Fightin' Marines #52

(April 1963)

Home-Coming (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Gill ?

Pencils

Bill Molno

Inks

Bill Molno

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

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 (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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

The Invasion of Mara Atoll (Table of Contents: 3)

text story / 1.8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

war

Statement of Ownership for September 29, 1962 (Table of Contents: 4)

statement of ownership / 0.2 page (report information)

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 (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Gill ?

Pencils

Bill Molno

Inks

Bill Molno

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

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 (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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