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4January-February 1952
$0.10

Frontline Combat #4

EC · January-February 1952 · on sale 1951-08-30

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Identification plate

Series
Frontline Combat (EC, 1951 series)
Issue
#4
Publication date
January-February 1952
Key date
1952-01-00
On-sale date
1951-08-30
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
0-cover1pencils: Harvey Kurtzman; inks: Harvey Kurtzman; colors: Harvey Kurtzman; letters: Ben Oda
2Combat Medic!comic story8script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis; letters: Ben Odaunnamed Captain (death); unnamed British soldier (death); Higgens (medic); Indian soldiers; ROK soldiers; Chinese Communists (villains, many die)
3Light Brigade!comic story7script: Alfred Lord Tennyson, Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Harvey Kurtzman, Wally Wood; inks: Wally Wood; letters: Ben OdaLord Raglan; General Airey; Lord Lucan; Captain Nolan; Lord Cardigan; British cavalry (many die); the Russians (villains)
4SuspenStory Fans!promo (ad from the publisher)0.5pencils: Johnny Craig; inks: Johnny Craig
5The Tyranttext story1script: Jerry De Fuccio; pencils: Harvey Kurtzman; inks: Harvey KurtzmanMark Edelblut (Count Edelblut's son); Count Karl Edelblut; Baron Manfred Von Wolfe (villain, despot in the Black Forest); Baron's men (villains)
6144 Big Pages in Full Colorpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5script: ? (promo copy); pencils: various; inks: various; letters: typeset
7The Wreckerstext story1script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Harvey Kurtzman; inks: Harvey KurtzmanEben; Alicia (Eben's daughter, death); unnamed British sailor (Alicia's seaman lover, death)
8Air Burst!comic story6script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Harvey Kurtzman; inks: Harvey Kurtzman; colors: Harvey Kurtzman; letters: Ben OdaChinese soldiers [Lee (death); Tai (death); Chun (death); "Big Feet" (death); others unnamed] (villains, many die)
9Bomb Run!comic story7script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: John Severin; inks: Bill Elder; letters: Ben Odaunnamed pilot (death); Sergeant Johnny Breslin (radioman, death); Tech Sergeant Arthur Fleischer (engineer-gunner, death); Jerry De Fuccio (tail gunner, death); 1st Lieutenant Colin Campbell (co-pilot and bombardier, death); The Japanese (villains, some die)

Plus 4 pages of advertisements and other matter across 4 sequences, as published.

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