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Battle Stories

    (Fawcett, 1952-1953)
™ and ©1952 Fawcett Publications, Inc.

Battle Stories was a K-ration quality war series set in Korea, published in the early 1950s by Fawcett, who was clearly running out of creative steam by that point. Stories like “You’ll Never Be Twenty,” “Platoon Forward” and “Land-Lubber” offer war combat action in all its violence and gritty detail, with stock characters falling on grenades to save the rest of the squadron, grizzled veterans warning the fresh-faced recruits about the dangers ahead, and courageous soldiers overmatched by scores of enemy troops finding a way back home against all odds. The ugly stories are matched with ugly, claustrophobic artwork and a generally malevolent editorial tone.
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  • 1
    #1
    Jan 1952
    Cover: $0.10
    No copies available
  • 2
    #2
    Mar 1952
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  • 3
    #3
    May 1952
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  • 4
    #4
    Jul 1952
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  • 5
    #5
    Sep 1952
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    W: John Martin  ·  A: Clem Weisbecker, Carl Pfeufer
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  • 6
    #6
    Nov 1952
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  • 7
    #7
    Jan 1953
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    W: John Martin
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  • 8
    #8
    Mar 1953
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  • 9
    #9
    May 1953
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  • 10
    #10
    Jul 1953
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    W: John Martin
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  • 11
    #11
    Sep 1953
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    Final Issue
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