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Issue Details

Issue #2
Published October 1951
Frequency bimonthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes This is an oversize issue measuring 7.5" by 11".

Cover Details - "Yalu Death Squad"

Characters Canteen Kate (inset); Leatherneck Jack (inset)
Genre War

2 page text story "Challenge Under Fire"

Genre War
Letters Typeset
Notes Inside front and back covers.

9 page story "Yalu Death Squad"

Characters Private Richards; Sgt. Mike O'Leary; Wong Sing (R.O.K. Guerrilla); Marine Corporal Steve Rizzo
Synopsis A group of Marines and a South Korean fighter clear out a dam.
Genre War
Pencils Gene Colan
Notes Korean War story.

6 page story "Foxhole Escapade"

Characters Smokey; Biff Barnes; Sgt. Kennedy
Synopsis Biff Barnes gets a letter but doesn't have time to read it until he clears out a few North Korean machine gun nests. When he reads it, he finds out he's been drafted.
Genre War
Notes Korean War story.

4 page story "Purple Heart Potato"

Characters Rocky; Mike; Private 'Bud' Jackson; Sergeant Leahy
Synopsis Private Jackson wants to rush into action.
Genre War
Pencils Gene Colan
Notes Korean War story.

5 page Canteen Kate story "The Big Freeze"

Characters Canteen Kate; Al
Synopsis Canteen Kate has a plan to steal a General's air conditioner for her canteen.
Genre War; Humor
Pencils Matt Baker
Inks Matt Baker?

Half page Cracker Jack advertisement

7 page Leatherneck Jack story "Mission Accomplished"

Characters Leatherneck Jack; Monte Wilson; Sgt. Bianco
Synopsis When Leatherneck Jack and Monte Wilson accidentally capture some Korean soldiers they are taken off KP duty and have to learn to fight.
Genre War
Notes Korean War story.