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Marines in Battle 9
Atlas Tales
Title Profile
Curated Atlas tales, timelines, and cover art notes.
Issue Information
- Cover Date
- December 1955
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Indicia Publisher
- Animirth Comics, inc.
- Cover Titles
- Gyrene Raid!
- Starring
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"Iron Mike" McGraw starring
- Cover Credits
-
Carl Burgos pencils and inks attributed
- Contributions
-
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Cover Creator Credit
Issue Overview
Marines in Battle #9 was published by Animirth Comics, inc. in December 1955. It is part of the Marines in Battle series, which ran from August 1954 to September 1958.
Cover credits include Carl Burgos. This issue features "Iron Mike" McGraw.
Atlas Tales indexes 5 stories for this issue, including "Gyrene Raid!." Indexed story credits include Bob Forgione and Jack Abel, among others.
Stories
Gyrene Raid!
"Iron Mike" McGraw
starring
Credits
Bob Forgione pencils unsigned
Jack Abel inks attributed
Contributors:
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Tom Lammers: Story Information
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Tom Lammers: Story Information
The Flying Nightmares!
Credits
Gene Colan pencils and inks unsigned
Contributors:
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Tom Lammers: Story Information
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Tom Lammers: Story Information
Notes: Historical account of United States Marine Corps Attack Squadron 513 (VMF-513), the "Flying Nightmares," and their aircraft, the all-weather Douglas F3D-2 Skyknight. Includes the first radar-mediated kill of a jet aircraft at night, when pilot Maj. William T. Stratton, Jr., and radar operator M/Sgt. Hans C. Hoglind shot down a North Korean Yakovlev Yak-15 on 3 Nov 1952.
The Victory
Credits
Credits not yet documented
The Rocket's Red Glare!
Credits
Joe Sinnott pencils and inks signed
Contributors:
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Tom Lammers: Story Information
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Tom Lammers: Story Information
Notes: Semi-historical account of the 10 companies of Sea Fencibles established by the Act of 26 Jul 1813 to defend
northeastern coastal cities from English forces. Includes the burning of Washington on 24 Aug 1814, the Battle of Baltimore (Sep 1814), and the writing of The Star-Spangled Banner by Francis Scott Key (1779-1843). British officers Gen. Robert Ross (1766-1814), Adm. Sir George Cockburn (1772-1853), and Adm. Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane (1758-1832) appear.
Feature: The History of the U.S. Marine Corps
Fighting with Fire!
Credits
Werner Roth pencils and inks unsigned
Contributors:
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Tom Lammers: Story Information
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Tom Lammers: Story Information
Notes: Fictional story set against the Battle of Iwo Jima (Feb-Mar 1945).
Looking for the full run? Browse the Marines in Battle checklist to see every indexed issue in one place.