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Battle Action 19

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Published February 1952 – August 1957
Issue Numbers 1 – 30
Total Issues 30
Issue Information
Cover Date
October 1955
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
Indicia Publisher
Newsstand Publications, Inc.
 
Cover Titles
The Red Ambush!
 
Cover Credits
Joe Maneely pencils attributed

Issue Overview

Battle Action #19 was published by Newsstand Publications, Inc. in October 1955. It is part of Battle Action, a war series that began in 1952.

Cover credits include Joe Maneely.

Atlas Tales indexes 5 stories for this issue, including "The Red Ambush!." Indexed story credits include Gene Colan and Joe Sinnott, among others.

Stories

G-635 The Red Ambush!  Page 1
Notes: Korean War story.
For those who still insist on seeing Mort Drucker touches in Colan's later work, you can see some of it here on the faces in page three as well. It's just Colan's humoristic style coming through. - Ger A.
G-630 The Colonel's Last Mistake Page 1
Notes: WWII-African campaign story.
G-583 The Human Target! Page 1
Notes: American Civil War story.

Features Capt. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (1841-1935), who later was named to the Supreme Court.
G-554 Smashthrough!  Page 1
Notes: WWI story.

Looking for the full run? Browse the Battle Action checklist to see every indexed issue in one place.