Two-Fisted Tales #2

(1980)

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

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Harvey Kurtzman

Inks

Harvey Kurtzman

Colors

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Letters

Harvey Kurtzman

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Wake up! Wake up, men! We've been surroun...uk!

Genre

war

Reprints

• from Two-Fisted Tales (EC, 1950 series) #24 (November-December 1951)

Keywords

automatic pistols; rifles; United States Army

Harvey Kurtzman (Table of Contents: 2)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

E. B. Boatner (photograph)

Inks

E. B. Boatner (photograph)

Hill 203! (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Harvey Kurtzman

Pencils

Jack Davis

Inks

Jack Davis

Letters

Ben Oda

Genre

war

Reprints

• from Two-Fisted Tales (EC, 1950 series) #24 (November-December 1951)

Bug Out!! (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Harvey Kurtzman

Pencils

Wally Wood

Inks

Wally Wood

Letters

Ben Oda

Genre

war

Reprints

• from Two-Fisted Tales (EC, 1950 series) #24 (November-December 1951)

Boomerang! (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Harvey Kurtzman

Inks

Harvey Kurtzman

Letters

typeset

Genre

war

Reprints

• from Two-Fisted Tales (EC, 1950 series) #24 (November-December 1951)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Combat Correspondence / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Letters

typeset

Reprints

• from Two-Fisted Tales (EC, 1950 series) #24 (November-December 1951)

Indexer Notes

Letters from Pfc. Richard Lupoff (future author), Roger Winters, Gerry McLaughlin, John P. Browne, Ernest Bauer, A Friend, Tod McRees, Richard D. W. Schultz.

Rubble! (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Harvey Kurtzman

Pencils

Harvey Kurtzman

Inks

Harvey Kurtzman

Letters

Ben Oda

Genre

war

Characters

Mr. Chun (death); Mrs. Chun (death); North Korean soldiers (villains); Chinese soldiers (villains)

Synopsis

A tale from the Korean War is told through "the eyes" of the battlefield rubble of the Chun family home.

Reprints

• from Two-Fisted Tales (EC, 1950 series) #24 (November-December 1951)

Keywords

Korea

Indexer Notes

Story told mostly in flashback.

Weak Link! (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Harvey Kurtzman

Pencils

John Severin (signed as Severin)

Inks

Bill Elder (signed as Elder)

Letters

Ben Oda

Genre

war

Characters

Lieutenant Stonzek (death); un-named Sergeant (death); Jonesy (death); Swenson [aka Swen] (death); Pringle (death); The Nazis (villains, some die)

Synopsis

Told by HQ that the Jerries are sending Tiger tanks down a particular road, American forces decide to set up an ambush. Two men note that logs have been laid into the water to serve as a means of tanks crossing the river and realize they have been suckered into a trap, but it's too late for all of the American forces.

Reprints

• from Two-Fisted Tales (EC, 1950 series) #24 (November-December 1951)

Keywords

Baker Company; Huertgen Forest; Tiger tank; Wermacht

Annotations (Table of Contents: 9)

text article / 5 pages (report information)

Script

John Benson

Letters

typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Harvey Kurtzman

Inks

Harvey Kurtzman

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

war

Reprints

• from Two-Fisted Tales (EC, 1950 series) #25 (January-February 1952)

Keywords

machine guns; rifles; United States Army

Jack Davis (Table of Contents: 11)

The EC "Artist of the Issue" / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Al Feldstein

Pencils

? (photo)

Inks

? (photo)

Letters

typeset

Genre

biography

Reprints

• from Two-Fisted Tales (EC, 1950 series) #25 (January-February 1952)

Indexer Notes

Profile of EC Artist of the Issue.

Mud! (Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Harvey Kurtzman

Pencils

Jack Davis (signed)

Inks

Jack Davis (signed)

Letters

Ben Oda

Genre

war

Reprints

• from Two-Fisted Tales (EC, 1950 series) #25 (January-February 1952)

Bunker Hill! (Table of Contents: 13)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Harvey Kurtzman

Pencils

Wally Wood (signed)

Inks

Wally Wood (signed)

Letters

Ben Oda

Genre

war

Reprints

• from Two-Fisted Tales (EC, 1950 series) #25 (January-February 1952)

One More Mission (Table of Contents: 14)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

war

Reprints

• from Two-Fisted Tales (EC, 1950 series) #25 (January-February 1952)

Indexer Notes

.05 page story per page on pages 18 & 19 of book.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

Combat Correspondence / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

Harvey Kurtzman

Letters

typeset

Reprints

• from Two-Fisted Tales (EC, 1950 series) #25 (January-February 1952)

Indexer Notes

Letters from Sheila Nichols, Margaret Spenner, William Wishart, John Yuille, Robert Clifton, Henry R. Lovenson, Ernie Blunk, Mickey Lambert, Bobby Kingston, James A. Brackett, Lowell Largent.

Corpse on the Imjin! (Table of Contents: 16)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Harvey Kurtzman

Pencils

Harvey Kurtzman

Inks

Harvey Kurtzman

Letters

Ben Oda

Genre

war

Characters

American soldier; North Korean soldier (villain, death)

Synopsis

An American soldier muses about the corpses of soldiers floating down the Imjin River and how they may have died, when he is suddenly attacked by an enemy........and one of the two becomes the next corpse floating down the river.

Reprints

• from Two-Fisted Tales (EC, 1950 series) #25 (January-February 1952)

Keywords

Imjin River; Korea

Buzz Bomb! (Table of Contents: 17)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Harvey Kurtzman

Pencils

John Severin (signed as Severin)

Inks

Bill Elder (signed as Elder)

Letters

Ben Oda

Genre

war

Characters

American lieutenant; The Nazis [Wolf (death); Eric (death); Heinrich] (villains)

Synopsis

As Americans make their way into Germany, the Nazis are sending buzz bombs over their heads. Farther east are German troops, coming in the opposite direction, and, they too, experience buzz bombs flying over their heads. However, one German paratrooper senses the bombs are actually heading in their direction instead of at the enemy. For once, he is right, and the bomb kills his two friends, and when the Americans catch up with the lone survivor, he has literally gone insane from fear.

Reprints

• from Two-Fisted Tales (EC, 1950 series) #25 (January-February 1952)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Harvey Kurtzman

Inks

Harvey Kurtzman

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Some say us marines retreated from the Changjin reservoir!

Genre

war

Reprints

• from Two-Fisted Tales (EC, 1950 series) #26 (March-April 1952)

Keywords

Changjin reservoir; Korean War; rifles; snow; United States Marines

War Map of Korea (Table of Contents: 19)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Genre

war

Reprints

• from Two-Fisted Tales (EC, 1950 series) #26 (March-April 1952)

The Trap! (Table of Contents: 20)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Harvey Kurtzman

Pencils

John Severin (signed as J. Severin)

Inks

John Severin (signed as J. Severin)

Letters

Ben Oda

Genre

war

Characters

US marines [un-named sergeant; Salisbury; Corporal Tram (death); others un-named (one dies)]; North Korean soldiers (villains, many die)

Synopsis

US marines are on the march to the Changjin Reservoir when they are attacked by entrenched enemy soldiers. Due to some precise planning, the sergeant finds a way to sneak upon the enemy and defeat them. However, the marines are then ordered to retreat, something grunt Salisbury doesn't understand from his position on the battlefield. He soon learns that their Marine unit was surrounded by 100,000 Chinese soldiers, facing certain annihilation.

Reprints

• from Two-Fisted Tales (EC, 1950 series) #26 (March-April 1952)

Keywords

Changin Reservoir; Korea

Indexer Notes

Cover story.

Hagaru-Ri! (Table of Contents: 21)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Harvey Kurtzman

Pencils

Jack Davis (signed)

Inks

Jack Davis (signed)

Letters

Ben Oda

Genre

war

Reprints

• from Two-Fisted Tales (EC, 1950 series) #26 (March-April 1952)

Miracle? (Table of Contents: 22)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

war

Reprints

• from Two-Fisted Tales (EC, 1950 series) #26 (March-April 1952)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 23)

Combat Correspondence / letters page / 0.6 page (report information)

Script

Harvey Kurtzman

Letters

typeset

Reprints

• from Two-Fisted Tales (EC, 1950 series) #26 (March-April 1952)

Indexer Notes

Letters from Ken Little, Pfc. Joseph Knickerbocker, H. Morgan, A Friend, Tommy Timiyama, Gary Zeltzer.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 24)

statement of ownership / 0.4 page (report information)

Script

Frank Lee

Letters

typeset

Reprints

• from Two-Fisted Tales (EC, 1950 series) #26 (March-April 1952)

Link-Up! (Table of Contents: 25)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Harvey Kurtzman

Pencils

John Severin (signed as Severin)

Inks

Bill Elder (signed as Elder)

Letters

Ben Oda

Genre

war

Characters

U.N. troops [a medic; Quinn; rest un-named]; The Chinese (villains, many die)

Synopsis

The Chinese Army is on the march to South Korea to destroy the 1st Marine Division, and the morale of all United Nations troops, before the marines and the Allied Army link up. The Chinese charge the U.N. forces, paying a terrible price for doing so.

Reprints

• from Two-Fisted Tales (EC, 1950 series) #26 (March-April 1952)

Keywords

Korea

Hungnam! (Table of Contents: 26)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Harvey Kurtzman

Pencils

Wally Wood (signed)

Inks

Wally Wood (signed)

Letters

Ben Oda

Genre

war

Reprints

• from Two-Fisted Tales (EC, 1950 series) #26 (March-April 1952)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 27)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Harvey Kurtzman

Inks

Harvey Kurtzman

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Keep going! It's a North Korean road block!

Genre

war

Reprints

• from Two-Fisted Tales (EC, 1950 series) #27 (May-June 1952)

Keywords

jeeps; Korean War; machine guns; United States Army

Wallace Wood (Table of Contents: 28)

The EC "Artist of the Issue" / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Al Feldstein

Pencils

? (photo)

Inks

? (photo)

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction; biography

Reprints

• from Two-Fisted Tales (EC, 1950 series) #27 (May-June 1952)

Luck! (Table of Contents: 29)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Harvey Kurtzman

Pencils

John Severin (signed as Severin)

Inks

Bill Elder (signed as Elder)

Letters

Ben Oda

Genre

war

Characters

American lieutenant; American sergeant; American colonel; other American soldiers (many die); North Korean soldiers (villains, many die)

Synopsis

The American lieutenant was lucky -- very lucky -- standing in the open and just asking for the North Korean snipers to shoot him down. Again and again they missed, and his men succeed in picking off the enemy soldiers, until a supposedly dead North Korean finishes him off.

Reprints

• from Two-Fisted Tales (EC, 1950 series) #27 (May-June 1952)

Keywords

Korea

Custer's Last Stand (Table of Contents: 30)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Harvey Kurtzman

Pencils

Wally Wood (signed)

Inks

Wally Wood (signed)

Letters

Ben Oda

Genre

war; western-frontier

Characters

General George Custer

Reprints

• from Two-Fisted Tales (EC, 1950 series) #27 (May-June 1952)

Escape Plot (Table of Contents: 31)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Harvey Kurtzman

Inks

Harvey Kurtzman

Letters

typeset

Genre

war

Reprints

• from Two-Fisted Tales (EC, 1950 series) #27 (May-June 1952)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 32)

Combat Correspondence / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

Harvey Kurtzman

Pencils

Harvey Kurtzman

Inks

Harvey Kurtzman

Letters

typeset

Reprints

• from Two-Fisted Tales (EC, 1950 series) #27 (May-June 1952)

Indexer Notes

Letters from Robert E. Lee, Jr., Cpl. John W. Janes, Steve Smith, Alan Wheelock, Tomas Azarian, T/Sgt. D. C. Milward, Tim Sarautis, Pvt. Al Scheinerman, Tommy Tomiyama, Wesley Kornbluth, Norman Helwig, Ronald Bork, An E. C. Fan, John Cary, Bob Jackson.

D-Day! (Table of Contents: 33)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Harvey Kurtzman

Pencils

John Severin (signed as J. Severin)

Inks

John Severin (signed as J. Severin)

Letters

Ben Oda

Genre

war

Characters

American sergeant; American corporal

Synopsis

American Rangers are on their way to Pointe Du Hoe by landing craft, expecting the Germans not to believe that the Americans would scale the sheer cliffs of Pointe Du Hoe. G-2 didn't expect all that would go wrong with the operation, but, fortunately, the sergeant in command realized that one always has to allow for the unforeseeable, and the operation succeeded.

Reprints

• from Two-Fisted Tales (EC, 1950 series) #27 (May-June 1952)

Keywords

France; L.C.A.; Pointe Du Hoe

Jeep! (Table of Contents: 34)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Harvey Kurtzman

Pencils

Jack Davis (signed)

Inks

Jack Davis (signed)

Letters

Ben Oda

Genre

war

Reprints

• from Two-Fisted Tales (EC, 1950 series) #27 (May-June 1952)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 35)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Harvey Kurtzman

Inks

Harvey Kurtzman

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

...no! The tank carrying the wounded! ...it hit a mine!

Genre

war

Reprints

• from Two-Fisted Tales (EC, 1950 series) #28 (July-August 1952)

Keywords

tanks; United States Army

Harvey Kurtzman (Table of Contents: 36)

The EC "Artist of the Issue" / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Al Feldstein

Pencils

? (photo)

Inks

? (photo)

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction; biography

Reprints

• from Two-Fisted Tales (EC, 1950 series) #28 (July-August 1952)

Checkers! (Table of Contents: 37)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Harvey Kurtzman

Pencils

John Severin (signed as Severin)

Inks

Bill Elder (signed as Elder)

Letters

Ben Oda

Genre

war

Characters

SFC Straus (tank commander); E-7 Kilpatrick (tank commander); Rudolph; un-named company officer; patrol lieutenant; North Koreans (villains, some die)

Synopsis

Finishing a game of checkers, Straus and Kilpatrick nearly miss a required briefing of all tank commanders by the C.O., who informs them that a patrol sent down the Kumhwa Road had been ambushed and badly hit, and they needed to be rescued. When the going gets tough, Straus and Kilpatrick manuever their tanks as if they were playing checkers and win the battle, saving the platoon.

Reprints

• from Two-Fisted Tales (EC, 1950 series) #28 (July-August 1952)

Keywords

Hwachon; Kaesong; Korea; Kumhwa Road

Pell's Point! (Table of Contents: 38)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Harvey Kurtzman

Pencils

Wally Wood (signed)

Inks

Wally Wood (signed)

Letters

Ben Oda

Genre

war

Reprints

• from Two-Fisted Tales (EC, 1950 series) #28 (July-August 1952)

Submerge! (Table of Contents: 39)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Harvey Kurtzman

Inks

Harvey Kurtzman

Letters

typeset

Genre

war

Reprints

• from Two-Fisted Tales (EC, 1950 series) #28 (July-August 1952)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 40)

Combat Correspondence / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

Harvey Kurtzman

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

typeset

Reprints

• from Two-Fisted Tales (EC, 1950 series) #28 (July-August 1952)

Indexer Notes

Letters from Gerry McLaughlin, Everson Jones, Ex-Sgt. Charles Radcliffe, Stevie Stephenson, Bobby Rodriguez, Bill Jones, M/Sgt. Canuto Balenzuelo, D. Pekich, Lynn Cotton, Robert Garrison, Paul Baker.

Alamo! (Table of Contents: 41)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Harvey Kurtzman

Pencils

John Severin (signed as Severin)

Inks

John Severin (signed as Severin)

Letters

Ben Oda

Genre

war

Characters

Colonel Davy Crockett (death); Colonel Jim Bowie (death); General Santa Anna (villain); Private Morelos (villain)

Synopsis

The siege of the Alamo has begun, and it is 150 Americans versus 4000 Mexicans under the command of Santa Anna, who has said that there will be no quarter. Among the Mexicans is Private Morelos, who wants no part of a massacre, but who is selected to kill the last of five survivors.

Reprints

• from Two-Fisted Tales (EC, 1950 series) #28 (July-August 1952)

Keywords

San Jacinto; Texas; The Alamo

Saipan! (Table of Contents: 42)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Harvey Kurtzman

Pencils

Jack Davis (signed)

Inks

Jack Davis (signed)

Letters

Ben Oda

Genre

war

Reprints

• from Two-Fisted Tales (EC, 1950 series) #28 (July-August 1952)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 43)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Harvey Kurtzman

Inks

Harvey Kurtzman

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

They've captured the ridge! Fire by sight! Fire b...uh!

Genre

war

Reprints

• from Two-Fisted Tales (EC, 1950 series) #29 (September-October 1952)

Keywords

automatic pistols; mortars; United States Army

Korea! (Table of Contents: 44)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Harvey Kurtzman

Pencils

Jack Davis

Inks

Jack Davis

Letters

Ben Oda

Genre

war

Reprints

• from Two-Fisted Tales (EC, 1950 series) #29 (September-October 1952)

Red Knight! (Table of Contents: 45)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Harvey Kurtzman

Pencils

John Severin (signed as J. Severin)

Inks

John Severin (signed as J. Severin)

Letters

Ben Oda

Genre

aviation; war

Characters

un-named Allied pilots (many die); Baron Manfred von Richthofen (villain, death); the Germans (villains)

Synopsis

Baron von Richthofen sits at his table on occasion after occasion, documenting his various kills through number 80, until that fateful day when he was in an aerial fight and his plane glided down toward the ground ever so slowly and landed. Allied troops approached and found the baron dead behind his stick.

Reprints

• from Two-Fisted Tales (EC, 1950 series) #29 (September-October 1952)

Keywords

Albatross; Bristol; British B.E.; British F.E. photo-plane; Farbus (a village); Fokker; Nieuport; Sailly-le-Sec; Somme River; Spad; Spandaus (machine guns); Vickers (machine guns); World War I

Scout-Snipers (Table of Contents: 46)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

James C. Jones Jr. (credited as Tech. Sgt. James C. Jones, Jr.)

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

war

Reprints

• from Two-Fisted Tales (EC, 1950 series) #29 (September-October 1952)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 47)

Combat Correspondence / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

Harvey Kurtzman

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

typeset

Reprints

• from Two-Fisted Tales (EC, 1950 series) #29 (September-October 1952)

Indexer Notes

Letters from Helen Pascale, Larned Bearce, (Name Withheld), Ray R. Hannigan, Jr., Marie Amoroso, Peter Henderson, Richard Weinstein, Matthew Taravella.

Washington! (Table of Contents: 48)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Harvey Kurtzman

Pencils

John Severin (signed as Severin)

Inks

Bill Elder (signed as Elder)

Letters

Ben Oda

Genre

historical; war

Characters

General George Washington; Revolutionary soldiers [Patrick (death)]; British soldiers (enemy)

Synopsis

General Washington and his forces are on Manhattan Island on September 15, 1776, on the receiving end of British bombardment from the sea. Severely outnumbered, many of the men wish to run, but Washington pleads with them to stay, in vain. As his army deserts him, the general and his horse are led off the field of battle, but the war has just begun!

Reprints

• from Two-Fisted Tales (EC, 1950 series) #29 (September-October 1952)

Keywords

Kingsbridge; Kips Bay; Manhattan

Fire Mission! (Table of Contents: 49)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Harvey Kurtzman

Pencils

Dave Berg (signed as Davy Berg)

Inks

Dave Berg (signed as Davy Berg)

Letters

Ben Oda

Genre

war

Characters

a 4.2 mortar crew (two die)

Synopsis

A new recruit to a mortar crew during the Korean War was complaining about all of the rifle fire around their position, but he soon learns a real lesson in warfare.

Reprints

• from Two-Fisted Tales (EC, 1950 series) #29 (September-October 1952)

Keywords

Korean War

Russ Cochran Presents the Complete EC Library (Table of Contents: 50) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 51)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Harvey Kurtzman

Inks

Harvey Kurtzman

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

war

Reprints

• from Two-Fisted Tales (EC, 1950 series) #25 (January-February 1952)

Keywords

machine guns; rifles; United States Army

Indexer Notes

On back cover.