Bill Battle The One Man Army (1952 Fawcett) comic books 1959 or before
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Issue #1
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View scan"Torture, When a Commie needs info, he doesn't care how he gets it!"
Stories and art by John Martin and Clem Weisbecker. The Korea-set Bill Battle comics leaven the usual grim war stories with whimsical dark battlefield humor. A by-the-book captain has the misfortune to get loose-cannon Bill Battle as a driver. But when they're behind the lines, Captain Marshall must admit that Battle is a soldier's soldier. Redmond believes that Battle has died after a mission meets with an overwhelming enemy force. Plus a PSA for polio featuring Captain Marvel (Shazam). Im The Best There Is; Strike at Dawn; Three Cheers for Chen; A Snowball in Hades. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #2
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Stories and art by John Martin and Clem Weisbecker. The Korea-set Bill Battle comics leaven the usual grim war stories with whimsical dark battlefield humor. Bill tries to find out how the enemy is getting tanks across the river, when the bridge has already been blown up. Two airmen struggle to survive in a raft after their bomber is shot down over open ocean. After Bill Battle is wounded by a stray shell, he refuses to cooperate with medics, telling them, "You're holdin' up my war!" Six Feet Under!; And Then the Bugle Blew!; Barrage; Eyes Right!; Strictly a Southpaw; Me? I Hate Fish! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #3
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Stories and art by John Martin and Clem Weisbecker. The Korea-set Bill Battle comics leaven the usual grim war stories with whimsical dark battlefield humor. Trying to stop a tank and save a stranded battalion, Bill turns himself into a "human bazooka." A South Korean spy recalls the horror he experienced after he was captured by the enemy. Bill is sent behind enemy lines to free a captured major before he can be tortured into decoding Allied battle maps. The Human Bazooka; Dawn Is the Hour of Death!; The Ghost Gunner; Twisted Track; Death Takes a Furlough. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #4
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Stories and art by Bill Woolfolk, John Martin and Clem Weisbecker. The Korea-set Bill Battle comics leaven the usual grim war stories with whimsical dark battlefield humor. Bill promises a dying soldier he'll plant a flag on the highest hill in Korea, no matter how many enemy soldiers he has to kill to do it. Duke is escorting a general when he's captured by enemy soldiers who think he's the general, leaving the real general to effect a rescue. Bill commands a decoy mission to fake the enemy into attacking the wrong place. Homing Pigeon; Death Warrant!; There's One in Every Outfit; Torture!; English Primer; It Ain't Always Hell!; Heads Up! Final issue of the series; Bill Battle later appeared in Battle Stories (1952 Fawcett). 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
