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27May-June 1952
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Two-Fisted Tales #27

EC · May-June 1952

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Series
Two-Fisted Tales (EC, 1950 series)
Issue
#27
Publication date
May-June 1952
Key date
1952-05-00
Indicia publisher
Fables Publishing Co. Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Harvey Kurtzman; inks: Harvey Kurtzman; colors: Harvey Kurtzman; letters: Ben Oda
1Wallace Woodtext article1script: Al Feldstein
2Luck!comic story8script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: John Severin; inks: Will Elder; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Ben OdaAmerican lieutenant; American sergeant; American colonel; other American soldiers (many die); North Korean soldiers (villains, many die)
3Custer's Last Standcomic story7script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Wally Wood; inks: Wally Wood; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Ben OdaBrevet General George Armstrong Custer; 7th Cavalry (all die); Lt. Calhoun (death); Calhoun's platoon (all die); Captain Keogh (death); Sioux Indians (villains, many die)
4Escape Plottext story1pencils: Harvey Kurtzman; inks: Harvey Kurtzman
5Combat Correspondenceletters page1script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Harvey Kurtzman; inks: Harvey Kurtzman
6D-Day!comic story6script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: John Severin; inks: John Severin; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Ben OdaAmerican sergeant; American corporal
7Jeep!comic story7script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Ben OdaFisher (death); unnamed Sergeant; unnamed Captain; North Koreans (villains, some die)

Where to read it

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Two-Fisted Tales #101995On eBay ›
EC Archives: Two-Fisted Tales #2
ISBN 978-1-888472-72-1
2007On 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 ›
Two-Fisted Tales #21980On 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 ›
EC Covers
ISBN 979-8-88724-044-2
2024On eBay ›

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