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Issue: Two-Fisted Tales #27
Publication Date: May 1952
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Issues: #27 of 24 Issues
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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
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Content Items: 8 (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
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: war
First Line: Keep going! It's a North Korean road block!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagTwo-Fisted Tales #10 published January 1995
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagEC Archives: Two-Fisted Tales #2 published August 2007
as none [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)]
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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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Wallace Wood

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: biography
Feature(s): The EC "Artist of the Issue"
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagEC Archives: Two-Fisted Tales #2 published August 2007
as Wallace Wood [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: inside front cover
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Luck!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): American lieutenant; American sergeant; American colonel; other American soldiers (many die); North Korean soldiers (villains, many die)
First Line: We were at an army hospital the other day, talking to some soldiers back from Korea!
Synopsis: The American lieutenant was lucky -- very lucky -- standing in the open and just asking for the North Korean snipers to shoot him down. Again and again they missed, and his men succeed in picking off the enemy soldiers, until a supposedly dead North Korean finishes him off.
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In Content Item: FlagTwo-Fisted Tales #10 published January 1995
as Luck! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEC Archives: Two-Fisted Tales #2 published August 2007
as Luck! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #10 published August 2014
as Luck! [Story on Interior Page(s)]Reprinted in black and white.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Custer's Last Stand

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: war, western
Character(s): Brevet General George Armstrong Custer; 7th Cavalry (all die); Lt. Calhoun (death); Calhoun's platoon (all die); Captain Keogh (death); Sioux Indians (villains, many die)
First Line: The following story was pieced together from evidence...
Synopsis: The story of Custer's ill-fated battle at the Little Big Horn against the Sioux Indians is recounted, all from the perspective of one of the members of the 7th Cavalry.
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In Content Item: FlagTwo-Fisted Tales #10 published January 1995
as Custer's Last Stand [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEC Archives: Two-Fisted Tales #2 published August 2007
as Custer's Last Stand [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Escape Plot

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagEC Archives: Two-Fisted Tales #2 published August 2007
as Escape Plot [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Combat Correspondence
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters from Robert E. Lee, Jr., Cpl. John W. Janes, Steve Smith, Alan Wheelock, Tomas Azarian, T/Sgt. D. C. Milward, Tim Sarautis, Pvt. Al Scheinerman, Tommy Tomiyama, Wesley Kornbluth, Norman Helwig, Ronald Bork, An E. C. Fan, John Cary, Bob Jackson.
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D-Day!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): American sergeant; American corporal
First Line: You are looking at Pointe du Hoe!
Synopsis: American Rangers are on their way to Pointe Du Hoe by landing craft, expecting the Germans not to believe that the Americans would scale the sheer cliffs of Pointe Du Hoe. G-2 didn't expect all that would go wrong with the operation, but, fortunately, the sergeant in command realized that one always has to allow for the unforeseeable, and the operation succeeded.
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In Content Item: FlagTwo-Fisted Tales #10 published January 1995
as D-Day! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEC Archives: Two-Fisted Tales #2 published August 2007
as D-Day! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #10 published August 2014
as D-Day! [Story on Interior Page(s)]Reprinted in black and white.
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Jeep!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Fisher (death); unnamed Sergeant; unnamed Captain; North Koreans (villains, some die)
First Line: The time was June, 1951!
Synopsis: Fisher has just been released from the Reassignment Depot to a combat unit and is given the keys to a brand new Willys Jeep, whom he names Katherine. He develops a strange relationship with that Jeep that, in the long run, is hard to explain.
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In Content Item: FlagTwo-Fisted Tales #10 published January 1995
as Jeep! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEC Archives: Two-Fisted Tales #2 published August 2007
as Jeep! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: This story bears a striking resemblance to Kurtman's earlier story in Weird Science #7 (May-June, 1951), titled "...Gregory Had a Model T".

Story takes place in June, 1951.

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