Fightin' Army (1956 Charlton) comic books 1963-1965

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.

Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by 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. A combat engineer's unit struggles to clear the way for invasion forces on Normandy during D-Day. A platoon with a new lieutenant tries to survive a Panzer tank assault. A "special advisor" rides shotgun on helicopter sorties during the early days of the Vietnam War. Image of Courage; Panzer Attack; Mountain War; Expendable; A Smiling Face; Riding Shotgun. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by 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. A combat citation for a GI conspicuously overlooks the fact that he disregarded the orders of a green lieutenant during his heroic charge. US troops hide out in a burned-out Korean tank and plot to use it to strike back at the enemy. Soldiers on a reconnaissance mission learn that Korean tanks are heading for their position. The General Lied; Inferno; Ancient Romans Ruin a Road; Benny's Strategic Stew; Nightmare on Skull Ridge. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Vince Colletta, Ernie Bache, 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 troops on skis must stop an enemy convoy in the French Alps during WWII. In another WWII story, pilots provide air support for the boots on the ground. A GI gripped by the terror of war feels he's just going through the motions of being a soldier. Soldiers in the Snow; The Cave; The General and the Boy; Clean-Up; Goin' Thru the Motions. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Sam Glanzman and Owen Mc Carron. War comics featuring the US Army in WWII, Korea and other conflicts, part of Charlton's Fightin' military series. This issue features three stories and a one-pager with art by artist and combat veteran Sam Glanzman: A soldier stops the advance of enemy forces in the early days of the Korean War. A WWI soldier who falls into an abandoned trench and gets covered in phosphorus manages to convince the Germans that he is a ghost. The company klutz is an amusing clown, until his comic fumbling extends to the battlefield. Victory at Cemetery Hill; The Ghost of Marne; Always Alert; The Heavyweights Slug It Out; 8 1/2 Hours of Hell; Goofer. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Sam Glanzman, 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 decorated WWII vet re-enlists for Korea and becomes a Forward Observer for artillery. Another Vietnam story, by (WWII) combat veteran Sam Glanzman, shows the growing awareness on the home front of the complexity of that war, as a training officer seeks a Viet Cong agent among his recruits. A WWI airman dares to take on a fearsome German air ace without a backup gunner. F.O. Team; Enemy at Hand; Combat Buddy!; The Missing Gatlings; The Flying Coffin Squadron; Champagne Party. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Joe Sinnott, Jon D'Agostino, 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 troops in Korea battling the harsh winters hole up in a cave and manage to keep the enemy at bay. Soldiers shipping out for WWI have a strange reaction to news of the Armistice, in one of several stories this issue by future Fantastic Four legend Joe Sinnott. A US and a German soldier alone together in a cave face a Mexican standoff. Duseks Duplex; Return or Go Under; Defying Death; A Lesson In Hate; Man at War; The Cave of Enemies. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Bill Molno, Jon D'Agostino, 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 troops make a stand against Rommel's impressive military tactics in North Africa. Two soldiers who hate each other must work together to survive a Nazi ambush. A slacker becomes the worst soldier ever. Death in the Desert; The Transition; Finerty's War; The Emperor's Champion; The Key Word; A.W.O.L. Willie; The Brave Ones. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Bill Molno, Jon D'Agostino, 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 clerical error leads to untrained recruits being sent into combat with only three seasoned veterans to keep them alive. A lone soldier named Smith preserves the morale of US soldiers waiting fearfully for the Battle of the Bulge. Plus a comics history of Hannibal's assault on Rome, told from the elephants' point of view. Death Came at Dawn; The Last Man Out; Outpost; Save Sailors; Only Men Were Left; A Good C.O.; Hannibal's Tanks. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Stories and art by Vince Colletta, Bill Molno, Jon D'Agostino, 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 sergeant must keep his cocky new lieutenant alive, but the "90 Day Wonder" insists that it's the Nazis who are in trouble. A Special Forces soldier learns that the enemy has deep stealth tactics in Vietnam. A new recruit tries to survive his first day on the Italian front in WWII. The Day Hitler Lost the War; The Deadly Kukri; Ambush in a Rice Paddy; The Steel Trap; That First Day. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover by Pat Masulli and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. 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. PFC Langan is just a kid according to his Sarge, but WWII turns him into a soldier. A GI realizes that a group of American soldiers are actually Nazis in disguise. New recruits face Axis forces in the jungles of New Guinea. Baby in the Squad; Tekiwawa's Sword; Last Time to Die; Face of a Friend; First Victory. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover by Pat Masulli and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. 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 US sniper deals with PTSD and a sudden concern for his target's humanity during WWII. A soldier learns the reason for US involvement in Vietnam, in a story (and cover) that seems a rebuke to the anti-war protests of the era. A General ignores protocol and travels to the front lines to show his men how it's done. Name of the Game; Weapons Win Wars; The Bully; Disappearing General; Tobruk. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.