Navy Action
#18
(August 1957)
Marvel,
1954 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Current Detective Stories Inc.
- Brand
-
Atlas [black & white]
- Editing
- Stan Lee (editor)
Issue Notes
Story list and credits from www.atlastales.com.
The Sub That Couldn't Be Sunk!
comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- M-711
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- William Beltram
- Synopsis
- After the Sakawi destroys several US ships, one US submarine renames itself "Revenge" and goes hunting for the Sakawi, eventually destroying it.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- submarine; World War II
Doing His Bit
text story / 2 pages
- Job Number
- K-478
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- In January, a freighter from an American convoy had been separated from the convoy during a storm...
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Bernberg
- Reprints
-
from Navy Combat (Marvel, 1955 series) #9 (October 1956)
-
- Keywords
- World War II
We Strike at the Reds!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Joe Maneely (signed as
Joe Maneely) - Inks
- Joe Maneely (signed as Joe Maneely)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- M-702
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Tommy, keep down! One of those shells from the reds' shore batteries might tag us!
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Sgt. Bill Miner; Tommy Miner
- Synopsis
- Sgt. Bill Miner worries about his younger brother and fellow US Marine Tommy and tries to look out for him, but they're assigned to separate details during a land invasion in Korea. However, Tommy proves himself in battle and Bill decides he doesn't have to take care of him any longer.
- Reprints
-
in War (L. Miller & Son, 1961 series) #5 (1961) -
in War in the Army (Yaffa / Page, 1973 ? series) #3 ([1973]) - in Great War Stories (Yaffa / Page, 1973 series) #2 ([1975] ?)
-
- Keywords
- Korean War; marines
Counter-Attack!
comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- M-701
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Donald York
- Synopsis
- Sailor Donald York is sent to scout Japanese guns on an island in the Pacific. York finds the Japanese are preparing to retake Iwo Jima, but gets the location to his forces and escapes back to his submarine safely.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- submarine; World War II
The Human Decoy
comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- M-709
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Al, one of the heavy bombers was tagged!
- Genre
- aviation; war
- Characters
- Lt. Al Conway; Pinky
- Synopsis
- Navy pilot Al Conway is frustrated at having to escort bombers with his jet because they move so slowly it makes him vulnerable. Playing on that, he pretends his plane is damaged to lull enemy planes into pursuing him, then leads them into a perfect ambush.
- Reprints
-
in Comandos Esforzados (Editora de Periódicos, S. C. L. "La Prensa", 1956 series) #54 (Junio 30 de 1960) - in War (L. Miller & Son, 1961 series) #4 (1961)
-
- Keywords
- Korean War
Destroyer
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Richard Doxsee (signed as Richard Doxsee)
- Inks
- Richard Doxsee (signed as Richard Doxsee)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- M-710
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The transport, "Concord," had developed engine trouble on her way back to port...
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Captain Sam Ellsworth; Arthur Jason
- Synopsis
- After losing the Concord in battle against the Japanese destroyer Yamato, Captain Ellsworth is given command of Victory and leads it after Yamato, despite his crew's hesitations. They finally engage and destroy the Yamato.
- Reprints
- in War (L. Miller & Son, 1961 series) #5 (1961)
-
- Keywords
- Pearl Harbor; World War II
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Sub That Couldn't Be Sunk!
-
1.
The Sub That Couldn't Be Sunk!
-
2.
Doing His Bit
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3.
We Strike at the Reds!
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4.
Counter-Attack!
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5.
The Human Decoy
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6.
Destroyer
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Mark Bowen
- Nick Caputo
- Peter Croome
- Del Gruber
- Michael Hoskin
- Stephen Mitchell
- Banks S. Robinson
- Ramon Schenk
- James Zee
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