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Issue: Two-Fisted Tales #19
Publication Date: January 1951
 
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagEC
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Indicia Publisher: Fables Publishing Co., Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/26/1950
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 7 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): William M. Gaines; Harvey Kurtzman (associate editor); Al Feldstein (associate editor)
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is the publication date reported in U. S. Copyright Office filings.
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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
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
?
Harvey Kurtzman
Harvey Kurtzman
Marie Severin
Ben Oda
Subject Matter
war
Enemy soldier!
Reprinting
FlagTwo-Fisted Tales #19 published February 1951
as "Enemy soldier!" [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagTwo-Fisted Tales #2 published January 1993
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagEC Archives: Two-Fisted Tales #1 published February 2007
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
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Colorist and letterer credits by Craig Delich.
War Story!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Harvey Kurtzman
John Severin [as Severin] (signed)
Will Elder [as Elder] (signed)
Marie Severin
Ben Oda
Subject Matter
war
Dave Hunzer (flashback, death); Duke Hunzer (flashback); Colonel Hishomura (villain, death); The Japanese (villains, many die, flashback); North Koreran soldiers (villains, some die)
A new soldier is involved in a fire fight with the enemy and believes that he has killed his first man though the enemy was already dead. Visibly shaken, he considers himself a killing machine, but his Sergeant tells him a real story of killers that involves two brothers in World War 2.
Reprinting
FlagTwo-Fisted Tales #2 published January 1993
as War Story! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagEC Archives: Two-Fisted Tales #1 published February 2007
as War Story! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #10 published August 2014
as War Story! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
7
Story set in June of 1950.
Escape

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
? (masthead illustration)
? (masthead illustration)
Marie Severin ?
typeset
Subject Matter
adventure
unnamed girl; Florio (casino owner, mention only); Farnum; armed robber (villain, one of Florio's torpedos)
Farnum watched the girl win over $15,000 at the roulette table and followed her to the cashier, then outside where he spotted one of casino owner Florio's boys awaiting her. Saving her and her money from harm, Farnum told the girl to get into his car and they made haste for which she was very thankful.
Reprinting
FlagTwo-Fisted Tales #2 published January 1993
as Escape [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagEC Archives: Two-Fisted Tales #1 published February 2007
as Escape [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
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Page count correction and colorist credit by Craig Delich.
Decoy

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
? (masthead illustration)
? (masthead illustration)
Marie Severin ?
typeset
Subject Matter
adventure
U.N. Police; unnamed girl; unnamed International Press Service employee
An International Press Service employee, well aware that the U.N. Police were on his trail to return him to behind the Iron Curtain, breathed a sigh of relief as he saw a girl being wrestled to the ground by the Police that were chasing him. All he needed was 3 more hours and he would be safe from their clutches. Unfortunately, the girl proved to be a paid decoy to lure him from the safety of the train, and she succeeded in conking him over the head. But the Police never reached him because he was able to fight off three assailants and make good his escape.
Reprinting
FlagTwo-Fisted Tales #2 published January 1993
as Decoy [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagEC Archives: Two-Fisted Tales #1 published February 2007
as Decoy [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Colorist credit by Craig Delich.
Jivaro Death!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Harvey Kurtzman
Harvey Kurtzman
Harvey Kurtzman
Marie Severin
Ben Oda
Subject Matter
adventure
Senor Churchill (diamond messenger, death); Churchill's bodyguard (death); Slick Charlie (villain, death); Garcia (villain, death); Smitty (villain, Charlie's con man, death); The Jivaros (villains, head shrinkers)
Slick Charlie and Garcia waylay a diamond messenger and his bodyguard, assume their identities and take possession of $500,000 in uncut diamonds. Disposing of Garcia, Charlie and fellow con man Smitty, on their way back to the States with the swag, choose to go through the dangerous Jivaro country to throw off the Police.....not their best decision.
Reprinting
FlagTwo-Fisted Tales #2 published January 1993
as Jivaro Death! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagEC Archives: Two-Fisted Tales #1 published February 2007
as Jivaro Death! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
8
Flight from Danger!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Johnny Craig (signed)
Johnny Craig (signed)
Johnny Craig (signed)
Marie Severin
Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
adventure
Professor Franck (death); Lisa (Franck's daughter); Captain Jim Turner (Army intelligence agent); Herman Gault (underground agent); East Germans (villains)
An American Army intelligence officer, sent to rescue a scientist who has invented a hydrogen bomb, is shot down, but in the ensuing struggle, the Professor is wounded and eventually dies. The East Germans are seeking out the Professor, so Captain Turner gets Lisa to a plane and escapes to America with her.
Reprinting
FlagTwo-Fisted Tales #2 published January 1993
as Flight From Danger! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagEC Archives: Two-Fisted Tales #1 published February 2007
as Flight From Danger! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6
Brutal Capt. Bull!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Harvey Kurtzman
Wally Wood [as Wood] (signed)
Wally Wood [as Wood] (signed)
Marie Severin
Ben Oda
Subject Matter
adventure
Jeremiah Pringle; Captain Bull (villain); unnamed Bosun (villain); Donklin (villain)
At the turn of the 18th Century, the British Navy found itself lacking manpower, so it originated "press gangs", which impressed or forced men into the King's service. Jeremiah Pringle was such a man and he finds himself aboard the Corvette H.M.S. Confidence, under the command of the notorious Captain Bull.
Reprinting
FlagTwo-Fisted Tales #2 published January 1993
as Brutal Capt. Bull! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagEC Archives: Two-Fisted Tales #1 published February 2007
as Brutal Capt. Bull! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
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