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Title: "Last Bullet"
Story:
Art: Bernie Krigstein
Heroes: Harry [US soldier]
Villains: Communist soldiers
Genre: War
Setting: Korean War
Reprinted In: B. Kristein Comics
Synopsis: Harry holds off Commies by himself; down to one bullet with three enemies to go, he kills one, and bluffs the other two into surrendering to him.
"Hill 609"
"Friend or Foe"
"Trapped in Tong-Tu Pass"
Title: "Return to Freedom"
Story:
Art: Joe Sinnott
Heroes: Sgt. Ang [US soldier]
Villains: Communist Chinese soldiers
Others: General William F. Dean, Pete [US soldier]
Genre: War
Setting: Taejon, Korea, Summer, 1953, Korean War
Synopsis: Ang relates the time he spent with General Dean over the years in World War II and in the early days of the Korean War.
Title: "Trench War!"
Story:
Art: John Severin
Heroes: Andre and other French soldiers
Villains: German soldiers
Others: Hannibal, Persian soldiers, Greek soldiers, Roman soldiers, Italian soldiers, English soldiers, Gavrilo Princip, US soldiers
Genre: War
Setting: France, World War I
Synopsis: A trench recalls the history of warfare and how it led to the trenches of World War I. The trench is upset when the French occupying it are driven out by Germans, but the Germans are soon routed by the US, French and British forces.
Title: "Waterloo!"
Story:
Art: Louis Ravielli
Heroes: Napoleon Bonaparte
Villains: Duke of Wellington, English soldiers, Gebhard Leberecht von Blucher, Prussian soldiers
Others: French soldiers
Genre: War
Setting: Waterloo, Belgium, June 17, 1815, War of 1812
Synopsis: Napoleon's battle at Waterloo is recounted as his decision to hold back his attack and the eventful arrival of Blucher's forces lead to Napoleon's defeat.
Title: "The Bulge!"
Story:
Art:
Villains: Adolf Hitler, Peter, Oscar [two Germans, die], other German soldiers
Others: General Anthony Mcauliffe, General George S. Patton, US soldiers
Genre: War
Setting: St. Vith, Bastogne, Belgium, December 1944, World War II
Synopsis: Before the Battle of the Bulge, Hitler promises his men that they will soon smoke American cigarettes. Peter and Oscar are driven on by that promise. However, the forces of Patton and McAuliffe drive the Germans back. When Oscar and Peter stop to smoke some lost cigarettes, they are killed by US soldiers.
Title: "Captain Karn's Desperate Decision!"
Story:
Art:
Heroes: Captain Karn [George Company squad leader], "Lazy Bones" Logan [sleepy soldier], Sgt. Steele, George Company
Villains: Communist Chinese soldiers
Genre: War
Setting: Korea, June 17, 1953, Korean War
Synopsis: Captain Karn's men can't reach the enemy soldiers on the hill above them. "Lazy Bones" Logan concocts a clever scheme: he rigs balloons with grenades so that when they burst, the grenades will explode. Once the balloons hover over the Chinese, George Company opens fire and the explosion kills the enemies. Logan is rewarded by being allowed to sleep through the rest of the war.
Title: "Where Freedom Begins"
Story:
Art: Vic Carrabotta
Heroes: Wadek and Stash Kovak [two brothers]
Villains: Soviet soldiers
Genre: War
Setting: Czechoslovakia, Germany
Synopsis: The Kovaks try to flee from Czechoslovakia on a train, but the Soviets catch them. Sent to a prison camp, they renovate a tractor in the machine shop so that they can smash it through the walls, but the Soviets catch them again. Sent to work on a prison farm, they cause a cattle stampede and escape into West Germany.
Title: "The Volunteer!"
Story:
Art: Joe Orlando
Heroes: Lowell
Villains: Spanish soldiers
Others: Theodore Roosevelt, Rough Riders
Genre: War
Setting: San Juan Hill, Cuba, Spanish-American War
Synopsis: Two soldiers have a low opinion of volunteers but change their mind after being saved by Theodore Roosevelt and his Rough Riders.
Title: "Battle Orders"
Story:
Art: Davy Berg
Heroes: Sgt. Bill Harlow
Villains: Japanese soldiers
Genre: War
Setting: World War II
Synopsis: Harlow is sent on one dangerous patrol after another with little time for rest; he finally decides to request a transfer but overhears his superiors planning to grant him a battlefield commission and changes his mind.
Title: "Action on Hill 202"
Story:
Art: Gene Colan
Heroes: Private "Cuddles" Culbertson [US marine]
Villains: Communist soldiers
Others: King Company [marines]
Genre: War
Setting: Korean War
Reprinted In: War Is Hell#2
Synopsis: In the middle of winter, Communists attack the Americans when all their weapons freeze up-- except for one American, who sleeps with his gun. Thanks to him, the Communists are defeated, and Hill 202 is captured.
"Fokker"
Reprinted In: War Is Hell#1
"Cavalrymen"
Reprinted In: War Is Hell#1
"Helpless"
Reprinted In: War Is Hell#1; Al Williamson: Hidden Lands
"The Unseen Target"
Title: "The Hidden Doom"
Story:
Art: Steve Ditko
Heroes: Easy Company [marines, including Boley]
Villains: Japanese
Others: "Gyrene" [dog, Easy Company's mascot]
Genre: War
Setting: World War II, unnamed Pacific island
Synopsis: Easy Company is engaged in battling an occupied island, when Boley reveals he brought their mascot "Gyrene" with him; Gyrene saves the marines when he chases a rabbit, and thereby reveals that the ground ahead is mined. The marines detonate the minefield safely, and go on to drive out the Japanese.
"The Iron Monster"
"Attack By Night"
"Bugle Call"
"Kamikaze"
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Title: "An Ambush Awaits Them"
Story:
Art:
Heroes: Lt. Hong and other freedom fighters
Villains: Communist forces
Genre: War
Setting: China, 1950's
Synopsis: The Communists hope that by capturing Hong they can lead the other freedom fighters into a trap, but they do expect two simultaneous rescue attempts, one of which is successful.
"Commie-Busters"
"In the Thick of Battle"
"Battlefield Fury"
"Decoy"
Title: "Chain of Command"
Story:
Art: Paul Reinman
Heroes: Pvt. Crane, Lt. Zimmer, other members of company [all die]
Villains: Communist soldiers
Others: unnamed general, Colonel Becker, Captain Shane
Genre: War
Setting: Korean War
Synopsis: The chain of command is displayed as orders trickle down to the grunts in the field to capture a bridge; the company is successful, and the higher-ups congratulate each other, but all of the grunts die.
"5 Hours 'Til Dawn"
"A Waste of Time"
"Private Smith"
"The Slaughter on Suicide Hill"
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Title: "The Death-Trap of General Chung!" Title: "Captured by the Reds" Title: "Airborne Attack" Title: "Mopping Up!" Title: "Mud" Title: "String Bean" Title: "The Pursuers" Title: "No Man's Land!" Title: "Redcaot!" Title: "Prisoner of War!" 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Title: "Garibaldi" 1 2
Title: "Hit 'em... an' Hit 'em Hard" Title: "Wall of Fire!" Title: "They Also Serve!" Title: "Behind Enemy Lines!" Title: "Secret Tower!" Continued in Tales of the Marines
Continued from Sergeant Barney Baker
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Title: "Passage to Peril!" Title: untitled Title: "One is a Traitor" Title: "The Unseen Death!" 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
Title: "Cannon Fodder" Title: "Mail Call!" Title: "Prisoner of War" Title: "War Nerves" Continued from Tales of the Marines
Title: "The Breaking Point!" Title: "Duel at 20,000!" Title: Pinned Down! Title: "Machine-Gun Nest!" Title: "The Big Push!" 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Title: "Our Platoon Needs Ammo!" Title: "Hit and Run!" Title: "Amphibious Assault!" Title: "Leatherneck Lingo!" Title: "Red Tanks Hit the Line!" 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Title: "Captured by the Commies!" Title: "The Trap!" Title: "Men Without Ammo" Title: "Under Siege!" Title: "The Prisoner of Colonel Chu-San!" 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
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Title: "Flak Trap!" Title: "Desperate Mission" Title: "Silent Service!" Title: "Target: Red Korea!" Title: "Tiger of the Seas!" Title: "Aboard a Commie Ship!" Title: "We Prowl the Seas...For Revenge!" Title: "Squadron Leader!" Title: "Strike by Night!" Title: "Backfire!" Title: "Dreadnought!" Title: "One Hour to Live!" "Alone!" Title: "Sailors Aren't Santa Clauses!" Title: "Beached!" Continues as Strange Stories of Suspense.
Continued from the Kellys
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Title: "Scorched Earth!" Title: "Pin-Point" Title: "The Hidden Army" Title: "Needle in a Haystack" Continued from Devil-Dog Dugan; continued in Marines At War
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Title: "Spit and Polish" Title: "The Killer" Title: untitled Title: "The Bookworm" Title: untitled Title: "The Red Horde!" 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49
Title: "The Deadly Decision of General Kwang" Title: "Brass Hat!" Title: "The Court-Martial of Private Grant!" Title: "The Sacrifice!" Title: "Artillery Duel!" Title: "Ambush" Title: "Battle Flag!" Title: "Squad Leader!" Title: "Sgt. Brady Blasts the Reds!" Title: "Volunteer Squad" Title: "Survival" Title: "Capt. Gale's Guerrillas!" Title: "I Faced a Commie Mass Attack!" Title: "Decision on D-Day" Title: "Captured by the Enemy" Title: "The Test" Title: "Red Raid on Formosa!" Title: "Anti-Tank Squad!" Title: "Last-Ditch Fight!" Title: "Breakthrough!" Title: "Sebastopol" Title: "War of Nerves" 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
"Spit and Polish" from War Action#5 Title: "My Love Must Die!" Title: "Today's a Lovely Day To Die!" Title: "The Duty of a Man!" Title: "A Christmas Eve in Hell" 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
"Operation Killer Phase One"
"Attack"
"South to the 38th"
"O.K."
"Marines Strike Back"
"We'll be Back"
"Mission Danger"
"The Charge"
"Spearhead"
"Kill or Be Killed"
"Breaking Point"
"The Follow-Up"
Story:
Art: Jerry Robinson
Heroes: Colonel James Rogers
Villains: General Chung, Lt. Col. Kee Soi [dies], Communist Chinese soldiers
Others: US soldiers
Genre: War
Setting: Kamai; Mount Jeosai; Pahmei; Nanking, Korea, Korean War, August, 1950
Synopsis: Lt. Col. Kee Soi commits suicide after a failure and General Chung takes his place. Chung plans to capture Col. James Rogers and lead his men into a death-trap.
Story:
Art: Jerry Robinson
Heroes: Colonel James Rogers
Villains: General Chung, Major Kai Loo [Chung's aide], Communist Chinese soldiers
Others: Colonel Terrence [Rogers' successor], US soldiers, Mrs. Rogers [James' wife]
Genre: War
Setting: Pahmei; Mount Jeosai, Korea, Korean War, August 25, 1950
Synopsis: Chung's men capture Rogers and bring him to Mount Jeosai then broadcast the fact to his men so that they will enter the trap.
Story:
Art: Jerry Robinson
Heroes: Colonel James Rogers
Villains: General Chung, Major Kai Loo, Communist Chinese soldiers
Others: Colonel Terrence, US soldiers
Genre: War
Setting: Mount Jeosai, Korea, Korean War
Synopsis: The invasion of Mount Jeosai begins and although the Chinese have the advantage at first, the USA drop airborne troops and quickly overwhelm them. Chung orders Rogers to broadcast orders of surrender to his men, but Rogers tells them to keep fighting; a shot is heard over the announcement.
Story:
Art: Jerry Robinson
Heroes: Colonel James Rogers
Villains: General Chung [dies], Major Kai Loo, Communist Chinese soldiers
Others: Colonel Terrence, US soldiers [Jonsey, Whitey]
Genre: War
Setting: Mount Jeosai, Korea, Korean War
Synopsis: While Terrence orders his men to advance, it transpires that Rogers broke free and shot Chung; he helps his men beat Chung's forces and capture the mountain.
"Behind Red Lines"
"Suicide Mission"
"The Decision"
"Breakthrough"
untitled
"Revolt!"
"Line of Fire!"
"Take Charge"
"Red Star Over Korea"
"Stampede"
untitled
"Transfer Refused"
"Dead Men" Combat Kelly "The Coward"
"Eyes in the Night"
untitled
"Thou Shall Not Pass"
"Rocket Squad"
"Trees"
"Bunker Hill"
untitled
"The Idol"
"Artillery"
untitled
"The King"
"Day Pass"
"The Outsider"
"Platoon Leader"
"Flare-Up in Fuchon"
"The Lucky Mig!"
"In the Cards!"
"Siege"
"The Story of Ming-Lo"
"Zeppelin"
"The Colonel and Cpl. Kelly"
"Sgt. Socko Swenski's Combat Course"
untitled
untitled
untitled
"Korea Kate"
"The Red Horde"
"Combat Supply"
"Seabee!"
untitled
"Daylight Patrol"
untitled
untitled
"The Sky is Free"
"Blood and Guts"
"The Sea Devil Strikes"
"Lafayette"
"Hannibal"
"Sixty Miles"
"Kasserine Pass"
"Chauteau Thierry"
"Ammo"
"Cortez"
"Runway"
"Dunkirk"
"Tank Column"
"U-Boat"
"John Paul Jones"
"The Fortress"
"Noose Around Pusan"
"Blockade"
"One Man"
"Ragged Army"
"Ploesti"
"Der Tag"
"Remember the Maine"
"Darkness"
"Barbed Wire"
"The Spartans"
"Another Hill"
"Imphal"
"Holed Up"
"Maquis"
"Anthony"
"They Shall Not Pass"
"The Foes"
"Anzac"
"The Charge of the Light Brigade"
"Tarawa"
"The Enemy"
"Kiska"
"Africa!"
"Rifleman!"
"Battle Story!"
"Caesar"
"The Iron Wall"
"Wake!"
"Prisoner Exchange"
"Position... Hopeless"
"The Defenders"
"Velletri"
"Demolition Squad"
Reprinted In: War Is Hell#4
"The Commies Attack"
"Pancho Villa"
"In Enemy Territory"
"X Point Zero"
"Decision at Dawn"
Reprinted In: War Is Hell#1
Story:
Art: Bill Benulis, Jack Abel
Heroes: Corporal Ross Temple [Texan soldier]
Villains: Kaiser Wilhelm, Germans
Others: French, Belgian, British, Canadian, Australian, New Zealand, and USA soldiers
Genre: War
Setting: Flanders, World War I
Reprinted In: War Is Hell#2
Synopsis: Bogged down in mud, a Texan suggests using the French Lancers' horses to charge the Germans, and it proves to be successful.
Story:
Art: Syd Shores
Heroes: "String Bean" [Abraham Lincoln]
Villains: Black Hawk, other indians
Others: Roy Carter [soldier]
Genre: War
Setting: 1831, Mississippi
Reprinted In: War Is Hell#2
Synopsis: The tall man nicknamed "String Bean" gives his fellow soldiers away due to his height, but his combat skills enable them to win a skirmish against Black Hawk's forces.
Notes: "String Bean"'s true name is withheld until the closing; this story is far from an accurate account of Lincoln or Black Hawk-- don't write any history papers on it.
"Shell-Burst"
"The Champ"
Story:
Art: Forgione, Jack Abel
Heroes: US soldiers [Skinny]
Villains: Communist Chinese soldiers
Others: Japanese soldier [200 AD], Chinese soldiers [6th century]
Genre: War
Setting: Imjin, Hwachon, Korea, Korean War
Synopsis: As US soldiers pursue the Chinese through Imjin, the Chinese finally escape by destroying a bridge, but Imjin itself wants to aid the US and freezes the river so that they can cross it on foot and crush the Chinese.
Story:
Art: Paul Reinman
Heroes: Sgt. Pierre Duval [fearless French soldier], Jacques Duval [dim-witted brother]
Villains: German soldiers
Others: Major Fragonard, French soliders [La Farge, Francois, Martine, Berell, Souci, Palline, Beauvaire]
Genre: War
Setting: Vimy Ridge, France, World War I
Synopsis: Major Fragonard sends Sgt. Duval to scout German lines; Duval brings his brother Jacques, who everyone thinks is dull, but Jacques proves to be the real brains and with his guidance Sgt. Duval takes Vimy Ridge.
Story:
Art:
Heroes: Major Ralph Warner [British soldier]
Villains: British soldiers
Others: US soldiers
Genre: War
Setting: American Revolution
Synopsis: Warner fights the Americans but cannot understand their fighting spirit. After he is wounded in battle and townsfolk tend to his injuries he is impressed by their values and devotion to their homes so he switches sides and burns his red coat.
Story:
Art: Joe Sinnott
Heroes: Colonel Charles F. Linden [soldier behind the lines]
Villains: Captain Fritz Velschen, Nazis [Schmidt, Private Heinrich Deitz]
Others: US soldiers
Genre: War
Setting: Caretan, France, World War II
Synopsis: Linden goes behind the lines without any identification; Germans capture him and Captain Velschen tries to break his spirit by observing how US officers abstain from fighting, but Linden eventually seizes a radio and calls up his lines, who come and rescue him. He then reveals to Velschen that he's an officer himself - a colonel.
"The Escape That Couldn't Be Done"
"Night Assault"
"No Surrender!"
"Captured by the Enemy!"
"The Trap Of Colonel Yeng"
"The Enemy Position"
"The Enemy Spy"
"Behind Enemy Lines"
"The Man Who Volunteered"
Reprinted In: War Is Hell#5
"In Command!"
"The Command is Attack"
"The Big Light!"
"The Tanks are Coming"
"Dawn Assault"
"Massed Attack"
"The Colonel"
"Stop the Red Raiders"
"Tank Corps"
"Birth of the Sharpshooter"
"My Platoon is Trapped"
"Mung-Toy Strikes"
"Position Hopeless"
"The Last Command"
"Banzai"
"To Save a Life"
"Dirt"
"Flight to Freedom"
"The Warrior"
"Prisoners of the Reds"
"Hit and Run"
"Bazookas... Attack"
"On Flanders Fields"
"The Marksman"
"Men Without Masters"
"Under Fire"
"Leaflet"
"When the Chips Are Down"
"Cavalry Charge"
"The Captain's Last Command"
Reprinted In: The Al Williamson Reader
"The Man in the Iron Monster"
"Freedom Escort"
"Mass Attack"
"The Field of Battle"
"Rear Guard Action"
"The Enemy and Sgt. Duncan"
"Ambush Trap"
"Night Patrol"
"The First Shot"
"Situation... Hopeless"
"Missing in Action"
"Survival"
"The Last Man"
"The Fighting Man"
"Thirty Seconds"
"In the Commie Camp"
"Fighting Man"
"The Enemy"
"To the Victor"
"Mutiny"
"Colonel Chang's Last Stand"
"The Nazi Book Soldier"
"The Face of the Enemy"
"I'll Never Forget"
"The Raiders Strike"
"Retreat!"
"Spy"
"The Weapon"
"Man Alone"
"Platoon Leader!"
"Only One Came Back"
"The Human Targets"
"Zero Hour"
"Cross Fire"
"Baker Company is Outnumbered"
"Colonel Chang's Last Chance"
"Blind Spot"
"The Trapped Battalion"
"Strange Orders"
"Surrender"
"Rescue"
"Garibaldi"
"In Flanders' Field"
"Obsolete"
"Turning Point"
"Monsoon"
"Sky Duel"
"Alfred The Great"
"Attack In The Alps"
"Stonewall"
"Commie Death Trap"
"That's My Boy"
"They Strike By Night"
"The Observer"
"Kitcheners Mob"
"The Dying Man"
"Able Company Strikes"
"We Set a Trap"
"Lawrence of Arabia"
"Under Fire"
"Battle Stallion"
"Mule Skinner"
"I Challenge Colonel Chang"
"Enemy Prisoner"
"While the Cannon Roar"
"Action at Ypres"
Story:
Art: Bernie Krigstein
Heroes: Giuseppe Garibaldi [Italian rebel leader] Antonio Barto [one of his followers, a cook]
Villains: Italian soldiers
Genre: War
Setting: Italy, circa 1848-1849
Reprinted In: B. Krigstein Comics
Synopsis: Barto feels like a coward, and wishes he could be a fighter instead of a cook; when the Italian army attacks his wagon and destroys his kitchen, he finally finds the courage to take up a gun and fight, pleasing Garibaldi.
"Surprise Attack!"
"Bridge Crossing"
"Plasma!"
"The Way Out!"
"Behind Enemy Lines"
"Attack By Night"
"Man With the Flag"
"Balloon Barage"
"Escape to Freedom"
"Mighty .75's"
"Blaze of Glory"
"The Lost Patrol"
"The Tiger of North Korea"
"Firepower!"
"None But the Brave"
"The Last Charge"
"The Island That Couldn't Be Taken!"
"Zero Minus Three"
"A Spy Among Us"
"Action at Sedan"
"No Surrender"
"Beyond the Call of Duty"
"Mine Field"
"The Commandos Strike"
"Night Raiders"
"Attack at Dawn!"
"One Step Means Death"
Reprinted In: War Is Hell #4
"Under Fire"
Reprinted In: War Is Hell #4
"Last Battle"
Reprinted In: War Is Hell #6
"In Enemy Territory"
"The Plot That Failed"
"Flight From Fear"
"Surprise Attack"
"On the Eve of Battle"
"Withdrawal"
"The Red Guerillas Strike!"
"The Last Patrol"
"The Rebels"
"Quemoy Raiders"
"Helpless"
"Demolition Squad"
Reprinted In: War Is Hell#5
"Platoon Trapped"
Reprinted In: War Is Hell#5
"A Medal For Marty"
"The Enemy at Their Back"
"They Don't Come Back"
"Bombardment"
"Escape"
"Battle Banner"
"At Gun Point"
"The Reds Were Waitin' For Us"
"One-Man Mission"
"Bull Run"
"Last Command"
"Mass Attack!"
Story:
Art: Gene Colan
Heroes: O'Conners [US Ranger]
Villains: Communist Chinese soldiers
Others: Lt. Loomis, US Rangers
Genre: War
Setting: Korea, Korean War
Synopsis: O'Conners brags about what he'll do to the Commies when they face them; everyone thinks he's a blow-hard but he captures a tank and uses it to ambush another tank and finally defeats an entire squadron, proving his capabilities.
Story:
Art: Paul Reinman
Heroes: Captain Dewey Forrest, the Raiders [McKay, LeBeau, Tani, Gault, Halcutt]
Villains:
Others: British, French, US officers
Genre: War
Setting: France, World War I
Synopsis: In World War I, the Raiders are sent on a commando mission into German lines and take an entire command post as their prisoners.
Story:
Art:
Heroes: A Korean fisherman
Villains: Communist Chinese soldiers
Others: Kim [fisherman's grandson]
Genre: War
Setting: Kojo, Korea, Korean War
Synopsis: A fisherman spies US forces arriving and sends his grandson to warn them of a Communist ambush. He then leads the people of Kojo in trapping the Communists and taking them prisoner by the time the US arrive.
Story:
Art:
Heroes: Three Union soldiers
Villains: Confederate soldiers
Genre: War
Setting: USA, Civil War
Synopsis: Three wounded men are left behind and told to surrender to the Confederates but instead they use commando-style tactics to rout the enemy and ultimately the Confederates surrender to them, not realizing there were only three of them.
Story:
Art: John Romita
Heroes: Special Squad VX [Kramer]
Villains: Nazis
Others:
Genre: War
Setting: Europe, World War II
Synopsis: US forces trying to land from a destroyer face staunch artillery fire. The commandos of Special Squad XV are sent in and they discover a radar station hidden inside a windmill; they destroy the installation and drive the Nazis back to the beach, letting the destroyer head in.
"Rank Happy"
"Bigger Than Both of Them"
"Inchon"
"Where the Reds Roam"
"The Night the Commies Came"
"Marine Masterpiece"
"Cross Fire"
"Liberty in Hula-Hula Land"
"Skiing is Believing"
"Fighting Fools"
"The U.S. Navy Can't Be Stopped"
"The Mule Marines"
"Break Thru"
"Contact!"
"Tank"
"Mission: Massacre"
"Behind Red Lines"
"Night Raid"
"Demolition Team"
"Zeroed In"
"Breakout"
"Mistake of General Ming"
"Tank Killers"
"Impossible Takes a Little Long"
"Guerilla"
"Operation: Hawk"
"Stand Fast"
"A Medal For Mickey"
untitled
"Trial Run"
"Shadows in the Night"
"In Cold Blood"
"Vengeance" Combat Casey "Attack"
"Sargeant and Danny Smith"
"Dead Man"
"Hannibal"
untitled
"The Bait"
"At Grips With the Enemy"
Reprinted In: War Is Hell #3
"Snow Job"
untitled
untitled
untitled
"Tin Soldier"
Reprinted In: War Is Hell#3
"Jungle Trap"
Reprinted In: War Is Hell#3
"The Battle of Pyongpu Pass"
"At Grips With the Enemy"
"Barrage"
"Howitzer"
"Strike at Zero Hour"
"Wall of Fire"
"Wounded in Action"
"The Trap is Set"
"The Actual, Uncensored Story Behind the Origin of Kent Blake"
"Slaves of the Soviet"
"Red Blood Over Berlin"
"Mission Accomplished"
"The Death Trap"
"Merchants of Death"
"He Laid Down His Life"
"The Chosen Few"
"The Man Without a Face"
"Condemned to Death"
"The Man With Two Faces"
"Destination Death"
"Final Destination"
"Dangerous Vacation"
"Tunnel of Death"
"Blood on the Sand"
"The Black bag"
"Mission at Midnight"
"Deadlier Than the Male"
"Prisoner of War"
"Journey into Terror"
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untitled
Story:
Art:
Heroes: Kent Blake
Villains: Communist Chinese soldiers
Others: Colonel Kruger, K Company
Genre: War, Spy
Setting: Kuwong, Korea, Korean War
Synopsis: Colonel Kruger sends Blake to find out how the Chinese were finding US forces in Kuwong; investigating, he discovers a hidden passage under the village with concealed men using a radio; he fights off rats in the pit and finally kills the Chinese and destroys the radio.
Story:
Art:
Heroes: Kent Blake
Villains: Arthur James [pilot, traitor], Chinese pilots
Others: Colonel Kruger, US soldiers, US pilots
Genre: War, Spy
Setting: Korea, Korean War
Synopsis: Blake joins the air force to find out why planes are disappearing; it turns out that the man assigned to him as co-pilot is a Commie and men like him have been hijacking them for the Chinese. Blake overpowers him and exposes the scam.
Story:
Art:
Heroes: Barney, Frank, Hugh, Jim [four soldiers]
Villains: Captain Kelsey [masquerades as G2 officer]
Others: 17th Division Infantry
Genre: War
Setting: Korea, Korean War
Synopsis: Four men running a radio installation meet Captain Kelsey, who tells them a traitor is sending information to the Commies. They begin to turn on each other, but Frank realizes Kelsey is a Commie agent because he has information they couldn't get on their radio.
Story:
Art:
Heroes: Kent Blake
Villains: Communist Chinese soldiers
Others: Colonel Kruger, Lee Tsui [spy, dies], Lo San [Korean underground], US soldiers [Carson]
Genre: War, Spy
Setting: North Korea, Korean War
Synopsis: Blake is sent with the beautiful Lee Tsui to find and destroy a factory where the North is preparing a bacteria weapon called the "unseen death." They succeed, but Tsui dies the next day; she had been exposed to the virus earlier and knew she would soon die.
"Death in His Hand"
"Last Request"
untitled
untitled
"The Traitor"
untitled
"Salvo"
"A Time to Fight"
untitled
untitled
"Bring Back a Mig"
"Death Map"
"The Caverns of Death"
"Operation Killer"
"Under Cover of Darkness"
"Attack at Dawn"
"The Voice"
untitled
untitled
untitled
untitled
untitled
untitled
"The Butcher of Wulfhausen"
"Farmhand Murder Case"
"Man Who Didn't Count"
"Revenge of James Cortez"
"Scrapbook of the West"
"Fury in his Fists"
"Pursuit"
"Suicide or Murder"
"Mantrap"
"Power"
"The One Road"
"The Fallen Hero"
"A Friend There Was"
"Black Lightning"
"Are You a Detective"
"Laugh, Fool, Laugh"
"Perfect Crime"
"Human Sacrifice"
"Ermine Cape Mystery"
"Black Hate"
"Murder While Thousands Cheer"
"Terror in the Tenements"
"Cry Criminal"
"The Killer"
"The Fall Guy"
"One Must Lose"
"The Guilty"
"Moment of Glory"
"An Eye For an Eye"
"The Leader"
"Man Without Guts"
"Crack-Up"
"Escape to Nowhere"
"One is a Murderer"
"Common Danger"
"Here Comes Sergeant Smith"
"The Weakling"
"Waco Kid"
"The Plunge"
"Demon of Devil's Island"
"Black Robe"
"Gift of Gab"
"Man Who Turned Yellow"
Story: Hank Chapman
Art: Joe Maneely
Heroes: Corporal Harry Slade [dies]
Villains: Communist Chinese soldiers
Others: Sgt. Burt Hart [dies], US soldiers, Betty Dale [woman Hart and Slade fought over in college], Mrs. Slade [Harry's mother]
Genre: War
Setting: Fort Dix; Yalu River, Korea, Korean War, November 26, 1950
Synopsis: As Slade is on the front lines of battle firing at the Chinese he wonders why the artillery isn't firing. It's because Sgt. Hart and his men have been killed, but Slade imagines that it's because of his long-standing rivalry with Hart from high school to college to the military. Slade finally dies on the front lines.
Story:
Art: Paul Reinman
Heroes: Jack Ferris [timid soldier, dies]
Villains: Communist Chinese soldiers
Others: Company A [US soldiers], Brooklyn, Curly
Genre: War
Setting: Korea, Korean War
Synopsis: Ferris always holds back in battle, wanting to stay alive so that he can get home to his wife. One day, he becomes reckless and winds up charging the enemy to save his squad, dying in the effort. Afterward, his fellow soldiers discover a letter from his wife on his person in which she asked him for a divorce.
Story:
Art:
Heroes: Cass Nichols [US soldier, dies]
Villains: Major Kee [master interrogator], Communist Chinese soldiers
Others: Phil [US soldier, dies], US soldiers
Genre: War
Setting: Korean, Korean War
Synopsis: Nichols surrenders to the Chinese and they prepare him for interrogation, threatening torture unless he speaks publicly against his own country. Nichols refuses and tries to escape; the Chinese shoot him in the back.
Story:
Art: Russ Heath
Heroes: Larry Jones [soldier on leave]
Others: Aunt Martha [Larry's aunt], Mr. Gray [city councilman], Bill Swift [Larry's best friend]
Genre: War
Setting: Centerton, Korean War
Synopsis: Larry returns from the war to Centerton as a hero, but is uncomfortable with the hero worshiping the townsfolk subject him to. When they throw him a parade he bolts and hides; he finally realizes that the people in town aren't trying to exploit him but see in him the loved ones they lost overseas; he returns to the parade.
"The Black Hate"
"On Target"
"Suicide"
"90 Day Wonder"
"Beach Head"
"Field Pack"
"Take Cover"
"All Quiet in Fuisan"
"Prepare to Ditch"
"Bouncing Betseys"
"No Prisoners"
"A Spot for Nick"
"Screaming Meemies"
"Going Home"
"Luck of Lieutenant Nelson"
"The Mistake"
"The First Time I Died"
"Combat Patrol"
"Small War"
"Annihilation"
"The Comrade"
"The Gyrenes"
"The Conquerors"
"This Was...the Forgotten Army"
"Suicide Squad"
"Hill 603"
"Gripe Artist"
"Battle Brains"
"Wiped Out"
"Face of the Enemy"
"The Barrier"
"The Boot"
"Bring Back a Red"
"Probing Action"
"Shock Troops"
"The Big Stall"
"Talk or Die"
"Backfire"
"Glory"
"Action at Ming-Po Pass"
"Miracle Maker"
"No Volunteers"
"Death Stand"
"Bonaparte"
"No Gun for Charlie"
"That's an Order"
"A Shot in the Dark"
"Close-Up"
"Bonaparte at Bay"
"Hit and Run"
"Fire at Will"
"Napoleon's Waterloo"
"Foothold"
"Artillery Duel"
"Breakdown"
"That Others May Live"
"Evacuation"
"Target"
"They Wouldn't Die"
"Behind the False Face"
"Dead Ringer"
"Tarantula's Web"
"Rocket to the Moon"
"Faceless Man"
"Death is a Spy's Reward"
"Where Mummies Prowl"
"Crawling Things"
"Toying With Death"
"Suicide Mission"
"Out of the Wreckage"
"Somewhere the Sniper Waits"
"The Battle of Belleau Woods"
"Attack By Night"
"Fire at Will"
"Belleau Woods"
"The Barrier"
Story:
Art: Gene Colan
Heroes: "Genius" Gromley, Able Company
Villains: Major Mu-Chow, Communist soldiers
Others: Korean civilians
Genre: War
Setting: Korean War
Synopsis: "Genius" Gromley always claims to have big ideas about how to fight the Commies, but is ignored; when the Commies retreat to a temple and take hostages, the Americans are uncertain how to proceed; Gromley allows himself to be captured so he can tell the Koreans not to worry while the Americans begin bombing the temple, coming closer to it with every strike; the Communists finally surrender before the shells reach them.
Story:
Art:
Heroes: Lt. Andy Buchanan ["Ace Buster", pilot]
Villains: Huro "Kamikaze" Kuromoto [Japanese pilot, dies]
Genre: War
Setting: World War II, Pacific, Japan
Synopsis: Buchanan builds a reputation as an ace pilot, and racks up over a dozen kills during the War, but on his last mission, he faces ace Japanese pilot Kuromoto, who forces him to flee; however, he learns afterward that he made a "delayed kill" on Kuromoto-- and so his record is secure.
Story:
Art:
Heroes: Tommy Yates [young Marine], Dog Company
Villains: Japanese soldiers
Genre: War
Setting: World War II, unnamed island
Synopsis: On his first mission as a Marine, Yates assists in taking a Japanese-held island, and single-handedly takes out a platoon of soldiers, then uses their mortar against their own men.
Story:
Art:
Heroes: "Shorty" [short Marine], Brown Company
Villains: German soldiers
Others:
Genre: War
Setting: World War I [March, 1918], France
Synopsis: "Shorty" is ridiculed for his size, but his short height proves invaluable when he manages to fit through a gap in a wall, and surprises a company of Germans; taking charge of their machine gun, he captures several dozen Germans single-handedly.
Story:
Art: Joe Sinnott
Heroes: Sgt. Hank Marcy [son of Chinese missionaries], Blue Company
Villains: Communist soldiers, Mongol horsemen
Genre: War
Setting: Korean War
Synopsis: Marcy leads his men through a dangerous line of Chinese soldiers, and Mongol horsemen, using his knowledge of the Chinese to anticipate their strategies.
"Night Patrol"
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"For Boots Only"
"One-Man Mission"
"Those Impossible Marines"
"The Red Hordes"
"The Mark of the Marine"
"Guadalcanal"
"Making of a Marine"
"Tank Destroyer"
"Marines Strike Back"
"This Town Isn't Big Enough For Commies and Marines"
"Rifle Range"
"Demolished"
"One-Man Mission"
"Red Target"
"Stop the Commie Convoy"
"Made in the Marine Corps"
"Captured by the Commies"
"Surprise Attack"
"Mission in the Solomons"
"Amphibious Assault"
"Stop the Supplies"
"Sky Raiders"
untitled
untitled
"Breakthrough"
"Hold That Front Line"
"The Roar of Battle"
"When Boot Days Are Over"
"Make One False Move"
"Major Fu's Ace-in-the-Hole"
"Convoy"
"The Fouled-Up Boot"
"The Commie Captain Chung"
"Korea"
"The Hidden Enemy"
"The Marines' Hymn"
"Winter War"
"Delayed Action"
"Trapped by the Tanks"
"Wars of the US Marines"
"Object Liberation"
"They Raided the Reds"
"In the Path of a Tank"
"Battle for the Bridge"
Story:
Art:
Heroes: Rock Murdock
Villains: Communist Chinese soldiers
Others: Captain O'Bannon, Fox Company
Genre: War
Setting: Korea, Korean War
Synopsis: The Marines are pinned down and call for more ammunition; the ammo drops near the Chinese and they move in to hide amongst it, knowing the Marines will not risk shooting the ammo they need. Murdock throws what looks like dynamite into their midst and they evacuate, allowing the Marines to move in and take their ammo then rout the Chinese; the "dynamite" was actually a bundle of candles.
Story:
Art: Gene Colan
Heroes: Keller [Easy Company]
Villains: Communist Chinese soldiers
Others: Easy Company [Walker], US Marines
Genre: War
Setting: Panmunjom, Korea, Korean War
Synopsis: Keller is knocked out of his jeep by a blast and is picked up by a rocket squad who return him to his ranks.
Story:
Art: Dick Ayers
Heroes: Chuck Foster ["Farmer"]
Villains: Japanese soldiers
Others: Easy Company
Genre: War
Setting: Pacific island, World War II
Synopsis: Foster hates his nickname of "Farmer" but when Easy Company is pinned down he drives a bulldozer through lines of pillboxes, putting his old farming skills to use.
Story:
Art:
Heroes: Boot-Camp Brady
Others: US Marines
Genre: War
Setting: Marine base; Philippines, 1898-1902; Korea, Korean War
Synopsis: Boot-Camp Brady teaches his men a variety of jargon used by Marines and where the expressions came from, then puts them to work cleaning their barracks.
Story:
Art:
Heroes: Rock Murdock
Villains: Communist Chinese soldiers
Others: Captain O'Bannon, Fox Company
Genre: War
Setting: Korea, Korean War
Synopsis: When Fox Company is pinned by tanks they try planting mines to stop their advance, but the tanks have flails to remove the mines. They retreat to the woods and when the tanks enter they drop the mines from branches, defeating the tank squad.
"They Raid at Dawn"
"Action at Chunan"
"Fox Company Can't Advance"
"DMZ Marines"
"Island Attack"
"The Whole Town's Trap"
"Marine in Hiding"
"Battle of Nerves"
"Underwater Maraders"
"Outnumbered"
"Iwo Jama"
"Belleu Wood"
untitled
"History of the US Marine Corps"
"The Guns That Weren't There"
"The Bonhomme Richard Episode"
"Forward"
"Guadacanal"
"I Want a Volunteer"
untitled
"The Intrepid Incident"
"Guam"
"The Town That Couldn't Be Taken"
"Counter-Attack"
"Battle at Sea"
"Tokyo Express"
"Hill 854"
untitled
"We Have Met the Enemy"
"Marine Raid on Munda"
"Gyrene Raid"
"The Rocket's Red Glare"
"Fighting With Fire"
"The Flying Nightmares"
"Hold Back the Commies"
"Pvt. Gattley and the Rippling Rockets"
"A Handful of Marines"
"From the Halls of Montezuma to the Shores of Tripoli, They Fight Our Country's Battles"
"The Magnificent Marine"
"Priority One Enemy Bridge"
"Caught by the Commies"
"The Barbary Pirates"
"Operation Glory"
"Surrounded By the Enemy"
"Corregidor"
"Pirate War"
"Shell Fire"
"In The Line of Duty"
"Red Stronghold"
"Behind Barbed Wire"
"Korean Winter"
"My Platoon is Trapped"
"Swamp War"
"Raid on Red H.Q."
"Take the Town"
"Betrayal on the Battlefield"
"The Secret Raiders"
"Captured"
"Victory at Veracruz"
"Outnumbered at the Front"
"The Doomed Platoon"
"Trapped By Enemy Tanks"
"Breakthrough"
"Zeroed in By Red Artillery"
"Captured"
"Action at Atobi Atoll"
"Shellfire"
"Call Out the Marines"
"Get 'Em Gyrenes"
"And One Was Left Behind"
"Night Attack"
"Pillbox"
"The War Nobody Wanted to Fight"
"Cornered By Commies"
"Commie Ambush"
"Bail Out... Or Die"
"Combat Jitters"
"The Man"
"In Enemy Hands"
"Man Alone"
"Bombardment"
"Gung Ho, Gyrenes"
"Come and Get Us"
"Ambush in a Mine Field"
Story:
Art:
Heroes: Sgt. Shannon [US Marine]
Villains: Chinese soldiers
Others: US Marines
Genre: War
Setting: Korean War
Synopsis: Sgt. Shannon calls his M-1911A1 "baby" and "sweetheart" as it helps him overcome Communist forces in Korea. One day he is separated and hunted by a Chinese who wants the handgun for himself. He keeps track of Shannon's fired shots then moves in when he thinks he's out of ammo, but Shannon kept an extra cartridge loaded in his gun and kills the Chinese.
Story:
Art: Joe Sinnott
Heroes: "Iron Mike" McGraw, Gunny
Villains: Chinese soldiers
Others: Captain Kane, Fox Company
Genre: War
Setting: Korean War
Synopsis: McGraw and Gunny are captured by the Chinese, but are able to set off the Chinese shells planned for an ambush, then operate the Chinese's own artillery against them while still tied up; the ambush fails and McGraw and Gunny take their former captors prisoner as they return to Fox Company.
Story:
Art: Mac Pakula
Heroes: Lt. Gable, Sgt. Boone [Fox Company Marines]
Villains: Japanese soldiers
Others: Fox Company
Genre: War
Setting: January 9, 1945, Luzon, Philippines, World War II
Synopsis: On Luzon, Lt. Gable's men run low on ammo but when it is dropped in from the air, the Japanese claim it first. Finally, Gable uses booby trapped ammo to ward the Japanese off and they finally best the Japanese.
Story:
Art:
Heroes: Private Zielinski [Marine from Maine]
Villains: Confederate Soldiers
Others: US Marines
Genre: War
Setting: November 7, 1861, Port Royal, South Carolina, American Civil War
Synopsis: The Marines try to capture Port Royal, but the Confederates keep removing their siege ladders. Finally, Private Zielinski shows how with his axe he can drop trees on to the fort wall, enabling an invasion; the fort is captured and Zielinski's axe is sent to the US Marine Corps Museum.
Story:
Art:
Heroes: Captain Kearny, Lt. Loomis [both King Company]
Villains: Colonel Chu-San, Chinese soldiers
Others: King Company
Genre: War
Setting: Korean War
Synopsis: Captain Kearny is captured by the Chinese and used to force his men to surrender. Lt. Loomis seems to agree, but actually tricks Colonel Chu-San's men into driving their tank over a bed of explosives and threatens to detonate them unless they surrender; the colonel is captured and King Company routs his men.
"The Big Guns"
"My Platoon is Scared"
"Blockade"
"Jeb Stuart's Raiders"
"Thunderbolt"
"Tonight We Raid the Reds"
"Manpower"
"The Face of Fear"
"The Conquerors"
"Attack"
"Snow"
"Ticket Home"
"Truce"
"Fairy Tale"
"Sweating It Out"
"The Objective"
"Explosion"
"Victory"
"Conchie"
"Hit the Dirt"
"At Dawn They Die"
"Platoon Sergeant"
"The Gun"
"Squad Charge"
"Squad Change"
"Death Trap"
"Big Talk"
"Souvenir"
"The Siege"
"No Risk Too Great"
"A Piece of Paper"
"Fury"
"Dynamite Detail"
"They Strike By Night"
"The Stalkers"
"Eager Beaver"
"Stalled"
"First Blood"
untitled
"The Checkerboard Squadron"
"The Stalker"
"Stepping Stones"
untitled
"Shinano"
"Hit and Run"
"Yellow Sea Assault"
"Flattop"
"Come An' Get Us"
"The Silence"
"Teamwork"
"Torpedo Trap"
"The Skipper"
"Battle Stations"
"Target Area"
untitled
"The Last Step"
"The Deadly Decoy"
"Fire"
untitled
"The U.S.S. New Jersey"
"Dreadnought"
"Shark's Nest"
untitled
"Demo Devil-Dogs"
"Battlewagon"
"Sabotage at Sea"
"We've Been Hit"
"The Rockets Roar"
"The Big Night"
"Fire All Torpedoes"
"The Man Who Tore down the Stars and Stripes"
untitled
"Tanker"
"The Red Admiral's Secret"
"I'll Sink You Yet"
"The Sub Strikes"
"Hey, Doc"
"The Commies Greatest Enemy"
"Two Sailors Against a Sub"
"Task Force"
"Second Chance For Private Ruark"
"The Sea Stalkers"
untitled
"These Boot-Camp Blues"
"Catching Commies"
"It's All Sweeney's Fault"
"Torpedoes Away"
"Chief Mulligan on Ice"
"Gobs of Action"
"A Lot of Bull"
"For the Love of Joanie"
"Shore Leave"
"Hooked in Enemy Waters"
"Gobs and Gals"
"The Mysterious Menace"
"Screw-Ball"
"In Enemy Hands"
"The Bell That Told"
"Shakedown Cruise"
untitled
"Torpedoed"
"Bombs Away"
untitled
"The Final Salvo"
"Submarine"
"Escape in Korea"
untitled
"Landing Party"
"Sealed Order"
"Battle Cruiser"
"Ack-Ack Alley"
"Captured"
"Invasion"
"The Sub That Couldn't Be Sunk"
"We Strike the Reds"
"Counter-Attack"
"The Human Decoy"
"Destroyer"
"Attack By Sea"
"Salvo"
"Fighting Lady"
"Hit and Run"
"The Hidden Fleet"
"The Phantom Carrier"
"Destroyer"
"Wings of the Navy"
"Duel in the Pacific"
"The Sitting Duck"
"The Mosquito Fleet"
"Full Steam Ahead"
"Rammed"
"Sky Raider"
"U.S.S. Enterprise"
"Men of the Ghost Fleet"
"Operation Frogman"
"Bombing Mission"
"Landing Craft"
untitled
"We Smashed the Commie Convoy"
"The Firing Signal"
"We Have Met the Enemy"
"Ambush Trap"
"Heavy Cruiser"
untitled
"Get That Sub"
"Sub Tender"
"Battle Stations"
"Split-Second Sortie"
untitled
"Trail of the Killer"
"Evacuation"
"On Target"
"Under Fire"
untitled
"Our Fighting Fleet"
Story:
Art: Don Heck
Heroes: Torpedo Taylor
Villains: Japanese navy, air force
Others: Barracuda crew [Mr. Hardy]
Genre: War
Setting: World War II
Synopsis: The Barracuda goes after an aircraft carrier but bomber planes threaten the sub; Taylor comes up with the idea to have more guns fit to the boat and on a second run they take out the air force then sink the carrier.
Story:
Art: Joe Sinnott
Heroes: Jock Jefferson III [former battleship commander]
Villains: Japanese soldiers
Others: USS Collett crew [Gurke, De Haven, Henderson, Swenson, Mansfield]
Genre: War
Setting: Wolmi-Do, Inchon, World War II
Synopsis: The Collett's new commander looks down on the old destroyer but it proves capable in battle, withstanding massive Japanese artillery from the shore and he decides to stay with the vessel.
Story:
Art:
Heroes: US Minesweeper crew [Hughes, Leonard, Anderson, West]
Villains: Japanese navy
Genre: War
Setting: Rabaul, World War II, February, 1944
Synopsis: The US Minesweeper goes through a seemingly impassable mine field, clearing the path so that battleships and aircraft carriers can move in and battle the Japanese.
Story:
Art: Davy Berg
Heroes: "Bang-Bang" O'Bannon
Villains: Chinese pilots, Communist Chinese soldiers
Others: US pilots, US Marines
Genre: War
Setting: Korea, Korean War
Synopsis: O'Bannon is a first-rate pilot who manages to take out vital Chinese artillery lines, allowing the Marines to advance.
Story:
Art: Don Heck
Heroes: Torpedo Taylor
Villains: Japanese navy
Others: Barracuda crew
Genre: War
Setting: Bewitok Atoll, World War II
Synopsis: Taylor is caught by the Japanese and left out in the open at Bewitok Atoll to lure the Barracuda into a trap, but Taylor uses his pocket knife to flash signals to the crew, warning them in time to best the Japanese.
"Get That Sub"
"Task Force"
"Whirleybird"
"Tanker"
"Rammed"
"Gun Crew"
untitled
"Impossible Target"
"Raider Ship"
"Enemy Blockade"
"Destroy the Enemy"
"Power Crash"
"Flameout"
"Mass Attack"
"Fire One"
"Undersea Killer"
"Destroyer"
"Bandits... Nine O'Clock High"
"Yorktown"
"Watch Your Sub Die"
"Prepare to Dive"
"Wolf Pack"
"Shot Down in Flames"
"Troopship"
"The Doomed Convoy"
"The Sub Stalks"
"The Deadly Decoy"
"Migs"
"Mutiny"
"We Invade at Dawn"
"Man Overboard"
"The Marines Have Landed"
"Revenge"
"Every Man For Himself"
"Stand By For Action"
"The Silent Stalker"
"Battle at Sea"
"Torpedo Bomber"
"Icebreaker"
"Knockout Blow"
Story:
Art: Gene Colan
Villains: Chinese navy
Others: Fox Company [Halley], US navy [Johnson]
Genre: War
Setting: Korea, Korean War
Synopsis: As Fox Company is being transported out of Korea they face a Chinese destroyer; working together, the marines and navy destroy the vessel.
Story:
Art: Paul Reinman
Heroes: Bradley Comstock [Intrepid commander]
Villains: Japanese air force
Others: Intrepid crew [Mark]
Genre: War
Setting: Hawaii; Ellis Island, World War II
Synopsis: Comstock takes command of the Intrepid shortly before the attack at Pearl Harbor; his crew fights the Japanese at sea and manages to hold off pilots until reinforcements arrive.
Story:
Art: John Forte
Heroes: Lt. Harper [Squadron 824], Major Wilson [new commander]
Villains: Chinese pilots
Others: US pilots
Genre: War
Setting: Korea, Korean War
Synopsis: When Squadron 824 loses their commander they fear the replacement because of his lack of experience, but Major Wilson quickly proves his ability.
Story:
Art:
Heroes: Stetson [US Marine]
Villains: Communist Chinese soldiers
Others: Major Carlson, Lt. Jason, Charley Company [Mack]
Genre: War
Setting: Korea, Korean War
Synopsis: Stetson's father died in Korea and he feels guilty for leaving him behind; when the Marines are sent to capture a map of the Chinese mine field he faces up to his fear in battle and feels he's made peace with his father.
Story:
Art: Mac L. Pakula
Heroes: Captain Hu-Chu [nationalist leader]
Villains: Communist Chinese soldiers
Others: Korean Nationalist soldiers
Genre: War
Setting: Formosa, Korean War
Synopsis: Captain Hu-Chu loses his coat in a skirmish; papers inside indicate money being sent by train to Formosa so the Communists capture the cargo, but it actually contains bombs which detonate and kill them when they open it, just as Hu-Chu planned.
"Torpedo Tubes Ready"
"Stand By to Attack"
"The P.T. Strikes"
"Shot Down"
"Mission... Submarine"
"Shakedown"
"Frogman"
"The Sinking Ship"
"Night Strike"
"S.O.S. Torpedo"
"Torpedoes Away"
"Battle-Wagon"
"Shanghaied"
"Shipwrecked"
"Navy Jet"
Story:
Art:
Heroes: Skipper of a PT boat and crew [Morty]
Villains: Crew of the Hikata
Genre: War
Setting: Guam, Mindanao, World War II
Synopsis: A little PT boat faces the Japanese dreadnought Hikata; using their wits, they make a mine field and lure the ship into it then hit with all of their guns, managing to destroy the vastly more powerful craft.
Story:
Art: Paul Reinman
Heroes: Commander Julius Bond [submarine commander of Sea Lion]
Villains: Japanese aircraft carrier
Others:Sea Lion submarine crew [Kane, Cawley, Morton, Brad, Joe, Danny]
Genre: War
Setting: Pacific Theater, September 16, 1943
Synopsis: The Sea Lion engages in battle with a Japanese carrier and has to hide from depth charges beneath the waves; when their distress call is answered by a US craft they surface to investigate; even though it's a Japanese trap, they manage to destroy the carrier.
Story:
Art:
Heroes: Sailor Sweeney, Mulligan
Others: Kitty Kelly, Santa Claus
Genre: War
Setting: New York
Synopsis: Sweeney and Mulligan spar over who will give gifts to Kitty, but when they find out how much Kitty wants they despair of ever satisfying her. Depressed, they give all they have to a Santa Claus and tell him their woes. Meeting up with Kitty they discover she has received all the presents she asked for; were they saved by the real Santa Claus?
Story:
Art: Cal Mossey
Heroes: Captain Conroy [commander of USS Commodore]
Villains: Imperial Japanese naval forces
Others: Crew of the USS Commodore, Admiral Hopkins
Genre: War
Setting: Pacific Theater, World War II
Synopsis: Conroy succeeds in daring escapdes during the war, but after an injury he is reassigned to a desk job. His knowledge turns out to be valuable in stopping a Japanese attack and he comes to appreciate his new role.
"The Stalking Sub"
"Attack at Dawn"
"The Sky is Ours"
"Survival"
Reprinted In: B. Krigstein Comics
"Beachhead"
"Torpedoed"
"The Hand That Held the Dagger"
"Bailout at 10,000"
"The Chase"
"Stalker under the Sea"
"I Was a Prisoner of the Communists"
"The Man-Eater"
"Yellow!"
"Octopus"
"Human Bait"
"Cave-In"
"Devil Bat"
"Adventure Story"
"The Red Pirate"
"Jungle Story"
"Swamp"
"White Death"
"Up Periscope"
"I Killed Hitler"
"Gunboat"
"The Last Round"
Story:
Art: Bill Savage
Heroes: Captain Grant [by-the-book leader]
Villains: Communist Chinese soldiers
Others: Lt. Jorgenson [reckless maverick], US soldiers
Genre: War
Setting: Korea, Korean War
Synopsis: Grant and Jorgenson are cleaning up a Korean town, destroying locations as they go, but some captured snipers claim that they don't intend to occupy the city. Jorgenson doesn't destroy a bridge as a result and it turns out that the Commies plan to advance through it; Jorgenson corrects his mistake by sacrificing himself to destroy the bridge.
Story:
Art: Vernon Henkel
Heroes: B Company [Jimmy Kim, Price, Bass, Young, Duke Miller, Tucker]
Villains: North Korean soldiers
Others: US soldiers
Genre: War
Setting: Injon-Unongpo, Korea, Korean War
Synopsis: B Company is sent to take out artillery guns which have pinned down forces at Injon-Unongpo; they all sacrifice their lives to take out the guns.
Story:
Art: Bill Savage
Heroes: Captain Doug Grant [working for G2]
Villains: Chan Tuin [spy, poses as resistance member, dies], Communist Chinese soldiers
Others: Kim [political prisoner, dies], US soldiers
Genre: War, Spy
Setting: Liu Ho, Korea, Korean War, July, 1951
Synopsis: Grant surrenders to the North Koreans to gather intelligence but gives himself away when Chan Tuin pretends to be with the resistance. In prison, Grant befriends Kim and inspires him to resist. At their public execution, Grant and Kim fight back and Kim's death inspires the townspeople to strike back; Chan Tuin is executed for his failure.
Story:
Art: Bill LaCava
Heroes: Sanders, O'Connell, Banton [US prisoners]
Villains: Conroy [US prisoner, collaborator, dies], Communist Chinese soldiers
Others: Edson, Maloney [US prisoners, die], Chin Wu [Chinese-American soldier, dies]
Genre: War
Setting: A prison camp, Korea, Korean War
Synopsis: The prisoners wonder who gives away their escape attempts. They wonder if it's Chin Wu, but after Wu is killed they realize Conroy has been giving them away; the other prisoners hurl Conroy into the courtyard at night where the guards suppose him to be an escapee and kill him.
"Snow Job"
"Resolution: Revolution"
"Dugan Does It Again"
"Bootcamp"
"Mysterious Mission"
"The Silent Spy"
untitled
"The Big Fight"
"The Fire"
"Death Under the Sea"
"How to Take a Korean"
"The Butcher in Black"
"Six Dead Men"
"Rain"
"Little Rest"
"Flame"
"Three on a Match, the Pause That Kills"
"Coming Home"
"Change of Plans"
"Kid Stuff"
"Muzzle Flash"
"The River"
"The Command of General Mu"
"Casualty List"
"Manhunt"
"The Schmo"
"Breaking Point"
Story:
Art: Jay Scott Pike
Heroes: Aramada Six [Platoon; Stillman, "Shorty", Sgt. Duke], Lt. Alvin, Lt. Sam Foster
Villains: Germans
Others: unnamed colonel
Genre: War
Setting: Europe, World War II
Reprinted In: War Is Hell#2
Synopsis: The easy-going soldiers of Armada Six seem unprofessional to Lt. Foster, but are seasoned combat pros, and prove it when it comes time to fight, leaving Foster singing their praises.
Story: Hank Chapman
Art: Robert Q. Sale
Heroes: unnamed US soldiers [several die]
Villains: Korean sniper [dies]
Genre: War
Setting: Korean War
Synopsis: A sniper takes out several Americans before finally being shot down himself.
"Grenade Burst"
"Suicide Patrol"
"Sunday Bath"
"The Lost Battalion"
"CGC Counter Guerilla Squad"
"Atilla the Hun"
"Low Down"
"War Horse"
Reprinted In: B. Krigstein Comics
"The Quiet Guy"
"The New Weapon"
"The Eagle's Brood"
"Lancer"
"One Day"
"Rangers Strike"
"The First Shot"
"Willies Pin-Ups"
"Interrupted Journey"
"Ladies From Hell"
"Battle Fatigue"
"Cold Steel"
"The Weapon"
"News Item"
"Fire at Will - The Story of a Slaughter"
"Hit the Silk"
"Expendable"
"Poor Slob"
"Cycle"
"The Casualty"
"The Wrong Answer"
"The Final Salvo"
"Beware the Dead"
"The Wrong Answer"
"The Final Salvo"
"Beware the Dead"
"Cycle"
"The Casualty War"
"The Deadliest Weapon"
"Fatal Step"
"Why?"
"You Only Die Once"
"Death Patrol"
"Midnight Raid"
"Saga of a Sergeant"
"Long Wait"
"It Can't Be Done"
"Signal Station"
"The Windmill"
"Barrage"
"But Only Guts Can Make a Combat Photog"
"Join Forces"
"Crossfire"
"In For the Kill"
"Red Trap"
"One Second to Live"
"The Saga of Lin Sing-Po"
"With Their Backs to the Sea"
"The Vultures and the Shark"
"One Move Means Death"
"The Dame"
"Spot!"
"Platoon Leader"
"Behind the Lines"
"Battleground"
"Sixty Seconds"
"Silent Night"
"DSC"
"First Blood"
"The Hound"
"Action at Su Jan"
"One Must Die"
"One Drag"
"Nerve Center"
"Who's Next"
"Final Grave"
"The Bridge"
"Mig"
"The Raider"
"Code of the Cavalry"
"ROK"
Story: Hank Chapman
Art: Robert Q. Sale
Heroes: Combat Casey, Private Percy P. Pennington
Villains: Communist Chinese soldiers
Genre: War
Setting: North Korea, Korean War
Synopsis: Casey is caught by the Chinese and winds up bound to Private Pennington, who despite his bookish nature proves invaluable as he uses his glasses to reflect the sun and burn their ropes, then helps Casey destroy Chinese artillery stations.
Story:
Art: Henkel
Heroes: Private Percy Bliss [bookish soldier]
Villains: Communist Chinese soldiers
Others: US soldiers
Genre: War
Setting: Korea, Korean War
Synopsis: Bliss is often chewed out by his sergeant for reading books on the battlefield but he helps save the day by using his glasses to reflect the sun and start a brushfire which sends the Chinese out of their hiding place.
Story: Hank Chapman
Art: Robert Q. Sale
Heroes: Combat Casey, Private Percy P. Pennington
Villains: Communist Chinese soldiers
Genre: War
Setting: Korea, Korean War
Synopsis: Casey accompanies Percy on an excursion to look for flowers. When they find Chinese soldiers doing the same they trail them and discover a germ warfare plant; the duo destroy the operation.
Story:
Art: Davy Berg
Heroes: Rusty, Shorty, Chase, Kelsey, March and other US Marines
Villains: Communist Chinese soldiers
Others: Korean villagers
Genre: War
Setting: Pyongchon, Korea, Korean War
Synopsis: When the Chinese invade the village of Pyongchon, a squad of US Marines drive them out.
"You Only Die Once"
"Peril in Korea"
"Battle Bait"
"The Chips Are Down"
"Infantry's War"
"They Died at Their Battle Stations"
"The Wild Blue Yonder"
"Corporal Stanford, the Hero of Anzio"
"Cross Fire"
"Death in the Desert"
"Tank Trap"
"The Victory"
"Home is the Eagle"
"Sergeant Stuarts Revenge"
"The General Said, Nut"
"Total Destruction"
"The Black Shark"
"Sergeant Storms Mission"
"The Hounds of Death"
Story:
Art: Norman Steinberg
Heroes: Sgt. Sam Storm, Private Micky McBurn
Villains: Tokyo Tillie [spy for Korea], Korean spies
Others: Noreen [WAC], US soldiers
Genre: War
Setting: Tokyo, Japan, Korean War
Synopsis: While in Tokyo, Sgt. Storm visits Tokyo Tillie and realizes she's pumping soldiers for information; he's nearly taken prisoner by her associates, but McBurn arrives to see Tillie and saves his pal, rounding up the den of spies.
Story:
Art:
Heroes: Major Bob Hannon
Villains: Communist Chinese soldiers
Others: US soldiers
Genre: War
Setting: Juksomi, Fadezami, Korea; Pentagon, Washington DC, Korean War
Synopsis: Major Hannon is a fearless combat leader in Korea but receives an unwanted transfer to a desk job at the Pentagon. He loathes his position, but one day he receives a coded transmission about his old squad and from deciphering it saves the squad from an ambush. Finally seeing the value of his new job, the major remains with the Pentagon.
Story:
Art: Russ Heath
Heroes: Private Richard Grant [former pre-fab house builder]
Villains: Communist Chinese soldiers
Others: Captain Jim Laning [former foreman], Col. Hastings, US soldiers [Collins, Murph, Snead]
Genre: War
Setting: Kantoki, Korea, Korean War, June 10, 1950
Synopsis: In civilian life, Laning worked for Grant and walked off the job rather than apologize for a mistake he made. In Korea, Grant finds himself under Laning's command. He doubts Laning's leadership openly and when the squad is pinned down he disobeys orders and takes out the sniper himself. Grant is court martialed, but has learned to respect Laning's capability as a soldier and Laning testifies on Grant's behalf; they return to duty together as friends.
Story:
Art:
Heroes: Lt. Sam Tendler [Medical Corps]
Villains: Communist Chinese soldiers
Others: Jerry Stanzak [Medical Corps], Dr. Karl Stader [chief surgeon], Jane [Sam's girlfriend], Fred [Air Force, Sam's rival], Mr. and Mrs. Tendler [Sam's parents], US soldiers
Genre: War
Setting: Yale University; Korea, Korean War
Synopsis: Tendler joins the Medical Corps and finds himself looked down on by others for taking a "soft job." While treating men in a hospital the staff refuses to evacuate and leave their patients behind. Tendler is given grenades to throw at incoming Chinese but is afraid he'll hurt the patients. Instead, he claims to know where secert plans are buried and leads the Chinese away with him, then pulls the grenade pins from his pockets, killing himself and the enemy.
"Stormy Weather"
"A.P.O."
"Alone"
"Fighting Machines"
"The Face of the Enemy"
"Road Block"
"Final Mission"
"The Monster"
"Aftermath"
"Inchon! The Invasion That Shocked the World"
"Muck"
"The Road to Wakibi"
"Bomb Burst"
"Tough Guy"
"Death at Dawn"
"Not Accounted For"
"My Buddy"
"Don't Move"
"Beyond the Call of Duty"
"The Old Man"
"Death Gauntlet"
"Ambush Ahead"
"The Civilian"
"Outnumbered"
"24 Hours"
"By the Side of the Road"
"Knifed"
"The Temple of Motang-Po"
"Shoot Anything That Moves"
"The Last Stand"
"Unarmed"
"Army Policy"
Reprinted In: War Is Hell#6
"Remember the Alamo"
Reprinted In: War Is Hell#4
"The Kill at Kigye"
"The Marne"
"D-Day"
"Blind Flight"
"When the Big Guns Speak"
"Ticonderoga"
"Scuttled"
"They Called Me 'Chicken'"
"The Bandit"
"The Flag"
"The Heroes"
"Signal"
"Time For Decision"
"Calling Card"
"The Red Musn't Die"
"Night Patrol"
"Ambush in the Sky"
untitled
"Buzz Brand in the United States Army"
"Torpedoes Away"
"Heard Round the World"
"Clive of India"
"The Shores of Dieppe"
"The Battle of Jutland"
"General"
"F- 80"
"Paratroops"
"Luftwaffe"
"The Death of Richard"
"Time"
Reprinted In: War Is Hell#6
"Break-Thru"
"Naked Cliff"
"Troy"
"Rear Guard Action"
"Troy"
"Mission Impossible"
"Flesh and Blood"
"The Ladies from Hell"
"Hand-to-Hand"
"Combat Vets"
"Platoon Advance"
"The Mercenary"
"Blitzkrieg"
Story:
Art: Gene Colan
Heroes: Captain Chatt, other members of Charlie Company
Villains: Communist Chinese soldiers
Genre: War
Setting: Chopper Hill, Korea, Korean War
Synopsis: US soldiers engage in a series of artillery duels with the Chinese as each take turns shelling each other then charging into infantry skirmishes; finally, the US hit the Chinese locations and break into North Korea.
Story:
Art: Dick Ayers
Heroes: US Soldiers
Villains: General Oberst von Ernst, Nazi soldiers
Others: French villagers
Genre: War
Setting: 112 Prinz Josef Strasse, Germany; Sur Chapelle, France, July 24, 1944, World War II
Synopsis: The Nazis prepare to invade Sur Chapelle, but the US find the locations of their forces before the atack begins and bomb them, saving the village.
Story:
Art: Mort Lawrence
Heroes: Sam Porterfield [Confederate soldier]
Villains: Union soldiers
Others: Pete [Confederate, dies], Confederate soldiers, President Jefferson Davis
Genre: War
Setting: Richmond, Virginia, American Civil War
Synopsis: Sam serves in Hood's Texas Brigade; when he hears that the state banners are to be taken away he makes an impassioned plea to President Davis to spare his banner because it had led the Texans since the outbreak of the war. The President complies.
Story:
Art: Vic Carrabotta
Heroes: Sgt. Aldo Minelli, Italian soldiers
Villains: Austrian soldiers
Genre: War
Setting: Gorizia, Italy, May, 1916, World War I
Synopsis: Sgt. Minelli is a frugal man who avoids waste; he insists that his men carry gasoline which they have no immediate use for. When they face the Austrians in the mountains he has them hurl the gasoline down a cliffside, lighting it on fire and routing the Austrians. Sgt. Minelli wins his men's respect.
"Scorched Earth"
"Surrounded"
"Action In No Man's Land"
"Enemy Territory"
"Nothing Can Stop the Infantry"
"Patrol Mission"
"Behind the Lines!"
"Why We Fight"
"The Barricades"
"Capt. Kirk of the Infantry"
"No Place To Turn"
"Smash-Thru"
"The Forgotten Man"
"Raid on Red China"
"A Traitor Among Us"
"Surrender or Die"
"Airlift"
"The Weapon"
"Massed Attack"
"The Hidden Raiders"
"We Attack at Dawn"
"Iron Heel"
"Tide of Victory"
"Jungle War"
Story:
Art: John Romita
Heroes: Sgt. Brady [military policeman]
Villains: Captain Ku, other Communist soldiers
Genre: War
Setting: Inchon, Taejon, Korean War, July 20-September 15, 1950
Synopsis: Sgt. Brady and other military policeman fight their way through Communist lines, and play their part in defeating the Communist forces.
Story:
Art: Joe Sinnott
Heroes: Corporal Sam Baker
Villains: Germans
Others: Tilford "Pop" Baker
Genre: War
Setting: Europe, World War II
Synopsis: Baker is a strong leader, but wonders why his father doesn't answer his letters; after freeing some P.O.W.s, he learns his father is a soldier, being held by the Germans. He leads his men in a rescue, and father and son are reunited.
Story:
Art: Dick Ayers
Heroes: Colonel Aintree, Sgt. Charles Adams [British soldiers]
Villains: Germans
Genre: War
Setting: Europe [World War I?]
Synopsis: Aintree cannot abide Adams constantly offering advice based on historical warfare, until Adams suggests they pull a "Trojan horse"-- send out an ammunition truck as bait for the Germans, but fill the truck with armed men. It works, and the Germans are driven out of the sector.
Story:
Art: Pete Morisi
Heroes: Captain Gale
Villains: General Ming, Communist soldiers
Others: Gale's marines
Genre: War
Setting: August 15, 1950, Pusan, Korean War
Synopsis: Gale and his marines destroy a Commie ammo dump; the Communists switch to planes to deliver their ammunition, but Gale's men raid an anti-aircraft base, and turn the Communists own weapons on the planes.
Story:
Art:
Heroes: Lt. Morgan [squad leader]
Villains: Communist Chinese soldiers
Others: Captain Dale, Fox Company [Sgt. Block]
Genre: War
Setting: Korea, Korean War
Synopsis: When Lt. Morgan and his men capture Commie guns instead of ordering them destroyed he orders them to keep them working. The Commies plan to retake the weapons, but Captain Dale sends more ammunition and they drive the Commies back. Morgan knew not to destroy the guns without orders telling him to.
Story:
Art: Mort Drucker
Heroes: A tank crew [Bender, Smith, Hughes, Tony Rugiero]
Villains: Nazis
Others: US soldiers
Genre: War
Setting: Europe, World War II
Synopsis: On D-Day a tank crew drives through the German lines, but the tank winds up caught in a ditch. Rather than abandon the vehicle, the crew stay inside and use it like a fortress. When reinforcements arrive they are told they'll get a new tank to replace it.
Story:
Art:
Heroes: "Brooklyn" [US soldier]
Villains: German soldiers [Heinrich]
Others: US soldiers [Red], French soldiers [Franz]
Genre: War
Setting: France, World War I
Synopsis: Brooklyn and other soldiers spend a night in a barn with pigeons inside. While they sleep, Germans advance in the area and they wake up to find themselves surrounded. Brooklyn sends out pigeons with messages to their lines and US and French forces come to rescue them.
Story:
Art: Vic Carrabotta
Heroes: Ebenezer Hastings [Union soldier]
Villains: Confederate soldiers
Others: Union soldiers
Genre: War
Setting: USA, Civil War
Synopsis: Hastings seems to be a hopeless soldier, unable to assemble his rifle or hit a target but he proves invaluable by locating Confederate soldiers, revealing that he used to be an Indian fighter on the frontier.
Story:
Art:
Heroes: Lt. Chu Wong [seeming deserter]
Villains: Communist Chinese soldiers
Others: Nationalist forces
Genre: War
Setting: Formosa, Korean War
Synopsis: Wong deserts from the nationalists and offers his services to the Chinese. To prove himself, he shows them an artillery gun and destroys it. Impressed, he is told to lead the invasion of Formosa, but he walks them into a trap without ammunition; it turns out that the "artillery" he destroyed was a fake gun.
Story:
Art: Joe Maneely
Heroes: Rex [former swindler], Carney [former barker]
Villains: Communist Chinese soldiers
Others: US soldiers
Genre: War
Setting: Korea, Korean War
Synopsis: When a squad of 7 soldiers face a red tank, Rex plays on Carney's pride to make him demonstrate his ability to throw a ball to hit a target - only with a grenade thrown at a tank instead; Carney throws his grenade inside the tank, killing the crew.
Story:
Art: Paul Reinman
Heroes: US soldiers
Villains: Lt. Yamato [dies], Japanese soldiers [Kasuo, Linsuan, Shimu, Higaru, all die], Japanese air force
Genre: War
Setting: A Pacific island, World War II
Synopsis: When Yamato shelters his men inside a downed tank to obtain a perfect cover, the US troops mark the tank with a US flag and trick Japanese planes into blowing up their own men.
Story:
Art: Dick Ayers
Heroes: Sgt. Willis Bishop [English soldier]
Villains: German soldiers
Others: Bertie, other English soldiers, French soldiers
Genre: War
Setting: France, World War I
Synopsis: Sgt. Bishop feels too old to continue as a soldier, especially with the ribbing he takes from young recruits, but in a pitched battle he leads his young soldiers to victory and he decides to remain on service.
Story:
Art:
Heroes: Florence Nightingale
Villains: Tartar warriors
Others: Captain Davidson, English soldiers
Genre: War
Setting: Sebastopol, Ukraine, Crimean War
Synopsis: As the English struggle against the Tartars, they receive a compliment of nurses instead of additional men. However, Florence Nightingale and her nurses help reignite the soldiers' spirit and they credit their victory at Sebastopol to Nightingale.
Story:
Art:
Villains: General Tor, other Soviet soldiers
Genre: War
Setting: Warsaw, Poland, 1950s
Synopsis: The Soviets try to clean up anti-Soviet grafitti in Warsaw and General Tor finally issues an order that anyone who has anti-Soviet slogans on their property. However, Tor himself is sent to be executed when the grafitti appears on the back of his coat.
"My Patrol is Doomed"
"Zero Hour"
"Under Enemy Fire"
"Night Fighters"
"Tank Trap"
"Assault By Night"
"Riot"
"Surrender at Dawn"
"Platon Leader"
"An Ambush For Fox Company"
"Howitzer"
"Alone"
"Under Fire"
"The Commie Commander"
"Tank Attack"
"The Thick of Battle"
"The Man Who Came Home"
"Mutiny"
"P.O.W."
"The Face of Fear"
"Test of Steel"
"On Target"
"Decision at Dawn" from Battlefront#30
"Fokker" from Battle#55
"Cavalrymen" from Battle#55
"Helpless" from Battle#55
"Mud" from Battlefront#30
"Action on HIll 202" from Battle#55
"String Bean" from Battlefront#30
"Combat Team" from Battle Action#15
"At Grips With the Enemy" from G.I. Tales#4
"Jungle Trap" from G.I. Tales#5
"Tin Soldier" from G.I. Tales#5
"Under Fire" from Battleground#15
"In Enemy Territory" from Battlefront#29
"One Step Means Death" from Battleground#15
"Remember the Alamo" from War Comics#17
"The Man Who Volunteered" from Battlefront#34
"One-Man Mission" from Battleground#20
"Demolition Squad" from Battleground#18
"Platoon Trapped" from Battleground#18
"To Die at Dawn" from War Comics#30
"Court Martial" from Battle Action#30
"The Last Battle" from Battleground#15
"Trip Flare" from War Comics#17
Story: Chris Claremont
Art: Don Perlin, Dave Hunt
Heroes: John Kowalski, Colonel Sessue Takeda [Kowalski's host, Japanese officer, dies]
Villains: Death, Japanese, Chou [Tsuin's brother, dies in 1924 flashback]
Others: Tsuin [Chinese lover of Kowalski], Michael Hanneford [Tsuin's adoptive father, dies in 1924 flashback]
Genre: War, Horror
Setting:Spring, 1940 [and flashbacks to 1924], Ch'ang-Sha, China
Synopsis: Kowalski is forced by Death to choose between the life of Tsuin, who had been his lover in 1924, or their son; Kowalski lets his host die so that Tsuin and his son can live.
Story: Chris Claremont
Art: Herb Trimpe
Heroes: John Kowalski, John Brabham [Kowalski's host, British pilot, dies]
Villains: Death, Germans
Others: Tom Mannering [English captain of the Florrie Rose], Keith Mannering [Tom's son], British soldiers, Highlanders
Genre: War, Horror
Setting: June 1, 1940, Dunkirk
Synopsis: Kowalski meets Keith, who admires the war far too much, until seeing a man caught on fire grounds him in reality; however, Kowalski learns that Keith will die as a soldier in 1944 anyway, and that he will have to witness this.
Story: Chris Claremont
Art: George Evans
Heroes: John Kowalski, Captain David Mueller [Kowalski's host, German paratrooper, dies]
Villains: Death, Germans, Captain Stefan Von Hargin [S.S. officer], Sgt. Dietrich, Corporal Steiger [paratroopers]
Others: Captain Anders [captain of a Norwegian steamer], Norwegian Jews
Genre: War, Horror
Setting: April 10, 1940, Skalso, Norway
Synopsis: Kowalski enters the body of a paratrooper who participates in the seizure of Skalso; after seeing the Jews there being herded into a makeshift prison, he determines to set them free, and holds off the Germans while they escape in a steamer; Kowalski dies again in the course of their escape.
Story: Chris Claremont
Art: Herb Trimpe
Heroes: John Kowalski, Sgt. Lucien Dax [Kowalski's host, Italian soldier, dies]
Villains: British soldiers, Death, Guiseppe Tamarelli [Italian secret police, dies]
Others: Italian soldiers [Bondolphi, DiPalma, Morelli], Captain Sergio Chiari
Genre: War, Horror
Setting: December 18, 1940, Bir Hagelah, Libya
Synopsis: Kowalski joins Italians in their retreat from Libya; takes a bullet for his captain when he surrenders and Tamerelli shoots at him.
Notes: Final issue; Kowalski appears next in Man-Thing#11.
"They Called Me Shorty"
"The Battle Cry"
"A New Car For Christy"
"The Treachery of Mr. McGoey"
"The Champ"
"My Brother is a Spy"
"Jaws of Death"
"The Stranger"
"Man-Size"
"Decision"
"He Wanted Wings"
"Shame"
"The Last Laugh"
"The Coward"
"The Iron Fist"
"Don't Dare Look Back"
"Draft Dodger"
"The Frame"
"Man Eater"
"I Know What it Means to be Buried Alive"
"One Must Die"
"Suicide Mission"
"Faster the Better"
"Murder Cargo Caper"
"With Intent To Kill"
"Final Count"
"Man Who Walked the Plank"
"House of Murderers"
"The Spearhead"
"The Hero"
"The Traitor"
"Hill 96"
"Killed in Action"
"The Spring Offensive"
"The Booby Trap"
"The Colonel"
"Breakthrough"
"One Day"
"The Sitting Ducks"
"Foxhole"
"The Mission"
"Horror on Heartbreak Hill"
"Sniper's Moon"
"To the Death"
"The Victors"
"One Man"
"Sniper Patrol"
"Scram"
"Hold Tight"
"The Kid"
"Fury on No-Name Ridge"
"You Can't Kill Harry"
"Crossfire"
"Hunter-Killer"
"Explosion"
"Junk"
"The Vanished Army"
"War Lord"
"Marines Strike"
"Revolution"
"Human Decoy"
"Water"
"Warning"
"Valley Forge"
"Gas"
"The Talking War"
"R.I.P."
"Flash Foster"
"Final Count"
"Under Fire"