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Cover art by Alex Schomburg. "The Case of the Flying Submarine!", pencils by Syd Shores, Mike Sekowsky, and Ernie Hart, inks by George Klein; Cap and Bucky must go up against the Eraser, a dreaded rubberman circus freak turned spy, who has set his sights on stealing the prototype model of a new flying submarine. "Trouble Wholesale," art by Alex Schomburg; Captain Daring vs. Marshal von Hapz and the Nazis. "Origin of Marvel Boy," pencils by Bob Oksner; Martin is visiting a museum with members of his class, when he is involved in an accident, in which Martin suffers a deep cut which is mixed with an extract of the blood of Hercules, giving him super powers. "I Hate Women" text story. "Meet Disk-Eyes the Detective," script and art by Basil Wolverton; Disk-Eyes must halt the attempts by Spider McStrangle and his boys to commit more robberies to help finance bombs that will be used to blow up machinery. "The Case of the Up-To-the-Minute Men!", pencils by Bob Oksner; Roddy has to pull off a modern Paul Revere scenario in order to track down a hijacked armored car containing more than $1 million in war bond sales. Untitled story, art by Chic Stone; Jeep draws up plans for a new invention that he calls the "Super-Duper Tank", which the General says looks like a meat grinder on wheels. "The Laughing Death Patrol!", art by Dennis Neville; Lt. Johnson must track down the source of a mysterious green gas that drives American pilots crazy. U.S. Savings Bond War Stamps public service announcement featuring Captain America, script by Martin Goodman. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Alex Schomburg. "The Invasion of the Killer Beasts!", pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Ernie Hart; A select group of Nazi soldiers is hand-picked to be the vanguard of an invasion of America, using a secret weapon created by Nazi scientists: dogs developed with poison sacs, which help the curs inflict a horrible death on whomever they bite! "Death Strikes Back!", pencils by Bob Oksner, inks by Allen Bellman; The Destroyer is sent on a mission with a vial of a substance that will simulate death, which, when used, will allow the Destroyer to free two French patriots from the dreaded Black Dungeon, where the two await death at the hands of the Gestapo. Untitled Jeep Jones story, art by Chic Stone; Jeep introduces his newest invention: the Jeeplane, a weapon designed to be a morale builder among the troops; But two Japanese spies discover the weapon and steal it, with unforeseen results! Untitled Jap Buster Johnson story, art by Dennis Neville; A traitorous USN Officer, working with the Japanese, tries to use amnesia-affected Johnson to pilot a plane with a radio-controlled torpedo to sink a naval carrier. Captain America Comics ad. "Two Hundred To One," pencils by Bob Oksner; The true story of Private Schmid, a soldier on Guadalcanal who faced 200 veteran Japanese soldiers alone and killed them all! "Shot in the Back" text story. "A Story of Brothers," art by Louis Ferstadt; An incorrigible thief enters Jack's room and steals a diary from his safe: a diary which contains the secret of the Whizzer's speed! "Diamonds For Victory!", art by Bob Oksner; Roddy and his pals at A.W.V.S. are out collecting scrap material for the war drive when they come across an old safe that is full of black diamonds! Untitled Sergeant Dix story, art by Edward Ryan; Dix is given the chore of drillin a squad of men who are less than the soldiers they are supposed to be, unaware that one of them is a Fifth Columnist, who has been sent undercover to undermine morale. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Cedric Poulat. Get ready to party - Vampi style! With one hundred issues stacked high since Dynamite's launch of Vampirella in 2010, it's time for a giant-sized spectacular. To commemorate the occasion, we welcome the best Vampirella writers - past, present, and even future - to contribute short stories, guaranteed to send chills up your spine and quicken your pulse. "The World That Rained Red" by Tim Seeley and Jim Terry. "The Vidknik" by Eric Trautman and Dave Acosta. "A Closer Walk with Thee" by Brandon Jerwa and Gabriel Mayorga. "Kovak the Night Walker" by Mark Rahner and Javier Garcia-Miranda. "A Cry in the Jungle" by Nancy A. Collins and Francesco Manna. 48 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $7.99.

Cover by Marvin Stein. Stories and art by Leo Bachle and others. Humor and adventure comics from Rural Home Publishing. Actor Bruce Barton is dressed as a superhero for a stage play when the theater payroll is stolen by gangster Buttons O'Connor, so he decides to become Captain Valiant for real. Female police detective Terry Temple investigates juvenile delinquents and stumbles on a counterfeiting ring. A strange tale of a disfigured ex-convict who creates a terrible weapon to end all war, and his gangster brother who decides to use it for profit. Captain Valiant; Gabby Grayson, Radio Reporter; Terry Temple, Woman Investigator: Mystery of the Green Paint; It's True; Marty Moore: The Case of Marty's Mischief; Commander Neil Nelson; Goonie Gus; Variety Humor; The Mystery Master: The Web. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Leo Bachle. Stories and art by Kermit Jaedike, Charles Zerner and Leo Bachle. Argo reprints the World War II-era adventure comic strip about resistance fighter Vic Jordan. Vic gets unexpected help against the Nazis from a rival French Underground group, led by the mysterious figure named The Noose. But he doesn't know that the Noose is secretly working with the Nazis. Fortunately, the Russian agent Lieutenant Petrovna is on his side. Plus an article about the real-life French Underground. Vic Jordan; How We Organized the French Underground. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Painted Cover. Stories by unknown. Art by Colmeiro and unknown. Featuring: WWI story "A Barnstormer in a Dog Fight"; Civil War story "Even Stone Walls Crumble!"; and WWII story "The Long Cold War"! Plus: 2-page Ancient Greek war text story "The Battle Monster" with art by Enrique Nieto (as F. Nieto) -- illustrated with details from "Hannibal's Heroes" from #3. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.25.

Edited by George Wildman. Cover by Joe Gill. Stories by Joe Gill, Demetrio, Pat Boyette, and Cubella. Action/adventure combat tales set during the Korean War and World War II. 36 pages, full color. $0.25. Cover price $0.35.

Reprints #5. Cover by Tom Sutton. Stories by unknown. Art by Colmeiro and unknown. Featuring: WWI story "A Barnstormer in a Dog Fight"; Civil War story "Even Stone Walls Crumble!"; and WWII story "The Long Cold War"! Plus: 2-page Ancient Greek war text story "The Battle Monster" with art by Enrique Nieto (as F. Nieto) -- illustrated with details from "Hannibal's Heroes" from #3. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.40.

Reprints from War and Attack (1964) #63 and Army War Heroes (1963) #26. Cover by Rezzonico. Stories by Pat Boyette and unknown. Art by Pat Boyette, Rezzonico and unknown. Featuring: World War I story "The Baroness"; World War II story "Gestapo Trap"; and Korean War story "Killer Pilot!" 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.40.

Reprints #4. "A Reason for Dying," script by Mike Pellowski, art by Bill Molno; In the battle of Chancellorville, Lieutenant Darby comes face to face with Joshua, a slave of his father's who escaped north and joined the Union Army. "The Raider" Part I, script by Joe Gill, art by Antonio Colmeiro; Admiral Rygens tries to trap the British fleet by faking damage to his ship. "Death Squad" text story, art by Pat Boyette. "The Raider" Part Two, art by Antonio Colmeiro. "Torpedo Attack!" one-page WWII story, art by Pat Boyette. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.40.

Reprints, mainly from US Air Force Comics (1958) #7. Stories by unknown. Art and Cover by Sam Glanzman. Captain Taft is sent to stop China's superstar ace, Liu Chen, in the Korean war story "Their Star Pupil!" Skipper Davis co-ordinates a bombing run on a German bridge from the ground in the WWII story "The Impossible Target"! And Major Cuzz Conroy believes he will be shot down on his 75th mission in the WWII story "Conroy's Last Mission"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.40.

Reprints from War at Sea (1957) #39. Stories by Joe Gill? Art by Sam Glanzman and unknown. Lieutenant Johnny Barnett disobeyed an order to save the life of a buddy! His punishment...command of a beached LST, manned by a bilge-rat crew! Don't miss the exciting saga of The LST 814 in the WWII story "Punishment Command"! Also featuring: "The Rebel" and "Blocking The Slot"! Plus: 2-page text story "Brainstorm in a Snowstorm"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.40.

Reprints from Fightin' Navy (1956) #101, #104 and #102. Cover by Sam Glanzman? Stories by unknown. Art by Sam Glanzman? and unknown. What was this thing...this unknown weapon? Was it friend or foe? Find out in the Cold War story "The Newest Weapon"! The story of a massive naval battle fought near Guadalcanal during WWII between the U.S. and Japan in "The Tide Turns: May 4, 1942!" U.S. Frogmen cut a sub net and destroy a Japanese harbor in the WWII story "Take Out At Truk!" And the 1-page stories "They Call It Piracy" and "Most Human Ship Afloat"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.50.

Reprints. Stories by unknown. Art by Charles Nicholas & Vince Alascia, Bill Montes & Ernie Bache, Bill Molno and unknown. A test of courage for a fearless flier in..."Joyride!" Also featuring: "Odd-Job Crew"; "First Mission"; and "Clutch Pilot"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.50.

Reprints from Fightin' Air Force (1956) #12 and more. Stories by unknown. Art by Sam Glanzman and unknown. Featuring: "Flying Artillery"; "Get 'Em on the Ground!"; "Ploesti Strike!"; "Jinxed Corsair"; and "The Blackpool Front"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.50.

Reprints from #1 and #2. Cover by Pat Boyette. Stories by Joe Gill and unknown. Art by Don Perlin, Pat Boyette and unknown. Apache Cavalry unit fighting in WWI in "Geronimo's Ghost"! A cowboy learns to fly and fight in WWI in "The Flying Cowboy!" And two brothers fight on opposite sides in the Civil War in "Brothers At War!!" 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.60.

Reprints from War at Sea (1957) #30 and #32. Cover by Sam Glanzman. Stories by unknown. Art by Sam Glanzman and Bill Molno & Rocke Mastroserio. WWII stories! Lt. Loftus names his plane Georgous Gertie II and fights against the Japanese Navy before ditching above Guadalcanal in "Gorgeous Gertie II"! The story of one of the first PBY boats the U.S. Navy used against the U-Boats in the North Atlantic in "Ugly Annie"! And the tale of Admiral Toru Kahaku of the Japanese Navy and Richie Edwards of the U.S. Navy and how they ended up fighting during WWII in "The Enemies"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.60.

Reprints from Fightin' Air Force (1956) #31, #43 and #51. Cover by Pat Masulli & Rocke Mastroserio. Stories by Joe Gill? and unknown. Art by Jack Abel and Charles Nicholas & Vince Alascia. Lt. Catlin learns to guard and rely on his fellow jet pilots in the Korean War story "They Do Belong!" Colonel Radcliffe tries to fly over Washington DC with a full load of nuclear weapons in the Cold War story "The Last Mission"! And American Eagle in the WWII story "The Fallen Eagles"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.60.

Reprints. Stories by Joe Gill? and unknown. Art by Gene Colan, Charles Nicholas & Jon D'Agostino, Sam Glanzman and unknown. A cowboy learns to fly and steals a German plane during WWI in "The Cowboy Ace"! A German pilot sneaks into America as a spy and joins the U.S. Air Force in the WWII story "Ace With Two Faces"! Information on how the Marines used helicopters in Korea in the 1-page story "The Choppers"! And a Russian Ace is destroyed in the Korean War story "The Red Ace"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.60.

Stories by Joe Gill? Art by Sam Glanzman, Bill Molno & Rocke Mastroserio, Stan Campbell? and unknown & Dick Giordano. Featuring: "I Will Sink You, Captain!"; "Pacific Nightmare"; "The Wind Is West"; "One for Two"; and the 1-page story "The Life Saver"! Plus: 2-page text story "Tough Fighter"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Art by John Belcastro, A. Albert and Bill Discount. Ace pilots meet in aerial combat during the height of the Korean War. New enemy jets are able to climb to a higher altitude than US aircraft, and one man wants to find out how; A practiced stunt pilot must learn how to work with a team when he joins the Air Force; Buzz Bennett seeks a secret tank base invisible from the air. The Mystery Mig of Kwanjamu; Wings for a Stunt-Man; The Glory Boy; Angels Zero; The Box-Car Boys. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Art by John Belcastro, A. Albert, Chuck Miller and Bill Discount. Ace pilots meet in aerial combat during the height of the Korean War. A pilot must retrieve a spy from behind enemy lines; A flier discovers the sordid truth behind a dead buddy's suicide dive; A spy sets out to keep an "atomic engine" secret from the communists. Across the Wild Yalu; Square It For Barney; The Ace of Spies; Barrier Crash; Letter Home. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Edited by Albert Delacorte. Cover by E. C. Stoner. Stories by Tom Gill, Robert Jenney, E. C. Stoner, Jim Chambers, Lou Ferstadt, and Owen Middleton. Adventure war tales featuring such historical figures as Captain McKennan, First Sgt. LeNoir, Captain Dallas, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Lt. E.S. Millechamp, General Robert L. Eichelberger, and Major General George S. Patton, Jr.—these are real-life War Heroes! 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Bill Molno, Bill Montes and Ernie Bache. Cold War-era war comics from Charlton, featuring men giving their all in World War II, Korea and Vietnam. Pilot Roy Summerhill struggles to survive in the Pacific after being shot down over the Battle of Truk. In a true soldier's tale, Sgt. Joseph Sadowski goes back to make sure no man is left behind. When Farlo and Hummell are assigned to the same unit in Korea, Farlo accuses Hummell of cowardice when they were at the front in WWII. Shot Down at Truk; One of Georgies Boys; Bail Out!; Play of a Pigeon; 2nd Time Around. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Pat Masulli and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Stories and art by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio, Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. Cold War-era war comics from Charlton, featuring men giving their all in World War II, Korea and Vietnam. US soldiers in WWII must enter a hideout full of retreating SS officers. An infantry unit faces tanks at Pyongyang in Korea. During Vietnam, a soldier tries to stall for time in a Viet Cong-held village. Operation Rathole; Defective Is Effective; Push at Pyongyang; Viet Cong Village; The German Victories That Lost The War in WWI. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Dick Giordano and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Stories and art by Morris Waldinger, Bill Molno, Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. Cold War-era war comics from Charlton, featuring men giving their all in World War II, Korea and Vietnam. Captain Colson races to capture a damaged U-boat and its crew after a skirmish in the North Sea. A fighter pilot is shot down by the dreaded "Peking Panther," but will his parachute make it to the ground? US soldiers try to hold their nerve and their position in the face of withering attack from Nazi forces. Sunken Prize; We Still Have the Hill; Peking Panther; The Plot That Failed; The Supermen and the Sheep. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Written by Garth Ennis. Art and Cover by Matt Martin. Pulling tales from real conflicts throughout modern history, this series is where a master storyteller brings the horrors of war to life in comics. Ennis travels the timeline to pull some of the most harrowing tales of valor and bloodshed from history's most violent battles with his trademark wit and spot-on dialogue to show the humanity within the inhuman horrors. The first story is Castles in the Sky, a tale of early bomber pilots and their incredibly difficult missions. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

Written by Garth Ennis. Art and Cover by Matt Martin. Pulling tales from real conflicts throughout modern history, this series is where a master storyteller brings the horrors of war to life in comics. Ennis travels the timeline to pull some of the most harrowing tales of valor and bloodshed from history's most violent battles with his trademark wit and spot-on dialogue to show the humanity within the inhuman horrors. The first story is Castles in the Sky, a tale of early bomber pilots and their incredibly difficult missions. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

Written by Garth Ennis. Art by Keith Burns. Cover by Matt Martin. No one captures the horror and misery of war like GARTH ENNIS! The horrors of WW2 bomber pilots faced were so much greater than simply the enemy fire. The mettle of a man gets tested in many ways in a conflict of that scale. Ennis proves time and time again that in battle it isn't the technology or the weapons you wield, but the fire within that leads to the ultimate outcome on the battlefield. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

Written by Garth Ennis. Art by Keith Burns. Cover by Matt Martin. No one captures the horror and misery of war like GARTH ENNIS! The horrors of WW2 bomber pilots faced were so much greater than simply the enemy fire. The mettle of a man gets tested in many ways in a conflict of that scale. Ennis proves time and time again that in battle it isn't the technology or the weapons you wield, but the fire within that leads to the ultimate outcome on the battlefield. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

Written by Garth Ennis. Art by Keith Burns. Cover by Matt Martin. War is horror. And no one knows how to chronicle the bitter and bloody corners of conflict than Garth Ennis. Is this final chapter of the first arc, the brave bomber pilots have to suffer through the worst kind of Hell to carry out their mission. Or die trying. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

Written by Garth Ennis. Art by Keith Burns. Cover by Matt Martin. War is horror. And no one knows how to chronicle the bitter and bloody corners of conflict than Garth Ennis. Is this final chapter of the first arc, the brave bomber pilots have to suffer through the worst kind of Hell to carry out their mission. Or die trying. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

Written by Garth Ennis. Art by Tomas Aira. Cover by Matt Martin. As a massed Syrian armored assault smashes into the defenders of the Golan Heights, Israeli tank crews struggle against odds of nearly ten to one. No help is coming. Every enemy tank destroyed is instantly replaced. Iron, flesh and will begin to buckle under the ordeal, as Israel's darkest hour unfolds. Garth Ennis and Tomas Aira continue their tale of the Yom Kippur War, in part two of the three part Children Of Israel. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

Written by Garth Ennis. Art and Cover by Tomas Aria. How do you join The Tokyo Club? Simple. You climb into your single seat, single engine fighter- loaded with fuel and ammunition- and fly 700 miles across the open Pacific until you reach the mainland of Japan. There you fight off any enemy aircraft attempting to hit the American bombers you're escorting to their targets. Still alive? Now comes the fun part. You fly another 700 miles back home to your airstrip on Iwo Jima, fuel running lower and lower, nothing but ocean for miles around. Any battle damage you've suffered will reduce your chances even further. Make it back and you're in the club. And more good news: you get to do it all again tomorrow. Part one of three. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

Written by Garth Ennis. Art and Cover by Tomas Aria. How do you join The Tokyo Club? Simple. You climb into your single seat, single engine fighter- loaded with fuel and ammunition- and fly 700 miles across the open Pacific until you reach the mainland of Japan. There you fight off any enemy aircraft attempting to hit the American bombers you're escorting to their targets. Still alive? Now comes the fun part. You fly another 700 miles back home to your airstrip on Iwo Jima, fuel running lower and lower, nothing but ocean for miles around. Any battle damage you've suffered will reduce your chances even further. Make it back and you're in the club. And more good news: you get to do it all again tomorrow. Part one of three. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

Written by Garth Ennis. Art and Cover by Tomas Aria. As the aerial bombardment of Japan steps up a notch, disaster beckons when the escort pilots flying from Iwo Jima find themselves with more than just the enemy to contend with. Life on the remote island gets better by degrees, but an unexpected guest at dinner brings our heroes face to face with the realities of the war they're fighting. Most frustrating of all, no matter how much punishment their homeland takes, the Japanese will not give up- resorting to desperate measures to oppose the American squadrons. Part two of the three part The Tokyo Club. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

Written by Garth Ennis. Art and Cover by Tomas Aria. Momentous news changes everything for the pilots on Iwo Jima, and a dangerous new program of missions soon brings heavy casualties. With the end of the war apparently in sight, each man needs his luck to last just that little bit longer- but with the enemy determined to fight to the finish, who will be left when the guns fall silent? The final part of The Tokyo Club. 32 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $3.99.

Written by Garth Ennis. Art and Cover by Tomas Aria. Momentous news changes everything for the pilots on Iwo Jima, and a dangerous new program of missions soon brings heavy casualties. With the end of the war apparently in sight, each man needs his luck to last just that little bit longer- but with the enemy determined to fight to the finish, who will be left when the guns fall silent? The final part of The Tokyo Club. 32 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $3.99.

Written by Garth Ennis. Art and Cover by Tomas Aria. In the dark days of winter, 1940, a handful of pilots show up at a remote Royal Air Force base in rural England. Some are British, some are Poles, Czechs, French, Australians, Canadians- the orphans of Nazi-occupied Europe and the children of the Empire. No other squadron wants them; they don't even like each other much. Which is unfortunate, because they're about to take to the deadly night skies at the height of the Blitz- Hitler's dreadful aerial onslaught on the cities of Britain. Part one of the four-part Vampire Squadron, by Garth Ennis and Tomas Aira. Cover price $3.99.

Written by Garth Ennis. Art and Cover by Tomas Aria. As the night war heats up, the pilots of Vampire Squadron find themselves in the thick of the action despite their many disagreements and divisions. The reason for Squadron-Leader Carver's breakdown becomes all too clear, while Michaels continues to cut a bloody-if inexplicable- swathe through the enemy ranks. And in the midst of war, Terry Proctor finds love… Part two of the four-part Vampire Squadron, by Garth Ennis and Tomas Aira. 32 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $3.99.

Written by Garth Ennis. Art and Cover by Tomas Aria. The squadron enjoys its first success over enemy territory, but intruder operations in occupied France bring hazards of their own. Terry finds love, while Donnelly and McKellar find anything but. Meanwhile, Stenberg can't figure out what he's found with Wozniak at all. But all the time the German bombers keep coming, and high explosive keeps raining down on London… Part three of the four-part Vampire Squadron, by Garth Ennis and Tomas Aira. 32 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $3.99.

Written by Garth Ennis. Art and Cover by Tomas Aria. Terry takes his pilots to the devastated East end of London, where the stakes in the squadron's battle against the German night raiders become all too clear. Meanwhile, out over the North Sea, Stenberg and Wozniak bite off more than they can chew- or do they? Part four of the four-part Vampire Squadron, by Garth Ennis and Tomas Aira. 32 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $3.99.

Written by Garth Ennis. Art and Cover by Tomas Aria. The final issue of the epic War Stories series! A shock revelation upsets Robin's newfound romance, while Antonio discovers some interesting possibilities of his own. But the war has unfinished business with both of our heroes- and as they'll discover, the war is the one constant that can always be relied on. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

Written by Garth Ennis. Art and Cover by Tomas Aria. The final issue of the epic War Stories series! A shock revelation upsets Robin's newfound romance, while Antonio discovers some interesting possibilities of his own. But the war has unfinished business with both of our heroes- and as they'll discover, the war is the one constant that can always be relied on. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.