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Issue: The United States Marines #[1] Public Domain
Publication Date: January 1943
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Issues: #[1] of 4 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagMagazine Enterprises
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Magazine Enterprises
On Sale Date: 10/05/1943
Volume: none
Pages: 60
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 CAD
$0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 20 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Vin Sullivan
Disclose Notes: Indexed from a scanned copy. Art ids by Jim Vadeboncouer Jr. Indicia states "published with the cooperation of the U. S. Marine Corps." Date listed is copyright date in Catalog of Copyright Entries. Part 2 PERIODICALS. 1943. New Series, Volume 38, No. 1, p. 455.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was on-going series
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Victory at Gavutu

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): The Japanese
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Reprint Notes: in Alter-Ego (TwoMorrows, 1999 series) Vol. 3 #10 (September, 2001) [in black and white]
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Pages: 1
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Trophies of War

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): Typeset
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Synopsis: Table of contents and photo of Marine Private Frank Massaro holding trophies from Guadalcanal.
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

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Genres: war
First Line: To the men of the United States Marine Corps...
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Victory at Gavutu

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: war
Character(s): Father James J. Fitzgerald; Captain Sweeney; Captain Harold L. Torgerson; Dr. Burke; Dr. Eisenberg; Dr. Thorne; Corp. Ralph W. Fordyce; P.F.C. Ronald A. Burdo; Corp. George F. Grady; Lt. Colenel Robert G. Hunt
First Line: Expecting to find the main body of the Japanese troops...
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Birth of the Marines

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: informational, non-fiction, war
Character(s): George Washington; Lt. John Paul Jones; Captain Pearson
First Line: The oldest known document in American Marine history...
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In Content Item: FlagThe United States Marines #5 [A-1 #55] published January 1952
as Birth of the Marines [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagFoxhole #15 published January 1964
as Birth of the Marines [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous, war
Feature(s): Monte Zuma and Trip O'Lee
Character(s): Monte Zuma; Trip O'Lee
First Line: Gosh, Monte - Where are we headed for now - I'm freezing
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Hellcat Out of Heaven

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Major Joseph J. Foss
First Line: During three and a half months at Guadalcanal....
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Format is a cross between a comic and a text article. It's panelled like a comic but no dialogue and all text is typeset.
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Your Blood Can Save Him

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): Typeset
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Synopsis: Public Service ad for the American Red Cross.
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Battle of the Ditch

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Jiggs Williams
First Line: A lone Marine and a quartet of savage Japs...
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Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Last page also has photo of Marine Corps Raiders.
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Wildcat in the Sky

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: war
Character(s): First Lieutenant J.E. Swett
First Line: Three other enemy dive bombers...
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The Marines Have Landed!

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Letterer(s): Typeset
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Genres: war
First Line: The Marines have landed on hostile shores...
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Saga of the Solomons

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): Typeset
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Genres: informational, non-fiction, war
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This Is the Enemy! The Flying Butcher

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Letterer(s): Typeset
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Genres: informational, non-fiction, war
Character(s): Lt. Samuel S. Logan
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In Ten More Minutes What Will You Be Doing?

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): Typeset
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Synopsis: PSA for fighting the war at home, how civilians can contribute.
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The Cliffs of Veru

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: war
First Line: On Aug. 6th, 1943...
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Guadalcanal Diary

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): Typeset
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Genres: informational, non-fiction, war
Synopsis: Photos and text from the movie Guadalcanal Diary.
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The Slap-Happy Japs

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Ray McGill (signed)
Inker(s): Ray McGill (signed)
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Subject Matter
Synopsis: Stereotyped depictions of the traits of the Japanese people.
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[untitled]

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Genres: war
Feature(s): Johnny Devildog
Character(s): Johnny Devildog
First Line: Johnny Devildog used be the kid around the corner.
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Pages: 7
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Super Stamp Outfit

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Ad for stamp kit from Metro Publications.
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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New Commando Krak-a-Jap Machine Gun

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Ad for toy machine gun from Illinois Merchandise Mart.
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Disclose Notes: On back cover of comic.

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