Frontline Combat #15

(January 1954)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Perimeter! (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Wally Wood (signed as Wood)

Pencils

Wally Wood (signed as Wood)

Inks

Wally Wood (signed as Wood)

Colors

Marie Severin

Letters

Ben Oda

First Line of Dialogue or Text

It is a sunny day in Korea.

Genre

war

Characters

American soldiers [Tex; Miller; J. Matthews; others unnamed] (many die); ROK soldiers [Han (death; others unnamed] (many die); Chinese soldiers (villains, many die)

Synopsis

Miller is sick and tired of having to fight the enemy Korean soldiers and is equally tired of having American units having to integrate ROK soldiers into their midst. He is especially ticked off at one of his fellow soldiers, Matthews, who spends his time reading from the Holy Bible.

Reprints

• in The Complete Frontline Combat (Russ Cochran, 1982 series) #3 (1982)
• in Les Meilleures Histoires de... (Les Humanoïdes Associés, 1983 series) #[4] - Guerre - Corée (janvier 1984) [N&B [B&W]]
• in Frontline Combat (Gemstone, 1995 series) #15 (February 1999)
• in The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library (Fantagraphics, 2012 series) #26 - Atom Bomb and Other Stories (2019) [Reprinted in black and white.]

Keywords

Korean War

McCudden! (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

George Evans (signed)

Pencils

George Evans (signed)

Inks

George Evans (signed)

Colors

Marie Severin

Letters

Ben Oda

First Line of Dialogue or Text

From bugle boy to Major!

Genre

aviation; historical; war

Characters

Major James Thomas Byford McCudden (pilot, ace, death); the Germans (villains, many die); Werner Voss (villain, pilot, ace, cameo, death)

Synopsis

One time bugler and airplane mechanic McCudden, after a series of air engagements as an observer, becomes a pilot and commander of the famed 56th Squadron, winning 58 victories and numerous awards, halted because of a tragic accident.

Reprints

• in The Complete Frontline Combat (Russ Cochran, 1982 series) #3 (1982)
• in Frontline Combat (Gemstone, 1995 series) #15 (February 1999)
• in The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library (Fantagraphics, 2012 series) #11 - Aces High (December 2014) [Reprinted in black and white.]

Keywords

Bleriot; R.F.C.; World War I

Indexer Notes

McCudden was laid to rest, with honors, on July 9, 1918.

Captain Teach (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Harvey Kurtzman

Pencils

Harvey Kurtzman

Inks

Harvey Kurtzman

Colors

Marie Severin

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Captain Teach, better known as Blackbeard the Pirate...

Genre

historical

Reprints

• in The Complete Frontline Combat (Russ Cochran, 1982 series) #3 (1982)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Front Lines / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

Bill Gaines; ?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

No letters; information about the E.C. Fan-Addict Club.

Vengeful Sioux! (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Davis (signed)

Pencils

Jack Davis (signed)

Inks

Jack Davis (signed)

Colors

Marie Severin

Letters

Ben Oda

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Ol' Colonel Tom Custer had us scoutin' out...

Genre

war; western-frontier

Characters

Colonel Tom Custer; U.S. Cavalry soldiers (many die); Sioux Indians (villains, many die)

Synopsis

Colonel Custer is out looking for more of the Sioux Indians along the Redbud River when he and his unit are surprised by a Sioux attack. One of his men, pretending he is dead, senses an Indian approaching, aiming to scalp him, but, instead wants only his cap. The soldier knocks out his enemy, retrieves the hat, and heads back to camp. Once there, he spots one of his fellow soldiers, dead, and finds himself surrounded by the Sioux. They seem friendly and even offer him a night's lodging in a tepee. He enters and spots the Indian he knocked out wearing a 7th Cavalry hat, armed with a tomahawk.

Reprints

• in The Complete Frontline Combat (Russ Cochran, 1982 series) #3 (1982)
• in Frontline Combat (Gemstone, 1995 series) #15 (February 1999)
• in The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library (Fantagraphics, 2012 series) #22 - Death Stand and Other Stories (August 2018) [Reprinted in black and white.]

Indexer Notes

This mostly fictional story takes place in 1876 following the Battle of the Rosebud and the Tom Custer shown here was General George Armstrong Custer's brother.

Belts n' Celts! (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry De Fuccio

Pencils

John Severin

Inks

John Severin

Colors

Marie Severin

Letters

Ben Oda

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Before Cpl. Brian O'Devlin and Cpl. Lachlan MacLean came out to the Afghan border...

Genre

war

Reprints

• in The Complete Frontline Combat (Russ Cochran, 1982 series) #3 (1982)
• in Les Meilleures Histoires de... (Les Humanoïdes Associés, 1983 series) #[6] - Aventures (mai 1985)
• in Frontline Combat (Gemstone, 1995 series) #15 (February 1999)
• in The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library (Fantagraphics, 2012 series) #32 - Code of Honor and Other Stories (July 2022) [Reprinted in black and white.]