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Issue: Frontline Combat #12
Publication Date: May 1953
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Issues: #12 of 15 Issues (16 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagEC
Brand: object(PgSql\Result)#3 (0) { }
Indicia Publisher: Tiny Tot Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/26/1952
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 10 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Air Force issue.
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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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Frontline Combat
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In Content Item: FlagFrontline Combat #12 published May 1998
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: war
First Line: This issue, number twelve of Frontline Combat, is devoted to the United States Air Force.
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In Content Item: FlagFrontline Combat #12 published May 1998
as [untitled] [Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Illustrated frontispiece.
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F-94!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Frontline Combat
Character(s): unnamed aircraft observer
First Line: The Air Force at home!
Synopsis: A young aircraft observer detects the sound of a multi-engine aircraft approaching a large east coast manufacturing center at low altitude, and contacts the authorities. F-94 jet interceptors are scrambled to deal with this perceived threat.
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In Content Item: FlagFrontline Combat #12 published May 1998
as F-94! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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F-86 Sabre Jet!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, war
Feature(s): Frontline Combat
Character(s): unnamed U.S. F-86 Captain; North Koreans (villains, some die)
First Line: The Air Force in Korea!
Synopsis: F-86 pilots on patrol get an SOS from one of their planes that needs to be located because it is running low on fuel. They locate the plane but run into MIG fighters in the process.
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In Content Item: FlagFrontline Combat #12 published May 1998
as F-86 Sabre Jet! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Rocket Flight

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: military
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Pages: 1
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Front Lines
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.6
Disclose Notes: Letters from Jack Joratoric, Flynn Warren, W.D. Reeves, Jr., Charles Berry, Jr., Johnny Duncan.
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Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.4
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B-26 Invader!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Frontline Combat
Character(s): B-26 crew; North Koreans (villains, some die)
First Line: The Air Force in Korea!
Synopsis: The story of a B-29 crew making preparations and flying a bombing mission to the front during the Korean War and the eventual destruction of many ammunition vehicles in an enemy convoy is told.
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In Content Item: FlagFrontline Combat #12 published May 1998
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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H-5!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Frontline Combat
Character(s): Downed F-80 pilot (unnamed Lieutenant); North Korean soldiers (villains, some die)
First Line: The Air Force in Korea!
Synopsis: The story is told of the heroics of rescue helicopters during the Korean War and the value their crews placed on a man's life.
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In Content Item: FlagFrontline Combat #12 published May 1998
as H-5! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: The text box on page 2, panel 1, is not by Oda. Harvey Kurtzman did not know who added that or when (he told John Benson in an interview).
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Readers! The U.S. Air Force Needs Your Help!

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: military
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In Content Item: FlagFrontline Combat #12 published May 1998
as Readers! The U.S. Air Force Needs Your Help! [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Plug for Ground Observer Corps.

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