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Issue: Two-Fisted Tales #35
Publication Date: October 1953
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Issues: #35 of 24 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagEC
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Fables Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 1953
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 8 (5 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U.S.
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: Saddle-Stitched
Publishing Format: Was ongoing
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Special Issue: Civil War!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: war
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In Content Item: FlagTwo-Fisted Tales #18 published January 1997
as Special Issue: Civil War! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Civil War Map

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
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In Content Item: FlagTwo-Fisted Tales #18 published January 1997
as Civil War Map [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #10 published August 2014
as Civil War Map [Filler on Interior Page(s)]Reprinted in black and white.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Sequence found on the inside of front cover.

This illustration shows the locations of the Battles of Fredericksburg, N. Orleans, Memphis and Chancellorsville. It also has illustrations of each side's head wear and uniforms with a color guide.
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Robert E. Lee!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: historical, war
Character(s): General Robert E. Lee; Private Charlie Bardeen (Union soldier, death)
First Line: On to Richmond!
Synopsis: The Army of the Potomac, now under General Ambrose Burnside, is marching confidently toward the Confederate capital of Richmond. But General Lee has deduced that that the army must go through Fredericksburg to get there, and that is where the Rebs will make a unexpected stand to stop them.
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In Content Item: FlagTwo-Fisted Tales #18 published January 1997
as Robert E. Lee! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #10 published August 2014
as Robert E. Lee! [Story on Interior Page(s)]Reprinted in black and white.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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New Orleans!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Union forces (many die); Confederates forces (many die)
First Line: While one war raged in the east... another was fought in the west along the Mississippi River...
Synopsis: President Lincoln sends a fleet of gunboats down the Mississippi River in an attempt to defeat the Rebel forces protecting the city of New Orleans and thus capture the town.
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In Content Item: FlagTwo-Fisted Tales #18 published January 1997
as New Orleans! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: This was Wood's last Civil War story for EC.
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Forrest!

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: war
First Line: General Nathan Bedford Forrest was bidding farewell...
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In Content Item: FlagTwo-Fisted Tales #18 published January 1997
as Forrest! [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Two half-pages; each with a half-page house ad
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Combat Correspondence
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: No letters; announcement of quarterly status and birth of E.C. Fan-Addict Club.
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Memphis!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Union Navy (many die); Confederate Navy (many die)
First Line: All right! The bottom of the Mississippi is sewed up!
Synopsis: A huge fleet of Confederate ships steam up the Mississippi to engage the Union Navy in battle at Memphis, Tennessee, a battle resulting in a major defeat for the Rebel forces.
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In Content Item: FlagTwo-Fisted Tales #18 published January 1997
as Memphis! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Script revision from Kurtzman to Gaines and Feldstein per Bill Mason in Fantagraphics reprint.
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Chancellorsville!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Union forces (many die); Southern forces (many die); General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson (death); Goober-Head (Rebel soldier)
First Line: Spring! Birds are singing, flowers are blooming...
Synopsis: Rebel troops are advancing by order on the city of Chancellorsville, but, one of their number, a real duffuss named Goober-Head, insists on robbing the dead Union soldiers of their clothing. In the end, this excited soldier starts firing at his own men, by mistake, and ends up killing General Stonewall Jackson.
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In Content Item: FlagTwo-Fisted Tales #18 published January 1997
as Chancellorsville! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: The last panel contains an obvious error not caught by the editor: it said that General Jackson was shot and killed in May of 1893, when, in fact, he was killed May 10, 1863.

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