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21May-June 1951
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Two-Fisted Tales #21

EC · May-June 1951 · on sale 1951-01-25

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Identification plate

Series
Two-Fisted Tales (EC, 1950 series)
Issue
#21
Publication date
May-June 1951
Key date
1951-05-00
On-sale date
1951-01-25
Indicia publisher
Fables Publishing Co. 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
1Ambush!comic story8script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis; letters: Ben OdaU.S. Captain Boyle (death); U.S. soldiers [Lucky; Manny Elizondo (death); Crouse (death); Sgt. Cannon (death); Sonny (death); "Pretty Boy" Winiarski (death); Tex (death]; North Koreans (villains, some die)
2Pigs of the Roman Empirecomic story7script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: John Severin; inks: Will Elder; letters: Ben OdaCommander Decius (death); Decius' unnamed slave (death); Brennus (slave of Decius and Wise Man, death); Genseric (King of the Vandals); the Vandals
3Herotext story2pencils: ? (masthead illustration); inks: ? (masthead illustration); colors: ? (see notes); letters: typesetunnamed submarine crew member narrator; unnamed submarine commander (death); submarine crew [Rocco; Williams; Bryant; Macknowski] (all die)
4Dig, You Mutinous Cur!text story1pencils: ? (masthead illustration); inks: ? (masthead illustration); colors: ? (see notes); letters: typesetJim Maynard (ship master); [Silas; Eben; Issac] (Blackbeard's crew, all dead); Blackbeard [Edward Teach] [aka Edward Thatch]
5The Murmansk Run!comic story6script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Wally Wood; inks: Wally Wood; letters: Ben OdaUriah Bragg (seaman, death); Cavendish (crew member, death); Whispy (crew member, death); ship's Captain (death); ship's Steward (death)
6Search!comic story7script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Harvey Kurtzman; inks: Harvey Kurtzman; colors: Harvey Kurtzman; letters: Ben OdaJoe Angliosani (a soldier); "The Kid" (a soldier, death); Mario Angliosani (Joe's brother, death); The Nazis (villains, many die)

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Death Stand and Other Stories
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