G.I. Combat
#20
(January 1955)
Quality Comics,
1952 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- Monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Comic Magazines
- Brand
-
A Quality Comic Publication
- Editing
- Alfred Grenet; Richard Arnold (associate editor); Everett M. Arnold (general manager)
Issue Notes
Copyright 1954 by Comic Magazines.
The Doomed Legion
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- war
- Synopsis
- A battalion of US troops try to help the French hold an outpost in Indo-China. Surrounded, outnumbered, and low on munitions, these men learn true grit to hold on until help can arrive.
Prison Camp Slaughter
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- war
- Synopsis
- Some panicked G.I.s decide that surrender is better than certain death in battle. After all, how bad can the Communist prison camps be? They learn, to their regret, that their seemingly enlighted captors are really heartless butchers.
- Reprints
-
from G.I. Combat (Quality Comics, 1952 series) #2 (December 1952)
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Death Trap
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- war
- Synopsis
- G.I.'s on furlough in Berlin go out for a good time, but fall prey to a Nazi sympathizers, who drug and sneak them across enemy lines. They must fight their way back to freedom and vengeance.
Behind Enemy Lines
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- war
- Synopsis
- A paratrooper, uncertain of his own valor, goes afoul on his first mission. Alone and wounded behind enemy lines, he is aided by a young boy who looks up to him. The G.I. must find the bravery within him when the enemy closes in on him and the boy.
- Reprints
- from G.I. Combat (Quality Comics, 1952 series) #2 (December 1952)
-
Indexer Notes
Art credits from Ger Apeldoorn via the GCD Error Tracker.
Sling-Shot Grenades
text story / 1 page
- Genre
- war
- Reprints
- from G.I. Combat (Quality Comics, 1952 series) #7 (June 1953)
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Doomed Legion
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1.
The Doomed Legion
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2.
Prison Camp Slaughter
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3.
Death Trap
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4.
Behind Enemy Lines
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5.
Sling-Shot Grenades
This issue was modified by, among others
- Nick Caputo
- Shad Z. Daly
- Gregory Fischer
- Merlin Haas
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Tony Oliva
- Jim Van Dore
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