([circa February 1952])
Superior,
1951 Series
- Price
- 0.10 CAD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Superior Publishers Limited
- Brand
-
EC An Entertaining Comic
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
Contents match contents of equivalent US comic except for ads on the cover and last page.
Some colors in this issue were previously attributed to Marie Severin, but it is unlikely that Severin had begun coloring at EC when the EC’s Frontline Combat #4 was colored (Cassell 2012, 33–34 and 171). Severin is not known ever to have worked for Superior.
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Reference:
Cassell, Dewey, with Aaron Sultan. 2012. Marie Severin: The Mirthful Mistress of Comics. Raleigh: TwoMorrows Publishing.
Some colors in this issue were previously attributed to Marie Severin, but it is unlikely that Severin had begun coloring at EC when the EC’s Frontline Combat #4 was colored (Cassell 2012, 33–34 and 171). Severin is not known ever to have worked for Superior.
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Reference:
Cassell, Dewey, with Aaron Sultan. 2012. Marie Severin: The Mirthful Mistress of Comics. Raleigh: TwoMorrows Publishing.
[no title indexed]
Frontline Combat / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Harvey Kurtzman
- Inks
- Harvey Kurtzman
- Colors
- ? (see notes)
- Letters
- Ben Oda
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'll bet they never suspected we'd get a cannon up here!
- Genre
- war
- Reprints
-
from Frontline Combat (EC, 1951 series) #4 (January-February 1952)
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- Keywords
- bazookas; rocket launchers
Indexer Notes
Art credits from GCD index of US comic.
Colors were previously attributed to Marie Severin (see Issue Notes, above).
Combat Medic!
Frontline Combat / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- war
- Reprints
- from Frontline Combat (EC, 1951 series) #4 (January-February 1952)
-
Indexer Notes
Colors were previously attributed to Marie Severin (see Issue Notes, above).
Light Brigade!
Frontline Combat / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- war
- Reprints
- from Frontline Combat (EC, 1951 series) #4 (January-February 1952)
-
Indexer Notes
Colors were previously attributed to Marie Severin (see Issue Notes, above).
The Tyrant
text story / 1 page
- Genre
- historical; horror-suspense; war
- Characters
- Mark Edelblut; Count Karl Edelblut; Baron Manfred Von Wolfe; Baron's men
- Reprints
- from Frontline Combat (EC, 1951 series) #4 (January-February 1952)
-
Indexer Notes
Text story covers two pages over the center spread, taking up a half page each, bookended by EC promos.
144 Big Pages in Full Color
Picture Stories From the Bible / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
The Wreckers
text story / 1 page
- Genre
- historical; war
- Characters
- Eben; Eben's daughter; unnamed British sailor
- Reprints
- from Frontline Combat (EC, 1951 series) #4 (January-February 1952)
-
Air Burst!
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Chinese soldiers [Lee (death); Tai (death); Chun (death); "Big Feet" (death); others unnamed] (villains, many die)
- Synopsis
- The Americans have the Chinese on the run, but two of the enemy's remaining mortar crew have a surprise for the advancing Americans: a booby trap. Unfortunately, the wrong people walk into that trap.
- Reprints
- from Frontline Combat (EC, 1951 series) #4 (January-February 1952)
-
- Keywords
- Korea
Indexer Notes
Colors were previously attributed to Marie Severin (see Issue Notes, above).
Bomb Run!
Frontline Combat / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Harvey Kurtzman
- Pencils
- John Severin (signed as Severin)
- Inks
- Bill Elder (signed as Elder)
- Colors
- ? (see note)
- Letters
- Ben Oda
- Genre
- aviation; historical; war
- Characters
- un-named pilot (death); Sergeant Johnny Breslin (radioman, death); Tech Sergeant Arthur Fleischer (engineer-gunner, death); Jerry De Fuccio (tail gunner, death); 1st Lieutenant Colin Campbell (co-pilot and bombardier, death); The Japanese (villains, some die)
- Synopsis
- An American bomber, "The Odyssey," has made a successful bombing run over a Philippine island when Japanese Zeros fill the sky and attack. While several Zeros are shot down, the bomber suffers a hit left engine, and they radio for help. They receive a message with landing instructions not knowing the message is a fake from a Japanese radio station with devastating results!
- Reprints
- from Frontline Combat (EC, 1951 series) #4 (January-February 1952)
-
- Keywords
- Philippines; The Odyssey (B-26 bomber); Zero
Indexer Notes
Colors were previously attributed to Marie Severin (see Issue Notes, above).
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
["I'll bet they never suspected we'd get a cannon up here!"]
Frontline Combat -
1.
Fun for Boys
Fun for Boys -
2.
Combat Medic!
Frontline Combat -
3.
Light Brigade!
Frontline Combat -
4.
SuspenStory Fans!
Crime SuspenStories -
5.
The Tyrant
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6.
144 Big Pages in Full Color
Picture Stories From the Bible -
7.
The Wreckers
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8.
Air Burst!
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9.
Bomb Run!
Frontline Combat -
10.
The Inside Story of Professional Wrestling!
The Wrestling Scene -
11.
The Magical Luminous Paints for Day or Night
Nite-Lite Paint -
12.
Now! Heavier, Stronger, Better!
Nu-Art Tool Set
This issue was modified by
- Katie
- David B
- Peter Croome
- Donald Dale Milne
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