The Blazing Combat Collection

(2018)

[Front Endpapers] (Table of Contents: 1)

illustration / 3 pages (report information)

Pencils

Wally Wood (credited as Wallace Wood)

Inks

Wally Wood (credited as Wallace Wood)

Genre

war

Indexer Notes

Illustration is cropped, enlarged and tinted olive green from "ME-262!", book page 158, story page 1, panel 1. The illustration spans the pastedown endpaper and the inside flyleaf. The front inner flyleaf is blank.

[Half-Title] (Table of Contents: 2)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

George Evans (credited)

Inks

George Evans (credited)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Illustration is cropped, reduced and tinted olive green from "Flying Tigers!", book page 18, story page 4, panel 6.

[Publisher Page] (Table of Contents: 3)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Publisher credits, copyrights acknowledgments, and indicia.

These Are Stories You Should Never Have Been Allowed to Read. (Table of Contents: 4)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script

Mike Catron (credited as Michael Catron)

Pencils

Russ Heath (credited)

Inks

Russ Heath (credited)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Background illustration is cropped, enlarged and tinted olive green from "Give and Take", book page 155, story page 4, panel 2.

[Title Page] (Table of Contents: 5)

credits, title page / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils

John Severin (credited)

Inks

John Severin (credited)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Illustration is cropped, enlarged and tinted olive green from "Holding Action", book page 83, story page 1, panel 1.

Contents (Table of Contents: 6)

table of contents / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

typeset

[Blank Page] (Table of Contents: 7)

blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)

Indexer Notes

Tinted olive green.

Viet-Cong! (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Archie Goodwin (credited)

Pencils

Joe Orlando (credited) (signed as Joe Orlando)

Inks

Joe Orlando (credited) (signed as Joe Orlando)

Letters

Ben Oda (credited)

Genre

war

Synopsis

During the Vietnam War, both sides are locked into behavior that proves futile, inhumane and ineffective, with no end in sight.

Reprints

• from Blazing Combat (Warren, 1965 series) #1 (October 1965)

Aftermath! (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Archie Goodwin (credited)

Pencils

Angelo Torres (credited) (signed as torres (wider spacing))

Inks

Angelo Torres (credited) (signed as torres (wider spacing))

Letters

Ben Oda (credited)

Genre

war

Synopsis

After a bloody battle during the Civil War, a Union and a Confederate soldier try to find common ground.

Reprints

• from Blazing Combat (Warren, 1965 series) #1 (October 1965)

Flying Tigers! (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Archie Goodwin (credited)

Pencils

George Evans (credited) (signed as George Evans)

Inks

George Evans (credited) (signed as George Evans)

Letters

Ben Oda (credited)

Genre

war

Reprints

• from Blazing Combat (Warren, 1965 series) #1 (October 1965)

Long View! (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Archie Goodwin (credited)

Pencils

Gray Morrow (credited)

Inks

Gray Morrow (credited)

Letters

Ben Oda (credited)

Genre

war

Reprints

• from Blazing Combat (Warren, 1965 series) #1 (October 1965)

Cantigny! (Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Archie Goodwin (credited)

Pencils

Reed Crandall (credited) (signed as R. Crandall)

Inks

Reed Crandall (credited) (signed as R. Crandall)

Letters

Ben Oda (credited)

Genre

war

Reprints

• from Blazing Combat (Warren, 1965 series) #1 (October 1965)

Mad Anthony! (Table of Contents: 13)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Archie Goodwin (credited)

Pencils

Tex Blaisdell (credited as Blaisdell); Jeff Jones (credited as Jones) (signed as Russ Jones)

Inks

Maurice Whitman (credited as Whitman)

Letters

Ben Oda (credited)

Genre

war

Reprints

• from Blazing Combat (Warren, 1965 series) #1 (October 1965)

Enemy! (Table of Contents: 14)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Archie Goodwin (credited)

Pencils

John Severin (credited) (signed as Severin)

Inks

John Severin (credited) (signed as Severin)

Letters

Ben Oda (credited)

Genre

war

Reprints

• from Blazing Combat (Warren, 1965 series) #1 (October 1965)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

Combat Quiz / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

Archie Goodwin (credited)

Pencils

Alex Toth (credited) (signed as Alex Toth)

Inks

Alex Toth (signed as Alex Toth)

Letters

Ben Oda

First Line of Dialogue or Text

In today's fighting armies the Green Beret symbolizes…

Genre

war

Reprints

• from Blazing Combat (Warren, 1965 series) #1 (October 1965)

Landscape! (Table of Contents: 16)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Archie Goodwin (credited)

Pencils

Joe Orlando (credited) (signed as Joe Orlando)

Inks

Joe Orlando (credited) (signed as Joe Orlando)

Letters

Ben Oda (credited)

Genre

war

Synopsis

An American attack on a Vietnamese village from the point of view of an elderly villager.

Reprints

• from Blazing Combat (Warren, 1965 series) #2 (January 1966)

Keywords

rice paddy; Viet Cong; Vietnam War

Saratoga (Table of Contents: 17)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Archie Goodwin (credited)

Pencils

Reed Crandall (credited)

Inks

Reed Crandall (credited)

Letters

Arlene Williamson (credited)

Reprints

• from Blazing Combat (Warren, 1965 series) #2 (January 1966)

Mig Alley (Table of Contents: 18)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Archie Goodwin (credited)

Pencils

Al McWilliams (credited) (signed as A. McWilliams)

Inks

Al McWilliams (credited) (signed as A. McWilliams)

Letters

Ben Oda (credited)

Genre

war

Reprints

• from Blazing Combat (Warren, 1965 series) #2 (January 1966)

Face to Face! (Table of Contents: 19)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Archie Goodwin (credited)

Pencils

Joe Orlando (credited) (signed as Joe Orlando)

Inks

Joe Orlando (credited) (signed as Joe Orlando)

Letters

Ben Oda (credited)

Genre

war

Reprints

• from Blazing Combat (Warren, 1965 series) #2 (January 1966)

Kasserine Pass! (Table of Contents: 20)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Archie Goodwin (credited)

Pencils

Angelo Torres (credited as Torres)

Inks

Al Williamson (credited as Williamson)

Letters

Arlene Williamson (credited)

Genre

war

Reprints

• from Blazing Combat (Warren, 1965 series) #2 (January 1966)

Lone Hawk (Table of Contents: 21)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Archie Goodwin (credited)

Pencils

Alex Toth (credited) (signed as Alex Toth)

Inks

Alex Toth (credited) (signed as Alex Toth)

Letters

Alex Toth (credited)

Genre

war

Reprints

• from Blazing Combat (Warren, 1965 series) #2 (January 1966)

Holding Action (Table of Contents: 22)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Archie Goodwin (credited)

Pencils

John Severin (credited) (signed as Severin)

Inks

John Severin (credited) (signed as Severin)

Letters

Ben Oda (credited)

Genre

war

Reprints

• from Blazing Combat (Warren, 1965 series) #2 (January 1966)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 23)

Combat Quiz / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

Archie Goodwin (credited)

Pencils

Angelo Torres (credited)

Inks

Angelo Torres (credited)

Letters

Ben Oda (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Recently sent to Viet Nam was the 101st Airborne Div…

Genre

war

Reprints

• from Blazing Combat (Warren, 1965 series) #2 (January 1966)

Special Forces! (Table of Contents: 24)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Archie Goodwin (credited)

Pencils

Jerry Grandenetti; Joe Orlando (credited) (signed as Joe Orlando)

Inks

Joe Orlando (credited) (signed as Joe Orlando)

Letters

Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio (credited as Rocco Mastroserio)

Genre

war

Reprints

• from Blazing Combat (Warren, 1965 series) #3 (April 1966)

Indexer Notes

Lettering credit from The Blazing Combat Collection (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) #[nn].

Foragers (Table of Contents: 25)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Archie Goodwin (credited)

Pencils

Reed Crandall (credited)

Inks

Reed Crandall (credited)

Letters

Ben Oda (credited)

Reprints

• from Blazing Combat (Warren, 1965 series) #3 (April 1966)

U-Boat (Table of Contents: 26)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Archie Goodwin (credited)

Pencils

Gene Colan (credited as Eugene Colan) (signed as Gene Colan)

Inks

Gene Colan (credited as Eugene Colan) (signed as Gene Colan)

Letters

Ben Oda (credited)

Genre

war

Reprints

• from Blazing Combat (Warren, 1965 series) #3 (April 1966)

Survival! (Table of Contents: 27)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Alex Toth (credited as Toth); Archie Goodwin (credited as Goodwin)

Pencils

Alex Toth (credited) (signed as Alex Toth)

Inks

Alex Toth (signed as Alex Toth)

Letters

Alex Toth (credited)

Genre

war

Reprints

• from Blazing Combat (Warren, 1965 series) #3 (April 1966)

The Battle of Britain! (Table of Contents: 28)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Wally Wood (credited as Wallace Wood)

Pencils

Dan Adkins (ghosted for Wally Wood)

Inks

Dan Adkins (ghosted for Wally Wood)

Letters

Ben Oda (credited)

Genre

aviation; war

Characters

John Bassford (RAF pilot officer); other RAF pilots [Corky; Guy (death); others unnamed] (many die); the Germans (villains, some die)

Synopsis

The German Air Force has been playing the war of attrition with the RAF, and at the current rate, would wipe them out. However, newbie pilot, John Bassford, is eager but terrified when called to do battle in his first mission, and makes several blunders and has to bail out. In his second engagement, the whole squadron is shot down and Bassford is now left alone against the Luftwaffe, being shot down himself. But he has a surprise in store when he awakens from the mission in a hospital.

Reprints

• from Blazing Combat (Warren, 1965 series) #3 (April 1966)

Keywords

Heinkel; Spitfire; the Luftwaffe; World War II

Indexer Notes

Story occurs in September, 1940.

Pencils credit from Richard Arndt via his Complete Warren Magazines index (www.enjolrasworld.com).

Former Wood assistant, Ralph Reese, strongly disputes Adkins having anything to do with this story. In Fantagraphic's "Atomic Bomb and Other Stories, Illustrated by Wally Wood" (2020), Reese emphatically recalled this story as "some of his (Wood's) best work from that time......that was one that he completely did himself, and I don't think he even had anybody artograph the airplanes for him." When asked by Thommy Burns (for this Fantagraphics' volume) for any additional comments regarding Adkin's claims on this story, Reese added: The "Battle of Britain!" story was a labor of love for Wood, and, as I remember it, he (Wood) wouldn't let anyone else touch it."

Another Wood assistant, Paul Kirchner, states: "A lot of assistants give the impression that they did more work than they did. This has given Wood no small amount of grief. He always has control."

Thus a ? has been placed next to any Adkins credits on this piece. There is too much controversy re this story to completely verify the true situation.

Credits on the Fantagraphics Third Edition show "Story & Art by Wallace Wood".

Water Hole! (Table of Contents: 29)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Archie Goodwin (credited)

Pencils

Gray Morrow (credited) (signed as GRAY MORROW)

Inks

Gray Morrow (credited) (signed as GRAY MORROW)

Letters

Ben Oda (credited)

Genre

war

Reprints

• from Blazing Combat (Warren, 1965 series) #3 (April 1966)

Souvenirs! (Table of Contents: 30)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Archie Goodwin (credited)

Pencils

John Severin (credited) (signed as Severin)

Inks

John Severin (credited) (signed as Severin)

Letters

Ben Oda (credited)

Genre

war

Synopsis

A US Marine in the Pacific during WWII loses his life because of his obsession with collecting dental fillings from dead Japanese.

Reprints

• from Blazing Combat (Warren, 1965 series) #3 (April 1966)

Keywords

Marines; Pacific; World War II

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 31)

Combat Quiz / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

Archie Goodwin (credited)

Pencils

Angelo Torres (credited)

Inks

Angelo Torres (credited)

Letters

Ben Oda (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

First of the Allied heavy bombers to be dubbed Flying Fortress was the…

Genre

war

Reprints

• from Blazing Combat (Warren, 1965 series) #3 (April 1966)

Conflict! (Table of Contents: 32)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Archie Goodwin (credited)

Pencils

Gene Colan (credited as Eugene Colan) (signed as Gene Colan)

Inks

Gene Colan (credited as Eugene Colan) (signed as Gene Colan)

Letters

Ben Oda (credited)

Genre

war

Reprints

• from Blazing Combat (Warren, 1965 series) #4 (July 1966)

How It Began! (Table of Contents: 33)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Archie Goodwin (credited)

Pencils

George Evans (credited) (signed as George Evans)

Inks

George Evans (credited) (signed as George Evans)

Letters

Ben Oda (credited)

Genre

war

Reprints

• from Blazing Combat (Warren, 1965 series) #4 (July 1966)

The Edge! (Table of Contents: 34)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Archie Goodwin (credited)

Pencils

Alex Toth (credited) (signed as Alex Toth)

Inks

Alex Toth (credited) (signed as Alex Toth)

Letters

Alex Toth (credited)

Genre

war

Reprints

• from Blazing Combat (Warren, 1965 series) #4 (July 1966)

Give and Take (Table of Contents: 35)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Archie Goodwin (credited)

Pencils

Russ Heath (credited)

Inks

Russ Heath (credited)

Letters

Ben Oda (credited)

Genre

war

Reprints

• from Blazing Combat (Warren, 1965 series) #4 (July 1966)

ME-262! (Table of Contents: 36)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Archie Goodwin (credited); Wally Wood

Pencils

Wally Wood (credited as Wallace Wood) (signed as Wood); Ralph Reese

Inks

Ralph Reese; Dan Adkins ?; Wally Wood (credited as Wallace Wood) (signed as Wood)

Letters

Wally Wood (credited as Wallace Wood)

Genre

aviation; war

Characters

U.S.A.F.; Adolf Hitler (villain); the Luftwaffe (villains, some die); unnamed Oberleutnant (villain, ME-262 pilot); General Adolf Galland (villain, pilot)

Synopsis

An officer of the JV-44 Commando Fighter Group gathers around his plane and was reminded that, back in 1938, that General Galland took up the ME-262 for a test flight, and he was impressed. But Hitler was not impressed and only viewed the plane as a blitz bomber, not a fighter, thus destroying its effectiveness, and slowing the plane down enough to be shot down by enemy fighters. Thus, the plane never realized its full potential, and because it was so late in the war, which was as good as lost, the officer is ordered to set fire to his plane.

Reprints

• from Blazing Combat (Warren, 1965 series) #4 (July 1966)

Keywords

Luftwaffe; ME-262; Salzburg Aerodrome; World War II

Indexer Notes

Story occurred on May 3, 1945. Parts are in flashback.

Ralph Reese states that "I worked on "ME-262" story....I artographed all the planes, etc.....filled in Craftint, did all the assistant-type stuff."

Thommy Burns, in Fantagraphics "Atomic Bomb and Other Stories, Illustrated by Wallace Wood" (2020), states that Goodwin plotted the story and Wood scripted it, as well as also lettering the story (changes made in credits above). No mention of Adkins having anything to do with the inks, so ? placed by his name.

Fantagraphics Third Edition shows "Story by Archie Goodwin / Art by Wallace Wood / Lettering by Wallace Wood"

The Trench! (Table of Contents: 37)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Archie Goodwin (credited)

Pencils

John Severin (credited) (signed as Severin)

Inks

John Severin (credited) (signed as Severin)

Letters

Ben Oda (credited)

Genre

war

Reprints

• from Blazing Combat (Warren, 1965 series) #4 (July 1966)

Thermopylae! (Table of Contents: 38)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Archie Goodwin (credited as Goodwin)

Pencils

Reed Crandall (credited as Crandall) (signed as R. Crandall)

Inks

Reed Crandall (credited as Crandall) (signed as R. Crandall)

Letters

Ben Oda (credited)

Genre

war

Reprints

• from Blazing Combat (Warren, 1965 series) #4 (July 1966)

Night Drop! (Table of Contents: 39)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Archie Goodwin (credited)

Pencils

Angelo Torres (credited) (signed as torres (wider spacing))

Inks

Angelo Torres (credited) (signed as torres (wider spacing))

Letters

Arlene Williamson (credited)

Genre

war

Reprints

• from Blazing Combat (Warren, 1965 series) #4 (July 1966)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 40)

Combat Quiz / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

Archie Goodwin (credited)

Pencils

Dan Adkins (credited) (signed as ADKINS-)

Inks

Dan Adkins (credited) (signed as ADKINS-)

Letters

Ben Oda (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Top U.S. ace in World War II with 40 kills was…

Genre

war

Characters

General Montgomery

Reprints

• from Blazing Combat (Warren, 1965 series) #4 (July 1966)

[Blank Page] (Table of Contents: 41)

blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)

Indexer Notes

Tinted olive green.

Frontispiece (Table of Contents: 42)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Gray Morrow (credited) (signed as GRAY MORROW)

Inks

Gray Morrow (credited) (signed as GRAY MORROW)

Reprints

• from Blazing Combat (Warren, 1965 series) #2 (January 1966)

Indexer Notes

TOC shows this as originally shown in Blazing Combat #1 but GCD has it in issue #2.

A Conversation With James Warren (Table of Contents: 43)

text article / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Mike Catron (credited as Michael Catron); James Warren (credited)

Pencils

? (photos); various

Inks

? (photos); various

Letters

typeset

Reprints

• from The Blazing Combat Collection (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) ([May] 2009)
which is reprinted
• from Blazing Combat: Vietnam and Korea (Apple Press, 1993 series) #1 (August 1993)

Frontispiece (Table of Contents: 44)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

John Severin (credited) (signed as Severin)

Inks

John Severin (credited) (signed as Severin)

Genre

war

Reprints

• from Blazing Combat (Warren, 1965 series) #1 (October 1965)

Indexer Notes

TOC shows this as originally shown in Blazing Combat #2 but GCD has it in issue #1.

A Conversation With Archie Goodwin (Table of Contents: 45)

text article / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Mike Catron (credited as Michael Catron); Archie Goodwin (credited)

Pencils

? (photos); various

Inks

? (photos); various

Colors

various

Letters

typeset

Reprints

• from The Blazing Combat Collection (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) ([May] 2009)
which is reprinted
• from Blazing Combat: Vietnam and Korea (Apple Press, 1993 series) #2 (November 1993)

[Illustration Filler] (Table of Contents: 46)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

George Evans (credited)

Inks

George Evans (credited)

Indexer Notes

Illustration is cropped, reduced and tinted olive green from "Flying Tigers!", book page 18, story page 4, panel 6.

Blazing Combat #1, October 1965. (Table of Contents: 47)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Frank Frazetta (credited) (signed as FRAZETTA) (painting)

Inks

Frank Frazetta (credited) (signed as FRAZETTA) (painting)

Colors

Frank Frazetta (credited) (signed as FRAZETTA) (painting)

Letters

Ben Oda (also logo design)

Genre

war

Reprints

• from Blazing Combat (Warren, 1965 series) #1 (October 1965)

Indexer Notes

Frank Frazetta later republished this painting as a poster titled "Combat."

Blazing Combat #2, January 1966. (Table of Contents: 48)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Frank Frazetta (credited) (signed as FRAZETTA) (painting)

Inks

Frank Frazetta (credited) (signed as FRAZETTA) (painting)

Colors

Frank Frazetta (credited) (signed as FRAZETTA) (painting)

Letters

Ben Oda

Genre

war

Reprints

• from Blazing Combat (Warren, 1965 series) #2 (January 1966)

Blazing Combat #3, April 1966. (Table of Contents: 49)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Frank Frazetta (credited) (signed as FRAZETTA) (painting)

Inks

Frank Frazetta (credited) (signed as FRAZETTA) (painting)

Colors

Frank Frazetta (credited) (signed as FRAZETTA) (painting)

Letters

Ben Oda

Reprints

• from Blazing Combat (Warren, 1965 series) #3 (April 1966)

Blazing Combat #4, July 1966. (Table of Contents: 50)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Frank Frazetta (credited) (signed as FRAZETTA) (painting)

Inks

Frank Frazetta (credited) (signed as FRAZETTA) (painting)

Colors

Frank Frazetta (credited) (signed as FRAZETTA) (painting)

Letters

Ben Oda

Genre

war

Reprints

• from Blazing Combat (Warren, 1965 series) #4 (July 1966)

Rear Endpapers (Table of Contents: 51)

illustration / 3 pages (report information)

Pencils

Joe Orlando (credited)

Inks

Joe Orlando (credited)

Genre

war

Indexer Notes

Illustration is cropped, enlarged and tinted olive green from "Landscape!", book page 46, story page 1, panel 1. The illustration spans the rear outside flyleaf and the pastedown endpaper. The rear inside flyleaf is blank.

Probably the Best War Comic Ever Published (Table of Contents: 52) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)