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23September-October 1951
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Two-Fisted Tales #23

EC · September-October 1951 · on sale 1951-05-29

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Identification plate

Series
Two-Fisted Tales (EC, 1950 series)
Issue
#23
Publication date
September-October 1951
Key date
1951-09-00
On-sale date
1951-05-29
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
1Death Stand!comic story8script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis; letters: Ben OdaJoe Hill (American soldier); Joe's soldier buddies [Sullivan (death); Chintala (death); Wishart (death); Cox (death); Ross (death); Miller (death), one unnamed boy (death)]; rescued pilot (death); Communists (villains, all die)
2Old Soldiers Never Die!comic story7script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Wally Wood; inks: Wally Wood; letters: Ben OdaPappy Davidson; Caruso; unnamed American replacement soldiers (many die); the Germans (villains)
3The Ditchtext story2pencils: ? (masthead illustration); inks: ? (masthead illustration); colors: ? (see notes); letters: typesetLieutenant Ryan (death); tank crew [PFC Glazer (driver); others unnamed] (all but one die); North Koreans (villains)
4-letters page1pencils: ? (masthead illustration); inks: ? (masthead illustration); letters: typeset
5Kill!comic story6script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Harvey Kurtzman; inks: Harvey Kurtzman; colors: Harvey Kurtzman; letters: Ben OdaAbner (soldier, death); Joe (soldier); North Korean soldiers [Li (death); others unnamed] (villains)
6Dog Fight!comic story7script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: John Severin; inks: Bill Elder; letters: Ben OdaUSMC Captain Jacob Strange (pilot); Sergeant J. F. Friday; Bates (pilot); Johnson (pilot); The Japanese (villains, some die)

Where to read it

CollectionYear
EC Archives: Two-Fisted Tales #12007On eBay ›
Two-Fisted Tales #61994On eBay ›
Corpse on the Imjin and Other Stories
ISBN 978-1-60699-545-7		2012On eBay ›
EC Portfolio #21972On 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 ›
Atom Bomb and Other Stories
ISBN 978-1-68396-245-8		2019On eBay ›

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