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Issue: Frontline Combat #1
Publication Date: July 1951
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Issues: #1 of 15 Issues (16 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Authorized ACMP Conforms to the Comics Code
Publisher: FlagEC
Brand: EC An Entertaining ComicView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Tiny Tot Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 03/02/1951
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Authorized ACMP Conforms to the Comics Code
Content Items: 7 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is the publication date reported in U. S. Copyright Office filings.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U. S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): Harvey Kurtzman (see notes)
Subject Matter
Genres: war
First Line: OK, Marines! We'll have to clear that hill before we can get out of here!
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In Content Item: FlagFrontline Combat #1 published August 1951
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Frontline Combat #1 published January 1982
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagFrontline Combat #1 published August 1995
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: According to Marie Severin (1995), “[Harvey] Kurtzman colored his own art, especially on covers....”
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References:

Cassell, Dewey, with Aaron Sultan. 2012. “The Artists of EC Comics” (reprinting Severin 1995). In Marie Severin: The Mirthful Mistress of Comics. 46–47. Raleigh: TwoMorrows Publishing.

Severin, Marie (John Province, transcriber [uncredited]). 1995. “Mostly About Color.” In CFA-APA 36, January.
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Marines Retreat!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ? (see notes)
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): U.S. Marines [Tony Feranda (death); Kelley; Joe; Private Harold Parks; rest unnamed] (some die); Chinese Army (villains, many die)
Synopsis: American forces are surrounded at the Changjin Reservoir, so they attempt to make their way back to the coast. Private Parks is dreaming of his kinfolk back at home, so much so that he puts himself in a precarious and probably fatal position.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Frontline Combat #1 published January 1982
as Marines Retreat! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagFrontline Combat #1 published August 1995
as Marines Retreat! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Colors were previously attributed to Marie Severin, but it is unlikely that Severin had begun coloring at EC when this issue was colored (Cassell 2012, 33–34 and 171).
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Reference:

Cassell, Dewey, with Aaron Sultan. 2012. Marie Severin: The Mirthful Mistress of Comics. Raleigh: TwoMorrows Publishing.
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Enemy Assault!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ? (see notes)
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): unnamed American soldier; American soldiers (many die); unnamed Communist soldier (villain, death); Communist soldiers (villains, many die)
Synopsis: An American soldier finds himself in a standoff with a Chinese Communist soldier, and he sees that he is not just a robotic soldier advancing over a battlefield, but a living, breathing human being. As they talk, they realize they have much in common, including a wife and kids. But this IS war, and, as troops from both sides advance, a decision has to be made by both men.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Frontline Combat #1 published January 1982
as Enemy Assault! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #8 [1988] published January 1988
as Fienden! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagFrontline Combat #1 published August 1995
as Enemy Assault! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: According to John Benson, in Frontline Combat EC Archive, Volume 1, Kurtzman only wrote the first story for this issue and this story was turned over to another writer under Bill Gaines' direction. Thus Kurtzman's script credit for this story has been changed to a ? by Craig Delich.

Colors were previously attributed to Marie Severin (see Indexer Notes for “Marines Retreat!,” above).
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The Fatal Step

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ? (see notes)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Corporal Jud Harkabus (scout, death); German soldier (villain)
Synopsis: Corporal Harkabus was on a scouting mission for the American armored division when he came across a German soldier, whom he immediately wounded. Treating the wound, Harkabus went merrily on his way, while the young German tried to warn him of something. But since Harkabus did not understand German, he did not know that the soldier was warning him that he was walking directly into a mine field!
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In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Frontline Combat #1 published January 1982
as The Fatal Step [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagFrontline Combat #1 published August 1995
as The Fatal Step [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Colors were previously attributed to Marie Severin (see Indexer Notes for “Marines Retreat!,” above).
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Depth-Charged

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Captain Vincent "Rockhead" Harmon;
Synopsis: Captain Harmon stood on the bridge of his naval destroyer, eyeing the movements of all hands on deck. Often known as "Rockhead" because of his tendency to disregard official orders, he is notified that DE 407 has been torpedoed by a Japanese submarine, so he issues orders to go after that sub. Reaching the location of the sinking, he was notified that sonar had picked up a sub just below the surface, oddly sending out messages in dots and dashes. Not waiting to verify the identity of the ship, he ended up sinking an American submarine!
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In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Frontline Combat #1 published January 1982
as Depth-Charged [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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O.P.!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ? (see notes)
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): unnamed U.S. Army Lieutenant; American operation post soldiers (all die); German soldiers (villains, all die)
Synopsis: An Army howitzer officer makes contact with a forward operation post, inquiring as to whether the enemy is advancing and if they need support. The outcome is rather unexpected.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Frontline Combat #1 published January 1982
as O.P.! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagFrontline Combat #1 published August 1995
as O.P.! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: According to John Benson, in Frontline Combat EC Archive, Volume 1, Kurtzman only wrote the first story for this issue and this story was turned over to another writer under Bill Gaines' direction. Thus Kurtzman's script credit for this story has been changed to a ? by Craig Delich.

Colors were previously attributed to Marie Severin (see Indexer Notes for “Marines Retreat!,” above).
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Unterseeboot 113

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ? (see notes)
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Captain Kurt Kluge (villain, U-Boat commander, death); U-Boat crew members [Kurt; Schultz; rest unnamed] (villains)
Synopsis: A Nazi naval commander raises his U-Boat to the surface to take on supplies, but is shocked when the ship suddenly begins firing on him, noting that it is a British tanker, not German.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Frontline Combat #1 published January 1982
as Unterseeboot 113 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagFrontline Combat #1 published August 1995
as Unterseeboot 113 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Story occurs in 1942.

According to John Benson, in Frontline Combat EC Archive, Volume 1, Kurtzman only wrote the first story for this issue and this story was turned over to another writer under Bill Gaines' direction. Thus Kurtzman's script credit for this story has been changed to a ? by Craig Delich.

Colors were previously attributed to Marie Severin (see Indexer Notes for “Marines Retreat!,” above).

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