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Issue: The United States Marines #[1] Public Domain
Publication Date: January 1943
 
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Magazine Enterprises
On Sale Date: 10/05/1943
Volume: none
Pages: 60
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 CAD
$0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 20 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Vin Sullivan
Disclose Notes: Indexed from a scanned copy. Art ids by Jim Vadeboncouer Jr. Indicia states "published with the cooperation of the U. S. Marine Corps." Date listed is copyright date in Catalog of Copyright Entries. Part 2 PERIODICALS. 1943. New Series, Volume 38, No. 1, p. 455.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was on-going series
Format Notes:  
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reprinted 2 times as Content Items in other Issues.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Victory at Gavutu

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Mart Bailey (signed)
Mart Bailey (signed)
?
Typeset
Subject Matter
war
The Japanese
Reprinting
in Alter-Ego (TwoMorrows, 1999 series) Vol. 3 #10 (September, 2001) [in black and white]
Miscellaneous
1
Trophies of War

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
? (photo)
? (photo)
Typeset
Subject Matter
Table of contents and photo of Marine Private Frank Massaro holding trophies from Guadalcanal.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Inside front cover. Includes indicia.
[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
war
To the men of the United States Marine Corps...
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Victory at Gavutu

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Mart Bailey [as Mart O'Bailey]
Mart Bailey [as Mart O'Bailey]
?
?
Subject Matter
war
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
6
Birth of the Marines

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Creig Flessel
Creig Flessel
?
?
Subject Matter
informational, war
Reprinting
FlagThe United States Marines #5 [A-1 #55] published January 1952
as Birth of the Marines [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagFoxhole #15 published January 1964
as Birth of the Marines [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
5
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Ray McGill (signed)
Ray McGill (signed)
Ray McGill (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous, war
Monte Zuma and Trip O'Lee
Monte Zuma; Trip O'Lee
Gosh, Monte - Where are we headed for now - I'm freezing
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
4
Hellcat Out of Heaven

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Mart Bailey ?
Mart Bailey ?
Typeset
Subject Matter
war
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
6
Format is a cross between a comic and a text article. It's panelled like a comic but no dialogue and all text is typeset.
Your Blood Can Save Him

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
? (photo)
? (photo)
Typeset
Subject Matter
Public Service ad for the American Red Cross.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Battle of the Ditch

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Mart Bailey [as MB]
Mart Bailey [as MB]
Typeset
Subject Matter
war
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
3
Last page also has photo of Marine Corps Raiders.
Wildcat in the Sky

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Mart Bailey (signed)
Mart Bailey (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
war
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
The Marines Have Landed!

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Ogden Whitney [as Cpl. Ogden Whitney]
Ogden Whitney [as Cpl. Ogden Whitney]
Typeset
Subject Matter
war
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2
Saga of the Solomons

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
? (photos)
? (photos)
Typeset
Subject Matter
informational, war
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
9
This Is the Enemy! The Flying Butcher

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Ogden Whitney [as Cpl. Ogden Whitney]
Ogden Whitney [as Cpl. Ogden Whitney]
Typeset
Subject Matter
informational, war
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
In Ten More Minutes What Will You Be Doing?

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
Typeset
Subject Matter
PSA for fighting the war at home, how civilians can contribute.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
The Cliffs of Veru

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Clem Gretter [as Gretter]
Clem Gretter [as Gretter]
?
?
Subject Matter
war
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
4
Guadalcanal Diary

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
? (photos)
? (photos)
?
Typeset
Subject Matter
informational, war
Photos and text from the movie Guadalcanal Diary.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
3
The Slap-Happy Japs

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Ray McGill (signed)
Ray McGill (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
Stereotyped depictions of the traits of the Japanese people.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Mart Bailey (signed)
Mart Bailey (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
war
Johnny Devildog
Johnny Devildog used be the kid around the corner...
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
7
Super Stamp Outfit

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Ad for stamp kit from Metro Publications.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Inside back cover.
New Commando Krak-a-Jap Machine Gun

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Ad for toy machine gun from Illinois Merchandise Mart.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
On back cover of comic.

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