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2September-October 1951
$0.10

Frontline Combat #2

EC · September-October 1951 · on sale 1951-04-27

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Identification plate

Series
Frontline Combat (EC, 1951 series)
Issue
#2
Publication date
September-October 1951
Key date
1951-09-00
On-sale date
1951-04-27
Indicia publisher
Tiny Tot Comics Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36
Rating
Authorized A. C. M. P. Conforms to the Comics Code

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Harvey Kurtzman; inks: Harvey Kurtzman; colors: Harvey Kurtzman; letters: Ben Oda
1Bouncing Berthacomic story8script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis; letters: Ben OdaT/S Dave Goglia (driver); PFC Allen Burke (machine gunner, death); PFC Flicky Ford (assistant gunner); T/S Lustraw 'Strat' Coleman (driver and gunner); Buck Sergeant John McMullin (commander); Communist soldiers (villains, many die)
2Zero Hour!comic story7script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: John Severin; inks: Bill Elder; letters: Ben OdaU.S. Army Sergeant; a new recruit (death); U.S. soldiers [Powers (death); Stofka (death); Bryant Kitchens (death); rest unnamed]
3Rendezvoustext story1script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Harvey Kurtzman; inks: Harvey KurtzmanJack Williams (expert swimmer and naval explosive expert); five unnamed naval divers
4Just a Scratch!text story1script: Harvey KurtzmanCaptain Mike Wallace (death)
5Gettysburg!comic story6script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Wallace Wood; inks: Wallace Wood; letters: Ben OdaUnion soldiers [Alabama; rest unnamed] (many die); General George Pickett (villain); Pickett's men (villains, many die)
6Contact!comic story7script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Harvey Kurtzman; inks: Harvey Kurtzman; colors: Harvey Kurtzman; letters: Ben Odaunnamed Lieutenant (death); unnamed Sergeant; American soldiers [Durkee (death); Weems; rest unnamed] (many die); North Koreans (villains, many die)

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