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Issue: Combat War Stories #1966
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Issues: #1966 of 2 Issues
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Publisher: FlagWorld Distributors
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Indicia Publisher: World Distributors (Manchester) Ltd
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Pages: 68
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Price: 30.0 pence GBQ 0-2-6
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Content Items: 12 (6 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
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Binding: Squarebound
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Guadalcanal

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Genres: war
Feature(s): Combat
Character(s): Larry (Marine corporal); Captain W. Clemens (British coastwatcher); U.S. Marines; Japanese soldiers; Japanese pilots; U.S. Navy personnel; U.S. Army soldiers; Jimmy (Larry's brother)
First Line: "Commence firing" was the order as dawn erupted on August 7th, 1942
Synopsis: U.S. Marines invade Guadalcanal, expecting to be quickly relieved by Army troops. Instead, they spend four months of struggle, privation, and combat before they are relieved.
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Disclose Notes: Newman script per biblio published in Robin Snyder's the Comics, Vol 29, No 3, March 2018.
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Wreck the R.A.F.!

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Genres: aviation, war
Character(s): Adolf Hitler; Herman Goering; Lieutenant Colders; Winston Churchill; Sir Keith Park
Synopsis: Germany plans to take control of the airspace over the channel. Lieutenant Colders joins the RAF. The Battle for Britain has begun.
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Strike the Fighter Fields!

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Character(s): Lieutenant Colders; Herman Goering
Synopsis: Germany switches targets and goes after the airfields and the factories. British pilots learn a new tactic in dogfights that help even the odds.
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The Decisive Days

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Character(s): Lieutenant Colders; General Keith Park; Sir Charles Portal; Winston Churchill; Adolf Hitler
Synopsis: Germany changes tactics and begins bombing London.
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Escape - - The Hard Way

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Feature(s): Escape
Character(s): Andy Drew; Japanese guards; American P.O.W.s; Chinese guerillas
First Line: He must have been berserk!
Synopsis: Andy Drew escapes a Japanese prison camp by faking his own death, and having himself buried alive. He joins a guerilla band, and the guerillas help him get back to Allied lines.
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The Puny, Little Yank

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Genres: aviation, war
Character(s): Terry Flanders
Synopsis: Terry Flanders is shot down over the English Channel and captured by the Germans.
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