Frontline Combat #5

(March-April 1952)

The EC Artists of the Issue - Severin & Elder (Table of Contents)

text article / 1 page (report information)

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Letters:

Typeset

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bio

Indexer Notes

Biographies of Severin and Elder, with photo.

442nd Combat Team (Table of Contents)

Frontline Combat / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harvey Kurtzman

Pencils:

John Severin

Inks:

Bill Elder

Colors:

Marie Severin

Letters:

Ben Oda

Content Information

Synopsis:

A story about the experience of a combat unit composed of Japanese-Americans during the war. The enemy attempts to get them to come over to their side, but they attack and win, and when questioned they give a thumbs up and say "The enemy forgot that we're Americans!"

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in The Complete Frontline Combat (Russ Cochran, 1982 series) #1 (1982)
• in Frontline Combat (Gemstone, 1995 series) #5 (August 1996)

Stonewall Jackson! (Table of Contents)

Frontline Combat / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harvey Kurtzman

Pencils:

Jack Davis

Inks:

Jack Davis

Colors:

Marie Severin

Letters:

Ben Oda

Content Information

Synopsis:

A story about the death of Stonewall Jackson, told by the confederate soldier who accidentally shot him during nighttime battle conditions.

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• in The Complete Frontline Combat (Russ Cochran, 1982 series) #1 (1982)
• in Frontline Combat (Gemstone, 1995 series) #5 (August 1996)

The King's Spy (Table of Contents)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harvey Kurtzman

Pencils:

Harvey Kurtzman

Inks:

Harvey Kurtzman

Content Information

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• in The Complete Frontline Combat (Russ Cochran, 1982 series) #1 (1982)

War Machines! (Table of Contents)

Frontline Combat / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harvey Kurtzman

Pencils:

John Severin

Inks:

John Severin

Colors:

Marie Severin

Letters:

Ben Oda

Content Information

Synopsis:

The story describes the efforts of American planes and tanks to dig Koreans out of their cave hill fortifications. The Koreans survive the efforts of the war machines, but they are killed when the infantrymen are sent in to finish the job.

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• in The Complete Frontline Combat (Russ Cochran, 1982 series) #1 (1982)
• in Frontline Combat (Gemstone, 1995 series) #5 (August 1996)

Big 'If'! (Table of Contents)

Frontline Combat / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harvey Kurtzman

Pencils:

Harvey Kurtzman

Inks:

Harvey Kurtzman

Colors:

Marie Severin

Letters:

Ben Oda

Content Information

Synopsis:

A soldier who is dying by the roadside after taking a piece of shrapnel in the chest thinks about how his life might have gone differently if he was only standing a little to the left when the explosive had gone off.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Comix: A History of Comic Books in America (Outerbridge & Dienstfrey, 1971 series) #[nn] (1971)
• in Comix: A History of Comic Books in America (Bonanza, 1971 series) #[nn] (1971)
• in The Complete Frontline Combat (Russ Cochran, 1982 series) #1 (1982)
• in Frontline Combat (Gemstone, 1995 series) #5 (August 1996)