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Issue: Two-Fisted Tales #28
Publication Date: July 1952
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Issues: #28 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: 10 (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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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): Harvey Kurtzman (see notes)
Subject Matter
Genres: war
First Line: ...No! The tank carrying the wounded! ...It hit a mine!
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In Content Item: FlagTwo-Fisted Tales #28 published August 1952
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagTwo-Fisted Tales #11 published April 1995
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)]
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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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Harvey Kurtzman

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"
First Line: This genial, modest, tireless, hard-working, rapidly-risen star of the comic industry...
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Pages: 1
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Checkers!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): SFC Straus (tank commander); E-7 Kilpatrick (tank commander); Rudolph; un-named company officer; patrol lieutenant; North Koreans (villains, some die)
First Line: Korea, August 1951!
Synopsis: Finishing a game of checkers, Straus and Kilpatrick nearly miss a required briefing of all tank commanders by the C.O., who informs them that a patrol sent down the Kumhwa Road had been ambushed and badly hit, and they needed to be rescued. When the going gets tough, Straus and Kilpatrick maneuver their tanks as if they were playing checkers and win the battle, saving the platoon.
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In Content Item: FlagTwo-Fisted Tales #11 published April 1995
as Checkers! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEC Archives: Two-Fisted Tales #2 published August 2007
as Checkers! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #10 published August 2014
as Checkers! [Story on Interior Page(s)]Reprinted in black and white.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Pell's Point!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Colonial soldiers [Jamie Kemp (death); rest unnamed] (many die); General Kemp; General William Howe (villains); British soldiers (villains, (many die); Hessian soldiers (villains, many die)
First Line: The American revolution!
Synopsis: In October of 1776, the British and Hessian soldiers sailed past Washington and landed at Pell's Point, hoping to trap the American Army commanded by George Washington. After several battles, both sides retreated, with no victory for other side, just death.
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In Content Item: FlagTwo-Fisted Tales #11 published April 1995
as Pell's Point! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEC Archives: Two-Fisted Tales #2 published August 2007
as Pell's Point! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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E.C. Fans!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Synopsis: promotional ad for Weird Fantasy
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: left hand side of page
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Submerge!

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: war
First Line: We are the displacers of the seas, the SUB-MARINERS!
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In Content Item: FlagTwo-Fisted Tales #11 published April 1995
as Submerge! [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEC Archives: Two-Fisted Tales #2 published August 2007
as Submerge! [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: right hand side of page
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Combat Correspondence
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters from Gerry McLaughlin, Everson Jones, Ex-Sgt. Charles Radcliffe, Stevie Stephenson, Bobby Rodriguez, Bill Jones, M/Sgt. Canuto Balenzuelo, D. Pekich, Lynn Cotton, Robert Garrison, Paul Baker.
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Alamo!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Colonel Davy Crockett (death); Colonel Jim Bowie (death); General Santa Anna (villain); Private Morelos (villain)
First Line: 1836! Texas! What do you know of Texas?
Synopsis: The siege of the Alamo has begun, and it is 150 Americans versus 4000 Mexicans under the command of Santa Anna, who has said that there will be no quarter. Among the Mexicans is Private Morelos, who wants no part of a massacre, but who is selected to kill the last of five survivors.
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In Content Item: FlagTwo-Fisted Tales #11 published April 1995
as Alamo! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEC Archives: Two-Fisted Tales #2 published August 2007
as Alamo! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #10 published August 2014
as Alamo! [Story on Interior Page(s)]Reprinted in black and white.
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Saipan!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Machine Gun company [Leinoff; Bartoli; rest unnamed]; Japanese soldier (villain, death)
First Line: A vet of World War II told this story to us!
Synopsis: A machine gun company is under attack when suddenly a U.S. soldier comes running out of a cane field, announcing that the Japanese are coming at them right behind him on a banzai charge. However, no charge ever comes, but with Leinoff hit and wounded, that doesn't mean the threat is over.
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In Content Item: FlagTwo-Fisted Tales #11 published April 1995
as Saipan! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEC Archives: Two-Fisted Tales #2 published August 2007
as Saipan! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7

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