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Published April 1952 – June 1953
Issue Numbers 1 – 14
Total Issues 14
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How much is War Action #5 worth? Current market pricing for War Action #5 shows a latest raw sale of VG- 3.5 sold for $42 on July 1st, 2025, a latest graded sale of CGC CGC 6.5 sold for $1,080 on July 1st, 2025.
Raw price ranges include Very Good/Fine 5.0 $42 (1 comp).
Graded price ranges include CGC 3.5 $42 (1 comp); CGC 4.5 $37 (1 comp).
Pricing data last updated May 30th, 2026.

War Action #5 (1952) | Atlas Tales Cover Image
Issue Information
Cover Date
August 1952
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Indicia Publisher
Canam Publishers Sales Corp.
 
Cover Credits
Sol Brodsky pencils and inks guess
 
Contributions
Nick Caputo: Cover Creator Credit
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Cover Creator Credit

Issue Overview

War Action #5 was published by Canam Publishers Sales Corp. in August 1952. It is part of the War Action series, which ran from April 1952 to June 1953.

Cover credits include Sol Brodsky.

Atlas Tales indexes 6 stories for this issue, including "Grenade Burst." Indexed story credits include Hank Chapman and Bill LaCava, among others.

Stories

A-842 Grenade Burst Page 1
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Grenade Burst

Job # A-842
Pages 5
Type art
Credits
Hank Chapman script signed Bill LaCava pencils and inks attributed
Contributors:
Frank Wilmot: Creator Credit
Ger Apeldoorn: Creator Credit
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Frank Wilmot: Story Scan
Notes: In his career as a war comic writer, Chapman wrote two types of stories - agonizingly brutal examinations of the horrors of war (mostly earlier stories) and mindnumbingly gung-ho adventure tales (mostly later work). This one is halfway between, a gung-ho story about Combat Kelly, where the American hero 'realisticly' calls his red opponants monkeys and other nonflattering names. - Ger Apeldoorn.

Secret Weapon

Credits
Credits not yet documented
Job # A-527
Pages 2
Type text
A-548 Suicide Patrol! Page 1
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Suicide Patrol!

Job # A-548
Pages 6
Type art
Credits
Jerry Grandenetti pencils guess Art Peddy pencils guess Bernie Sachs inks guess
Contributors:
Frank Wilmot: Creator Credit
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Frank Wilmot: Story Scan
A-463 Sunday Bath! Page 1
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Sunday Bath!

Job # A-463
Pages 4
Type art
Credits
Credits not yet documented
Contributors:
Frank Wilmot: Story Scan
A-559 Spit And Polish! Page 1
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Spit And Polish!

Job # A-559
Pages 5
Type art
Credits
Mac L. Pakula pencils signed Mac L. Pakula inks guess
Contributors:
Frank Wilmot: Creator Credit
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Frank Wilmot: Story Scan
A-729 The Killer Page 1
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The Killer

Job # A-729
Pages 3
Type art
Credits
Hank Chapman script signed Robert Q. Sale pencils and inks signed
Contributors:
Frank Wilmot: Creator Credit
Ger Apeldoorn: Creator Credit
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Frank Wilmot: Story Scan
Notes: One of Chapman's brutal examinations of war. In his best stories, Chapman used innovative comic book techniques, such as using real headlines of clever essaylike examinations of a subject. Here,the whol story is told from the point of view of an enemy sniper gun. Every panel is circular and diveded in four pieces by the crosshaires of the gun. The panels are placed on a black blackground. The sniper kills three soldiers, before he is found out and shot himself - a hole appearing in the 'glass' of his visor. - Ger Apeldoorn.

Market Pricing

Last Updated 2026-05-30 09:20:50
Last Raw Sale VG- 3.5 sold for $42 on July 1st, 2025
Last Graded Sale CGC CGC 6.5 sold for $1,080 on July 1st, 2025
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Raw Price Ranges

Very Good/Fine 5.0 $42 (1 comp)

Graded Price Ranges

CGC 3.5 $42 (1 comp)
CGC 4.5 $37 (1 comp)
CGC 6.5 $1,080 (1 comp)
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$42
July 1st, 2025
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