Combat #5
(July-September 1962)

Dell, 1961 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
quarterly
On-sale Date
1962-06-07
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
Dell [rectangle]
Editing
D. J. Arneson (editor)

Issue Notes

Cover code: 01-128-209. On-sale date from back cover date stamp seen on eBay.
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Combat / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
? (painting)
Inks
? (painting)
Colors
? (painting)
Letters
typeset
Genre
war
Reprints
Keywords
North Africa; tank; World War II
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Combat (featurette) / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Sam Glanzman
Inks
Sam Glanzman
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Glanzman (sound effects); ?
Genre
war
Reprints

Behind Rommel's Lines (Table of Contents: 2)

Combat / comic story / 27 pages (report information)

Script
? (Dell 1)
Pencils
Sam Glanzman
Inks
Sam Glanzman
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Glanzman (sound effects); ?
Genre
war
Characters
Marshal Graziani; Benito Mussolini; Italian soldiers; British soldiers; British Empire soldiers; General Wavell; General Erwin Rommel; Winston Churchill; German soldiers; Captain Percy; Joachim; Sergeant Ocam; Lieutenant Jones
Synopsis
The war in the North African desert repeatedly seesaws. Captain Percy leads his men on a 500-mile raid in which they enter a German air base in disguise, inflict great damage, and return with few casualties.
Reprints
Keywords
Deuxieme Guerre Mondiale; North Africa; World War II

George Rogers Clark (Table of Contents: 3)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
non-fiction; history; military; war
Characters
George Rogers Clark; Lieutenant Colonel Hamilton
Synopsis
George Rogers Clark's operations in the Old Northwest during the American Revolution.
Reprints
Keywords
American Revolution; Revolutionary War; War for Independence; War of Independence

Retreat from Moscow (Table of Contents: 4)

Combat / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
? (Dell 1)
Pencils
Sam Glanzman
Inks
Sam Glanzman
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Glanzman (sound effects); ?
Genre
non-fiction; history; military; war
Characters
Napoleon Bonaparte; General Kutusoff; soldiers of la Grande Armee; released convicts; General Winter (symbolic figure)
Synopsis
Napoleon over-reaches by invading Russia. The outnumbered Russians retreat before him, scorching the earth, then allow the fierce winter to destroy his army.
Reprints
Keywords
1812; Napoleonic Wars; Russia; winter

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Combat (featurette) / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Sam Glanzman
Inks
Sam Glanzman
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Glanzman (sound effects); ?
Genre
war
Reprints
Editing
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Combat
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    Combat (featurette)
  3. 2. Behind Rommel's Lines
    Combat
  4. 3. George Rogers Clark
  5. 4. Retreat from Moscow
    Combat
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Combat (featurette)
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