Fightin' Navy (1956) comic books

Add to cart GD 2.0 $26.00 Cover detached.

Stories and art by A. C. Hollingsworth and others. Numbering continues from Don Winslow of the Navy (1943 Fawcett) #73. Charlton's Fightin' military series focuses on US sailors and submarines in combat, mostly during World War II. Lt. Danny Mitchell defies orders to learn where an enemy arsenal is hidden, but now he must survive the defense battery. The crew of a PT boat stumbles on an Axis outpost. Danny and his wingman Burt investigate after they encounter the latest Soviet secret weapon, a sort of glowing air-whale. Featuring art by pioneering African-American comics artist A. C. Hollingsworth. Operation: Redwing!; The Giant Killers!; Frightened Hero!; Seeing Red; The Phony Sailor; Secret Weapon; Danny Mitchell's Famous Planes of World War 2. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Bill Molno and Sal Trapani. Charlton's Fightin' military series focuses on US sailors and submarines in combat, mostly during World War II. Mystery "frogmen" capture a nuclear submarine underwater, leading the captain to consider a self-destruct order. Boatswain's mate Duffy stays with the destroyer "Doomed Delilah" through 25 years and two World Wars. In a story that shows Fightin' Navy's left turn into science fiction, sailors encounter monstrous sea creatures, including an octopus and an eel, in the sunken depths. Plus an article about the possible military uses of hydrofoil technology. Top Secret Prize; The Soul of the Doomed Delilah; Swim to Survive; Hydrofoil to Foil the Enemy; The Enemies Below. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $2.50 Interior is complete. Entire back cover missing. Staples added (not manufacturing).

Stories and art by Charles Nicholas, Sal Trapani, Bill Molno, and Vince Alascia. Charlton's Fightin' military series focuses on US sailors and submarines in combat, mostly during World War II. A wooden "PC boat" is able to outmaneuver more advanced enemy ships on the Korean coast. When Axis forces threaten to board a damaged US destroyer, the captain must decide whether to destroy the ship rather than let them find secret plans aboard. A US destroyer uses dense fog as an advantage against a Nazi convoy. Plus an article about submarines. The Wooden Pigeon; Surrender or Die!; Gallant Georgia; They Call It Piracy; Most Human Ship Afloat; Baltic Raider. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Sam Glanzman, Charles Nicholas, Bill Molno, and Vince Alascia. Charlton's Fightin' military series focuses on US sailors and submarines in combat, mostly during World War II. Walt and Russ undergo "top gun" training to become carrier-based fighter pilots, in a story showcasing the Navy's training protocol in the early 1960s. Navy medic Woods must convince both a Vietnamese village and its communist occupiers that a cholera epidemic is the bigger threat. US forces keep the peace between "Formosa," aka Taiwan, and mainland China during the Cold War. This story features art by comics legend and WWII veteran Sam Glanzman. Plus an article about the naval forces of ancient Greece during the Greco-Persian Wars. Carrier Pilot; Critical Area; A Hulk Tells the Tale; Only One Man; Greece Versus Persia; The Other Cheek. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover by Pat Masulli & Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Stories and art by Jon D'Agostino, Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. Charlton's Fightin' military series focuses on US sailors and submarines in combat, mostly during World War II. Sailor Gus isn't normally a coward, but working belowdecks in the engine room terrifies him. Lt. Enson joins the mission to rescue a captured Norwegian partisan. Lt. Collins gains fame for the daring missions PT 709 undertakes in Subic Bay. Plus an article about how the Battleship Yamato was sunk. Terror Below; Desert Patrol; Landing in Norway; The Navy's Newest Punch; The Unsinkable 709; The Giant Dies. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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Add to cart VG 4.0 $7.20

Cover by Pat Masulli & Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Stories and art by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio, Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. Charlton's Fightin' military series focuses on US sailors and submarines in combat, mostly during World War II. Two Allied destroyers make a last stand against the Axis fleet. PT 189 faces another "phantom raider" in the South Pacific. Seaman 1st Class Jake earns a reputation as "the fightingest, deadliest, most combatant non-combatant at Midway." Plus the story of The Battle of Hampton Roads, also referred to as the Battle of the Monitor and Merrimack or the Battle of Ironclads, during the Civil War. Non Combatant at Midway; Colonel Cummings Commandoes; Sister Ship; The Ghosts of the South Pacific; The Cheesebox on a Raft. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Bill Montes, Ernie Bache, Charles Nicholas, and Dick Giordano. Charlton's Fightin' military series focuses on US sailors and submarines in combat, mostly during World War II. During the Battle of Midway, the SBD Dauntless Dive Bombers take on two Axis aircraft carriers. The U.S.S. Benchley faces off against the Nazi "Pocket Battleship" Volksbacker near Greenland. Pilots shot down over the South China Sea take a junk to get back into the fight. The Hero of Midway; The Ghost-Finder; No Chance!; Wild Torpedo; Operation Cork. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.60.

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Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Sam Glanzman, Bill Montes, Ernie Bache, Charles Nicholas, Bill Molno, and Ken Battefield. Charlton's Fightin' military series focuses on US sailors and submarines in combat, mostly during World War II. You've heard of 2-man subs, but the first two-man ATOMIC submarine goes to the Soviet port of Murmansk on an intelligence-gathering mission. An Allied cruiser causes havoc for Axis forces who believe they have already sunk it, in a story by veteran and comics legend Sam Glanzman. Pirate-fighting Naval officer Decatur later becomes a hero in the War of 1812. Mission to Murmansk; Phantom Cruiser; The Coral Sea Victory; Decatur and the Pirates: Tripoli. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.60.

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Cover by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Stories and art by Charles Nicholas, Sal Trapani, Ken Battefield, Bill Molno, Vince Alascia and Jack Abel. Charlton's Fightin' military series focuses on US sailors and submarines in combat, mostly during World War II. Two sailors are left behind when their vessel submerges underneath them, so they swim for the shore of a nearby island. An Australian civil patrol member helps an Allied sub crew repair their damaged vessel. A sailor in a life raft is befriended by a seagull, who brings him fish until he is rescued. Some Must Die; The Man Outside; The Bait; The Sea Gull. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.60.

Add to cart Very Good $2.50

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Cover by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Stories and art by Sam Glanzman and Louis Glanzman, Charles Nicholas, Vince Alascia, Bill Montes and Ernie Bache. Charlton's Fightin' military series focuses on US sailors and submarines in combat, mostly during World War II. A new Soviet super-sub meets its American counterpart, the Centurion. Submarine crews take part in the Battle of Truk Island during WWII. And a story with art by WWII veteran and comics legend Sam Glanzman and his brother Louis Glanzman, credited as S. Decker. The Big Answer; Amazon Terror; Final Score; Attack on Truk. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.60.

Add to cart Fine $3.70

Add to cart Very Good $2.50

Add to cart VG 4.0 $2.50

Stories and art by Sam Glanzman, Charles Nicholas, Bill Montes and Ernie Bache. Charlton's Fightin' military series focuses on US sailors and submarines in combat, mostly during World War II. A Naval officer promoted out of his desk job to command a new submarine must learn fast, and "the book" is no help. Pearl Harbor..."The Day of Infamy" is rendered by WWII veteran and comics legend Sam Glanzman. An Allied commander gets the chance for revenge against Yoshi, the Axis captain who sunk his ship. Tiger Trask of the Killer Whale; Rendezvous; The Poem That Won a Battle; The Big Answer. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.60.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $2.50

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Stories and art by Sam Glanzman, Gene Byrnes, Michael Gruber and Gustavo Trigo. Charlton's Fightin' military series focuses on US sailors and submarines in combat, mostly during World War II. At the end of WWII, a Navy "frogman" must guide a torpedo by hand up a river into the last remaining Axis cruiser. Navy artillery spotters have to call down shells on their own position after they are overrun by enemy forces, in a story with art by WWII veteran and comics legend Sam Glanzman. In another Glanzman story, Heywood is considered "chicken" by his fellow pilots. Torpedo Jockey; On Target; Panic Dive; Will He Chicken Again? Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.75.