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Issue: Frontline Combat #2
Publication Date: September 1951
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Issues: #2 of 15 Issues (16 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagEC
Brand: EC An Entertaining ComicView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Tiny Tot Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/27/1951
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
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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Cover, Front
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): Harvey Kurtzman (see notes)
Subject Matter
Genres: war
First Line: We've been looking for the Chinese army and there it is!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagFrontline Combat #2 published October 1951
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Frontline Combat #1 published January 1982
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 #2 published November 1995
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes: in EC Archives: Frontline Combat (Gemstone, 2006 series) Volume 1 (July 2008)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: According to John Benson, in Frontline Combat EC Archive, Volume 1, Kurtzman wrote three of the four stories in this issue, but he did not specify which one that Kurtzman did not write. That story was turned over to another writer under Bill Gaines' direction.

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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Bouncing Bertha

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ? (see notes)
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): T/S Dave Goglia (driver); PFC Allen Burke (machine gunner, death); PFC Flicky Ford (assistant gunner); T/S Lustraw 'Strat' Coleman (driver and gunner); Buck Sergeant John McMullin (commander); Communist soldiers (villains, many die)
Synopsis: As some American soldiers watch a tiny beetle struggling in the water, they are reminded that the enemy is teeming in the hills and they need to get a move on. So they load up in their "Bouncing Bertha": a Patton M-46 tank and head out. Unfortunately, they get stuck along the way with the enemy closing in, who soon blows up the tank. Just then, U.S. aircraft attack while a helicopter lands and takes on four of the five tank crew. One, Allen Burke, is then left to face the enemy, who are angry because the other four got away.
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In Content Item: FlagFrontline Combat #2 published October 1951
as Bouncing Bertha [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Frontline Combat #1 published January 1982
as Bouncing Bertha [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagFrontline Combat #2 published November 1995
as Bouncing Bertha [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes: in EC Archives: Frontline Combat (Gemstone, 2006 series) Volume 1 (July 2008)
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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Zero Hour!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ? (see notes)
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): U.S. Army Sergeant; a new recruit (death); U.S. soldiers [Powers (death); Stofka (death); Bryant Kitchens (death); rest un-named]
Synopsis: The new recruits were obviously nervous, awaiting the order from the Sergeant to go over the top toward the Jerries. One in particular stuck close to the Sergeant, who promised to "show him the ropes," when all of a sudden, a German machine gun opened up on them, causing the friendly forces to retreat. The young recruit, wounded, was hung up in the barbed wire and screaming for help, and two soldiers advanced to help....and were killed, and then another. The Sergeant did the only thing he could: he mercifully shot the recruit.
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In Content Item: FlagFrontline Combat #2 published October 1951
as Zero Hour [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Frontline Combat #1 published January 1982
as Zero Hour! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #8 [1988] published January 1988
as Angrepstimen! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagFrontline Combat #2 published November 1995
as Zero Hour! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #10 published August 2014
as Zero Hour! [Story on Interior Page(s)]Reprinted in black and white.
In Content Item: FlagThe Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #10 published August 2014
as [untitled] [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]page 7, panel 8
Reprint Notes: in EC Archives: Frontline Combat (Gemstone, 2006 series) Volume 1 (July 2008)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Colors were previously attributed to Marie Severin (see Indexer Notes for “Bouncing Bertha,” above).
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Rendezvous

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ? (see notes)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Jack Williams (expert swimmer and naval explosive expert); five unnamed naval divers
Synopsis: Jack Williams, a member of the Navy's Underwater Demolition Team, and whose sub had just surfaced a mile off shore near a Japanese held Pacific Island, had a reconnaissance job to do. The information he and the five others on his team would gather would help with the planning of the impending invasion of the island by American forces. He was using the location of the planet Venus to chart his course, never knowing that "star" was actually a ray of light emanating from a Japanese radio shack high up in the mountains!
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In Content Item: FlagFrontline Combat #2 published October 1951
as Rendezvous [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Frontline Combat #1 published January 1982
as Rendezvous [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes: in EC Archives: Frontline Combat (Gemstone, 2006 series) Volume 1 (July 2008)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Story occurs in 1944.

Colors were previously attributed to Marie Severin (see Indexer Notes for “Bouncing Bertha,” above).
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Just a Scratch!

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Captain Mike Wallace (death)
Synopsis: Captain Wallace watched as a Russian MIG fighter he had fired on spiraled into the Han River, unaware that he had a superficial wound in his left arm. Suddenly, a storm erupted, causing his Panther jet to lose altitude. His only alternative was to eject himself from the aircraft, but his wounded left arm prevented him from moving the hood of the aircraft in a downward position. Tragically, all he could do now was to watch in horror his plane plunging earthward!
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In Content Item: FlagFrontline Combat #2 published October 1951
as Just A Scratch! [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Frontline Combat #1 published January 1982
as Just a Scratch! [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes: in EC Archives: Frontline Combat (Gemstone, 2006 series) Volume 1 (July 2008)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Gettysburg!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ? (see notes)
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Union soldiers [Alabama; rest unnamed] (many die); General George Pickett (villain); Pickett's men (villains, many die)
Synopsis: On the 3rd day of battle at Gettysburg, General Pickett and his army of 14,000 men attack the Union position and all hell breaks loose. One Union soldier, called Alabama (because he came from that state), is in the thick of battle when a southern officer approaches him, and Alabama cuts him down, learning too late after the battle that he had killed his own father!
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In Content Item: FlagFrontline Combat #2 published October 1951
as Gettysburg! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Frontline Combat #1 published January 1982
as Gettysburg! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagFrontline Combat #2 published November 1995
as Gettysburg! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes: in EC Archives: Frontline Combat (Gemstone, 2006 series) Volume 1 (July 2008)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Colors were previously attributed to Marie Severin (see Indexer Notes for “Bouncing Bertha,” above).
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Contact!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): Harvey Kurtzman ? (see notes)
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): unnamed Lieutenant (death); unnamed Sergeant; American soldiers [Durkee (death); Weems; rest unnamed] (many die); North Koreans (villains, many die)
Synopsis: Durkee seems to think that the North Korean Army simply can't match up against the American soldier, but hard lessons are soon to be learned.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagFrontline Combat #2 published October 1951
as Contact! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Frontline Combat #1 published January 1982
as Contact! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagFrontline Combat #2 published November 1995
as Contact! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes: in EC Archives: Frontline Combat (Gemstone, 2006 series) Volume 1 (July 2008)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Marie Severin’s statement that “[Harvey] Kurtzman colored his own art, especially on covers...” (see Indexer Notes for this issue’s cover) suggests that Kurtzman colored stories that he drew, albeit perhaps less consistently than he colored his cover art.

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