Combat Kelly
#20
(March 1954)
Marvel,
1951 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Authorized A. C. M. P. Conforms to the Comics Code
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Sphere Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Atlas [black & white]
- Editing
- Stan Lee (editor)
[no title indexed]
Combat Kelly / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Joe Maneely (signed)
- Inks
- Joe Maneely (signed)
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Combat Kelly
Indexer Notes
Coloring credit per Stan Goldberg.
Draw Any Person in One Minute
Norton Products / advertisement / 1 page
- Synopsis
- Ad for a lightbox projector to aid in drawing.
[no title indexed]
Combat Kelly / comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- D-743
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ca-ripes, Combat! It's a Nazi supply truck!
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Combat Kelly; Cookie Novak
- Synopsis
- Combat and Cookie are captured after they destroy a Nazi supply truck.
Borrow Money by Mail!
State FInance Company / advertisement / 0.5 page
- Synopsis
- How to borrow $50 to $600 on your signature alone.
Be Lucky in Love! How to Write Thrilling Love Letters!
Plaza Book Co. / advertisement / 0.5 page
- Synopsis
- Ad for a series of how-to books.
Satan and the Sergeant
Combat Kelly / comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- D-755
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Combat Kelly; Corporal Kelly; Satan (a dog)
- Synopsis
- Combat Kelly tells a story about his dad in World War I.
Look at Skinny! I wouldn't be seen with her!
More-Wate Co. / advertisement / 1 page
- Synopsis
- Ad for a weight-gain program.
Indexer Notes
This ad appears between pages 3 and 4 of "Satan and the Sergeant."
How to Hypnotize
Stravon Publishers / advertisement / 0.5 page
- Synopsis
- Ad for a book on how to hypnotize others.
Rescue
text story / 1.66 pages
- Job Number
- A-190
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Lieutenant Bob Crandall
- Synopsis
- A downed flyer contemplates his chances of being rescued before he is captured by the enemy.
- Reprints
-
from Young Men on the Battlefield (Marvel, 1952 series) #15 (June 1952) [retitled]
-
[no title indexed]
statement of ownership / 0.34 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ownership Statement
How 'Black Beauty' Turns an Also-Ran in to "Video Vic"!
Strongmen's Club of America / advertisement / 1 page
- Synopsis
- Body-building ad.
Cookie, the Commie Collector
Cookie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Hank Chapman (signed)
- Pencils
- Dick Ayers (signed)
- Inks
- Ernie Bache
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Dick Ayers
- Job Number
- D-782
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Cookie Novack; Yama(a Sumo wrestler)
- Synopsis
- When Cookie looks for enemy soldiers, Yama acts as his guardian angel.
Indexer Notes
Bache inks per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Ayers.
Whee! Free as a Bird!
Enterprise Puzzle COntest / advertisement / 1 page
- Synopsis
- Ad tells people how they can win big money in an exciting puzzle contest.
[no title indexed]
Combat Kelly / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Hank Chapman ?
- Pencils
- Dave Berg (signed)
- Inks
- Dave Berg ? (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- D-736
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- My arm grows weary from throwing these knives, fire-haired one!
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Combat Kelly; Korea Katie; Koo
- Synopsis
- Kelly encounters a band of freedom fighters when he escapes from Korea Katie.
How Much Do You Want to Make?
Merlite Industries / advertisement / 1 page
- Synopsis
- Ad for a mini-fire extinguisher with testimonials from people who have sold it.
The Insult That Turned a Chump into a Champ
Charles Atlas / advertisement / 1 page
- Script
- Charles Roman
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Letters
- ?; typeset
- Characters
- Charles Atlas
- Synopsis
- Body-building ad.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Combat Kelly -
1.
Draw Any Person in One Minute
Norton Products -
2.
["Ca-ripes, Combat! It's a Nazi supply truck!"]
Combat Kelly -
3.
Borrow Money by Mail!
State FInance Company -
4.
Be Lucky in Love! How to Write Thrilling Love Letters!
Plaza Book Co. -
5.
Satan and the Sergeant
Combat Kelly -
6.
Look at Skinny! I wouldn't be seen with her!
More-Wate Co. -
7.
First Time Offered Permanent 3D Glasses
Ward Green Co. -
8.
Now Fly Like a Bird
Stravon Publishers -
9.
How to Hypnotize
Stravon Publishers -
10.
Rescue
-
11.
["Ownership Statement"]
-
12.
How 'Black Beauty' Turns an Also-Ran in to "Video Vic"!
Strongmen's Club of America -
13.
Cookie, the Commie Collector
Cookie -
14.
Whee! Free as a Bird!
Enterprise Puzzle COntest -
15.
["My arm grows weary from throwing these knives, fire-haired one!"]
Combat Kelly -
16.
How Much Do You Want to Make?
Merlite Industries -
17.
Prized Foreign Stamps
Littleton Stamp Co. -
18.
The Insult That Turned a Chump into a Champ
Charles Atlas -
19.
I'll give you a watch, air rifle, uke, camera or any of my 70 big prizes!
American Seed Co.
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Nick Caputo
- Peter Croome
- Mike Nielsen
- Mark Q
- Gene Reed (R.I.P.)
- Per Sandell
- Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr (R.I.P.)
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