Dates
- Cover date
- July-August 1952
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers
- Original editionSource ↗
Creators
Stories
- Harvey Kurtzman · The EC "Artist of the Issue" · 1 pages
- Checkers! · 8 pages
Finishing a game of checkers, Straus and Kilpatrick nearly miss a required briefing of all tank commanders by the C.O., who informs them that a patrol sent down the Kumhwa Road had been ambushed and badly hit, and they needed to be rescued. When the going gets tough, Straus and Kilpatrick maneuver their tanks as if they were playing checkers and win the battle, saving the platoon.
- Pell's Point! · 7 pages
In October of 1776, the British and Hessian soldiers sailed past Washington and landed at Pell's Point, hoping to trap the American Army commanded by George Washington. After several battles, both sides retreated, with no victory for other side, just death.
- Submerge! · 1 pages
- Alamo! · 6 pages
The siege of the Alamo has begun, and it is 150 Americans versus 4000 Mexicans under the command of Santa Anna, who has said that there will be no quarter. Among the Mexicans is Private Morelos, who wants no part of a massacre, but who is selected to kill the last of five survivors.
- Saipan! · 7 pages
A machine gun company is under attack when suddenly a U.S. soldier comes running out of a cane field, announcing that the Japanese are coming at them right behind him on a banzai charge. However, no charge ever comes, but with Leinoff hit and wounded, that doesn't mean the threat is over.
Reprinted in
Two-Fisted Tales (1950), Two-Fisted Tales (1980), Two-Fisted Tales (1994), EC Archives: Two-Fisted Tales (2007), The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library (2012)