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Issue: Tell It to the Marines #1 Public Domain
Publication Date: March 1952
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Issues: #1 of 15 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagToby
Brand: Toby PressView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Toby Press Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 4 (3 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US; then 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
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, military, war
Feature(s): Spike and Bat
Character(s): Pfc. Spike Dowdy; Pfc. Bat Bentley
Synopsis: Two American Marines battle Asian soldiers.
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Pages: 1
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Operation Petticoat

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Sparling
Inker(s): Jack Sparling
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, military, war
Feature(s): Spike and Bat
Character(s): Spike; Bat; Lotus Blossom
Synopsis: Spike and Bat, two brawny, lusty, best-buddy Marines on the Korean front, are sent behind enemy lines to retrieve valuable information from an elderly, wounded Korean acting as an agent for the United States. Before dying, the agent tells the boys the information is sewn into the dress hem of his lovely granddaughter, Lotus Blossom. Spike and Bat head back to camp with Lotus Blossom in tow and have several close calls with Korean soldiers before recrossing enemy lines. The story is punctuated with the two Marines playing pranks on one another and lusting after "dames".
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In Content Item: FlagTell It to the Marines #9 published January 1958
as Operation Petticoat [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
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Arabian Nightmare

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Charles Spain Verral
Penciller(s): Jack Sparling
Inker(s): Jack Sparling
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, military, war
Feature(s): Spike and Bat
Character(s): Spike; Bat; Boris; Shah of Ariq
Synopsis: A big mistake is made in Washington and the boys are sent to the Middle East to secure oil concessions for the western powers. Boris, a Russian emissary, is trying to do the same for his country. The Shah of Ariq, a boxing fan, decides the issue will be settled via a boxing match between Boris and Spike, a renowned Corps heavyweight champion celebrated for a punch of his own devising called the Double Reverse Pretzel Bolo. The story features scantily clad harem girls and a transvestite scene for Spike and Bat.
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In Content Item: FlagTell It to the Marines #9 published January 1958
as Arabian Nightmare [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 14
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Blue Plate Blossom

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, military, philosophical, war
Feature(s): Lover O'Leary and His Liberty Belles
Character(s): Lover O'Leary; Blue Plate Blossom; Queenie Quadrille; Marlene; Three-Quarters-of-a-Mile Miriam; two nerdy, lusting young Marines
Synopsis: Lover O'Leary is the "pre-eminent gal-hound" of the United States Marine Corps and agrees to take two nerdy, young "chowderheads" out on the town. The three pass their time ogling busty, leggy Good Girls in little clothing.
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In Content Item: FlagTell It to the Marines #9 published January 1958
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Pages: 4

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