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22July-August 1951
$0.10

Two-Fisted Tales #22

EC · July-August 1951 · on sale 1951-03-28

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Identification plate

Series
Two-Fisted Tales (EC, 1950 series)
Issue
#22
Publication date
July-August 1951
Key date
1951-07-00
On-sale date
1951-03-28
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
1Enemy Contact!comic story8script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis; letters: Ben Odaunnamed American Lieutenant; unnamed American medic; American soldiers [Snuffy (death); Fritz (death); Dalrymple (death); Mississippi]; Communist soldiers (villains, many die)
2Dying City!comic story7script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Alex Toth; inks: Harvey Kurtzman; letters: Ben OdaKim's grandfather; Sun Yoo (Kim's sister, flashback, death); Kim's father (flashback, death); Kim's mother (flashback, death); Kim (villain, North Korean soldier, death); North Korean soldiers (villains)
3Siegetext story1pencils: Harvey Kurtzman; inks: Harvey KurtzmanDuke Cosimo (villain, Duke of Reggio, death); unnamed Generalissimo (villain)
4-letters page1letters: typeset
5Massacre at Agincourt!comic story6script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Wally Wood; inks: Wally Wood; letters: Ben OdaEdouard Rene de Gascony (French commander, death); King Henry (British commander)
6Chicken!comic story7script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: John Severin; inks: Will Elder; letters: Ben OdaLieutenant Robert Hall (death); Captain Harold Black (death)

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Two-Fisted Tales Annual #11994On eBay ›
EC Archives: Two-Fisted Tales #12007On eBay ›
Two-Fisted Tales #51993On eBay ›
EC Sampler - Free Comic Book Day #[nn]2008On eBay ›
Corpse on the Imjin and Other Stories
ISBN 978-1-60699-545-7
2012On eBay ›
Bomb Run and Other Stories
ISBN 978-1-60699-749-9
2014On eBay ›
The EC Archives: Two-Fisted Tales #1
ISBN 1616558237; 978-161655-823-9
2015On eBay ›
Two-Fisted Tales #11980On eBay ›
Death Stand and Other Stories
ISBN 978-1-68396-103-1
2018On eBay ›

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