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5March-April 1952
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Frontline Combat #5

EC · March-April 1952 · on sale 1951-10-31

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Identification plate

Series
Frontline Combat (EC, 1951 series)
Issue
#5
Publication date
March-April 1952
Key date
1952-03-00
On-sale date
1951-10-31
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
0Frontline Combatcover1script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Harvey Kurtzman; inks: Harvey Kurtzman; colors: Harvey Kurtzman; letters: Ben Oda
1The EC Artists of the Issue - Severin & Eldertext article1pencils: ? (photograph); inks: ? (photograph); letters: typesetJohnny Severin; Bill Elder
2442nd Combat Teamcomic story8script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Harvey Kurtzman, John Severin; inks: Bill Elder; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Ben OdaJapanese-American soldiers [Harry; Sergeant Hayashi; others unnamed] (some die); The Nazis [unnamed Medic officer; others unnamed] (villains, all die)
3Stonewall Jackson!comic story7script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Ben Odaunnamed Confederate soldier (narrator); General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson (death); General Robert E. Lee (cameo); Jesse (Confederate soldier)
4The King's Spytext story1script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Harvey Kurtzman; inks: Harvey Kurtzman; colors: Marie SeverinColin Dawkins (owner of a grogshop, member of the Sons of Liberty); Ron Aston (villain, British spy)
5-letters page1script: Harvey Kurtzman
6War Machines!comic story6script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: John Severin; inks: John Severin; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Ben OdaU.S. Army infantrymen; North Korean soldiers (villains, all die)
7Big 'If'!comic story7script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Harvey Kurtzman; inks: Harvey Kurtzman; colors: Marie Severin, Harvey Kurtzman; letters: Ben OdaPaul Maynard (death); Max (flashback)

Where to read it

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ISBN 0876900341		1971On eBay ›
The Complete Frontline Combat #11982On eBay ›
Corpse on the Imjin and Other Stories
ISBN 978-1-60699-545-7		2012On eBay ›
EC Archives: Frontline Combat #1
ISBN 978-1-60360-014-9		2008On eBay ›
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The Million Year Picnic and Other Stories
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Death Stand and Other Stories
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