Combat #2
(December 1961-January 1962)

Dell, 1961 Series
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Price
0.15 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1961-10-26
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
Dell [stamp]
Editing
?

Issue Notes

On sale date is Library of Congress copyright record publication date. Printed in the U.S.A.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Combat / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
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Inks
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Colors
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Letters
Typeset

Genre
war
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[Pearl Harbor Map] (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Sam Glanzman
Inks
Sam Glanzman
Letters
?

Genre
war
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Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. The name of seaplane tender "Curtiss" is misspelled.

Pearl Harbor (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 27 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Sam Glanzman [as S. J. G]
Inks
Sam Glanzman [as S. J. G]
Colors
?
Letters
?; Sam Glanzman (sound effects)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Sunday morning December 7, 1941... the morning of the bombing of Pearl Harbor...
Genre
war
Characters
President Roosevelt; General Marshall; Admiral Stark; General Tojo
Synopsis
Story of the Japanese attack on the American fleet at Pearl Harbor in WWII.
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Keywords
aircraft carrier; battleship; Hawaii; Pacific; Pearl Harbor; submarine; U.S.S. Arizona; U.S.S. Nevada; U.S.S. Oklahoma; U.S.S. Tennessee; U.S.S. West Virginia; Washington DC; World War II; Zero

General John Pershing (Table of Contents: 3)

text article / 1 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Born in Laclede, Linn County, Missouri, September 13, 1860, General John Joseph Pershing was retired exactly 64 years later, September 13, 1924, and died 24 years after this at Walter Reed General Hospital, July 15, 1948.
Genre
non-fiction; biography; war
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Defeat of the Spanish Armada (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
? (same as main story)
Pencils
Sam Glanzman [as S. J. G]
Inks
Sam Glanzman [as S. J. G]
Colors
?
Letters
?; Sam Glanzman (sound effects)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Toward the end of the 16th century, Spain was the greatest power on earth.
Genre
war
Characters
Francis Drake
Synopsis
Drake defeats the Spanish Armada in 1588.
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Keywords
English Channel; Spanish Armada

[Pearl Harbor War Planes] (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Sam Glanzman
Inks
Sam Glanzman
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
A great flaw in the timing of the Japanese sneak attack was to prove highly costly to Emperor Hirohito in the battles to come.
Genre
war
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Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

The Fighting Man (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
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Pencils
Sam Glanzman
Inks
Sam Glanzman
Colors
?
Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
From a raw novice in the art of jungle fighting to the deadly veterans, the U.S. Marines beat the Japs skill for skill, trick for trick.
Genre
war
Characters
Japanese soldier; U. S. Marine

Indexer Notes

Back cover

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Combat
  2. 1. [Pearl Harbor Map]
  3. 2. Pearl Harbor
  4. 3. General John Pershing
  5. 4. Defeat of the Spanish Armada
  6. 5. [Pearl Harbor War Planes]
  7. 6. The Fighting Man
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Steve Coates
  • Pat Conolly
  • Peter Croome
  • Kirk House
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Van Dore