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Issue: Navy Action #15
Publication Date: January 1957
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Issues: #15 of 15 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Current Detective Stories Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 8 (6 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: war
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Coloring credit per Stan Goldberg.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Battleship Burke
Character(s): Battleship Burke; Salty Smith
First Line: These asbestos fire-fighting suits will keep the flames from us...
Synopsis: Burke and Salty fend off fires caused by MIGs, then shoot their fire extinguisher foam at the MIGs, making them crash. After escorting a commander to a UN base, Burke and Salty encounter a speedboat of Chinese agents who try to board and capture their destroyer, but once again they use the foam to blind their enemies and take them prisoner.
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Pages: 5
Job Number: J-621
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Fish and Fight

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Capt. Stanley; Lt. Brassard; Wedgley
First Line: The man walked down the street of Hartlepool, England, until he came to the third of the buildings that abutted on the docks.
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From Content Item: FlagNavy Combat #3 published October 1955
was Mystery Boat [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 2
Job Number: G-625
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: No circulation information given.
Series title listed is for Sailor Sweeney (Marvel, 1956 series), a previous name for this series.
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Torpedoed!

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Genres: war
Character(s): Capt. Anson; Sparks; Foley; Capt. Hall
First Line: A ship can become all things to the men who live on her!
Synopsis: A Chinese submarine and destroyer working in tandem ambush the US destroyer Invincible and badly damage it, but the crew make quick repairs, refusing to see the ship scuttled; they return to the fight and this time outsmart the submarine and destroyer, demolishing both.
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Pages: 5
Job Number: K-932
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Bombs Away!

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Genres: aviation, war
Character(s): Higgins; Lt. Ward
First Line: It happened at the height of the Korean War, when U.S. Navy might and Red Chinese air power struggled for supremacy!
Synopsis: US Air Force pilot Lt. Ward goes on a mission to destroy a Chinese refueling depot, but while the mission is a success he crash lands in enemy territory.
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Pages: 4
Job Number: K-940
Disclose Notes: Continued in next issue.
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Shakedown Cruise!

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Genres: war
Character(s): Morse
First Line: It was after Pearl Harbor that the cruiser slid from its Pacific harbor, glistening with a new captain and crew for its maiden voyage...
Synopsis: A US destroyer goes on its shakedown cruise against the Japanese; after a single tour through sustained combat, it has worn off its formerly pristine look and both ship and crew are battle-hardened.
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Job Number: K-933
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Battleship Burke
Character(s): Battleship Burke; Salty Smith; Capt. Regan
First Line: Chief petty officer 'Battleship' Burke and his mate...
Synopsis: Burke and Salty are on a boring shore leave when they hear a call to help reinforce the frontline against the Chinese. They join soldiers from England, Ethiopia & Turkey in battle, with Burke even building a raft to help rout the Chinese from their flank.
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Pages: 5
Job Number: J-494
Disclose Notes: Ayers inks per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Ernie Bache.

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