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Issue Details

Issue #8
Published July 1954
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Mel Lazarus (Art Director); Benton J. Resnik (General Manager)

Cover Details

Genre War

8 page Monty Hall story "Skirmish with Death"

Characters Tex; Canarsie; Monty Hall; Kowalski; Eisen; Adams
Synopsis Monty Hall tells another marine the story of "Cry-Baby Joe" as a lesson in not being scared.
Genre War
Pencils Mel Keefer
Inks Mel Keefer
Notes Korean war story.
Reprinted in Battle Stories (I. W. Publishing; Super Comics, 1963 series) #12

8 page Monty Hall story "The Wild Tiger Hunt"

Characters Monty Hall; Canarsie; Tex; Yang (South Korean soldier); Apagee
Synopsis Monty Hall, Canarsie and Tex travel to a native village to attend Yang's wedding. Afterward they kill a tiger that has been attacking the village.
Genre War
Pencils Mel Keefer
Inks Mel Keefer
Notes Korean War Story.
Reprinted in Battle Stories (I. W. Publishing; Super Comics, 1963 series) #12

2 page text story "A Couple of Real Pals"

Genre War
Letters typeset
Notes Text story with illustration.
Reprinted in Battle Stories (I. W. Publishing; Super Comics, 1963 series) #12

9 page Canarsie story "Shore Leave Can Be Murder!"

Characters Canarsie; Jud Worth; Mr. Harper; Nick Staley (Mobster); Joe Bryan (U.S. Customs Agent)
Synopsis Canarsie, on shore leave, fights a mob trying to shake-down Jud Worth.
Genre War; Crime
Pencils Mel Keefer
Inks Mel Keefer
Reprinted in Battle Stories (I. W. Publishing; Super Comics, 1963 series) #12