single rifle. American GI Fritz sees for himself that Nazi claims of a "super race" are just racist propaganda. The Way to Fight; 1 Man + 1 Rifle = 1 Victory; Men Against Machines; The Super Race. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Sam Glanzman. Stories and art by Sam Glanzman, Charles Nicholas and Sal Trapani. War comics featuring the US Army in WWII, Korea and other conflicts, part of Charlton's Fightin' military series. A US tank crew personalizes their tank with good-girl "nose art" and the name Rustie Rosie, in a story by artist and combat veteran Sam Glanzman. Supply sergeants find their "safe" assignments not so safe in the early days of the Korean conflict. A terrified draftee faces the Hell on Earth that was the Normandy Invasion. The Story of Rustie Rosie; Not Hero Types; Hey, Joe! Help Me! Hey, Joe! Medic!; Every Clue Counts; Anyone Can Get a Purple Heart. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio and Maurice Whitman. Stories and art by Bill Molno, Vince Alascia, Charles Nicholas, Sal Trapani, Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio and Maurice Whitman. War comics featuring the US Army in WWII, Korea and other conflicts, part of Charlton's Fightin' military series. A war hero fallen on hard times considers a sketchy deal with an arms dealer to make ends meet. A US soldier with knowledge of atomic weapons is tricked by a beautiful blonde agent into entering East German territory, in a Cold War story set before the inner German border was fortified. A vet and a new recruit discuss the realities of battle. The Tarnished Hero; Operation Comeback; Always Alert; The Academy Man; The Taste of War. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Nicholas and Sal Trapani. Stories and art by Bill Molno, Vince Alascia, Charles Nicholas, Sal Trapani, and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. War comics featuring the US Army in WWII, Korea and other conflicts, part of Charlton's Fightin' military series. A GI in WWII Europe lives by his own code to stay alive. Hargood tries to avoid the draft in WWII, in a story written before the Vietnam War gave "draft dodger" a more nuanced meaning. A corrupt, court-martialed ex-officer gets busted down to private, where he just makes more trouble for those around him. The Independent; In Memoriam: The Blue & the Gray; Draft Dodger; Weapons Will Win Wars; Top-Kick; Soldier Gone Wrong. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Jack Abel and Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Bill Molno, Vince Alascia, Jack Abel and Dick Giordano. War comics featuring the US Army in WWII, Korea and other conflicts, part of Charlton's Fightin' military series. Soldiers of immigrant ancestry are recruited for a deep-cover mission during the Cold War. War toughens up a frightened recruit. A downed Air Force pilot and an infantryman don't respect each other, but they must join forces to survive. Operation Boomerang; The Making of a Man; Chip Off the Old Block; 2 Against 10,000. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. Stories and art by Bill Molno, Charles Nicholas, Vince Alascia, and Sal Trapani. War comics featuring the US Army in WWII, Korea and other conflicts, part of Charlton's Fightin' military series. GIs are intimidated by a Nazi onslaught, feeling outnumbered and outgunned. Soldiers assigned to take a monastery in Korea discover civilians hiding inside. A GI faces a long battle of attrition in the jungles of the South Pacific. Goliath Had a Gun; Observation Post; C Is For Chinese Lesson One; Banzai; Hitler's Last Chance. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Jack Abel. Stories and art by Bill Molno, Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio, Dick Giordano, and Jack Abel. War comics featuring the US Army in WWII, Korea and other conflicts, part of Charlton's Fightin' military series. A US tank unit rolls right into a Nazi trap, but the Nazis didn't reckon on the French Resistance. An Army medic is conflicted when enemy action in Korea forces him to choose between killing or saving lives. A sergeant's "play it safe" strategy doesn't win him any admirers among his tank unit. Panzer Trap; The Medic; One Mistake; Wait 'Em Out! 32 pages, Full Color.

Cover by Jack Abel. Stories and art by Bill Molno, Jack Keller, Charles Nicholas, Vince Alascia, and Jack Abel. War comics featuring the US Army in WWII, Korea and other conflicts, part of Charlton's Fightin' military series. Head doctors try to cure Hargill, forced to relive his moment of cowardice that cost a platoon their lives during the Korean War. A rifle unit cut off from the rest of the line during Korea finds help from an unexpected ally. An embittered major during WWII cannot stop hating the enemy, even after they've already surrendered. The Voice from the Grave Whispered Treason!; The Last Charge; What You Can Expect; Yanks Are Coming; The Major's All-Out-War! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Jack Abel. Stories and art by Bill Molno and Jack Abel. War comics featuring the US Army in WWII, Korea and other conflicts, part of Charlton's Fightin' military series. During the Korean War, a Chinese-American soldier working for North Korea uses psychological warfare against US GIs. A look at the life and death of a combat medic. US troops skirmish with East German forces on the new inner border of East and West Germany during the Cold War. Plus a text "explanation" of the Cold War by Tom Compere of the US military "Blue Book" program. An Enemy From Home; Heroes Without Guns!; Comanche Hill; Mightiest United States Forces Deterring Russian Aggression; Terror to the East! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Bill Montes and Ernie Bache. Stories and art by Charles Nicholas, Vince Alascia, Sal Trapani, Bill Montes and Ernie Bache. War comics featuring the US Army in WWII, Korea and other conflicts, part of Charlton's Fightin' military series. Paratroopers face a deadly mission to destroy an Axis tank depot. In North Africa, an Ohio farm boy proves himself to be a natural warrior. GIs are assigned to rescue a local informant from Communist spies, in a Cold War story. Luzon Landing; Apgood's General; Victory at Vera Cruz; G.I. Diplomacy. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Charles Nicholas, Vince Alascia, Bill Molno, Jack Keller, Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio, Bill Montes and Ernie Bache. War comics featuring the US Army in WWII, Korea and other conflicts, part of Charlton's Fightin' military series. A Cold War-era tale describes the "Commie K9 Corps" as "gaunt, seldom-fed brutes that were half Siberian wolf...a fearsome foe in the blackness of a Korean night!" A GI in WWII Europe learns the dangers of trucks making ammo runs, at full speed in pitch darkness with no headlights. Plus a PSA about physical fitness, in the Cold War public service announcement "Your Role in the Cold War." The Teeth of the Enemy!; Red Ball Express; Reunion; Vandenberg's Gun; Surly Earley; Are You Physically Fit? 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Jack Abel. Stories and art by Charles Nicholas, Vince Alascia, Bill Molno, Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio, and Jack Abel. War comics featuring the US Army in WWII, Korea and other conflicts, part of Charlton's Fightin' military series. While his company retreats with their wounded, Sgt. Meade single-handedly holds off an enemy advance in Korea. A military "advisor" is captured by the Viet Cong during the early days of the Vietnam conflict. US commandos face a Panzer unit in Italy (in a story that portrays Hitler making paper dolls during a meeting). Plus a PSA about how church attendance is anti-Communist, "Your Role in the Cold War." The Last Man; Sniper Hunt; A Man Returns; Always Alert; The Terrorists; The Bridge; God Is Never Out of Style. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Jack Abel. Stories and art by Bill Molno, Bill Montes, Ernie Bache, and Jack Abel. War comics featuring the US Army in WWII, Korea and other conflicts, part of Charlton's Fightin' military series. Harding's superiors are perplexed when he wants to muster out because there isn't a war on and military life is boring. When a Soviet defector is captured by Communist agents, a US MP at the airport decides to settle the matter with some two-fisted diplomacy. A Special Forces soldier is captured after discovering Hitler's secret hideout in the Bavarian Alps. Cover features a disheveled-looking Hitler with the tough-guy hero of "Hitler's Private Paradise!" Getting Out; The Enemy Demands!; Army Customs and Ceremonies; The Wound That Wouldn't Heal; Hitler's Private Paradise! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Sam Glanzman. Stories and art by Sam Glanzman, Bill Molno, Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. War comics featuring the US Army in WWII, Korea and other conflicts, part of Charlton's Fightin' military series. An American soldier with a German cousin is reluctant to kill Nazis in combat. A senior supply officer in Korea makes a desperate bid for promotion in Mortar Gulch. A US Armed Forces advisor in Vietnam is not permitted to strike back against Viet Cong attacks (the story was published in 1963, before the war was officially a "War"). Cousin Rudolf; Not a Fighting Man; The Birth of the Machine Gun; 2 Against 1000!; Overtime Soldier. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Sam Glanzman. Stories and art by Sam Glanzman, Bill Molno, Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. War comics featuring the US Army in WWII, Korea and other conflicts, part of Charlton's Fightin' military series. American GIs and French resistance fighters try to rout German soldiers from an overrun town. A motorcycle courier fights his way across enemy lines during World War II, in a story by artist and combat veteran Sam Glanzman. US soldiers use an inflatable monster to distract Axis forces from their mission. Plus a look at new technologies being developed by the Army and Air Force in the early 1960s. Retreat to Victory; Enemy Comrade; No Joy Ride; Always Alert; The Creature. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Sam Glanzman, 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. US agents are assigned to destroy a nuclear missile base on "an obscure Caribbean island." GIs set a trap for advancing Nazi forces in a deserted European town. Elmer uses his great height to advantage against the Nazis. Plus a PSA about America's multiculturalism, "Strength of a Nation." Operation Missile; Forbidden Truce; Vigi the Victorious; The Big Half Inch; Strength of a Nation. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Bill Molno, Jack Abel, Ernie Bache, Maurice Whitman, Dick Giordano, 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 US soldier in a Korean POW camp suspects that a fellow prisoner is working with the enemy, but he's not sure who. A new lieutenant tries to earn his men's loyalty during the Battle of Guadalcanal. Plus a comics biography of frontiersman Daniel Boone. The Informer; Heavy Mortar Man; The Nature of Guerilla Warfare; The Safe Way; Kangi Ridge; American Pioneer. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.