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Issue: Frontline Combat #7
Publication Date: July 1952
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Issues: #7 of 15 Issues (16 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagEC
Brand: EC An Entertaining ComicView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Tiny Tot Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 02/28/1952
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 8 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Special All Iwo Jima issue.
On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1952 Periodicals, page 97.
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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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Original Artwork
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Original Artwork
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): Harvey Kurtzman (see notes)
Subject Matter
Genres: historical, war
First Line: If ever there was a true hell on earth, it was here... here on Iwo Jima!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagFrontline Combat #7 published August 1952
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Frontline Combat #2 published January 1982
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagFrontline Combat #7 published February 1997
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes: in EC Archives: Frontline Combat (Dark Horse, 2013 series) Volume 2 (1st edition, October 2019)
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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Map of Iwo Jima

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Inker(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Frontline Combat #2 published January 1982
as Map of Iwo Jima [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagFrontline Combat #7 published February 1997
as Map of Iwo Jima [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes: in EC Archives: Frontline Combat (Dark Horse, 2013 series) Volume 2 (1st edition, October 2019)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.

The illustration displays the island of Iwo Jima, which matches the art found on the last panel of all four stories in this issue.
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Iwo Jima!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Peter (Superfortress crew member and co-pilot); David (Peter's brother); the Japanese (villains, many die)
Synopsis: After a bombing run over Tokyo, a Superfortress develops engine problems and makes for the island of Iwo Jima. The co-pilot recounts the history of the island as they prepare to land while the fighting still rages on.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Frontline Combat #2 published January 1982
as Iwo Jima! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagFrontline Combat #7 published February 1997
as Iwo Jima! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes: in EC Archives: Frontline Combat (Dark Horse, 2013 series) Volume 2 (1st edition, October 2019)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Story occurs between February and March of 1945.

Pencil revisions by Craig Delich, per Thommy Burns in the Fantagraphics volume, "Atomic Bomb and Other Stories, Illustrated by Wallace Wood" (2020).

The final panel of the story, which displays the island of Iwo Jima, matches the art of same island pictured on the inside front cover.
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The Landing!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Blackie; unnamed sergeant; Joe (death); unnamed captain (death); the Japanese (villains, some die)
Synopsis: For 72 days before the invasion, Iwo Jima was continuously bombed and shelled, then the U.S. Marines came ashore, some expecting an easy go of it. It was anything but, and Joe decided, after a while, to just stay put "where it was safe," while the others headed for some caves where the Japanese had taken refuge.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Frontline Combat #2 published January 1982
as The Landing! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagFrontline Combat #7 published February 1997
as The Landing! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #10 published August 2014
as The Landing! [Story on Interior Page(s)]Reprinted in black and white.
Reprint Notes: in EC Archives: Frontline Combat (Dark Horse, 2013 series) Volume 2 (1st edition, October 2019)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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The Caves!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): The Japanese [Hayaku; Mataku Yare; Nomura; Nani Hanashiyagaru; others unnamed] (villains, all die)
Synopsis: The Japanese take refuge in a cave, facing flame throwing tanks and other tactics designed by the Marines to box them in. Their leader reminds them that they will fight to the death, taking ten Americans each with them. A chance suddenly arises for the soldiers to escape, and for a while, it seems to work until the Americans run them back into the cave with no way out. The Japanese commander decides that each man will strap a grenade to himself and detonate it rather than surrender.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Frontline Combat #2 published January 1982
as The Caves! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagFrontline Combat #7 published February 1997
as The Caves! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #10 published August 2014
as The Caves! [Story on Interior Page(s)]Reprinted in black and white.
Reprint Notes: in EC Archives: Frontline Combat (Dark Horse, 2013 series) Volume 2 (1st edition, October 2019)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: The final panel of the story, which displays the island of Iwo Jima, matches the art of same island pictured on the inside front cover.
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Marine's Hymn

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): General Winfield S. Scott; Stephen Decatur
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Frontline Combat #2 published January 1982
as Marine’s Hymn [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes: in EC Archives: Frontline Combat (Dark Horse, 2013 series) Volume 2 (1st edition, October 2019)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Story relates the history of the United States Marine Corps and the Marine's Hymn.

Text story is found on two pages, the side columns of each dedicated to illustrated ads for various EC publications.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (masthead illustration)
Inker(s): ? (masthead illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Front Lines
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Frontline Combat #2 published January 1982
as [untitled] [Letters Page on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes: in EC Archives: Frontline Combat (Dark Horse, 2013 series) Volume 2 (1st edition, October 2019)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters from Mary McNamara, Larry Stark, Robert King, James Savage, Robert Heintz, Joseph Gardon, Pete Brown, Anthony Thiele, Thomas Martel, Brian Moores, George Chester, Max Wiars, Jimmy Phalan, and Melvin German.

The majority of the letters printed are rebuttal in nature to a letter by Margaret Credie printed in the initial letters column found in Frontline Combat #5.
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Mopping Up!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Woodrow (U.S. Marine, death); Corporal David Ralph; Lt. Peter Ralph (Ralph's brother, USAF pilot); unnamed young soldier (death); The Japanese (villains, many die)
Synopsis: Woodrow is getting sick and tired of being on Iwo Jima, but his Corporal friend, Ralph, seems a bit more relaxed, and is reading a letter from his pilot brother. After a sniper kills a young soldier and Woodrow steps on a mine, Corporal Ralph is finished, a victim of combat fatigue. Just then, a B-29 crashes near Ralph and Ralph's brother steps out, the two greet one another, and David learns that Iwo Jima has been taken and the battle is over.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Frontline Combat #2 published January 1982
as Mopping Up! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagFrontline Combat #7 published February 1997
as Mopping Up! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes: in EC Archives: Frontline Combat (Dark Horse, 2013 series) Volume 2 (1st edition, October 2019)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: The final panel of the story, which displays the island of Iwo Jima, matches the art of same island pictured on the inside front cover.

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