Frontline Combat
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Frontline Combat was a bi-monthly war comic edited by Harvey Kurtzman for the Bill Gaines' line of EC Comics. The first issue was cover-dated July/August, 1951. Over a three-year span, the title ran for 15 issues, ending with the January, 1954 issue due to a drop in sales after the end of the Korean War.
It was a companion comic to Kurtzman's Two-Fisted Tales, and stories Kurtzman wrote for both books often displayed an anti-war attitude. Artists who contributed were Kurtzman, John Severin, Jack Davis, Wally Wood, Alex Toth, George Evans, Ric Estrada, Joe Kubert, Will Elder and Russ Heath.
[edit] Issue Guide
| # | Date | Cover Artist | Story | Story Artist |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | July/Aug 1951 | Harvey Kurtzman | Marines Retreat! | John Severin & Bill Elder |
| Enemy Assault! | Jack Davis | |||
| O.P.! | Russ Heath | |||
| Unterseeboot 113 | Harvey Kurtzman | |||
| 2 | Sept/Oct 1951 | Harvey Kurtzman | Bouncing Bertha | Jack Davis |
| Zero Hour! | John Severin & Bill Elder | |||
| Gettysburg! | Wally Wood | |||
| Contact! | Harvey Kurtzman | |||
| 3 | Nov/Dec 1951 | Harvey Kurtzman | Tin Can! | Jack Davis |
| Desert Fox! | Wally Wood | |||
| Prisoner of War! | Harvey Kurtzman | |||
| How They Die! | John Severin & Bill Elder | |||
| 4 | Jan/Feb 1952 | Harvey Kurtzman | Combat Medic! | Jack Davis |
| Light Brigade! | Wally Wood | |||
| Air Burst! | Harvey Kurtzman | |||
| Bomb Run! | John Severin & Bill Elder | |||
| 5 | March/April 1952 | Harvey Kurtzman | 442nd Combat Team | John Severin & Bill Elder |
| Stonewall Jackson! | Jack Davis | |||
| War Machines! | John Severin | |||
| Big 'If'! | Harvey Kurtzman | |||
| 6 | May/June 1952 | Harvey Kurtzman | A Platoon! | John Severin & Bill Elder |
| War of 1812! | Wally Wood | |||
| Ace! | John Severin | |||
| Bellyrobber! | Jack Davis | |||
| 7 | July/Aug 1952 | Harvey Kurtzman | Iwo Jima! | Wally Wood |
| The Landing! | Alex Toth | |||
| The Caves! | John Severin | |||
| Mopping Up! | Jack Davis | |||
| 8 | Sept/Oct 1952 | Harvey Kurtzman | Thunderjet! | Alex Toth |
| Caesar! | Wally Wood | |||
| Chickamauga! | Jack Davis | |||
| Night Patrol! | John Severin & Bill Elder | |||
| 9 | Nov/Dec 1952 | Harvey Kurtzman | Abe Lincoln! | Jack Davis |
| First Shot! | John Severin & Bill Elder | |||
| Choose Sides! | Wally Wood | |||
| Bull Run! | John Severin | |||
| 10 | Jan/Feb 1953 | John Severin & Bill Elder | A Baby! | Wally Wood |
| Geronimo! | John Severin & Bill Elder | |||
| Napoleon! | George Evans | |||
| Anzio! | Jack Davis | |||
| 11 | March/April 1953 | Jack Davis | Bird-Dogs! | John Severin & Bill Elder |
| Rough Riders! | Rick Estrada | |||
| Lufbery! | George Evans | |||
| Sailor! | Jack Davis | |||
| 12 | May/June 1953 | Jack Davis | F-94! | George Evans |
| F-86 Sabre Jet! | Alex Toth | |||
| B-26 Invader! | Jack Davis | |||
| H-5 | Wally Wood | |||
| 13 | July/Aug 1953 | Wally Wood | Pantherjet! | Jack Davis |
| War Dance! | John Severin | |||
| Wolf! | Wally Wood | |||
| Frank Luke! | George Evans | |||
| 14 | Oct 1953 | Wally Wood | Albatross! | Wally Wood |
| Bonhomme Richard! | Joe Kubert | |||
| Immelman! | George Evans | |||
| Whupped! | Jack Davis | |||
| 15 | Jan 1954 | Wally Wood | Perimeter! | Wally Wood |
| McCudden! | George Evans | |||
| Vengeful Sioux! | Jack Davis | |||
| Belts N' Celts! | John Severin |
