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Issue: Men in Action #3
Publication Date: September 1957
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Issues: #3 of 6 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagFarrell
Brand: AjaxView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: Four Star Comic Corp.
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: 6 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Ruth Roche; S. M. Iger (Art Editor)
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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
Format Notes:  
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The Rescue

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (Iger Shop)
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Furlough, Here We Come!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (Iger Studio)
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Andy; Ben; Soon Lee
Synopsis: Andy and Ben, two enlisted G.I.s, take furlough in Pusan. They rescue a damsel in distress, Soon Lee, from an aggressive man, and Andy lines himself up for a date, unaware that Soon Lee is a Communist spy. Andy is taken captive, and is lucky that Ben, jealous of Andy's romance, had tailed them to try to steal Soon Lee for his own.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBattle Stories #16 published January 1964
as Furlough, Here We Come [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Jailbird

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBattle Stories #16 published January 1964
as Jailbird [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Rescue

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (Iger Studio)
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Pat Thomas; Hank Jones
Synopsis: Pat and Hank become friends while at O.C.S., and Pat becomes fond of Hank's girl. Pat fails out of O.C.S., and before he leaves, he steals Hank's picture of Joan as a keepsake. Pat is assigned to Korea, where in a terrible battle, he is the sole survivor, and is taken prisoner. In a twist of fate, his friend Hank Jones is being held in the same prison. They make a daring escape attempt, and Hank nearly gets caught, but Pat sacrifices himself to get Hank free, confessing his love for Joan to Hank before he dies.
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In Content Item: FlagBattle Stories #16 published January 1964
as The Rescue [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Eagle of the Sea

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?; Oliver Wendell Holmes
Penciller(s): ? (Iger Studio)
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Captain Samuel Nicholson; Paul Revere
Synopsis: A historical telling of the events that led to the building of the Revolutionary warship, Old Ironsides, including her capture and re-taking. Concludes with a poem by Oliver Wendell Holmes from 1830.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagBlack Cobra #3 published March 1955
was Eagle of the Sea [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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The Listening Post

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (Iger Studio)
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Synopsis: Two G.I.s reluctantly take their shift out at the listening post, and we share their watch, sharing their anxious night of waiting for the sneak attack that could happen at any moment.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBattle Stories #16 published January 1964
as The Listening Post [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6

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