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Issue: Submarine Attack #27 Public Domain
Publication Date: April 1961
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Issues: #27 of 44 Issues (55 Printings)
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Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagCharlton
Brand: A Charlton PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Charlton Comics Group
On Sale Date: 12/27/1960
Volume: 2
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 7 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Bestsellers Vol15 #10 December 1960.
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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
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Captain John Prentiss
Character(s): U.S. skindivers [Jardine; Tom Oldring]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover art, clockwise from top left, taken from page 4 panel 4, page 7 panel 2 & page 4 panel 3 of "The China Sea Sinking" story.
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The Derelict

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Rear Admiral Maxie Haines
Character(s): Averill (reporter); Jim (Engineering Officer); Lieutenant John Welles (submarine captain); Rear Admiral Maxie Haines
Synopsis: Admiral Maxie Haines tells an inquisitive reporter the story of how the submarine, the Moonfish, became a derelict. In December of 1941, the Japanese had attacked the sub stationed in the Philippines, with the skipper Lieutenant John Welles having to give his life for it. However the sub later runs aground on an island where the Japanese then gain control of it. There they repair it and take the Admiral and Engineering Officer away with them in the sub. However, in an unfamiliar sub, the Japanese are tricked into flooding it, trapping themselves inside while the two prisoners manage to escape.
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Pages: 8
Job Number: A-104
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Depth Charge

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Nazi submarine captain; U.S. submarine captain
Synopsis: In the Norwegian sea a U.S. submarine, the U.S.S. Skipmarl, narrowly manages to outmaneuver and sink two Nazi destroyers.
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Pages: 3
Job Number: A-105
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Surrender

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Bill Jenkins; Frank Buttly; Jim Randells (Executive Officer); Sam Perkins; U.S. submarine Commanding Officer
Synopsis: The captain of the Tanger is ordered to go to the Ogoshi Sea in Japan to sink Japanese supply ships. One day he is saddened to learn that the Japanese have killed his mentor Bill Jenkins. He destroys many ships and, having finished his torpedoes, wants to return to base. Instead he is approached by Japanese battleships which surround the sub and wait for it emerge. He receives from the Japanese the message "Surrender!". Preparing for a final battle he surfaces. There a Japanese motorboat approaches telling him, that after the atom bomb was dropped, the Emperor had ordered them to surrender.
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Pages: 1.9
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[untitled]

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.1
Disclose Notes: Statement of ownership, management and circulation. Compiled by Patrick J. Masulli (editor). Notary public: Angela M. Salemme. Average circulation in the 12 months preceding September 30, 1960: 109,318.
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The Enemy On Ice

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Lieutenant Bill Sanderson
Character(s): Lieutenant Bill Sanderson (U.S. submarine captain)
Synopsis: In August 1943, the Holtzheidt, a German heavy cruiser, goes north to Greenland where only the submarine, the U.S.S. Garwhal, can hope to sink it. There the sub fires on the raider while staying far enough away from the turrets' firing range. One torpedo finds the mark. The captain then calls in the bombers to finish it off, which they do. They go verify and decide to leave before they're iced up.
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Pages: 5
Job Number: A-103
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The China Sea Sinking

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Captain John Prentiss
Character(s): Captain Henry Ballard (U.S.S. Skimmer captain); Captain John Prentiss (U.S. submarine captain); Kenneth C. Oldring (U.S. submariner, Tom's brother); U.S. skindivers [Jardine; Tom Oldring]
Synopsis: The U.S.S. Skimmer submarine, with officer Major Kinroe carrying vital documents, defends itself valiantly against a Japanese bomber but is sunk. Another sub is then sent on a recovery mission, trying to anticipate the Japanese. Upon arrival, two skindivers go see what they can recover and find that the crew after four days is miraculously still alive. They then rig the submarine with explosives and wait till the Japanese come to set them off.
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Pages: 7
Job Number: 7245
Disclose Notes: Cover story.

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