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Issue: Two-Fisted Tales #21
Publication Date: May 1951
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Issues: #21 of 24 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagEC
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Fables Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/25/1951
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 7 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is the publication date reported in U. S. Copyright Office filings.
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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
Format Notes:  
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): Harvey Kurtzman (see notes)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, war
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagTwo-Fisted Tales #4 published July 1993
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagEC Archives: Two-Fisted Tales #1 published February 2007
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letterer credit by Craig Delich.

According to Marie Severin (1995), “[Harvey] Kurtzman colored his own art, especially on covers....”
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References:

Cassell, Dewey, with Aaron Sultan. 2012. “The Artists of EC Comics” (reprinting Severin 1995). In Marie Severin: The Mirthful Mistress of Comics. 46–47. Raleigh: TwoMorrows Publishing.

Severin, Marie (John Province, transcriber [uncredited]). 1995. “Mostly About Color.” In CFA-APA 36, January.
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Ambush!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ? (see notes)
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): U.S. Captain Boyle (death); U.S. soldiers [Lucky; Manny Elizondo (death); Crouse (death); Sgt. Cannon (death); Sonny (death); "Pretty Boy" Winiarski (death); Tex (death]; North Koreans (villains, some die)
First Line: Across the border of the Yalu River, the Korean War still festers...
Synopsis: The North Koreans are chasing an American Army unit, but Lucky tells the others that he has a lucky kewpie doll in his helmet and there is nothing to worry about. Until, that is, the North Koreans attack. Lucky alone survives thinking his kewpie doll has done it again and saved his life, then discovers that he is wearing Winiarski's helmet!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #7/1989 published January 1989
as Bakhold! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagTwo-Fisted Tales #4 published July 1993
as Ambush! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEC Archives: Two-Fisted Tales #1 published February 2007
as Ambush! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Colors were previously attributed to Marie Severin, but it is unlikely that Severin had begun coloring at EC when this issue was colored (Cassell 2012, 33–34 and 171).
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Reference:

Cassell, Dewey, with Aaron Sultan. 2012. Marie Severin: The Mirthful Mistress of Comics. Raleigh: TwoMorrows Publishing.

Cover story.
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Pigs of the Roman Empire

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ? (see notes)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, historical
Character(s): Commander Decius (death); Decius' un-named slave (death); Brennus (slave of Decius and Wise Man, death); Genseric (King of the Vandals); the Vandals
First Line: This story began in Carthage on the coast of Africa, opposite the Italian boot!
Synopsis: After watching his slave fight gallantly against a gladiator and lose, Decius fails to spare the man's life. Soon after, he is told that the Vandals are marching on his position and so he goes out to lead his troops against them. He will soon pay the ultimate price for not having any feelings for his fellow man.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagTwo-Fisted Tales #4 published July 1993
as Pigs of the Roman Empire [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEC Archives: Two-Fisted Tales #1 published February 2007
as Pigs of the Roman Empire [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #10 published August 2014
as Pigs of the Roman Empire [Story on Interior Page(s)]Reprinted in black and white.
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Colors were previously attributed to Marie Severin (see Indexer Notes for “Ambush!,” above).
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Hero

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (masthead illustration)
Inker(s): ? (masthead illustration)
Colorist(s): ? (see notes)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, military
Character(s): unnamed submarine crew member narrator; unnamed submarine commander (death); submarine crew [Rocco; Williams; Bryant; Macknowski] (all die)
Synopsis: A submarine lies hundreds of feet below the surface of the water, dead in the water, and all of the crew except one seem resigned to their fate. That one suggests that each of the crew members draw a card, and the highest card drawn will earmark the man who will be shot out through the torpedo tube. And that one man wins the draw, but balks that he will be the one to be shot out and possibly saved.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagTwo-Fisted Tales #4 published July 1993
In Content Item: FlagEC Archives: Two-Fisted Tales #1 published February 2007
as Hero [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Colors were previously attributed to Marie Severin (see Indexer Notes for “Ambush!,” above).
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Dig, You Mutinous Cur!

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (masthead illustration)
Inker(s): ? (masthead illustration)
Colorist(s): ? (see notes)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Jim Maynard (ship master); [Silas; Eben; Issac] (Blackbeard's crew, all dead); Blackbeard [Edward Teach] [aka Edward Thatch]
First Line: This whole crazy quest started when...
Synopsis: Jim Maynard finally had a taker to rent out his schooner, the "Aegir," but he smelled something fishy when Mr. Thatch came aboard with a yellowed parchment in his hand, then began to issue directives to Maynard. Then they came upon the island that Thatch was looking for, and they rowed ashore and Thatch began to force the old seafarer to dig. Uncovering a cutlass, coins and skulls, it was then old Maynard discovered his passenger was Blackbeard the Pirate. Unfortunately for Blackbeard, Maynard was the direct descendant of British Lt. Maynard, who killed Blackbeard.
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In Content Item: FlagTwo-Fisted Tales #4 published July 1993
as Dig, You Mutinous Cur! [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEC Archives: Two-Fisted Tales #1 published February 2007
as Dig, You Mutinous Cur! [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Colors were previously attributed to Marie Severin (see Indexer Notes for “Ambush!,” above).
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The Murmansk Run!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ? (see notes)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, war
Character(s): Uriah Bragg (seaman, death); Cavendish (crew member, death); Whispy (crew member, death); ship's Captain (death); ship's Steward (death)
First Line: It was the beginning of a December night in 1940!
Synopsis: The Murmansk run was considered the most treacherous and dangerous run for any ship to make, but the "Bunker Hill" vowed to make it nonetheless. One seaman, named Bragg, was a real pain to the other crew members, always complaining of being tired and cold, and when he took over watch one night, he decided to find a comfy place and have a cigarette. Unfortunately for all aboard, an enemy submarine spotted the glow of his cigarette and torpedoed the ship.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagTwo-Fisted Tales #4 published July 1993
as The Murmansk Run! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEC Archives: Two-Fisted Tales #1 published February 2007
as The Murmansk Run! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Story occurs in December of 1940.

Colors were previously attributed to Marie Severin (see Indexer Notes for “Ambush!,” above).
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Search!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): Harvey Kurtzman ? (see notes)
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Joe Angliosani (a soldier); "The Kid" (a soldier, death); Mario Angliosani (Joe's brother, death); The Nazis (villains, many die)
First Line: How many of you can remember 1943?
Synopsis: Joe, born in Italy but now living in America, is back in his home nation during the Italian Campaign, seeking out his brother Mario who never got the chance to go to America. He moves on from Anzio, never realizing that he found his brother......but never knew it!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagTwo-Fisted Tales #4 published July 1993
as Search! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEC Archives: Two-Fisted Tales #1 published February 2007
as Search! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Story occurs in 1943.

Marie Severin’s statement that “[Harvey] Kurtzman colored his own art, especially on covers...” (see Indexer Notes for this issue’s cover) suggests that Kurtzman colored stories that he drew, albeit perhaps less consistently than he colored his cover art.

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