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Issue: Frontline Combat #14
Publication Date: October 1953
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Issues: #14 of 15 Issues (16 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagEC
Brand:
Indicia Publisher:
On Sale Date: 1953
Volume:
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 6 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Harvey Kurtzman
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U. S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Wally Wood [as Wood] (signed)
Inker(s): Wally Wood [as Wood] (signed)
Colorist(s): Marie Severin
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, historical, war
Feature(s): Frontline Combat
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In Content Item: FlagFrontline Combat #14 published November 1998
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Albatross!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Kurtzman
Penciller(s): Wally Wood [as Wood] (signed)
Inker(s): Wally Wood [as Wood] (signed)
Colorist(s): Marie Severin
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Frontline Combat
Character(s): Danklefs (crew members); Sergeant Gaeta
Synopsis: Danklef is of the opinion that the Grumman SA-16 (Albatross) is a plane, not a boat, and while preparing for a bombing run, the radio blares the news of another plane being shot down. They head out to rescue the pilot and, after saving the man, the seaplane encounters very rough waters. By quick thing, the plane rides out the rough waves until measures are taken to get the craft out of the water and into the air.
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In Content Item: FlagFrontline Combat #14 published November 1998
as Albatross! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Bonhomme Richard!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Kurtzman
Penciller(s): Joe Kubert (signed)
Inker(s): Joe Kubert (signed)
Colorist(s): Marie Severin
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: historical, war
Feature(s): Frontline Combat
Character(s): unnamed dead sailor (narrator); Captain John Paul Jones; Mr. Stacey (American sailor); The British (villains, some die)
Synopsis: The battle between the Seapis and Bonhomme Richard in 1779 is recounted by a dead American sailor.....a battle won by the Americans, but resulting in 90% casualties on both sides.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #7/1989 published January 1989
as Bonhomme Richard! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagFrontline Combat #14 published November 1998
as Bonhomme Richard! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Abduction

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Kurtzman
Penciller(s): Harvey Kurtzman
Inker(s): Harvey Kurtzman
Letterer(s): Typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Immelman!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Kurtzman
Penciller(s): George Evans (signed)
Inker(s): George Evans (signed)
Colorist(s): Marie Severin
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, non-fiction, war
Feature(s): Frontline Combat
Character(s): The French Airforce (some die); Max Immelman (villain, German pilot, death); Rethel (Immelman's wife, mention only)
Synopsis: Max Immelman, creator of the evasive air tactic called "The Immelman Turn", wins victory after victory, amassing award after award until one day, due to his aircraft's machine guns not working properly, shoots himself down!
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In Content Item: FlagFrontline Combat #14 published November 1998
as Immelman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Most of the story is told in flashback through letters Immelman wrote to his wife from battles he fought in from 1915-1916.
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Whupped!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Davis (signed)
Penciller(s): Jack Davis (signed)
Inker(s): Jack Davis (signed)
Colorist(s): Marie Severin
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Frontline Combat
Character(s): Northern Army forces (many die); Southern Sergeant; young Rebel (death); other Southern Army forces (many die)
Synopsis: A young soldier runs up to the Sergeant of the Army of the Mississippi, real anxious like to join up because his Ma said he could. The next day they engaged the Union Army is a bloodbath and the young boy, somewhat eager to fight and whip those blue bellies, in the end gets a bayonet in the stomach and passes away in the arms of the Sergeant.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #7/1989 published January 1989
as Slått! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagFrontline Combat #14 published November 1998
as Whupped! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7

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