(May 1955)

Marvel, 1954 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Official Magazine Corp.
Brand
Atlas [black & white]
Editing
Stan Lee (editor)

They Strike by Night!; The Observer! (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Russ Heath (signed)
Inks
Russ Heath (signed)
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
typeset
Genre
war
Reprints
Keywords
Korean War

Indexer Notes

Coloring credit per Stan Goldberg.

Cover Thumbnail for Battleground (Marvel, 1954 series) #5
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They Strike By Night! (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Joe Sinnott (signed)
Inks
Joe Sinnott (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
F691
Genre
war
Characters
General Tam-Kok; Sgt. Baker
Synopsis
An American G.I. helps liberate a Korean village and adopts an orphaned Korean boy. Korean War story.
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Kitchener's Mob (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Colin Dawkins ?
Pencils
John Severin (signed)
Inks
John Severin (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Ben Oda
Job Number
F-651
Genre
war
Characters
Monsieur Leveratt; Colonel Navaire; Kitchener; Sergeant Jack Shane; William Tucker
Synopsis
Jack Shane volunteered when the British hero Kitchener was recruiting men to go to France to fight the Germans and ends up with a squad who's language he can't understand. WWI story.
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Indexer Notes

Possible Dawkins script per Ger Apeldoorn's blog: https://allthingsger.blogspot.com/search/label/Colin%20Dawkins

The Mission (Table of Contents: 3)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
A-526
Genre
war

The Observer! (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jay Scott Pike (signed)
Inks
Jay Scott Pike (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
F656
Genre
war
Characters
Florence Nightingale
Synopsis
Florence Nightingale saves soldiers during the Crimean War.
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The Dying Man! (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ross Andru
Inks
Mike Esposito
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
F-683
Genre
war
Characters
Private Fritz Scheibel; Von Linzer; Corporal Harry Goldstein
Synopsis
Private Scheibel learns a lesson when an American soldier risks his life to save him after he is left wounded on the battlefield. WWII story.
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. They Strike by Night!; The Observer!
  2. 1. They Strike By Night!
  3. 2. Kitchener's Mob
  4. 3. The Mission
  5. 4. The Observer!
  6. 5. The Dying Man!
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  • Nick Caputo
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Banks S. Robinson
  • Per Sandell
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr (R.I.P.)
  • Bjorn Wallin
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