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Issue: Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales #[11]
Publication Date: January 2021
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Issues: #[11] of 13 Issues (16 Printings)
Title: Cold War Correspondent
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Publisher: FlagHarry N. Abrams
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Indicia Publisher: Amulet Books
On Sale Date: 10/20/2021
Volume:
Pages: 136
ISBN: 9781419749513
UPC/EAN: 9781419749513
Price: $18.99 CAD
£10.99 GBP
$14.99 USD
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Content Items: 23 (21 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Hardcover
Color: Color covers and endsheets; black and white interior
Dimensions: 5 3/4" w x 7 3/4" h
Paper Stock: Glossy
Binding: Hardcover
Publishing Format: Ongoing Series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Maggie Higgins
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): Lucy Hale (color assistant)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: historical, non-fiction
Feature(s): Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales
Character(s): Nathan Hale; Bill Richmond; E. Pluribus Hangman; provost; Maggie Higgins [Marguerite Higgins]
First Line: On the gallows, captured American spy Nathan Hale uttered his famous last words
Synopsis: Maggie Higgins highjacks the gallows platform, and the role of narrator, to tell her story as a war correspondent.
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Chapter 1

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): Lucy Hale (color assistant)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: historical, non-fiction
Feature(s): Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales
Character(s): Nathan Hale; Bill Richmond; E. Pluribus Hangman; provost; Maggie Higgins [Marguerite Higgins]; Soviet solders; U. S. soldiers; U. S. sailors; Koreans; Syngman Rhee; Kim-Il Sung; General Douglas A. MacArthur
First Line: I'm going to start this story in the final weeks of World War Two.
Synopsis: At the end of World War II the Japanese are driven out of Korea, but the northern and southern halves are seized by the U.S. and U.S.S.R.
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Chapter 2

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): Lucy Hale (color assistant)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: historical, non-fiction
Feature(s): Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales
Character(s): Nathan Hale; Bill Richmond; E. Pluribus Hangman; provost; Maggie Higgins [Marguerite Higgins]; Colonel Chan; Keyes Beech
First Line: I enter the story five years after that.
Synopsis: Maggie Higgins arrives with her new assignment to cover and report on the far east. Colonel Chan shows her the dividing line in Korea.
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Pages: 4
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Chapter 3

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): Lucy Hale (color assistant)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: historical, military, non-fiction
Feature(s): Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales
Character(s): Nathan Hale; Bill Richmond; E. Pluribus Hangman; provost; Maggie Higgins [Marguerite Higgins]; North Korean soldiers; South Korean soldiers; American soldiers; Captain Darrigo.
First Line: I'm confused.
Synopsis: North Korea blasts through the border into South Korea, sweeping aside the surprised and underequipped South Korean army.
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Pages: 8
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Chapter 4

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): Lucy Hale (color assistant)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: historical, military, non-fiction
Feature(s): Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales
Character(s): Nathan Hale; Bill Richmond; E. Pluribus Hangman; provost; Maggie Higgins [Marguerite Higgins]; Syngman Rhee; Keyes Beach; reporters
First Line: Hello?
Synopsis: Correspondents rush to Korea, even as other civilians are rushing out. A flashback shows the U.S. refusal to provide South Korea with heavy weapons. Another displays Maggie's experience in the liberation of German concentration camps in World War II.
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Chapter 5

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): Lucy Hale (color assistant)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: historical, military, non-fiction
Feature(s): Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales
Character(s): Nathan Hale; Bill Richmond; E. Pluribus Hangman; provost; Maggie Higgins [Marguerite Higgins]; Colonel Wright; Keyes Beach; refugees; American soldiers
First Line: Did you just tell this group of guys a story about you telling a group of guys a story?
Synopsis: Maggie and other reporters move toward the front, but when the North Koreans attack, the reporters are lost in a tide of refugees flowing south under fire. Finally reaching relative safety they return to Tokyo, file their stories, and head back to Korea.
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Chapter 6

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): Lucy Hale (color assistant)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: historical, military, non-fiction
Feature(s): Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales
Character(s): Nathan Hale; Bill Richmond; E. Pluribus Hangman; provost; Maggie Higgins [Marguerite Higgins]; American soldiers; American airmen; reporters; Dean Acheson; General Church; Syngman Rhee; President Harry S. Truman
First Line: June 26, 1950
Synopsis: U.S. President Truman defends South Korea with air and sea forces only, and with no one to cross the 38th parallel. General MacArthur plans to overturn Truman's policy, and escalate the war.
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Chapter 7

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): Lucy Hale (color assistant)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: historical, military, non-fiction
Feature(s): Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales
Character(s): Nathan Hale; Bill Richmond; E. Pluribus Hangman; provost; Maggie Higgins [Marguerite Higgins]; Colonel Wright; Keyes Beach; Homer Bigart; Carl Mydans; American soldiers; General Douglas MacArthur; General Ned Almond
First Line: June 30, 1950
Synopsis: MacArthur gets permission to commit ground troops. As the Koreans and Americans retreat, the army tries to clear reporters out of the country. Homer Bigart, representing the Herald Tribune, orders Higgins back to Tokyo, but she refuses to go.
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Chapter 8

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): Lucy Hale (color assistant)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: historical, military, non-fiction
Feature(s): Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales
Character(s): Nathan Hale; Bill Richmond; E. Pluribus Hangman; provost; Maggie Higgins [Marguerite Higgins]; Lieutenant Colonel Smith; Keyes Beach; refugees; American soldiers; North Korean soldiers
First Line: July 2, 1950
Synopsis: Lieutenant Colonel Smith leads the first U.S. troops in an attempt to block the North Korean advance. But the inexperienced Americans, with inadequate weapons, are brushed aside with heavy casualties.
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Chapter 9

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): Lucy Hale (color assistant)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: historical, military, non-fiction
Feature(s): Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales
Character(s): Nathan Hale; Bill Richmond; E. Pluribus Hangman; provost; Maggie Higgins [Marguerite Higgins]; Lieutenant Colonel Smith; Keyes Beach; refugees; American soldiers; North Korean soldiers: Lieutenant Colonel Perry; Colonel "Red" Ayres
First Line: July 5, 1950
Synopsis: North Korean troops continue routing the inexperienced American and South Korean armies.
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Pages: 4
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Chapter 10

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): Lucy Hale (color assistant)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: historical, military, non-fiction
Feature(s): Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales
Character(s): Nathan Hale; Bill Richmond; E. Pluribus Hangman; provost; Maggie Higgins [Marguerite Higgins]; General William F. Dean; Major Boone Seegars; Keyes Beach; refugees; American soldiers; North Korean soldiers
First Line: July 6, 1950
Synopsis: U.S. troops begin to push the North Koreans back, but advance cautiously in fear of a trap.
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Chapter 11

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): Lucy Hale (color assistant)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: historical, military, non-fiction
Feature(s): Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales
Character(s): Nathan Hale; Bill Richmond; E. Pluribus Hangman; provost; Maggie Higgins [Marguerite Higgins]; Colonel Martin; Major Dunne; Major Boone Seegars; Keyes Beach; refugees; American soldiers; North Korean soldiers
First Line: July 7, 1950
Synopsis: Pushed forward by a new commanding officer just in from Japan, an American unit is ambushed and slaughtered.
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Chapter 12

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): Lucy Hale (color assistant)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: historical, military, non-fiction
Feature(s): Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales
Character(s): Marguerite Higgins [Maggie Higgins]; Bill Richmond; General "Johnny" Walker; General Dean; reporters; American soldiers
First Line: July 8, 1950
Synopsis: Under orders from General Walker, General Dean struggles to hold successive positions, but is still pushed southward. Walker orders Higgins out of Korea, but she refuses to go.
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Chapter 13

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): Lucy Hale (color assistant)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: historical, military, non-fiction
Feature(s): Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales
Character(s): Marguerite Higgins [Maggie Higgins]; provost; Bill Richmond; E. Pluribus Hangman; General Dean; reporters; American soldiers
First Line: July 17, 1950
Synopsis: Maggie rides a hospital train on her way to a confrontation with General Walker. General Dean gets right into front-line fighting, bringing the new super-bazooka successfully to bear on enemy tanks. Maggie is run out of Korea, but immediately reinstated by General MacArthur.
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Chapter 14

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): Lucy Hale (color assistant)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: historical, military, non-fiction
Feature(s): Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales
Character(s): Marguerite Higgins [Maggie Higgins]; General "Johnny" Walker; General Douglas A. MacArthur; American soldiers; E. Pluribus Hangman
First Line: July 22, 1950
Synopsis: General Dean is reported missing. Walker and MacArthur order an all-out defense of the final perimeter around Pusan. If it is breached there will be nowhere to retreat, and the army will be slaughtered.
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Chapter 15

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): Lucy Hale (color assistant)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: historical, military, non-fiction
Feature(s): Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales
Character(s): Nathan Hale; Bill Richmond; E. Pluribus Hangman; Marguerite Higgins [Maggie Higgins]; Colonel Check; Lieutenant Colonel Michaelis; refugees; American soldiers; North Korean soldiers; Harold H. Martin
First Line: August 7, 1950
Synopsis: Colonel Check and Colonel Michaelis put up a fierce fight defending their position, suffering "friendly fire" but still killing 600 North Korean soldiers. They become so shorthanded that infantrymen drive tanks, and Maggie fills in as a medic.
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Disclose Notes: Educational; fact; friendly fire; Korea; Korean War
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Chapter 16

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): Lucy Hale (color assistant)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: historical, military, non-fiction
Feature(s): Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales
Character(s): Bill Richmond; provost; Marguerite Higgins [Maggie Higgins]; Captain Duffy; General Douglas A. MacArthur; American soldiers; American naval and Marine Corps personnel
First Line: August 6, 1950
Synopsis: Maggie witnesses the beginning of the invasion at Inchon.
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Pages: 10
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Chapter 17

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): Lucy Hale (color assistant)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: historical, military, non-fiction
Feature(s): Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales
Character(s): Marguerite Higgins [Maggie Higgins]; U. S. Marines
First Line: September 15, 1950
Synopsis: On the afternoon of the Inchon landing, Maggie goes in under heavy fire on an assault with U.S. Marines.
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Pages: 6
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Chapter 18

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): Lucy Hale (color assistant)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: historical, military, non-fiction
Feature(s): Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales
Character(s): Marguerite Higgins [Maggie Higgins]; Nathan Hale; Bill Richmond; provost; E. Pluribus Hangman; American soldiers; South Korean soldiers; Keyes Beech; Syngman Rhee; General Douglas A. MacArthur
First Line: September 15, 1950
Synopsis: Maggie accompanies the troops as they fight through to the liberation of Seoul. But her story has covered three months of a war that lasted three years.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): Lucy Hale (color assistant)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: historical, military, non-fiction
Feature(s): Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales
Character(s): Provost; General Dean; Bill Shinn; North Korean soldiers
First Line: Not a bit of it!
Synopsis: At the insistence of the provost, Bill Shinn of Associated Press explains how he tracked down the story of General Dean, the highest-ranking American P.O.W. in Korea.
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The Research Babies

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): Lucy Hale (color assistant)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Character(s): Research babies
First Line: Now it's time to check in with the Hazardous Tales Fact Finding Department.
Synopsis: Bibliography
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Photo Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (photo); Carl Mydans (credited) (photo) ; Francis Miller (credited (photo)); Nathan Hale (credited) (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo); Carl Mydans (credited) (photo) ; Francis Miller (credited (photo)); Nathan Hale (credited) (photo)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): General "Johnny" Walker; General Dean; Marguerite Higgins [Maggie Higgins]; Colonel Michaelis; General Douglas A. MacArthur
First Line: In the three years of the Korean War, 36,574 Americans died in hostile actions, 103,284 were wounded.
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Pages: 2

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