War Combat
#1
(March 1952)
Marvel,
1952 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bimonthly
- On-sale Date
- 1951-11-29
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Lion Books Inc.
- Brand
-
Atlas [black & white]
- Editing
- Stan Lee (editor)
Issue Notes
On sale date as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, 1952, page 267, registration number B335334.
Death of a Platoon Leader!
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Sol Brodsky ? (sourced)
- Inks
- Christopher Rule ? (sourced)
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg (sourced)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- war
Indexer Notes
The previous indexer credited Carl Burgos on pencils and inks.
Platoon Leader!
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Joe Maneely (signed)
- Inks
- Joe Maneely (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- 9839
- Genre
- war
- Synopsis
- Andy wants to be platoon leader to prove himself and earns the promotion when Sgt. Hale dies. Andy does his best to keep his men safe. On a mission to deliver bazooka ammunition, Andy shields his men from a grenade, dying. McGee is promoted to platoon leader.
- Keywords
- Korean War
Sixty Seconds
comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- 9743
- Genre
- war
- Synopsis
- Johnny goes into battle on the front lines, kills one soldier and is then sniped to death. He only lasts 60 seconds in battle.
- Keywords
- Korean War
Behind the Lines!
comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- 9759
- Genre
- war
- Synopsis
- Rumors reach US forces of the Black Plague in North Korea. Brant goes on a mission behind enemy lines to capture someone infected with the plague so they can confirm it. Examining an infected man, he quickly identifies it as smallpox. After delivering this news, Brant and his ally Captain Hwang are awarded the Distinguished Service Cross.
- Keywords
- Black Plague; Distinguished Service Cross; Korean War; smallpox
First-Time Soldier
text story / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Pete Morisi (sourced) (illustration)
- Inks
- Pete Morisi (sourced) (illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- 9700
- Genre
- war
- Reprints
-
in Men's Adventures (Marvel, 1950 series) #19 (March 1953)
-
Indexer Notes
The previous indexer credited George Tuska on pencils.
Silent Night
comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Mac L. Pakula (signed as Mac Pakula)
- Inks
- Mac L. Pakula (signed as Mac Pakula)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- 9756
- Genre
- war
- Synopsis
- Shorty, Diz and Murph survive an intense slaughter on the battlefield. Realizing it's Christmas, they decide the greatest gift is being alive.
- Keywords
- Christmas; Korean War
Battleground
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Robert Q. Sale (signed)
- Inks
- Robert Q. Sale (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- 9703
- Genre
- war
- Synopsis
- Chinese forces capture the farming town Koisang in order to assault US forces at Geoisa, but a farmer's son attacks their ammunition dump and destroys himself and their forces with one grenade.
- Keywords
- Korean War
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Death of a Platoon Leader!
-
1.
Platoon Leader!
-
2.
Sixty Seconds
-
3.
Behind the Lines!
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4.
First-Time Soldier
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5.
Silent Night
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6.
Battleground
This issue was modified by, among others
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Chris Boyko
- Nick Caputo
- Peter Croome
- Bill Devine
- Michael Hoskin
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
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