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20March-April 1951
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Two-Fisted Tales #20

EC · March-April 1951 · on sale 1950-11-29

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Identification plate

Series
Two-Fisted Tales (EC, 1950 series)
Issue
#20
Publication date
March-April 1951
Key date
1951-03-00
On-sale date
1950-11-29
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 OdaJoe (death)
1Massacred!comic story8script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: John Severin; inks: Bill Elder; letters: Ben Odaunnamed sergeant; South Korean soldiers [Yup-in-Pai (death); others unnamed]; Colonel Jun (villain, death); Li (villain, death); Kung (villain, death)
2Devils in Baggy Pants!comic story7script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Wally Wood; inks: Wally Wood; letters: Ben OdaPrivate Albert "Duck-Butt" Smith (death); Sergeant Purvis; U.S. soldiers [Cibelli (cameo, death); Hawkins (cameo, death); Green (cameo, death); rest unnamed] (many die); General Dwight D. Eisenhower (unnamed, cameo); The Nazis (villains, many die)
3Thirst!text story2pencils: ? (masthead illustration); inks: ? (masthead illustration); colors: ? (see notes); letters: typesetLouis Lafourche (villain, death)
4Observation Post!text story1pencils: ? (masthead illustration); inks: ? (masthead illustration); colors: ? (see notes); letters: typesetCorporal Donald Deever (death)
5Colt Single Action Army Revolver!comic story6script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis; letters: Ben OdaPop (prospecting partner of Rufe, death); Pelado (gambler, death); Lem (gambler, death); unnamed gambler (death); Wiley (gambler); Jose Fillipa (a peon); Juan Fillipa (Jose's brother, death); Rufe (villain, death)
6Pirate Gold!comic story7script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Harvey Kurtzman; inks: Harvey Kurtzman; colors: Harvey Kurtzman; letters: Ben OdaSebastin (death?); Diego (death?); Thomas Tew (Sawkin's First Mate, death); Calico Jack Sharp (Sawkin's 2nd Mate, death); Ben Avery (Sawkin's Boatswain, death); Captain Ben Sawkins (villain, pirate, commander of the "Pandora", death)

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Two-Fisted Tales Annual #11994On eBay ›
EC Archives: Two-Fisted Tales #12007On eBay ›
Two-Fisted Tales #31993On 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 ›
Atom Bomb and Other Stories
ISBN 978-1-68396-245-8
2019On eBay ›

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