Fightin' Marines (1951 St. John/Charlton) 73

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Cover by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Stories and art by Morris Waldinger, Bill Montes, Ernie Bache, Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. Charlton's long-running series focused on the miliary exploits of the US Marines throughout the 20th century. Marine Boyd thinks back to how he wound up winning a Silver Star after Guadalcanal. The Marine Corps trains new recruits when hostilities break out on the Korean peninsula. When the Korean War escalates, a lieutenant in the Marine reserve finds himself on the front with soldiers who have been there since the beginning: uncouth, battle-trained weirdoes with names like Baboon and Stoop McGoop. I Don't Deserve the Medal; Simple Strategy; Ready to Fight: Korea 1950; Not My Kind of War; The College Kid and the Animals! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.