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Navy Combat #1

Marvel · Series began 1955 · June 1955

Dates

Cover date
June 1955
Pages
36

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Joe Maneely, Don Heck, Mort Lawrence, Russ Heath, Joe Sinnottinks: Joe Maneely, Don Heck, Mort Lawrence, Russ Heath, Joe Sinnottcolors: Stan Goldberg

Stories

  • Attack by Sea! · 6 pages

    U.S. Navy submarine Barracuda, with Torpedo Taylor running the torpedo room, takes out a pair of Japanese tankers but must then deal with two very dangerous Japanese destroyers currently hidden behind the tankers.

  • Salvo! · 6 pages

    Stationed aboard a U.S. battleship, seaman Mickey Wayne complains the ship never sees any action until it is suddenly ordered to bombard the Japanese island stronghold Iwo Jima to soften it up for the troops to land.

  • Submarine Strike · 2 pages
  • Fighting Lady! · 5 pages

    Story of the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Yorktown (CV-5), sunk in the Battle of Midway in 1942, and her replacement (CV-10).

  • Hit and Run · 6 pages

    During World War II somewhere off the coast of New Guinea, the American PT boat "Smokey Pete" is tasked with bringing down the Japanese ship Kakakuma.

Characters

Torpedo Taylor

Reprinted in

Navy Combat (1950), Journey into Danger (1965)

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