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Issue: Two-Fisted Tales #23
Publication Date: September 1951
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Issues: #23 of 24 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagEC
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Fables Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/29/1951
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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Original Artwork
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): Harvey Kurtzman (see notes)
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagTwo-Fisted Tales #23 published October 1951
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagTwo-Fisted Tales #6 published January 1994
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)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letterer credits 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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Death Stand!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ? (see notes)
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Joe Hill (American soldier); Joe's soldier buddies [Sullivan (death); Chintala (death); Wishart (death); Cox (death); Ross (death); Miller (death), one unnamed boy (death)]; rescued pilot (death); Communists (villains, all die)
Synopsis: Joe and his buddies spot a U.S. fighter jet hit and heading to crash, but the pilot bails out and they head for that spot in two jeeps to rescue him. However, an enemy tank comes on the scene and blasts one jeep to pieces. The other take the rescued pilot in the remaining jeep and Joe remains behind with a bag of grenades to face the enemy.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagTwo-Fisted Tales #6 published January 1994
as Death Stand! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEC Archives: Two-Fisted Tales #1 published February 2007
as Death Stand! [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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Old Soldiers Never Die!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ? (see notes)
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Pappy Davidson; Caruso; unnamed American replacement soldiers (many die); the Germans (villains)
Synopsis: U.S. replacement soldiers have a lot to learn on the battlefield and old Pappy Davidson is trying to teach them. But they make major errors which cost them their lives, but one, Caruso, learns the lessons. However, when the war is finally declared to be over, he searched out Pappy to give him the news and discovers that the veteran soldier has died in the last battle.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagEC Portfolio #2 published January 1972
as Old Soldiers Never Die! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagTwo-Fisted Tales #6 published January 1994
as Old Soldiers Never Die! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEC Archives: Two-Fisted Tales #1 published February 2007
as Old Soldiers Never Die! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Story occurs in the time period of August through November of 1918.

Colors were previously attributed to Marie Severin (see Indexer Notes for “Death Stand!,” above).
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The Ditch

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: war
Character(s): Lieutenant Ryan (death); tank crew [PFC Glazer (driver); others unnamed] (all but one die); North Koreans (villains)
Synopsis: The M-4 tank, its commander and crew were heading out to aid the First Cavalry in routing the North Korean soldiers when they were attacked and the tank ended up in a ditch. Glazer and another ran for cover, and later heard shots from their original position and surmised all the rest were dead. They were soon captured and marched off when an American group of soldiers closed in. The enemy decided to kill their two prisoners, but one did survive: for a most unusual reason.
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In Issue: FlagTwo-Fisted Tales #6 published January 1994
In Content Item: FlagEC Archives: Two-Fisted Tales #1 published February 2007
as The Ditch [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Page revision and art credits by Craig Delich.

Colors were previously attributed to Marie Severin (see Indexer Notes for “Death Stand!,” above).
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (masthead illustration)
Inker(s): ? (masthead illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Combat Correspondence
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from Company A Gulf Coast Military Academy, Gulfport, MS; Gene Burnett, USS Thomas F. Nickel; Pfc. W.L. Taylor, 10th Air Rescue Sqdn., AK; Pvt. T.G. Payne, Jr. Camp Gordon, GA; A.K. Altos, Jersey City, NJ; Jimmy Kish, New York City, NY; Duke Thames, Beaumont, TX; Gerald Knokal, Yakima WA; Sonny Somerville, Torrance, CA; Russ Smith, Santa Monica, CA; Alfred Pollack; Grady Chastain, Brownwood, TX; and Alvin Poffenberg, Clinton IA.
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Kill!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): Harvey Kurtzman ? (see notes)
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Abner (soldier, death); Joe (soldier); North Korean soldiers [Li (death); others unnamed] (villains)
Synopsis: Two opposing soldiers, who truly hate the other side, each prepare in their own ways to meet their foe......the result is not what either expected.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #8 [1988] published January 1988
as Slå ihjel! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagTwo-Fisted Tales #6 published January 1994
as Kill! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEC Archives: Two-Fisted Tales #1 published February 2007
as Kill! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: 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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Dog Fight!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ? (see notes)
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, war
Character(s): USMC Captain Jacob Strange (pilot); Sergeant J. F. Friday; Bates (pilot); Johnson (pilot); The Japanese (villains, some die)
Synopsis: Fighter pilot Strange, despondent over the perceived loss of his girl, Katherine, really doesn't care whether or not he dies when fighting against the enemy. When the enemy approaches, Strange is told that a whole sack full of mail for him has come in, and he tells Friday to hold them until he comes back. Unsettled weather and fog settles in over the airfield, and the field radio crackles with Jake's plea to give him landing instructions since he can't see the base......but his receiver is out and he heads on out to sea, never seeing the sack full of letters from Katherine.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagTwo-Fisted Tales #6 published January 1994
as Dog Fight! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEC Archives: Two-Fisted Tales #1 published February 2007
as Dog Fight! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #10 published August 2014
as Dog Fight! [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 7, right hand portion of panel 7
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Colors were previously attributed to Marie Severin (see Indexer Notes for “Death Stand!,” above).

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