Combat comic books issue 23

April 1955: Cover by Dick Dillin and Charles Cuidera; "Beachhead Inferno," 9 pages (reprinted from G.I. Combat #6); "Furlough Trap," 6 pages; "No Grandstand in Hell," 7 pages (reprinted from G.I. Combat #3); "The Long Trail's End," 1 page text story; "Unseen Enemy," 6 pages. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Sam Glanzman. Stories by Paul S. Newman and others. Art by Sam Glanzman and others. Unlike other war comics of the era, Dell's Combat focused on the events of historic battles, rather than war fiction, with art by WWII veteran and comics legend Sam Glanzman. This issue focuses on Operation Tidal Wave. A three-part, issue-length story retells the assault on Ploiesti, Romania in 1943, in an attempt to curtail the Axis oil supplies. Target-Ploesti; Reconn Mission; Escape. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

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Three untitled Combat Kelly stories (all art by Dave Berg), plus "From Cookin' to Combat!" (art by Mort Lawrence). Two-page text story, "Army-Navy Team." Cover price $0.10.

Volume 23 - 1st printing. " Arab-Israeli Air Wars 1947-82!" Written by Shlomo Aloni. Art by Mark Rolfe. When the UN called for the end of the British mandate and the partition of Palestine into two independent states, the RAF found itself under attack from both sides. Tracing the development of hostilities in the Middle East, this book covers the period from the establishment of the first proper Israeli Air Force in 1948 to the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982. Israel's War of Independence against its Arab neighbours, the inevitable 'round two', the Suez Crisis of 1956, the Six Day War of 1967, the Yom Kippur wars of 1973 and the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982 are all detailed in this fascinating chronicle of war in the Middle East. Softcover, 98 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $22.95.