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Issue: Battlefield Action #60 Public Domain
Publication Date: October 1965
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Issues: #60 of 74 Issues (76 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagCharlton
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Charlton Comics Group
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 2
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 20 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Pat Masulli
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US (#16-62); standard Modern Age US (#63 onwards)
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing
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The Heavyweights Slug It Out!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio
Inker(s): Pat Masulli
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Jon D'Agostino
Subject Matter
Genres: war
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Pages: 1
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Draw Any Person in One Minute

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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photo)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Norton Products
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Pages: 1
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Inside front cover.
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Sleeping Tiger

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Gill ?
Penciller(s): Charles Nicholas
Inker(s): Vince Alascia
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Howard Kling; Betty Loomis; Dan; Lt. Akins
Synopsis: Due to his poor vision, Howard Kling is relegated to clerk typist during WWII and takes a lot of verbal abuse for it. When the Korean War starts up, needing to prove himself, he obtains contact lenses and gets himself transferred to the front where his courage is severely tested.
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Pages: 8
Job Number: A-5002
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Exclusive Fun Products by Mail

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Ellbarr Dist.
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Between pages 4 and 5 of "Sleeping Tiger".
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Combat Action from Charlton!

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Writer(s): ? (promo copy)
Penciller(s): Pat Masulli; ?
Inker(s): Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio; ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Charlton Comics
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Disclose Notes: Ad for Charlton war comics, featuring Battlefield Action (Charlton, 1957 Series) #59 (August 1965).
Between pages 4 and 5 of "Sleeping Tiger".
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Our Early Army

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: war
First Line: Our continental army was organized generally on the British model.
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Monster S-I-Z-E Monsters

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Letterer(s): ?; typeset
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Feature(s): Honor House Prod. Corp.
Character(s): Frankenstein monster
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Missing in Action

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Credits
Writer(s): Joe Gill ?
Penciller(s): Charles Nicholas
Inker(s): Vince Alascia
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Private Luddy Cole; Sergeant Mike Regan
Synopsis: Out on a two-man patrol during WWII, seeing Sgt. Regan shot in a Japanese ambush, Pvt. Cole takes off into the jungle. Later, his conscience gets the better of him and he returns to the scene of the ambush, despite the nearby Japanese soldiers, to retrieve Regan's dog tags to prevent him from being listed missing in action.
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Pages: 4
Job Number: A-5004
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Tiger Vs. Pershing: The Heavyweights Slug It Out

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Writer(s): Joe Gill ?
Penciller(s): Charles Nicholas
Inker(s): Vince Alascia
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Lieutenant Vince Lavelli; Corporal Lucas; Kowalski
Synopsis: Showing no regard for his own life, Lt. Lavelli is able to blow up a German Tiger tank with a phosphorous grenade after the Tiger took out Lavelli's American M3 tank. Later, Lavelli takes charge of a newly-manufactured American M26 Pershing tank to turn the tables on the Nazi Tiger tanks.
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Pages: 8
Job Number: A-5003
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Make Bubbles as Big as Beach Balls with Wubble Bubble

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Wubble Bubble; World Wide Specialties
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Between pages 4 and 5 of "Tiger Vs. Pershing".
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Record Riot

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Feature(s): Hit Records
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Between pages 4 and 5 of "Tiger Vs. Pershing".
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Learn to Play Guitar the Chet Atkins Way!

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Victor Specialities
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Between pages 4 and 5 of "Tiger Vs. Pershing".
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Be the Life of the Party

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): House of 1000 Mysteries
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Disclose Notes: Ad for magic tricks and catalog. First trick is a floating-dancing handkerchief.
Between pages 4 and 5 of "Tiger Vs. Pershing".
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Frontier Cabin

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Feature(s): Giant Cabin Co.
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Disclose Notes: Ad for western-style cabin 'big enough for 2-3 kids' for $1.00. Cabin is made of DuPont Polyethelene.
Between pages 4 and 5 of "Tiger Vs. Pershing".
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Treasure Chest of Fun

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Honor House Prod. Corp.
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Disclose Notes: Ad for various novelty items starting with "Throw Your Voice".
At end of "Tiger Vs. Pershing".
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Shop By Mail

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Letterer(s): typeset
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On second page after "Tiger Vs. Pershing.
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Hit and Run

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Writer(s): Joe Gill ?
Penciller(s): Charles Nicholas
Inker(s): Vince Alascia
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Synopsis: A U.S. Special Forces adviser leads his trained Vietnamese forces against a hard-to-find force of Viet Cong who have just invaded a village.
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Job Number: A-5005
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U.S. Government Surplus Direct by Mail!

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Feature(s): Surplus Bargains
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Feature(s): American Body Building Club
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Disclose Notes: Send for 5 free world famous strength test courses including photo book of famous strong men.
Inside back cover.
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He's Looking for People Who Like to Draw

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Famous Artists Schools
Character(s): Albert Dorne (caricature)
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