(December 1952)

Avon, 1952 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Avon Periodicals Inc.
Brand
An Avon Publication
Editing
Sol Cohen

Issue Notes

Indicia: U.S. PARATROOPS SURPRISE ATTACK. December, 1952. Vol. 1, No. 6. Published bi-monthly by AVON PERIODICALS, INC., 575 Madison Avenue, New York 22, N.Y. Jos. Meyers, Pres., Sol Cohen, Editor and General Manager. Application for second class entry pending at the Post Office, New York, N.Y. One year subscription in the U.S. 60¢ plus 15¢ for packing and mailing--total 75¢, elsewhere $1.50. Copyright 1952 by AVON PERIODICALS, INC. All names in this periodical are fictitious and no identification with actual persons is intended. Printed in U.S.A.

Fighters From The Sky! (Table of Contents)

Surprise Attack! / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Everett Kinstler
Inks
Everett Kinstler
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
war
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U.S. Paratroops (Table of Contents: 1)

character profile / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Everett Kinstler (signed)
Inks
Everett Kinstler (signed)
Letters
?
Genre
war
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Full page pen and ink drawing with hand-lettered captions, titled "U.S. Paratroops," describing "Surprise Attack" of U.S. Paratroopers on a "Manchurian Mission."

U.S. Paratroops Surprise Attack! (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
war
Characters
Major Sundstrom
Reprints

Silent Death! (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Mort Lawrence (signed)
Inks
Mort Lawrence (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
war
Reprints

Flying Missile (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (illustration)
Inks
? (illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
war
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Includes one panel inset head shot of a grimacing Communist soldier.

Battlefield Mailman (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (illustration)
Inks
? (illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
war
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Includes one panel inset of an American soldier on a motorcycle handing out mail to soldiers

Manchurian Mission! (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
war
Characters
Captain Anderson
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The Screaming Eagles! (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Gerald McCann
Inks
Gerald McCann
Colors
?
Letters
?
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Pencils/inks: McCann credited by both Christoph Melchert (2020, via error tracker) and Gary Watson (2009).

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Fighters From The Sky!
    Surprise Attack!
  2. 1. U.S. Paratroops
  3. 2. U.S. Paratroops Surprise Attack!
  4. 3. Silent Death!
  5. 4. Flying Missile
  6. 5. Battlefield Mailman
  7. 6. Manchurian Mission!
  8. 7. The Screaming Eagles!
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