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Issue: Two-Fisted Tales #28
Publication Date: July 1952
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Issues: #28 of 24 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagEC
Brand: object(PgSql\Result)#3 (0) { }
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)
Editor(s): Harvey Kurtzman
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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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Cover, Front
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Harvey Kurtzman
Inker(s): Harvey Kurtzman
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
First Line: ...No! The tank carrying the wounded! ...It hit a mine!
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In Content Item: FlagTwo-Fisted Tales #28 published August 1952
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagTwo-Fisted Tales #11 published April 1995
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
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Harvey Kurtzman

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Al Feldstein
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: biography
Feature(s): The EC "Artist of the Issue"
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Pages: 1
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Checkers!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Kurtzman
Penciller(s): John Severin [as Severin] (signed)
Inker(s): Will Elder [as Elder] (signed)
Colorist(s): Marie Severin
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): SFC Straus (tank commander); E-7 Kilpatrick (tank commander); Rudolph; un-named company officer; patrol lieutenant; North Koreans (villains, some die)
Synopsis: Finishing a game of checkers, Straus and Kilpatrick nearly miss a required briefing of all tank commanders by the C.O., who informs them that a patrol sent down the Kumhwa Road had been ambushed and badly hit, and they needed to be rescued. When the going gets tough, Straus and Kilpatrick manuever their tanks as if they were playing checkers and win the battle, saving the platoon.
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In Content Item: FlagTwo-Fisted Tales #11 published April 1995
as Checkers! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEC Archives: Two-Fisted Tales #2 published August 2007
as Checkers! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #10 published August 2014
as Checkers! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
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Pell's Point!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Kurtzman
Penciller(s): Wally Wood [as Wood] (signed)
Inker(s): Wally Wood [as Wood] (signed)
Colorist(s): Marie Severin
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Colonial soldiers [Jamie Kemp (death); rest unnamed] (many die); General Kemp; General William Howe (villains); British soldiers (villains, (many die); Hessian soldiers (villains, many die)
Synopsis: In October of 1776, the British and Hessian soldiers sailed past Washington and landed at Pell's Point, hoping to trap the American Army commanded by George Washington. After several battles, both sides retreated, with no victory for other side, just death.
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In Content Item: FlagTwo-Fisted Tales #11 published April 1995
as Pell's Point! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEC Archives: Two-Fisted Tales #2 published August 2007
as Pell's Point! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7
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E.C. Fans!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Al Feldstein (signed)
Inker(s): Al Feldstein (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Synopsis: promotional ad for Weird Fantasy
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: left hand side of page
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Submerge!

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Harvey Kurtzman
Inker(s): Harvey Kurtzman
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: war
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In Content Item: FlagTwo-Fisted Tales #11 published April 1995
as Submerge! [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEC Archives: Two-Fisted Tales #2 published August 2007
as Submerge! [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Kurtzman
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Combat Correspondence
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters from Gerry McLaughlin, Everson Jones, Ex-Sgt. Charles Radcliffe, Stevie Stephenson, Bobby Rodriguez, Bill Jones, M/Sgt. Canuto Balenzuelo, D. Pekich, Lynn Cotton, Robert Garrison, Paul Baker.
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Alamo!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Kurtzman
Penciller(s): John Severin [as Severin] (signed)
Inker(s): John Severin [as Severin] (signed)
Colorist(s): Marie Severin
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Colonel Davy Crockett (death); Colonel Jim Bowie (death); General Santa Anna (villain); Private Morelos (villain)
Synopsis: The siege of the Alamo has begun, and it is 150 Americans versus 4000 Mexicans under the command of Santa Anna, who has said that there will be no quarter. Among the Mexicans is Private Morelos, who wants no part of a massacre, but who is selected to kill the last of five survivors.
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In Content Item: FlagTwo-Fisted Tales #11 published April 1995
as Alamo! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEC Archives: Two-Fisted Tales #2 published August 2007
as Alamo! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #10 published August 2014
as Alamo! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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Saipan!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Kurtzman
Penciller(s): Jack Davis (signed)
Inker(s): Jack Davis (signed)
Colorist(s): Marie Severin
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Machine Gun company [Leinoff; Bartoli; rest unnamed]; Japanese soldier (villain, death)
Synopsis: A machine gun company is under attack when suddenly a U.S. soldier comes running out of a cane field, announcing that the Japanese are coming at them right behind him on a Banzi charge. However, no charge ever comes, but with Leinoff hit and wounded, that doesn't mean the threat is over.
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In Content Item: FlagTwo-Fisted Tales #11 published April 1995
as Saipan! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEC Archives: Two-Fisted Tales #2 published August 2007
as Saipan! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7

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