Fightin' Army (1956 Charlton) comic books

Add to cart PR 0.5 $2.50 Interior is complete. Extensive accumulation of defects.

Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Dick Giordano, Charles Nicholas, Sal Trapani, Sid Check, Bill Molno, and Vince Alascia. War comics featuring the US Army in WWII, Korea and other conflicts, part of Charlton's Fightin' military series. After surviving multiple battles of World War II, even his fellow soldiers think Ike Gardner is a disturbingly hard case. A soldier accepts a suicide mission to cripple Hitler's "buzz bomb" rocket program. In another WWII story, soldiers try to take French territory where hedgerows make an effective cover for the enemy. The Hard Guy; Terror Underground; Help Me, Doc!!; The Spark; The Last Hedgerow!; Smitty and the Turk. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Sam Glanzman. Stories and art by Sam Glanzman, Vince Alascia, Bill Molno and Ken Battefield. War comics featuring the US Army in WWII, Korea and other conflicts, part of Charlton's Fightin' military series. Devers and Angrum are both privates, but only one is a hero, in a story by artist and combat veteran Sam Glanzman. Soldiers must destroy a bridge during the Battle of the Bulge. A veteran tells the story behind a Medal of Honor. 14 KT Hero; The Bridge; Submarine Successful; Bullet Bait; Mr. Pfizer's Medal. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Sam Glanzman and Owen Mc Carron. War comics featuring the US Army in WWII, Korea and other conflicts, part of Charlton's Fightin' military series. This issue features three stories and a one-pager with art by artist and combat veteran Sam Glanzman: A soldier stops the advance of enemy forces in the early days of the Korean War. A WWI soldier who falls into an abandoned trench and gets covered in phosphorus manages to convince the Germans that he is a ghost. The company klutz is an amusing clown, until his comic fumbling extends to the battlefield. Victory at Cemetery Hill; The Ghost of Marne; Always Alert; The Heavyweights Slug It Out; 8 1/2 Hours of Hell; Goofer. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Sam Glanzman, Dick Giordano, Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. War comics featuring the US Army in WWII, Korea and other conflicts, part of Charlton's Fightin' military series. A decorated WWII vet re-enlists for Korea and becomes a Forward Observer for artillery. Another Vietnam story, by (WWII) combat veteran Sam Glanzman, shows the growing awareness on the home front of the complexity of that war, as a training officer seeks a Viet Cong agent among his recruits. A WWI airman dares to take on a fearsome German air ace without a backup gunner. F.O. Team; Enemy at Hand; Combat Buddy!; The Missing Gatlings; The Flying Coffin Squadron; Champagne Party. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover by Pat Masulli and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Stories and art by Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. War comics featuring the US Army in WWII, Korea and other conflicts, part of Charlton's Fightin' military series. PFC Langan is just a kid according to his Sarge, but WWII turns him into a soldier. A GI realizes that a group of American soldiers are actually Nazis in disguise. New recruits face Axis forces in the jungles of New Guinea. Baby in the Squad; Tekiwawa's Sword; Last Time to Die; Face of a Friend; First Victory. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover by Pat Masulli and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Stories and art by Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. War comics featuring the US Army in WWII, Korea and other conflicts, part of Charlton's Fightin' military series. A US sniper deals with PTSD and a sudden concern for his target's humanity during WWII. A soldier learns the reason for US involvement in Vietnam, in a story (and cover) that seems a rebuke to the anti-war protests of the era. A General ignores protocol and travels to the front lines to show his men how it's done. Name of the Game; Weapons Win Wars; The Bully; Disappearing General; Tobruk. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Stories and art by Bill Fraccio, Bill Montes, Ernie Bache and Vince Alascia. War comics featuring the US Army in WWII, Korea and other conflicts, part of Charlton's Fightin' military series. Soldiers on a remote outpost in Korea endure a sudden attack from enemy insurgents. An American soldier faces almost certain death during the Normandy invasion, and flashes back on his life to that point. A Green Beret in Vietnam tries to convince his father, a minister, that he's doing the right thing, in the second story in two issues to deal with the controversy over the Vietnam War. The Outpost; The Miracle Game; Normandy Nightmare!; A Killing Machine...; Blitzkrieg! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Stories and art by Jack Keller, Bill Fraccio, Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. War comics featuring the US Army in WWII, Korea and other conflicts, part of Charlton's Fightin' military series. A new recruit learns the ropes during the Korean War. A machine-gun nest on a remote outpost in Guadalcanal is cut off from outside support. Sgt. Buck's men admire his fighting spirit, but none of them know he is actually scared out of his wits. The Weapon Is Fear; When Wu Won; Outpost; Double Ambush; Look of a Hero. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Stories and art by Sam Glanzman, Bill Molno, Frank McLaughlin, Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. War comics featuring the US Army in WWII, Korea and other conflicts, part of Charlton's Fightin' military series. Pvt. Ardino gets a lesson in Vietnam, in a story with art by artist and combat veteran Sam Glanzman. A brief comics history of the Special Forces traces them back to Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders. General Tait's near-death experience in WWII gives him a greater appreciation of his GIs. Lt. Clay's Pigeon Platoon; Andreatus Versus Yang; Battle Partners; Crack Outfits in Every War; The G.I.'s General. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Stories and art by Will Franz, Sam Glanzman, Gianni Dalfiume, Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. War comics featuring the US Army in WWII, Korea and other conflicts, part of Charlton's Fightin' military series. A GI is tormented by nightmares on the eve of the Normandy Invasion. Framed for murder, Willy Schultz must ironically hide out from American forces by pretending to be a German soldier. Nightmare at Normandy; Hardnose and the Creeps; The Lonely War of Capt. Willy Schultz. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Stories and art by Will Franz, Sam Glanzman, and Gianni Dalfiume. War comics featuring the US Army in WWII, Korea and other conflicts, part of Charlton's Fightin' military series. US troops face a Nazi advance on Christmas. Willy Schultz must survive when the Panzer tank unit he's hiding out with is wiped out by Allied troops. This issue features the debut of the tank crew known as The Devil's Brigade, who first appeared in War Heroes (1963 Charlton) #27, and would become a recurring feature in Fightin' Army. A Nazi Christmas Party; Always Alert; The Lonely War of Capt. Willy Schultz: Snowball in Hell; The Devil's Brigade: Foxhunt. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Stories and art by Will Franz, Sam Glanzman, Gianni Dalfiume, Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. War comics featuring the US Army in WWII, Korea and other conflicts, part of Charlton's Fightin' military series. When a movie star-turned-soldier is killed during WWII, his stand-in must impersonate him to complete his mission. Willy Schultz, caught between the two opposing forces in WWII, questions the need for the very war itself. German soldiers attempt to impersonate US Army MPs, but they don't know the patter. Breakdown!; Sam Spolo the Spy Smasher: Voice Print; The Heros Role; Wrong-Way Traffic!; The Lonely War of Capt. Willy Schultz. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover by Sam Glanzman. Stories and art by Will Franz, Sam Glanzman, Tony Tallarico, Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. War comics featuring the US Army in WWII, Korea and other conflicts, part of Charlton's Fightin' military series. Short-timer Corporal Addison must make one last patrol in the Vietnam jungle before he's sent home. Private Leroy is saved from a sniper's bullet by a picture of his dog back home. General Stenik and Captain Schultz try to escape from their German captors, but only one of them will make it. Devils Brigade: Targets of Opportunity; Taels for Trouble; Old Faithful; The Lonely War of Capt. Willy Schultz: The Beginning of the End. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover by Sam Glanzman. Stories and art by Will Franz, Sam Glanzman, Tony Tallarico, Juan Dalfiume, Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. War comics featuring the US Army in WWII, Korea and other conflicts, part of Charlton's Fightin' military series. During WWII, a GI risks his life and his unit to save the children of a civilian he accidentally killed. Willy Schultz is captured while helping British commandos on a raid. The Kewpie Dolls; Devils Brigade: Outpost, Part 2; Always Alert; The Peace Saver; The Lonely War of Capt. Willy Schultz: Beginning of the End Part 3. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover by Sam Glanzman. Stories and art by Will Franz, Sam Glanzman, Tony Tallarico, Juan Dalfiume, Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. War comics featuring the US Army in WWII, Korea and other conflicts, part of Charlton's Fightin' military series. A time-capsule look at methods of Viet Cong to disappear into the jungle, and Cold War propaganda. Willy Schultz and his British cohorts plot an escape from a POW camp in Italy during WWII. The Vanishing Cong; Re-Union in Ste. Claire; Communist Lies; Outfoxing the Fox; The Lonely War of Capt. Willy Schultz. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover by Vince Alascia. Stories and art by Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. War comics featuring the US Army in WWII, Korea and other conflicts, part of Charlton's Fightin' military series. When a captain cracks under the pressure of command and the battlefield, Sgt. Bayless must take command. Spies are assigned to liberate captive scientists from Germany. GIs try to figure out how to get at Nazis in an impregnable bunker. Heroes Die Young; Moment Of Glory; Strike at Night; The Warrior Woman of Wang; The Nazis Who Couldn't Be Reached. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

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Cover by Jack Keller. Stories and art by Don Perlin, Bill Fraccio, Tony Tallarico, Jack Keller, Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. War comics featuring the US Army in WWII, Korea and other conflicts, part of Charlton's Fightin' military series. Dugan and Ashton play dead in the snow and get the drop on several German M.G.'s and artillery, in a story with early art by future Marvel legend Don Perlin. A discussion of the tactical blunders made by Adolph Hitler as military commander, and how they changed the course of WWII. The Heavy Weapons platoon must reclaim their "honor" after retreating from an enemy action. Just Act Like a Hero; The Dead Squad; Hitler's Follies; The Bug-Out Boys of the Heavy Weapons Platoon! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

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Cover by Leandro Sesarego. Stories and art by Leandro Sesarego, Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. War comics featuring the US Army in WWII, Korea and other conflicts, part of Charlton's Fightin' military series. Whitey Flinn and Irish Joe must complete the demolition mission that Mozlinski started before the Nazis spotted him. A three-man bazooka squad is assigned to take out a Tiger tank. Plus a look at the importance of the stirrup in the history of combat. Unfinished Business; Home Sweet Home; Stirrup Sense!; Sting That Tiger. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

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Cover by Leandro Sesarego. Stories and art by Sanho Kim, Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. War comics featuring the US Army in WWII, Korea and other conflicts, part of Charlton's Fightin' military series. Pvt. Tinney sees so much WWII combat in so short a time, he's got more battlefield experience than his lieutenant. A colonel poses as an infantryman, just to see some action again. A soldier tries to prove he's not "yella" during World War II. A Private's War; Power Play; Reunion on Hill 119; Attack at Atrium; Yella! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

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Cover by Jack Keller. Stories and art by Sam Glanzman, Jack Keller, Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. War comics featuring the US Army in WWII, Korea and other conflicts, part of Charlton's Fightin' military series. Sgt. Smith's unit learns that the enemy is always watching, in a story with art by artist and combat veteran Sam Glanzman. After accidentally landing behind enemy lines, a paratrooper wreaks havoc on Axis-held territory while going to rejoin his platoon. A brigadier general can't help comparing his WWII troops to the ones he served with in WWI, but seeing them in combat changes his perspective. The Lonely Gun!; The Saga of… Sneaky Pete; The Real Enemy of Pfc. Harris; Costura the Courageous; The Good Old Days! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

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Cover by Pete Morisi and Jack Keller. Stories and art by Pete Morisi, Jack Keller, Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. War comics featuring the US Army in WWII, Korea and other conflicts, part of Charlton's Fightin' military series. Pvt. Quinlan finds himself an unwilling participant in a campaign against Rommel's forces in the North African desert. A tank crew rolls into a Nazi trap in an apparently abandoned French village. Lt. Mills finds an unusual cure for combat fatigue. First Command; The Medal I Didn't Deserve; Sam Spolo the Spy Smasher: Big Gamble; After You, General; The Steel Coffin! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.20.

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Add to cart PR 0.5 $2.50 INCOMPLETE. Missing pages (affects art and story).

Cover by Jack Keller. Stories and art by Pete Morisi, Jack Keller, Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. War comics featuring the US Army in WWII, Korea and other conflicts, part of Charlton's Fightin' military series. A Nazi tank commander makes his last stand in Bavaria. A conscientious objector becomes a medic. Plus short features on the US Marines, the Merchant Marine, and snipers. The Superman's Last Battle; No Social Club; Captain Joe Musso, U.S. Rangers: Death at Dawn in St. Valery; The Merchant Marines; Caulus Caldwell; The Medic!; German Sniper. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.20.