Battle Action, #6

Published: November 1952

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Battle Action #6

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Issue Contents:
Communist Hordes!
1 page war
Characters
  • Battle Brady
Story Notes

Colors: Goldberg credited by himself.

Story 1 7 pages war

"Battle Brady and Sgt. Socko Swenski are in red territory on snatch patrol..."

Storyline

Battle Brady and Sgt. Swenski are sent to grab a prisoner for interrogation. The Captain wants to know how the Chinese are managing their mysterious lightning attacks. They stumble upon a secret cave hold-out and a band of Chinese cavalry raiders.

Characters
  • Battle Brady
  • Sgt. Socko Swenski
Story Notes

Page count corrected by Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker.

The Frogmen
Story 2 2 pages War
Baby Face!
Story 3 5 pages war
Storyline

A company bogged down in heavy fighting requests reinforcements and gets a young, fresh-faced boy who they christen 'Baby Face'. They coddle him as best they can, but when things get dicey, it's the young man who shows exceptional courage.

Credits
Story Notes

Previous suggestion of George Tuska pencils is suspect. Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. thinks the drawing is too weak to be Tuska, and that the slick inks are transforming Morisi's pencils into a more substantial-looking job.

Captain Raymond Harvey Medal of Honor
Story 4 0 pages
Story Notes

Ad for U.S. Defense Bonds.

Story 5 6 pages war

"Battle Brady peels off his sweat-stained shirt..."

Storyline

Brady and Swenski have been captured by the Reds and forced to spar for their captors' entertainment. They free themselves and turn the table on their captors, discovering that the Reds are the ones Brady and Swenski had been hunting, a group who had been deploying land mines.

Characters
  • Battle Brady
  • Sgt. Socko Swenski
Story Notes

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The Big Wheel!
Story 6 5 pages war
Storyline

All Private Spencer wants is to see the General, the Big Shot, before the war is over so he can tell his kids. When he is inadvertently left behind in enemy territory, he must fight his way out. He gains a prisoner, and unknowingly gets his wish when he captures a high-ranking Chinese commander.

Characters
  • P.F.C. Gil Spencer
Credits
Story Notes

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