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Issue: Two-Fisted Tales #22
Publication Date: July 1951
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Issues: #22 of 24 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagEC
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Fables Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 03/28/1951
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 7 (5 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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Cover, Front
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): Harvey Kurtzman (see notes)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagTwo-Fisted Tales #5 published October 1993
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagEC Archives: Two-Fisted Tales #1 published February 2007
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: Korean War

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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Enemy Contact!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ? (see notes)
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): unnamed American Lieutenant; unnamed American medic; American soldiers [Snuffy (death); Fritz (death); Dalrymple (death); Mississippi]; Communist soldiers (villains, many die)
First Line: For two days, contact with the enemy had been broken!
Synopsis: An American patrol is attacked by Communist soldiers, and during a lull in the battle, a U.S. soldier comes down with acute appendicitis. A medic manages to make his way to the soldiers, and, getting instructions from a doctor over the radio, successfully completes the operation. Then an enemy mortar attack occurs, but soon U.S. planes arrive and wipe out the enemy forces. Unfortunately, the young soldier, newly operated on, dies in the attack.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagTwo-Fisted Tales #5 published October 1993
as Enemy Contact! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEC Archives: Two-Fisted Tales #1 published February 2007
as Enemy Contact! [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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Dying City!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ? (see notes)
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Kim's grandfather; Sun Yoo (Kim's sister, flashback, death); Kim's father (flashback, death); Kim's mother (flashback, death); Kim (villain, North Korean soldier, death); North Korean soldiers (villains)
First Line: Suwon, Korea!
Synopsis: An idealistic young Korean joins the North Korean army while his family is left behind to deal with the day to day life during wartime.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #8 [1988] published January 1988
as Døende by! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagTwo-Fisted Tales #5 published October 1993
as Dying City! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEC Archives: Two-Fisted Tales #1 published February 2007
as Dying City! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEC Sampler - Free Comic Book Day #[nn] published May 2008
as Dying City! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Toth stated in Graphic Story Magazine #10 (published by Bill Spicer) that this story "was inked by Kurtzman because of my rushed schedule at the time." Inks have erroneously been credited to Toth in some reprints.

Much of the story is told in flashback.

Colors were previously attributed to Marie Severin (see Indexer Notes for “Enemy Contact!,” above).
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Siege

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ? (see notes)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Duke Cosimo (villain, Duke of Reggio, death); unnamed Generalissimo (villain)
Synopsis: Outside of the garrison of Orlando, Duke Cosimo, astride his gallant white charger, orders his generalissimo to attack the seemingly impregnable enemy position and be inside it within the hour. Time and time again the attacks failed. But during the last attack, the Duke fell from his horse, having choked to death on an olive pit. His men, called women by the Duke, calmly placed the Duke's body on a catapult and launched it at the enemy fortification, his body landing within the fort......all within an hour.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagTwo-Fisted Tales #5 published October 1993
In Content Item: FlagEC Archives: Two-Fisted Tales #1 published February 2007
as Siege [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Art credits by Craig Delich.

Story occurs in 1369.

Colors were previously attributed to Marie Severin (see Indexer Notes for “Enemy Contact!,” above).
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Combat Correspondence
Synopsis: Letters of comment from Roger Curtis, St. Paul, MN; Norman St. Peter, Pittsfield, MA; Cpl. Walter Kosneki, San Francisco, CA; and Nancy Cash, Louisville, KY.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Massacre at Agincourt!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ? (see notes)
Subject Matter
Genres: historical, war
Character(s): Edouard Rene de Gascony (French commander, death); King Henry (British commander)
First Line: The year was 1415 A.D.!
Synopsis: The French have massed their forces between the English and the sea at Agincourt, confident that they would wipe out the British forces camped nearby. So confident was De Gascony of France that he refused to wait for the Army reinforcements of the Duke of Brittany and De Loingy in spite of being told the British had many tricks up their sleeves. Likewise the British commander felt the time to attack was now. The battle began and De Gascony was felled by an arrow, then finished off by a lance in his head.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagTwo-Fisted Tales #5 published October 1993
as Massacre at Agincourt! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEC Archives: Two-Fisted Tales #1 published February 2007
as Massacre at Agincourt! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Story occurs on October 25, 1415, also referred to as St. Crispin's Day.

Colors were previously attributed to Marie Severin (see Indexer Notes for “Enemy Contact!,” above).
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Chicken!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ? (see notes)
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Lieutenant Robert Hall (death); Captain Harold Black (death)
First Line: It is the year 1945!
Synopsis: Lt. Hall is being dressed down by his superior, all over not enforcing discipline on his troops while they are in combat, as well as giving advice to the Captain that was unasked for. When the Captain's foolish actions lead to the deaths of all the members of his squad, Hall is ordered to go back, yet again, for another squad of men. But Hall is told that the Marines will shell the area soon, and Hall says that he will will go back and get the Captain, but the Captain will not let him speak and shoots him down....but with a devastating aftermath.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagTwo-Fisted Tales #5 published October 1993
as Chicken! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEC Archives: Two-Fisted Tales #1 published February 2007
as Chicken! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #10 published August 2014
as [untitled] [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]page 5, panel 6
In Content Item: FlagThe Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #10 published August 2014
as Chicken! [Story on Interior Page(s)]Reprinted in black and white.
In Content Item: FlagThe Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #10 published August 2014
as [untitled] [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]page 4, panel 4
In Content Item: FlagThe Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #10 published August 2014
as [untitled] [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]page 4, panel 5
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Colors were previously attributed to Marie Severin (see Indexer Notes for “Enemy Contact!,” above).

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