Fightin' Marines (1951 St. John/Charlton) comic books 1966-1968

Stories and art by Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. Charlton's long-running series focused on the miliary exploits of the US Marines throughout the 20th century. The soldier chosen to model the Marines on recruiting posters learns about the reality of war when he's shipped out to Guadalcanal. The Fightin' Marines title finally covers the Vietnam War, as Marines learn that fighting there is different than fighting in Korea or WWII. Marines arrive on the Pacific front in WWII, only to learn that their hated drill instructor is now their hated commanding officer. Picture-Book Marine; Mud-and-Sand Soldiers; Hidden Eyes; Nicaraguan Air War. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Pat Masulli and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Stories and art by Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. Charlton's long-running series focused on the miliary exploits of the US Marines throughout the 20th century. A WWII battle is a chance for two old enemies to settle a dispute from before the war on the battlefield. Guerrilla fighters in Vietnam capture an American captain, and a wounded soldier is sent to find help. A novice sergeant is reluctantly placed in charge of a unit in Korea when he's the senior officer still living. Voice of Victory; The Airmobile Division; Executioners From Hanoi; Johnny Come Lately; The Fire Brigade. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Stories and art by Morris Waldinger and Bill Fraccio. Charlton's long-running series focused on the miliary exploits of the US Marines throughout the 20th century. After an ambush in Vietnam, a Marine sets out to rescue a top Marine commander from his captors. Marines in Vietnam use down-home hunting techniques to deal with guerrillas in the jungle. A tough Marine survives the rest of his WWII outfit, but doesn't get distressed until he loses his chewing tobacco. Viet Nam Mission; The Goddess Gada Goes Great; Invisible Death; Outpost; Too Mean to Die. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Stories and art by Bill Montes, Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. Charlton's long-running series focused on the miliary exploits of the US Marines throughout the 20th century. A Marine recruit alone in the jungles in WWII must overcome his fear before he can confront enemy troops. A Marine discovers an Axis outpost inside a cave in the islands during WWII. Knocked unconscious during a raid, a WWII Marine awakens to discover the war has gone on without him. Chicken Squad; Marine Movements; The Enemy; The Cave-Man of Iwo Jima; Welcome Back. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Stories and art by Morris Waldinger, Bill Montes, Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. Charlton's long-running series focused on the miliary exploits of the US Marines throughout the 20th century. A Marine catches hell from his fellow soldiers after he freezes up on the battlefield. A Marine caught off-guard by an Axis patrol gets unexpected air support from his brother, a Marine pilot, during WWII. Marines track an Axis squadron into the dangerous Poison Swamp. Off the Team; Modern Marines; Saipan Rendezvous; Last Battle; Poison Swamp. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Bill Montes and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Stories and art by 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 Braun goes on a desperate mission behind enemy lines under cover of darkness in Korea. Learning that he's just become a father changes Johnny's attitude toward the battlefield. Asian-American Gerry enlists in the Marines during World War II. The Longest Night; With Fire and Flame; Don't Play It Safe; The First Days; I'm Japanese. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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.

Cover by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Stories and art by Bill Montes, Ernie Bache, and Al Caruso. Charlton's long-running series focused on the miliary exploits of the US Marines throughout the 20th century. Marines face a surprise attack from Axis forces after they thought they had taken all the fight out of them. Three Marines struggle to stay alive during the Battle of Guadalcanal in WWII. Novice recruit Tripp finds himself cut off from his company and facing off against Axis troops on a remote island in the South Pacific. Banzai! Banzai!; U. S. Fighting Man's Code; Foothold in Hell; On-the-Job Training! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Stories and art by Bill Montes, Frank McLaughlin, Horacio Altuna, Charles Nicholas, Carl Hubbell, M. Salito and Joe Gill. Charlton's long-running series focused on the miliary exploits of the US Marines throughout the 20th century. Doolin rushes a machinegun nest in no-man's-land during the Second Battle of the Marne in WWI. Marines in a Vietnamese village set a trap for a suspected enemy informer. A sergeant agonizes over a difficult battlefield choice while trying to take an Axis machinegun nest on a tropical island. World War I: Duel in No Man's Land; Manhunt; Comeback Trail; The Lieutenant Was Scared; The Best Squad in the Corps. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Carlos Casalla. Stories and art by Carlos Casalla, Charles Nicholas, Vince Alascia and Joe Gill. Charlton's long-running series focused on the miliary exploits of the US Marines throughout the 20th century. A Marine company tries to hold back an enemy advance in Korea, even outnumbered 10 to 1. Sgt. Birkin's motto is "every man for himself," but a Chinese mortar barrage in Korea puts the lie to his words. Leroy learns how to be a Marine on the Mekong Delta in Vietnam. The Company of Walking Dead; Every Man For Himself; Weapons, Wars, & Wisdom; The Skyraider: Low, Slow, and Poison; The Misfit. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Enio Legisamon. Stories and art by Enio Legisamon, Tony Tallarico, Bill Montes, Ernie Bache, Charles Nicholas, Vince Alascia and Joe Gill. Charlton's long-running series focused on the miliary exploits of the US Marines throughout the 20th century. Another look at rising public sentiment against the Vietnam War, as an embedded journalist with Charlie Company has an antagonistic relationship with the soldiers, until an enemy attack puts things in perspective. A document of its moment. In another Vietnam story, Marine reinforcements find the enemy is waiting for them in the jungle. The War Criminals; Who's Chicken?; The Invisible Army. Korea 1950; Always Alert; Bug-Out. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Stories and art by Tony Tallarico, Bill Montes, Ernie Bache, Charles Nicholas, Vince Alascia and Carlos Casalla. Charlton's long-running series focused on the miliary exploits of the US Marines throughout the 20th century. In the first appearance of the long-running characters, Shotgun Harker and "The Chicken" target a heavy mortar squad in Vietnam. A veteran of Korea and WWII, Major Haydock faces his last battlefield in Vietnam. Marines in WWII learn the meaning of the phrase "Tokyo Express." Major Haydocks Last War; The Leaners; The Second Time; Rope a Raider; The Tokyo Express; Introducing "Shotgun" Harker and the Chicken. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Stories and art by Bill Montes, Ernie Bache, Charles Nicholas, Vince Alascia and Joe Gill. Charlton's long-running series focused on the miliary exploits of the US Marines throughout the 20th century. Vietnam soldiers Shotgun Harker and The Chicken try to intervene in a local election, and discover an underground tunnel of the enemy. A grunt's-eye-view of the war in Korea. Frank is paralyzed with fear as he faces his first combat in WWII at the Battle of Saipan. Us Heroes; He'll Never Make a Marine; Burgunia's Big Bluff?; Shotgun Harker and the Chicken: Buckshot & Ballots. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Stories and art by Bill Montes, Ernie Bache, Charles Nicholas, Vince Alascia and Joe Gill. Charlton's long-running series focused on the miliary exploits of the US Marines throughout the 20th century. In 1939 Japan, Lt. Malone has a run-in with a Japanese officer; years later, at the Battle of Guadalcanal, he recognizes the enemy's tactics and realizes he has the chance to settle an old score. Marines in Vietnam try to help villagers cope with Viet Cong attacks. Plus a Shotgun Harker and the Chicken Vietnam story. The Right Bait; The Tokyo Trick; Always Alert; Shotgun Harker and the Chicken: Hey Charlie, Surprise! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by A. Martinez. Stories and art by Bill Montes, Ernie Bache, Charles Nicholas, Vince Alascia and Joe Gill. Charlton's long-running series focused on the miliary exploits of the US Marines throughout the 20th century. A new Marine in 1917 France has to figure out the battlefield before it kills him. Jeff may be a medic, but in Korea, he learns that he may still have to fight to stay alive. In a Shotgun Harker and The Chicken story that reflects the attitudes of the time, peace activists go to Vietnam and are used as dupes by the enemy, until one of them stumbles on the truth. Over the Top; Undersea Navy; Always Alert; Shotgun Harker and the Chicken: The Peaceniks; Mousie the Medic. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover by Bill Montes and Ernie Bache. Stories and art by Bill Molno, Tony Tallarico, Bill Montes, Ernie Bache, Charles Nicholas, Vince Alascia and Joe Gill. Charlton's long-running series focused on the miliary exploits of the US Marines throughout the 20th century. Marines, Army and a downed pilot join forces to take out an Axis-held hilltop. A Marine pilot captured in Korea is subjected to torture and interrogation. To avoid Viet Cong tactics aimed at disorienting the troops, Marines switch to a series of silent hand signals to communicate with each other. The Okinawa Squeeze; The Living Death; Stung, Bit, Chewed or Shot!; Silent Signals; Weapons, Wars and Wisdom; Shotgun Harker and the Chicken: Hanoi Ambush. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.