Fightin' Marines
#52
(April 1963)
Charlton,
1955 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- Bi-monthly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Charlton Comics Group
- Brand
-
Charlton [corner box]
- Editing
- Pat Masulli (Executive Editor)
Home-Coming
comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- A-2356
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Ray Ortiz; Manuel Ortiz; Hermana
- Synopsis
- After surviving an ambush in Laos, a U. S. Marine of Puerto Rican heritage returns to Manhattan. Only to find that the hometown jungle is worse than the one in Asia when he has to keep his younger brother from being framed by a street gang.
- Keywords
- Hispanic; Laos; Manhattan; Marines; Puerto Rico; street gangs; taxi driver; veteran
The Day He Joined the Corps
comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Joe Gill ?
- Pencils
- Charles Nicholas (signed as Nicholas)
- Inks
- Vince Alascia (signed as Alascia)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- A-1834
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Harry Lonigan
- Synopsis
- Harry Lonigan grew up in a Marine Corps family and joined the corps, but didn't have the Marine spirit. In combat in South Korea, he spent most of his time protecting himself instead of his fellow soldiers. Until one battle when he was hit by a mortar blast and almost killed by Chinese Communist troops, before saving himself with instinctive Marine hand-to-hand combat.
- Keywords
- boot camp; Chinese Communists; dog tags; grenades; machine gun; Marines; mortar; South Korea
Statement of Ownership for September 29, 1962
statement of ownership / 0.2 page
- Script
- Pat Masulli (credited as Patrick J. Masulli)
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Statement of Ownership for September 29, 1962. Average paid circulation for the previous 12 months was 135,899.
Last Lesson
comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- A-2529
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Corporal Leo Flowers; Pfc. Joey Cash; Sarge
- Synopsis
- U. S. Marines try to win over a village in Thailand, but a undisciplined private off-hours gambling keeps them from making any progress. Until the Communists come.
- Keywords
- Communists; gambling; grenades; machine guns; Marines; Thailand
Symbol of Decadence
comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Joe Gill ?
- Pencils
- Luis Dominguez (signed as Dominguez)
- Inks
- Luis Dominguez (signed as Dominguez)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- A-2029
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Captain Hiram Hooper
- Synopsis
- Hooper spends years in the Marines in officer training, mostly doing paperwork. When a freak accident at a party in Tokyo sidelines a replacement to lead a combat company, Hooper is sent as a backup replacement to South Korea. Due to a mixup, all he has when he arrives at his combat post in his dress uniform, which makes him a prime target for the Chinese Communists.
- Keywords
- Chinese Communists; grenades; judo; Korean War; Marines; Seoul; South Korea; Tokyo
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Symbol of Decadence
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1.
Home-Coming
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2.
The Day He Joined the Corps
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3.
The Invasion of Mara Atoll
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4.
Statement of Ownership for September 29, 1962
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5.
Last Lesson
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6.
Symbol of Decadence
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Nick Caputo
- Mike Nielsen
- Merlin Haas
- Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)
- Chris Boyko
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