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Issue: Two-Fisted Tales #25
Publication Date: January 1952
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Issues: #25 of 24 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagEC
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Fables Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 10 (5 stories, 1 cover)
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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
Format Notes:  
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Original Artwork
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Adult Image
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, war
Character(s): Jonsey
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagEC Portfolio #6 published January 1977
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagTwo-Fisted Tales #8 published July 1994
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagEC Archives: Two-Fisted Tales #2 published August 2007
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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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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Jack Davis

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: biography
Feature(s): The EC "Artist of the Issue"
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagDen store skrækbog #[nn] published January 1974
as Jack Davis [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEC Archives: Two-Fisted Tales #2 published August 2007
as Jack Davis [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Profile of EC Artist of the Issue on inside front cover.
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Mud!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ? (see notes)
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Sergeant Shadburn; unnamed U.S. Army Lieutenant (cameo); "Duck Butt" (U.S. Army soldier); North Korean soldiers (villains, many die)
First Line: 'April showers bring May flowers!'
Synopsis: It is April of 1951 and the rains have started in Korea, creating a major difficulty the soldiers call "General Mud". And the soldiers are none too pleased that Sergeant Shadburn is making them march through the stuff, and they have a few choice names for him. But when the enemy pillbox opens up on them, it is Shadburn who leads the way with a bag of grenades, gets wounded and is saved by a soldier only known as Duck Butt.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagTwo-Fisted Tales #8 published July 1994
as Mud! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEC Archives: Two-Fisted Tales #2 published August 2007
as Mud! [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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Bunker Hill!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ? (see notes)
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction, war
Character(s): Colonial soldiers [Jeb; Abell; rest unnamed] (many die); General William Howe (villain); British soldiers [Frothingham (death); rest unnamed] (villains, many die)
First Line: June 16, 1775!
Synopsis: Colonial troops from Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Connecticut gather atop Breed's Hill in order to meet the challenge of the British Redcoats, who seek to defeat the Yankee soldiers. Although the colonials lose the battle, two British soldiers die for every American life lost.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #7/1989 published January 1989
as Bunker Hill! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagTwo-Fisted Tales #8 published July 1994
as Bunker Hill! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEC Archives: Two-Fisted Tales #2 published August 2007
as Bunker Hill! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Story occurs on June 16, 1775.

Colors were previously attributed to Marie Severin (see Indexer Notes for “Mud!”, above).
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SuspenStory Fans!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: left hand side of page
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One More Mission

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: war
First Line: Radioman Eric Williams turned his wet face away from the wind-fanned rain.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagEC Archives: Two-Fisted Tales #2 published August 2007
as One More Mission [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Half-page story per page on pages 18 & 19 of book.
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untitled

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: order form for Stories From the Bible
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: right hand side of page
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Combat Correspondence
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters from Sheila Nichols, Margaret Spenner, William Wishart, John Yuille, Robert Clifton, Henry R. Lovenson, Ernie Blunk, Mickey Lambert, Bobby Kingston, James A. Brackett, Lowell Largent.
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Corpse on the Imjin!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): American soldier; North Korean soldier (villain, death)
First Line: It is a dark day in May!
Synopsis: An American soldier muses about the corpses of soldiers floating down the Imjin River and how they may have died, when he is suddenly attacked by an enemy........and one of the two becomes the next corpse floating down the river.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagA Smithsonian Book of Comic-Book Comics #[nn] published January 1981
as Corpse on the Imjin! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #7/1989 published January 1989
as Liket på Imjin! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe New Two-Fisted Tales #1 published January 1993
as Corpse on the Imjin! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagTwo-Fisted Tales #8 published July 1994
as Corpse on the Imjin! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagFoul Play! The Art and Artists of the Notorious E.C. Comics! #[nn] published January 2005
as Corpse on the Imjin! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEC Archives: Two-Fisted Tales #2 published August 2007
as Corpse On the Imjin! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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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Buzz Bomb!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ? (see notes)
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): American lieutenant; The Nazis [Wolf (death); Eric (death); Heinrich] (villains)
First Line: Turn your ear to the east!
Synopsis: As Americans make their way into Germany, the Nazis are sending buzz bombs over their heads. Farther east are German troops, coming in the opposite direction, and, they too, experience buzz bombs flying over their heads. However, one German paratrooper senses the bombs are actually heading in their direction instead of at the enemy. For once, he is right, and the bomb kills his two friends, and when the Americans catch up with the lone survivor, he has literally gone insane from fear.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagTwo-Fisted Tales #8 published July 1994
as Buzz Bomb! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEC Archives: Two-Fisted Tales #2 published August 2007
as Buzz Bomb! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #10 published August 2014
as Buzz Bomb! [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 4, panel 1
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Colors were previously attributed to Marie Severin (see Indexer Notes for “Mud!”, above).

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