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Fighting Man (1952) comic books 1938-1955

  • Issue #1
    Fighting Man (1952) 1
    Published Sep 1952 by Ajax.

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    Stories by unknown. Art by unknown. Thrilling battle adventures! See the trials a front line mail clerk goes through in "Mail and Mayhem"! Plus: PFC Jones finds himself trapped behind the Iron Curtain and helps destroy a Russian jet in "Peril at Jet Junction"; Brock Temple is hired to pilot a plane, only to discover that he has been captured by spies in "Operation Hush-Hush!"; and Barney Smith is washed out of OCS but becomes an officer on the battlefield in "Bloody Victory!" Also: The story of Joseph Hartney and how he won the Legion of Merit medal after the U.S.S. Juneau was sank in the 1-page text story "Trapped." And: 2-page text story "Yardbird Yancy - Hero!" 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #2
    Fighting Man (1952) 2
    Published Nov 1952 by Ajax.
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    Stories by unknown. Art by unknown. Thrilling battle adventures! PFC Dawson, straight off a Kansas farm, is thought by the rest of the men to be too wet behind the ears to be useful, until his farming knowledge comes in handy to expose a North Korean ambush in "Hay Seed!" Plus: Tommy Phillips is scared of combat, but when a tank has him trapped in a foxhole with two of his buddies, he loses his fear in "A Question of Guts!"; "Detroit" Thompson's crazy idea helps his platoon that is pinned down by Korean soldiers in "The Kid from Detroit"; and PFC Magee and his sniper rifle pick off Korean soldiers for an advancing patrol in "Pick Them Off First!" Also: 2-page text story "Red Fights Red"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #3
    Fighting Man (1952) 3
    Published Jan 1953 by Ajax.

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    Stories by unknown. Art by unknown. Thrilling battle adventures! Private Luke Apple takes over a Korean chicken coop in "Chickens 'Come Home' to Roost"! Plus: Private Baxter is sent into a POW camp of Chinese prisoners to learn who their leader is in "Mutiny and Murder"; Private Jennings is the biggest goldbrick in the Army, at least until he gets into combat in "Goldbrick"; and the men of Company "A" are ordered to attack in "Operation Attack"! Also: 2-page text story "The Man with Two Heads"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #4
    Fighting Man (1952) 4
    Published Apr 1953 by Ajax.

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    Stories by unknown. Art by unknown. Thrilling battle adventures! An unknown replacement soldier helps Baker Company against a Korean attack before being killed, with nobody knowing his name, in "Hero Unknown"! Plus: Deke Perkins joins the Army to be a bugler, only to learn that the Army doesn't need buglers anymore; he does find a use for his bugle when he gets to Korea in "Glory Horn"; Joe and Mike are detailed to guard a shipment of weapons and ammunition on a train in "Blood and Steel"; and two G.I. hotrodders steal a North Korean jeep and use it to get their buddies back to safety in "Two Men in a Hot Jeep"! Also: 2-page text piece "Target Guide." 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #5
    Fighting Man (1952) 5
    Published Mar 1953 by Ajax.

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    Stories by unknown. Art by Iger Shop and unknown. Thrilling battle adventures! Private Jones is an artist, but can Sergeant Bragg turn him into a soldier? Find out in "Battle Hungry"! Plus: Jim Towne is an average guy who must shake his fear and become a soldier during his first beach landing in Korea in "Desperate Destination"; Sergeant Wilcox is ordered to take his recon patrol behind enemy lines and stop the Korean advance in "The Super Sergeant"; and two soldiers must spend the night on duty in a forward listening post in "Peril Patrol"! Also: 2-page text story "Tempting Targets"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #6
    Fighting Man (1952) 6
    Published Apr 1953 by Ajax.

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    Stories by unknown. Art by unknown. Thrilling battle adventures! Captain Rodgers and his men are ordered to take a series of ridges from the Koreans in "Bloody Fingers"! Plus: Lieutenant Smithers is called in to help remove booby traps from a Korean village in "Booby Trap"; Brigadier General James Parnell goes to the front when he realizes his regiment is in trouble in "Heart of Brass"; and Captain Noel goes up in a recon plane to find concealed flak batteries in "Flak-Happy"! Also: 2-page text story "Plot in Chumunjin"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #7
    Fighting Man (1952) 7
    Published May 1953 by Ajax.

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    Stories by unknown. Art by unknown. Thrilling battle adventures! Bill and his raiders are tasked with destroying some AA guns behind enemy lines in Korea in "Flaming Fury"! Plus: Tex takes a chopper up on a joyride in "Sky Jeep"; Slugs and Jim get tasked with looking after a ballot box so the unit in the field can vote in the elections in "Bullets for Ballots"; and Clem wants to wear his grandfather's Rebel hat in the Korean war in "Rebel Yell"! Also: 2-page text story "This is War!" 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #8
    Fighting Man (1952) 8
    Published Jul 1953 by Ajax.

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    Battlefield tales of Korea illustrate the tensions of the Cold War. Soldier Matt, assigned to locomotive train duty, longs for more direct action, and soon gets his wish. Rival Army engineers Dave and Bill must put aside their differences when the enemy attacks. Military convict Gentry is sent to Korea, where he promptly gets into more trouble. Scarlet Wheels; Enemy Landing; Sniper's Nest; Bloody Ice; Guardhouse Lawyer. Final issue of the series. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.