Marines comic books issue 5

Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Matt Baker and Gene Colan. Charlton's long-running series focused on the miliary exploits of the US Marines throughout the 20th century. After a collection of pin-up photos is destroyed, Canteen Kate volunteers to recreate them herself, in a story with art by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. In Korea, Leatherneck Jack and his team make a desperate attempt to take an enemy fort that has resisted air and sea attacks, in a story with early art by future Marvel legend Gene Colan. Sgt. Tripoli Shores and his buddies parachute behind enemy lines to rescue a captured American agent. Leatherneck Jack: Trail of the Tokyo Terrorist; Packaged Peril; Canteen Kate: Candid Cutie; Experiment with Death; Tripoli Shores: Fugitives from the Firing Squad; The Bobsledding Wildcats. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Script by KELLEY PUCKETT. Art by PAUL GUINAN & ALLEN NUNIS. Cover painting by JOE PHILLIPS. Our merry band of Marines has holed up in the only major city on Bracken's World, and as Lt. Henry attempts to rally the local colonists against the approaching Alien army, he begins to suspect Beliveau's real reason for being on this mission. After all, why would a high-powered Company man have any interest in such a remote section of the galaxy? Does Beliveau hold the secret to the bizarre Alien/human hybrid they captured at the railgun station? Could he even be responsible for these well-organized Alien attacks? Cover price $2.50.

Cover Joe Maneely (Pencils) , Joe Maneely (Inks) Cover price $0.10.

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Cover inks by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. War comics from Charlton featuring the US Marines. Four unqualified soldiers form a Marine unit in the Pacific. Two Marines have dreams of their deaths on the battlefield. A history of the United States Marines. The 4 Rejects; Napoleon Innovation; The Death Dreamers; Ill Die Here; The Marines Landed. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

(A-1 Comics #55) Cover by Dick Ayers and Ernie Bache. Edited by Raymond C. Krank. Stories and art by Raymond C. Krank, Mart Bailey, Creig Flessel and Bob Powell. Sometimes listed as A1 Comics (1944 Life's Romances) #55. Action-packed fact and fiction about the US Marine Corps, in a series revived for the Korean War. The history of the U.S. Marine Corps; Marines must overcome their prejudices and animosity toward each other to become a fighting unit; The true story of the Battle of Wake Island. The Red Road of Death!; Birth of the Marines; Wake!; The Secret of Korea; Fighting '23. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

First issue of the series (continued from Tales of the Marines). "Amtracs" (art by Mort Drucker), "Suicide Mission" (art by Gene Colan), "Out of the Wreckage" (art by Cal Massey), "Somewhere the Sniper Waits," "The Battle of Belleau Woods" (art by Joe Maneely), and a two-page text story, "Cloak and Dagger." John Severin cover. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Mel Keefer. Stories and art by Mel Keefer and Jack Sparling. US Marine Monty Hall (no relation to the game-show host) fights for America during the Korean War. The son of a legendary Marine tries to follow in his father's bootsteps. Monty and a pilot are shot down over enemy lines, and must make their way back to safe territory. Marine "Pin-Up Pete" discusses women he has known, an excuse to present four full-page pin-ups featuring good-girl art by Jack Sparling. This issue's pin-ups focus on working women of the factory, including Pauline the Painter, who resembles Rosie the Riveter in lipstick. Call of Courage; Behind Enemy Lines!; The Big Brain; Tell It to the Marines; Pin-Up Pete: One Hunnert Percent Female!!! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.