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Series
Battleground 9
Atlas Tales
Title Profile
Curated Atlas tales, timelines, and cover art notes.
Issue Overview
Battleground #9 was published in January 1956. It is part of the Battleground series, which ran from September 1954 to September 1957.
Cover credits include Joe Maneely.
Atlas Tales indexes 6 stories for this issue, including "Surprise Attack!." Indexed story credits include Don Heck and Werner Roth, among others.
Looking for the full run? Browse the Battleground checklist to see every indexed issue in one place.
Issue Information
- Cover Date
- January 1956
- Cover Titles
- Surprise Attack!
- Cover Credits
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Joe Maneely pencils attributed
Stories
Surprise Attack!
Notes: With his fists and his mules, a GI wins the day in Korea.
Operation Secret
Credits
Credits not yet documented
Bridge Crossing
Credits
Werner Roth pencils attributed
Contributors:
John Benson: Creator Credit
Frank Wilmot: Creator Credit
John Benson: Creator Credit
Frank Wilmot: Creator Credit
Notes: In WW I in Asia Minor, a drummer boy improbably blows up a bridge on his own.
Plasma!
Notes: A little public service-style dramatization and lecture, shaming readers into giving blood to "split the shackles of communist slavery."
Feature: The Fight for Freedom
Garibaldi
Credits
Bernie Krigstein pencils signed
Contributors:
John Benson: Creator Credit
John Benson: Story Scan
John Benson: Creator Credit
John Benson: Story Scan
Notes: A cowardly cook in the great Italian patriot's army proves his mettle when the enemy destroys his camp kitchen. This is an above average job for Krigstein at this time. - John Benson.
The Way Out!
Notes: In WW II, a captured flyer smuggles aerial reconnaissance photos back to the Allies.