Blazing Combat #4

(July 1966)

Warren, 1965 Series

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Price: 0.35 USD
Pages: 68
Indicia Frequency: quarterly
On-sale Date: 1966-04-28
Indicia / Colophon Publisher: Warren Publishing Co.
Brand: A Warren Magazine [block text only]

Editing: Archie Goodwin (editor)

Issue Notes

The on-sale date is the publication date reported in U. S. Copyright Office filings.

Parts of this issue are reprinted:

in Sodan lieskat (Like, 2015 series) (Kevät 2015)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils: Frank Frazetta (painting) (signed)
Inks: Frank Frazetta (painting) (signed)
Colors: Frank Frazetta (painting) (signed)
Letters: Ben Oda

Genre

war

Reprints

in Napalm (Interpresse, 1972 series) #4
in Blazing Combat (Warren, 1978 series) #[nn] (April 1978), #[nn] (April 1978)
in Blazing Combat: World War I and World War II (Apple Press, 1994 series) #2 (June 1994)
in The Blazing Combat Collection (Fantagraphics, 2018 series) (2018)

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Cover gallery

Combat Quiz / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script: Archie Goodwin ?
Pencils: Dan Adkins (signed)
Inks: Dan Adkins (signed)
Letters: Ben Oda

Genre

war

Characters

General Montgomery

Reprints

in The Blazing Combat Collection (Fantagraphics, 2018 series) (2018)

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

Genre

war

Reprints

in Blazing Combat (Warren, 1978 series) #[nn] (April 1978)
in Blazing Combat: Vietnam and Korea (Apple Press, 1993 series) #2 (November 1993)
in The Blazing Combat Collection (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) ([May] 2009)
in The Blazing Combat Collection (Fantagraphics, 2010 series) (February 2010)
in Agent X9 (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1998 series) #12/2011 ([november] 2011)
in Blazing Combat (All Verlag, 2015 series) (Mai 2015)
in The Blazing Combat Collection (Fantagraphics, 2018 series) (2018)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script: Archie Goodwin
Pencils: George Evans (signed)
Inks: George Evans (signed)
Letters: Ben Oda

Genre

war

Reprints

in Métal Hurlant (Les Humanoïdes Associés, 1975 series) #42 bis (juillet 1979)
in The Blazing Combat Collection (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) ([May] 2009)
in The Blazing Combat Collection (Fantagraphics, 2010 series) (February 2010)
in Agent X9 (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1998 series) #10/2011 ([september] 2011)
in Blazing Combat (All Verlag, 2015 series) (Mai 2015)
in The Blazing Combat Collection (Fantagraphics, 2018 series) (2018)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script: Archie Goodwin
Pencils: Alex Toth (signed)
Inks: Alex Toth (signed)
Letters: Alex Toth

Genre

war

Reprints

in Blazing Combat (Warren, 1978 series) #[nn] (April 1978)
in Métal Hurlant (Les Humanoïdes Associés, 1975 series) #42 bis (juillet 1979)
in Blazing Combat: Vietnam and Korea (Apple Press, 1993 series) #2 (November 1993)
in The Blazing Combat Collection (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) ([May] 2009)
in The Blazing Combat Collection (Fantagraphics, 2010 series) (February 2010)
in Blazing Combat (All Verlag, 2015 series) (Mai 2015)
in The Blazing Combat Collection (Fantagraphics, 2018 series) (2018)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script: Archie Goodwin
Pencils: Russ Heath
Inks: Russ Heath
Letters: Ben Oda

Genre

war

Reprints

in Blazing Combat (Warren, 1978 series) #[nn] (April 1978)
in Métal Hurlant (Les Humanoïdes Associés, 1975 series) #42 bis (juillet 1979)
in Ilustración + Comix Internacional (Toutain Editor, 1980 series) #1 ([mayo 1980])
in Comix (Semic, 1983 series) #3 ([oktober] 1983)
in The Blazing Combat Collection (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) ([May] 2009)
in Agent X9 (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1998 series) #13/2009 ([desember] 2009)
in The Blazing Combat Collection (Fantagraphics, 2010 series) (February 2010)
in Blazing Combat (All Verlag, 2015 series) (Mai 2015)
in The Blazing Combat Collection (Fantagraphics, 2018 series) (2018)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script: Archie Goodwin (plot); Wally Wood (script)
Pencils: Wally Wood (signed); Ralph Reese (artographs)
Inks: Wally Wood (signed); Ralph Reese (Craftints); Dan Adkins ?
Letters: Wally Wood

Genre

aviation; war

Characters

U.S.A.F.; Adolf Hitler (villain); the Luftwaffe (villains, some die); unnamed Oberleutnant (villain, ME-262 pilot); General Adolf Galland (villain, pilot)

Synopsis

An officer of the JV-44 Commando Fighter Group gathers around his plane and was reminded that, back in 1938, that General Galland took up the ME-262 for a test flight, and he was impressed. But Hitler was not impressed and only viewed the plane as a blitz bomber, not a fighter, thus destroying its effectiveness, and slowing the plane down enough to be shot down by enemy fighters. Thus, the plane never realized its full potential, and because it was so late in the war, which was as good as lost, the officer is ordered to set fire to his plane.

Reprints

in Métal Hurlant (Les Humanoïdes Associés, 1975 series) #42 bis (juillet 1979)
in World of Wood (Eclipse, 1986 series) #1 ([April] 1986)
in Helgenen (Semic, 1977 series) #10/1988 (uke 40 1988)
in The Blazing Combat Collection (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) ([May] 2009), ([May] 2009) [page 1, panel 1 only]
in The Blazing Combat Collection (Fantagraphics, 2010 series) (February 2010)
in Agent X9 (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1998 series) #8/2011 ([juli] 2011) [2nd translation]
in Blazing Combat (All Verlag, 2015 series) (Mai 2015)
in The Blazing Combat Collection (Fantagraphics, 2018 series) (2018)
in The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library (Fantagraphics, 2012 series) #26 - Atom Bomb and Other Stories (2019)

Keywords

Luftwaffe; ME-262; Salzburg Aerodrome; World War II

Indexer Notes

Story occurred on May 3, 1945. Parts are in flashback.

Ralph Reese states that "I worked on "ME-262" story....I artographed all the planes, etc.....filled in Craftint, did all the assistant-type stuff."

Thommy Burns, in Fantagraphics "Atomic Bomb and Other Stories, Illustrated by Wallace Wood" (2020), states that Goodwin plotted the story and Wood scripted it, as well as also lettering the story (changes made in credits above). No mention of Adkins having anything to do with the inks, so ? placed by his name.

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script: Archie Goodwin
Pencils: John Severin (signed)
Inks: John Severin (signed)
Letters: Ben Oda

Genre

war

Reprints

in Blazing Combat (Warren, 1978 series) #[nn] (April 1978)
in Métal Hurlant (Les Humanoïdes Associés, 1975 series) #42 bis (juillet 1979)
in Ilustración + Comix Internacional (Toutain Editor, 1980 series) #2 ([julio 1980])
in The Blazing Combat Collection (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) ([May] 2009)
in Agent X9 (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1998 series) #2/2010 ([februar] 2010)
in The Blazing Combat Collection (Fantagraphics, 2010 series) (February 2010)
in Blazing Combat (All Verlag, 2015 series) (Mai 2015)
in The Blazing Combat Collection (Fantagraphics, 2018 series) (2018)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script: Archie Goodwin
Pencils: Reed Crandall (signed)
Inks: Reed Crandall (signed)
Letters: Ben Oda

Genre

war

Reprints

in Métal Hurlant (Les Humanoïdes Associés, 1975 series) #42 bis (juillet 1979)
in The Blazing Combat Collection (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) ([May] 2009)
in The Blazing Combat Collection (Fantagraphics, 2010 series) (February 2010)
in Agent X9 (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1998 series) #3/2010 ([mars] 2010)
in Blazing Combat (All Verlag, 2015 series) (Mai 2015)
in The Blazing Combat Collection (Fantagraphics, 2018 series) (2018)
in Tops: The Complete Collection of Charles Biro's Visionary 1949 Comic Book Series (Fantagraphics, 2022 series) (March 2022) [Reprints the first two pages of the story.]

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script: Archie Goodwin
Pencils: Angelo Torres (signed)
Inks: Angelo Torres (signed)
Letters: Ben Oda

Genre

war

Reprints

in Creepy (Warren, 1964 series) #142 (October 1982)
in Ilustración + Comix Internacional (Toutain Editor, 1980 series) #44 (julio 1984)
in The Blazing Combat Collection (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) ([May] 2009)
in The Blazing Combat Collection (Fantagraphics, 2010 series) (February 2010)
in Blazing Combat (All Verlag, 2015 series) (Mai 2015)
in The Blazing Combat Collection (Fantagraphics, 2018 series) (2018)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script: Archie Goodwin
Pencils: Frank Frazetta (signed)
Inks: Frank Frazetta (signed)
Letters: Ben Oda

Reprints

from Creepy (Warren, 1964 series) #9 (June 1966)

Editing

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Series Information

Table of Contents

0. [no title indexed]
1. [no title indexed]
Combat Quiz
2. [no title indexed]
3. [no title indexed]
The Firing Line
4. Conflict!
5. How It Began!
6. The Edge!
7. Give and Take
8. ME-262!
9. The Trench!
10. Thermopylae!
11. Night Drop!
12. Easy Way to a Tuff Surfboard!

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Boris Ammerlaan
Nick Caputo
Craig Delich
Wilhelm Dohmeier
Frode Dreier
R. S. Martin
Tony R. Rose
Per Sandell
Ramon Schenk
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Blazing Combat #4

(July 1966)

Issue Notes

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

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

Combat Quiz / activity / 1 page (report information)

Indexer Notes

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

The Firing Line / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Conflict! (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

How It Began! (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

The Edge! (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Give and Take (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

ME-262! (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Indexer Notes

The Trench! (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Thermopylae! (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Night Drop! (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Easy Way to a Tuff Surfboard! (Table of Contents: 12)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Blazing Combat #4 (July 1966)

Issue Notes

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

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

Combat Quiz / activity / 1 page (report information)

Indexer Notes

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

The Firing Line / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Conflict! (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

How It Began! (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

The Edge! (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Give and Take (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

ME-262! (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Indexer Notes

The Trench! (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Thermopylae! (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Night Drop! (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Easy Way to a Tuff Surfboard! (Table of Contents: 12)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Blazing Combat #4

(July 1966)