CATALOG RECORD

Tell It to the Marines #1

Toby · Series began 1952 · March 1952

Dates

pencils: Jack Sparlinginks: Jack Sparlingscript: Charles Verral

Operation Petticoat · 12 pages
Spike and Bat, two brawny, lusty, best-buddy Marines on the Korean front, are sent behind enemy lines to retrieve valuable information from an elderly, wounded Korean acting as an agent for the United States. Before dying, the agent tells the boys the information is sewn into the dress hem of his lovely granddaughter, Lotus Blossom. Spike and Bat head back to camp with Lotus Blossom in tow and have several close calls with Korean soldiers before recrossing enemy lines. The story is punctuated with the two Marines playing pranks on one another and lusting after "dames".
Arabian Nightmare · 14 pages
A big mistake is made in Washington and the boys are sent to the Middle East to secure oil concessions for the western powers. Boris, a Russian emissary, is trying to do the same for his country. The Shah of Ariq, a boxing fan, decides the issue will be settled via a boxing match between Boris and Spike, a renowned Corps heavyweight champion celebrated for a punch of his own devising called the Double Reverse Pretzel Bolo. The story features scantily clad harem girls and a transvestite scene for Spike and Bat.
Blue Plate Blossom · 4 pages
Lover O'Leary is the "pre-eminent gal-hound" of the United States Marine Corps and agrees to take two nerdy, young "chowderheads" out on the town. The three pass their time ogling busty, leggy Good Girls in little clothing.

Tell It to the Marines (1952), Tell It to the Marines (1958), Pin-Up Pete (1952)