Atom Age Combat (1959 Fago) comic books
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Issue #2
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
Graded by MCS, not consignor.
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Cover by Dick Ayers. Stories and art by Dick Ayers and others. Fago Magazines, the small press of artist Al Fago, picks up the Cold War-paranoia series about a future where "atomic" weapons replace conventional ones. The previous publisher was St. John. One-page speculations on future warfare include infantry soldiers wearing jetpacks or traveling by rocket. A longer story predicts the Space Race for 1972, as an American astronaut risks his life to save his Soviet competitor. Martha copes with the stress of being married to Jeff, a Cold War jet pilot. A grim story speculates on what would happen if an atomic bomb was dropped on an American city. Atom Age Infantry; The Rescue; Dig In; Don't Surface; The Command That Will Never Be Used; My Rival; Fix Bayonets; The Day the Bomb Falls; Commandos Strike from Outer Space. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
Graded by MCS, not consignor.
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Issue #3
$15.50
View scan- 2.5" cumulative spine split. Cover detached. Water damage. Staple rust.
Cover by Dick Ayers. Stories and art by Dick Ayers and Ernest H. Hart. Fago Magazines, the small press of artist Al Fago, presents the Cold War-paranoia series about a future where "atomic" weapons replace conventional ones. Commandos try to carry on without their singing Sarge. In a science fiction story, the Cold War continues between rival colonists on the Moon. During a limited nuclear war, the crew of an aircraft carrier learns they've been targeted by an enemy H-bomb. After an attack from Mars, Earth soldiers plan to invade the Red Planet. Fear; The Difference a Day Makes; Third Element; Infantry; Breaking Point; Alternate Plan; An H-Bomb Is Coming!; The Puzzle; Danger! Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
