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Issue: Two-Fisted Tales #24
Publication Date: November 1951
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Issues: #24 of 24 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagEC
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Fables Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 9 (5 stories, 1 cover)
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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
First Line: Wake up! Wake up, men! We've been surroun...uk!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagTwo-Fisted Tales #7 published April 1994
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagEC Archives: Two-Fisted Tales #2 published August 2007
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: 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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Hill 203!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ? (see notes)
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): U.N. soldiers [Macswain; Duke; Yodanza; George] (all die); North Korean soldiers (villains, all die)
First Line: Dawn in Korea!
Synopsis: It is March of 1951 and United Nations forces are fighting a limited offensive to seek out and destroy the enemy. They take up residence on a hill and set up an air-cooled 50-caliber machine gun to try and stop advancing enemy soldiers. One by one, as the enemy fall, so do the soldiers manning the gun on Hill 203, until all are dead. But they still held the hill.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagTwo-Fisted Tales #7 published April 1994
as Hill 203! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEC Archives: Two-Fisted Tales #2 published August 2007
as Hill 203! [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.
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Bug Out!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ? (see notes)
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Valentine (U.S. soldier); Charlotte (a nurse); U.S. soldiers (many die); North Korean soldiers (villains, many die)
First Line: It all began in the summer of last year!
Synopsis: A U.S. patrol is under heavy attack by the enemy and is wiped out except for one man who manages to live after the order to bug out. Slowly but surely, this man, Valentine, begins to mentally break down after all he has been through, only to awake one day in a hospital after being brought in from a bombed out Korean village. From then on, all he can do is continually relive his past military actions.
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In Content Item: FlagTwo-Fisted Tales #7 published April 1994
as Bug Out! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEC Archives: Two-Fisted Tales #2 published August 2007
as Bug Out!! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Colors were previously attributed to Marie Severin (see Indexer Notes for “Hill 203!,” above).
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SuspenStory Fans!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Left hand side of page.
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Boomerang!

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: war
First Line: The lone American submarine had run into the unwary Japanese convoy in enemy waters.
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In Content Item: FlagTwo-Fisted Tales #7 published April 1994
as Boomerang! [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEC Archives: Two-Fisted Tales #2 published August 2007
as Boomerang! [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Order form for Stories From the Bible.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Right hand side of page.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Combat Correspondence
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters from Pfc. Richard Lupoff (future author), Roger Winters, Gerry McLaughlin, John P. Browne, Ernest Bauer, A Friend, Tod McRees, Richard D. W. Schultz.
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Rubble!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): Harvey Kurtzman ? (see notes)
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Mr. Chun (death); Mrs. Chun (death); North Korean soldiers (villains); Chinese soldiers (villains)
First Line: Somewhere in Korea, a self-propelled long-tom squats in the rubble...
Synopsis: A tale from the Korean War is told through "the eyes" of the battlefield rubble of the Chun family home.
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In Content Item: FlagEC Portfolio #6 published January 1977
as Rubble! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagTwo-Fisted Tales #7 published April 1994
as Rubble! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEC Archives: Two-Fisted Tales #2 published August 2007
as Rubble! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Story told mostly in flashback.

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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Weak Link!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ? (see notes)
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Lieutenant Stonzek (death); un-named Sergeant (death); Jonesy (death); Swenson [aka Swen] (death); Pringle (death); The Nazis (villains, some die)
First Line: A chain is as strong as its weakest link!
Synopsis: Told by HQ that the Jerries are sending Tiger tanks down a particular road, American forces decide to set up an ambush. Two men note that logs have been laid into the water to serve as a means of tanks crossing the river and realize they have been suckered into a trap, but it's too late for all of the American forces.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagTwo-Fisted Tales #7 published April 1994
as Weak Link! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEC Archives: Two-Fisted Tales #2 published August 2007
as Weak Link! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #10 published August 2014
as Weak Link! [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 “Hill 203!,” above).

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