Frontline Combat
#12
(May-June 1953)
EC,
1951 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1952-12-26
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Tiny Tot Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
EC An Entertaining Comic
- Editing
- Harvey Kurtzman (credited) (editor); Bill Gaines (credited as William M. Gaines) (managing editor)
Issue Notes
Air Force issue.
On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1952 Periodicals, page 97.
On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1952 Periodicals, page 97.
[no title indexed]
Frontline Combat / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Jack Davis (signed as
JACK DAVIS) - Inks
- Jack Davis (signed as JACK DAVIS)
- Colors
- Marie Severin
- Letters
- Ben Oda
- Genre
- war
- Reprints
-
in Frontline Combat (Superior, 1951 series) #12 ([circa June 1953]) -
in The Complete Frontline Combat (Russ Cochran, 1982 series) #3 (1982) - in Frontline Combat (Gemstone, 1995 series) #12 (May 1998)
-
[no title indexed]
text article / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This issue, number twelve of Frontline Combat, is devoted to the United States Air Force.
- Genre
- war
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Illustrated frontispiece.
F-94!
Frontline Combat / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Harvey Kurtzman
- Pencils
- George Evans (signed as
George Evans) - Inks
- George Evans (signed as George Evans)
- Colors
- Marie Severin
- Letters
- Ben Oda
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The Air Force at home!
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- unnamed aircraft observer
- Synopsis
- A young aircraft observer detects the sound of a multi-engine aircraft approaching a large east coast manufacturing center at low altitude, and contacts the authorities. F-94 jet interceptors are scrambled to deal with this perceived threat.
- Reprints
- in The Complete Frontline Combat (Russ Cochran, 1982 series) #3 (1982)
- in Frontline Combat (Gemstone, 1995 series) #12 (May 1998)
- in The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library (Fantagraphics, 2012 series) #11 - Aces High (December 2014) [Reprinted in black and white.]
-
- Keywords
- F-94
F-86 Sabre Jet!
Frontline Combat / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Harvey Kurtzman
- Pencils
- Alex Toth (signed as Alexander Toth)
- Inks
- Alex Toth (signed as Alexander Toth)
- Colors
- Marie Severin
- Letters
- Ben Oda
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The Air Force in Korea!
- Genre
- aviation; war
- Characters
- unnamed U.S. F-86 Captain; North Koreans (villains, some die)
- Synopsis
- F-86 pilots on patrol get an SOS from one of their planes that needs to be located because it is running low on fuel. They locate the plane but run into MIG fighters in the process.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- F-86; Korean War; MIG
[no title indexed]
Front Lines / letters page / 0.6 page
Indexer Notes
Letters from Jack Joratoric, Flynn Warren, W.D. Reeves, Jr., Charles Berry, Jr., Johnny Duncan.
B-26 Invader!
Frontline Combat / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Harvey Kurtzman
- Pencils
- Jack Davis (signed as JACK DAVIS)
- Inks
- Jack Davis (signed as JACK DAVIS)
- Colors
- Marie Severin
- Letters
- Ben Oda
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The Air Force in Korea!
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- B-26 crew; North Koreans (villains, some die)
- Synopsis
- The story of a B-29 crew making preparations and flying a bombing mission to the front during the Korean War and the eventual destruction of many ammunition vehicles in an enemy convoy is told.
- Reprints
- in The Complete Frontline Combat (Russ Cochran, 1982 series) #3 (1982)
- in Frontline Combat (Gemstone, 1995 series) #12 (May 1998)
- in The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library (Fantagraphics, 2012 series) #22 - Death Stand and Other Stories (August 2018) [Reprinted in black and white.]
-
- Keywords
- B-26; Korean War
H-5!
Frontline Combat / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Harvey Kurtzman
- Pencils
- Wally Wood (signed as Wood)
- Inks
- Wally Wood (signed as Wood)
- Colors
- Marie Severin
- Letters
- Ben Oda (except for text box in panel 1, page 2)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The Air Force in Korea!
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Downed F-80 pilot (unnamed Lieutenant); North Korean soldiers (villains, some die)
- Synopsis
- The story is told of the heroics of rescue helicopters during the Korean War and the value their crews placed on a man's life.
- Reprints
- in The Complete Frontline Combat (Russ Cochran, 1982 series) #3 (1982)
- in Frontline Combat (Gemstone, 1995 series) #12 (May 1998)
- in The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library (Fantagraphics, 2012 series) #26 - Atom Bomb and Other Stories (2019) [Reprinted in black and white.]
-
- Keywords
- F-80; Korean War
Indexer Notes
The text box on page 2, panel 1, is not by Oda. Harvey Kurtzman did not know who added that or when (he told John Benson in an interview).
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Frontline Combat -
1.
["This issue, number twelve of Frontline Combat, is devoted to the United States Air Force."]
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2.
F-94!
Frontline Combat -
3.
F-86 Sabre Jet!
Frontline Combat -
4.
Rocket Flight
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5.
[no title indexed]
Front Lines -
6.
[no title indexed]
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7.
B-26 Invader!
Frontline Combat -
8.
H-5!
Frontline Combat -
9.
Readers! The U.S. Air Force Needs Your Help!
This issue was modified by, among others
- Chris Boyko
- Pat Conolly
- Craig Delich
- Phil Hart
- Katy Hayhurst
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Tony R. Rose
- Jason Sacks
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Van Dore
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