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Issue: Frontline Combat #8
Publication Date: September 1952
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Issues: #8 of 15 Issues (16 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagEC
Brand: EC An Entertaining ComicView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Tiny Tot Comics, Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/08/1952
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 7 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Harvey Kurtzman
Disclose Notes: On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1952 Periodicals, page 97.
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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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Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Kurtzman ?
Penciller(s): Harvey Kurtzman
Inker(s): Harvey Kurtzman
Colorist(s): Marie Severin
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Frontline Combat
First Line: Bandits! MiGs at 5 o'clock! Break right!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagFrontline Combat #8 published November 1952
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Frontline Combat #2 published January 1982
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Frontline Combat #2 published January 1982
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagFrontline Combat #8 published May 1997
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes: in EC Archives: Frontline Combat (Dark Horse, 2013 series) Volume 2 (1st edition, October 2019)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Thunderjet!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Kurtzman
Penciller(s): Alex Toth [as Alexander Toth] (signed)
Inker(s): Alex Toth [as Alexander Toth] (signed)
Colorist(s): Marie Severin
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Frontline Combat
Character(s): Captain Wood Paladino (jet pilot); Johnny (mechanic); Rasmussen (jet pilot); Gunn (jet pilot); Roberts (jet pilot); North Koreans (villains, some die)
Synopsis: Captain Wood and his squadron go on a mission to destroy a North Korean troop train.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagEC Portfolio #2 published January 1972
as Thunderjet! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Frontline Combat #2 published January 1982
as Thunderjet! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagFrontline Combat #8 published May 1997
as Thunderjet! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGenius, Isolated: The Life and Art of Alex Toth #[nn] published April 2011
as Thunderjet! [Story on Interior Page(s)]Presented in original art
Reprint Notes: in EC Archives: Frontline Combat (Dark Horse, 2013 series) Volume 2 (1st edition, October 2019)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Cover story.
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Caesar!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Kurtzman
Penciller(s): Wally Wood [as W. Allen Wood] (signed)
Inker(s): Wally Wood [as W. Allen Wood] (signed)
Colorist(s): Marie Severin
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Frontline Combat
Character(s): Julius Caesar (death); Marcus; Caius; Roman Army (many die); Tillius (Roman Senator); Casca (Roman Senator); the Germans (villains, all die)
Synopsis: After Germany double-crosses Caesar, the Roman Army conquers that land, killing all the men, women and children in retaliation, then follows the same pattern against a town in France, which surrendered. By 44 B.C., Caesar was all powerful --- too powerful to the liking of the Roman Senate, and so they decide to kill Caesar.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Frontline Combat #2 published January 1982
as Caesar! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagFrontline Combat #8 published May 1997
as Caesar! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes: in EC Archives: Frontline Combat (Dark Horse, 2013 series) Volume 2 (1st edition, October 2019)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Tubridy's Triumph

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Kurtzman
Penciller(s): Harvey Kurtzman
Inker(s): Harvey Kurtzman
Colorist(s): Marie Severin ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Corporal Patrick Tubridy (member of Her Majesty's Army in India); Private Clements (Tubridy's barracks-mate); Maharajah Jungan (villain, leader of the DACOITS)
Synopsis: Corporal Tubridy sits and watches new recruits marching along the parade grounds with Private Clements, thinking of his mother, but also of the time when he was caught by the Maharajah's men, all robbers at heart, for bagging five of the Maharajah's peacocks. Forced to stay one week, Tubridy eventually was allowed to return to his home base, minus his rifle, which the Corporal vowed to get back.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Frontline Combat #2 published January 1982
as Tubridy’s Triumph [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagFrontline Combat #8 published May 1997
as Tubridy's Triumph! [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes: in EC Archives: Frontline Combat (Dark Horse, 2013 series) Volume 2 (1st edition, October 2019)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (masthead illustration)
Inker(s): ? (masthead illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Front Lines
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Frontline Combat #2 published January 1982
as [untitled] [Letters Page on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes: in EC Archives: Frontline Combat (Dark Horse, 2013 series) Volume 2 (1st edition, October 2019)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Chickamauga!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Kurtzman
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 [Bob; rest unnamed] (many die); General Brannan; General Wood; General Reynolds; the Confederates (villains, many die)
Synopsis: It was September 19, 1863, and the Northern troops were trying to cut off Chattanooga from the Southern forces, when both sides meet at a place called Chickamauga Creek. In a series of snafus, the North eventually loses the battle, and General Brannan's division was wiped out in ten months.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Frontline Combat #2 published January 1982
as Chickamauga! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagFrontline Combat #8 published May 1997
as Chickamauga! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes: in EC Archives: Frontline Combat (Dark Horse, 2013 series) Volume 2 (1st edition, October 2019)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Night Patrol!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Kurtzman
Penciller(s): John Severin [as Severin] (signed)
Inker(s): Bill Elder [as Elder] (signed)
Colorist(s): Marie Severin
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Frontline Combat
Character(s): unnamed American Captain; Pappy (an American Sergeant, death); American soldiers [Jake; Leddy; Junior (death); Stan; others unnamed]; North Koreans (villains)
Synopsis: Pappy is taking out a night patrol of replacements to gauge the strength of enemy forces near Taegu, and they discover a tremendous number. Just when they get set to return to base with the information, the enemy attacks, and all make it back alive except for two.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Frontline Combat #2 published January 1982
as Night Patrol! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagFrontline Combat #8 published May 1997
as Night Patrol! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #10 published August 2014
as Night Patrol! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes: in EC Archives: Frontline Combat (Dark Horse, 2013 series) Volume 2 (1st edition, October 2019)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7

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