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Issue: Navy Combat #1
Publication Date: June 1955
 
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Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Indicia Publisher: Manvis Publications 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: 17 (5 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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Attack by Sea!

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war
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Now! Give Yourself a $168-a-Month Raise!

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Send for a business outfit to start selling Mason shoes for money and profit from Mason Shoe Mfg. Co., Desk MA-605, Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin.
Indicia at bottom of page.
On inside front cover.
Attack by Sea!

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Scuttlebutt
Meet "Torpedo" Taylor, of your Uncle Sam's submarine service!
U.S. Navy submarine Barracuda, with Torpedo Taylor running the torpedo room, takes out a pair of Japanese tankers but must then deal with two very dangerous Japanese destroyers currently hidden behind the tankers.
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Picture Yourself Going Places

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You've done it often.
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Send for free "How to Succeed" book and individual course booklet from International Correspondence Schools, Box 54217 C, Scranton 9, Penna.
Salvo!

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Mickey Wayne
Attention!
Stationed aboard a U.S. battleship, seaman Mickey Wayne complains the ship never sees any action until it is suddenly ordered to bombard the Japanese island stronghold Iwo Jima to soften it up for the troops to land.
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F-998
Gain Weight in 7 Days or Don't Pay!

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Send $2.98 for one package of concentrated weight gain tablets from Pounds Plus Company, Dept. 156, Box 820, New York 17, N.Y.
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Now You Can Fly a Real Jet Plane

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Send $1.98 for a Sil-O-Jet F-89 Scorpion jet propelled model plane including the Jetex #50 jet engine. Also included are two other model planes free. From America's Hobby Center Inc., Dept. MC 55, 152 West 25th St., New York 1, N.Y.
Submarine Strike

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John Mason; Richard Smith; Charles Crosby
The conference that had been called by the Allied Command was labeled, on the documents that referred to it, with those ominous words.
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Hey Kids! Join the Fun! Walk on Stilts!

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Send $2.00 for a pair of "stilt-steps" which, when attached to buyer-provided poles, produces a pair of stilts. From Mr. L. of New York, Dept. MC, 475 Fifth Ave., N.Y. 17, N.Y.
Boys - Girls - Men - Women Exciting New Way to Make Money

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childrens, religious
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Ad to recruit salespeople to sell religious plaques as a way to make extra money from The FUNman, Dept. S-132, 5726 N. Broadway, Chicago 40, Ill.
Fighting Lady!

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Admiral Yamamoto; Admiral Chester Nimitz
Story of the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Yorktown (CV-5), sunk in the Battle of Midway in 1942, and her replacement (CV-10).
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Stamps Shop by Mail

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30 classified ads, mostly for stamp collecting offers.
Hit and Run

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Ambrose; Sparks; Montmorency Cunningham
This is a PT boat!
During World War II somewhere off the coast of New Guinea, the American PT boat "Smokey Pete" is tasked with bringing down the Japanese ship Kakakuma.
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Fishermen! Catch More Fish

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Send $1.00 and catch more fish with the new "Shur Hooker" Automatic Fisherman from Illinois Merchandise Mart, Dept. 2812, 1227 Loyola Ave., Chicago 26, Ill.
Identify Even the Strangest Stamps

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Send for free map, stamp guide and 30 foreign stamps from Littleton Stamp Co., Dept. 5-MV, Littleton, New Hampshire.
Come on, Buddy, Quit Being a Bag-of-Bones Weakling Like I Was

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Jim Norman (photo)
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Send for five free courses, free muscle meter and photo book from Jowett Institute of Physical Training, Dept. MA-55, 220 Fifth Avenue, New York 1, N.Y.
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Given - Premiums or Cash Commission - Given

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Boys-Girls-Ladies-Men
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Ad seeking sellers of Cloverine Brand Salve in exchange for prizes or cash from Wilson Chemical Co., Dept. 148-80, Tyrone, Pa.
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