Combat comic books issue 36

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $23.00 View scans Pen markings. 3/4" tear on front cover. Cover oxidation. Water damage.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $23.00 View scans 3/4" cover-to-cover puncture, slightly affects readability.

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May 1956: Cover by Dick Dillin and Charles Cuidera; "Desperate Mission," 9 pages; "Hand Grenade Hero," 6 pages (reprinted from G.I. Combat #12); "Courage Under Fire," 7 pages; "Top Secret," 1 page text story (reprinted from G.I. Combat #22); "Attack at Sundown," 6 pages (reprinted from G.I. Combat #10, original title was "Red Death in the Sunset). 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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. The Reed brothers are caught up in the Battle of Midway. A Romanian-born American soldier uses his heritage to escape after he's captured by the Nazis. Plus the life of General George Patton, Jr. High Ground; The Battle of Midway; General George Patton Jr.; Out of the Gate. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

Volume 36 - 1st printing. " B-17 Flying Fortress Units of the Eighth Air Force Part 2!" Written by Martin Bowman. Art by Mark Styling. The Boeing B-17, which has come to epitomise the American war effort in Europe, took the fight to Germans from the late summer of 1942 through to VE-Day. Its primary operator in Western Europe was the 'Mighty Eighth', who controlled 27 bomb groups for much of the war. This second of two volumes covers the 14 Bomb Groups of the Third Air Division. First hand accounts, period photography, profile artworks and nose art scrap views bring to life aircraft from each of the groups within the Third Air Division. Softcover, 98 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $22.95.