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Issue: Frontline Combat #4
Publication Date: February 1952
 
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagSuperior
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Indicia Publisher: Superior Publishers Limited
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
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Price: $0.10 CAD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 13 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Contents match contents of equivalent US comic except for ads on the cover and last page.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: colour
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.
Paper Stock: newsprint interior; glossy cover
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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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
Frontline Combat
I'll bet they never suspected we'd get a cannon up here!
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Miscellaneous
1
Art credits from GCD index of US comic.
Fun for Boys

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Ad for book, "221 Pages full of lively fun!" for $1.49 from Dominion Mail Order Agency, Toronto, Ontario
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Book cover shown in ad says "Fun for Boys," but advertisement adds "and girls."
Combat Medic!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Harvey Kurtzman
Jack Davis
Jack Davis
Marie Severin
Ben Oda
Subject Matter
war
Frontline Combat
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Miscellaneous
8
Light Brigade!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Harvey Kurtzman
Wally Wood [as Wood]
Wally Wood [as Wood]
Marie Severin
Ben Oda
Subject Matter
war
Frontline Combat
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Miscellaneous
7
SuspenStory Fans!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (promo copy)
Johnny Craig (signed)
Johnny Craig (signed)
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?
Subject Matter
crime, horror
Crime SuspenStories
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Miscellaneous
0.5
Promotional advertisement for Crime SuspenStories (EC, 1950 series) #8 (December 1951-January 1952), reproducing the cover for the issue.

Shares left side of the page with the text story, "The Tyrant."
The Tyrant

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jerry De Fuccio
Harvey Kurtzman
Harvey Kurtzman
typeset
Subject Matter
historical, horror, war
Mark Edelblut; Count Karl Edelblut; Baron Manfred Von Wolfe; Baron's men
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Miscellaneous
1
Text story covers two pages over the center spread, taking up a half page each, bookended by EC promos.
144 Big Pages in Full Color

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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various
various
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typeset
Subject Matter
Picture Stories From the Bible
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Miscellaneous
0.5
Promotion advertisement for both "Old Testament" and one issue of the "New Testament" Picture Stories of the Bible. Includes ordering coupon.

Shares right side of the page with the text story, "The Tyrant."
The Wreckers

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Harvey Kurtzman
Harvey Kurtzman
Harvey Kurtzman
typeset
Subject Matter
historical, war
Eben; Eben's daughter; unnamed British sailor
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1
Air Burst!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Harvey Kurtzman
Harvey Kurtzman
Harvey Kurtzman
Marie Severin
Ben Oda
Subject Matter
war
Chinese soldiers [Lee (death); Tai (death); Chun (death); "Big Feet" (death); others unnamed] (villains, many die)
The Americans have the Chinese on the run, but two of the enemy's remaining mortar crew have a surprise for the advancing Americans: a booby trap. Unfortunately, the wrong people walk into that trap.
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Miscellaneous
6
Bomb Run!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Harvey Kurtzman
John Severin [as Severin] (signed)
Bill Elder [as Elder] (signed)
Marie Severin
Ben Oda
Subject Matter
aviation, historical, war
Frontline Combat
un-named pilot (death); Sergeant Johnny Breslin (radioman, death); Tech Sergeant Arthur Fleischer (engineer-gunner, death); Jerry De Fuccio (tail gunner, death); 1st Lieutenant Colin Campbell (co-pilot and bombardier, death); The Japanese (villains, some die)
An American bomber, "The Odyssey", has made a successful bombing run over a Filipino island when Japanese Zeros fill the sky and attack. While several Zeros are shot down, the bomber suffers a hit left engine, and they radio for help. They receive a message with landing instructions not knowing the message is a fake from a Japanese radio station with devastating results!
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Miscellaneous
7
The Inside Story of Professional Wrestling!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Ad for book "The Wrestling Scene" from the Dominion Mail Order Agency at 2382 Dundas Street West, Toronto. Wrestlers include Whipper Billy Watson.
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Miscellaneous
1
The Magical Luminous Paints for Day or Night

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Advertisement for Nite-Lite paint from Nu-Art Products, Toronto, Ontario
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Miscellaneous
1
Inside back cover.
Now! Heavier, Stronger, Better!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Ad for tool set from Nu Art Products, Box 24, Station "D", Toronto, Ont.
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Miscellaneous
1
On back cover of comic.

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