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1June 1955
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Navy Combat #1

Marvel · June 1955

First appearance: Torpedo Taylor
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Identification plate

Series
Navy Combat (Marvel, 1955 series)
Issue
#1
Publication date
June 1955
Key date
1955-06-10
Indicia publisher
Manvis Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Torpedo Taylor - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Attack by Sea!cover1pencils: Joe Maneely; inks: Joe Maneely; colors: Stan Goldberg
2Attack by Sea!comic story6pencils: Don Heck; inks: Don HeckTorpedo Taylor First
4Salvo!comic story6pencils: Mort Lawrence; inks: Mort LawrenceMickey Wayne
7Submarine Striketext story2pencils: Russ Heath; inks: Russ HeathJohn Mason; Richard Smith; Charles Crosby
10Fighting Lady!comic story5pencils: Joe Sinnott; inks: Joe SinnottAdmiral Yamamoto; Admiral Chester Nimitz
12Hit and Runcomic story6pencils: Joe Maneely; inks: Joe ManeelyAmbrose; Sparks; Montmorency Cunningham

Plus 10 pages of advertisements and other matter across 11 sequences, as published.

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Series context

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