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War Adventures 12
Atlas Tales
Title Profile
Curated Atlas tales, timelines, and cover art notes.
Issue Information
- Cover Date
- January 1953
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Indicia Publisher
- Hercules Publishing Corp.
- Cover Credits
-
Carl Burgos pencils unsigned
Sol Brodsky pencils attributed
Notes: I agree that Burgos has inked this, but I believe Brodsky is still pencilling. - JV
Carl Burgos inks unsigned
- Contributions
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Doc V.: Cover Creator Credit
John Benson: Cover Creator Credit
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Cover Creator Credit
Issue Overview
War Adventures #12 was published by Hercules Publishing Corp. in January 1953. It is part of the War Adventures series, which ran from January 1952 to February 1953.
Cover credits include Carl Burgos and Sol Brodsky.
Atlas Tales indexes 5 stories for this issue, including "The Vultures and the Shark." Indexed story credits include Mike Sekowsky and Christopher Rule, among others.
Stories
The Vultures and the Shark
Credits
Mike Sekowsky pencils attributed
Christopher Rule inks guess
Contributors:
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
John Benson: Story Information
Frank Wilmot: Story Scan
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
John Benson: Story Information
Frank Wilmot: Story Scan
Notes: This tells of a submarine that sinks an enemy ship but has "jammed elevators" and can't submerge and so has to fight it out with the MIGs that the sinking ship has sicced on them. They down one and succeed in pulling it in for the intelligence service. The book is an all-Korea book, and so the story takes place at that time, but, based on a check of the internet, it's doubtful that US submarines sunk any ships or engaged in action with enemy planes during the Korean war. - John Benson
War Cry
Credits
Credits not yet documented
One Move Means Death!
Credits
Carl Wessler script attributed
Hy Rosen pencils and inks unsigned
Contributors:
John Benson: Creator Credit
Robin Snyder: Creator Credit
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
John Benson: Story Information
Frank Wilmot: Story Scan
John Benson: Creator Credit
Robin Snyder: Creator Credit
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
John Benson: Story Information
Frank Wilmot: Story Scan
Notes: A GI hides out in the home of a Korean civilian and observes the brutal conduct of a North Korean general, finally striking back after all the peasants are killed.
The Dame
Credits
Gustav Schrotter pencils signed (Signed GS. )
Gustav Schrotter inks guess
Contributors:
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
John Benson: Story Information
Frank Wilmot: Story Scan
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
John Benson: Story Information
Frank Wilmot: Story Scan
Notes: A soldier goes through improbable heroics just to have a brief look at a nurse.
Spot!
Credits
Mac L. Pakula pencils and inks signed
Contributors:
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
John Benson: Story Information
Frank Wilmot: Story Scan
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
John Benson: Story Information
Frank Wilmot: Story Scan
Notes: A GI befriends a dog. Later he attacks a tank and drops a grenade into the turret, finding afterward that the dog had, improbably, drawn the fire that distracted the tank operators, at the cost of his life. The story has at least ten different swipes of the dog in "Hungnam" (Wood, Two-Fisted Tales 26, Mar.-Apr. 1952). - John Benson
Looking for the full run? Browse the War Adventures checklist to see every indexed issue in one place.