| Additional Information |
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| Publication | July-September 1944 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: quarterly |
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| Credits | Pencils:? (painting) | Inks:? (painting) | Colors:? (painting) |
| Content | Genre: War |
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| Illustration | War in the Pacific (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Map of the Pacific showing strategic areas such as the Marshall Islands and Paramushiru. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; War |
| Notes | Inside front cover; black and white. Map and text. |
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| Comic Story | Correspondent at Tarawa (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Adventures of Marine combat correspondent Pete Zurlinden during the assault on the island of Tarawa. |
| Credits | Pencils: Burris Jenkins | Inks: Burris Jenkins | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; War | Characters: Pete Zurlinden |
| Notes | Panels with typeset text underneath. |
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| Comic Story | Chaplain of the Fighting 69th (8 pages) |
| Credits | Pencils: Burris Jenkins (splash panel);? (rest of story) | Inks: Burris Jenkins (splash panel);? (rest of story) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; War | Characters: Father Meany |
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| Comic Story | Blood in the Cockpit (3 pages) |
| Synopsis | Marine Warrant Office Gordon Hodde downs three Japanese Zeros in a firefight over Kahili, then lands his plane despite being badly wounded. |
| Credits | Pencils: Burris Jenkins (splash panel);? (rest of story) | Inks: Burris Jenkins (splash panel);? (rest of story) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; War | Characters: Gordon Hodde |
| Notes | Panels with typeset text underneath. |
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| Comic Story | Hobo on a U-Boat (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | After his ship is torpedoed by the Germans, merchant seaman Archie Gibbs is rescued by a ship that is also torpedoed. Gibbs is picked up by a German submarine. Gibbs makes friends with some of the crew with gifts of cigarettes and after four days is dropped off into the sea near a Venezuelan river boat. |
| Credits | Pencils: Burris Jenkins (signed) (splash panel); Tom Hickey [as Sgt. Tom Hickey] (signed) (rest of story) | Inks: Burris Jenkins (signed) (splash panel); Tom Hickey [as Sgt. Tom Hickey] (signed) (rest of story) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; War | Characters: Archie Gibbs |
| Notes | Panels with typeset text underneath. |
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| Comic Story | A Leatherneck's Birthday (4 pages) |
| Credits | Pencils: Burris Jenkins (splash panel);? (rest of story) | Inks: Burris Jenkins (splash panel);? (rest of story) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; War | Characters: Eddie Long |
| Notes | Panels with typeset text underneath. |
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| Comic Story | Blazing Burial (2 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; War | Characters: "Pat" Patterson |
| Notes | Panels with typeset text underneath. |
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| Comic Story | A Hero Forgets (6 pages) |
| Credits | Pencils: Burris Jenkins (signed) (splash panel);? (rest of story) | Inks: Burris Jenkins (signed) (splash panel);? (rest of story) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; War | Characters: Bob Hilsky; Admiral XXX Nimitz (cameo) |
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| Text Story | Action at Buna (2 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: War |
| Notes | Text story with two illustrations. |
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| Comic Story | The Lone Wolf of Guadalcanal (6 pages) |
| Credits | Pencils: Burris Jenkins (signed) (splash panel);? (rest of story) | Inks: Burris Jenkins (signed) (splash panel);? (rest of story) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; War | Characters: Cecil LeRoy "Jake" Jacobson |
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| Comic Story | 3 Japs with One Bullet (3 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; War | Characters: Nick Sileo |
| Notes | Panels with typeset text underneath. |
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| Comic Story | The Hill (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: War |
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| Text Story | When the Kid's Luck Failed (1 page) |
| Synopsis | After being wounded by the Germans, Bernard "Lucky" Heidemann spends hours reading the bible while waiting for help to arrive. |
| Credits | Pencils: Burris Jenkins (signed) | Inks: Burris Jenkins (signed) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: War | Characters: Bernard "Lucky" Heidemann |
| Notes | Inside back cover; black and white; half-text, half-art. |
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| Synopsis | Bob Schindler, Coast Guard Boatswain's Mate 1st Class, relates what happens when he is caught in an explosion caused by a Japanese shell hitting his ship, the "Little." |
| Credits | Pencils: Burris Jenkins | Inks: Burris Jenkins | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: War | Characters: Bob Schindler |
| Notes | Back cover. Half-text, half-art. Bottom lines are promotions for buying War Bonds. |
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