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Issue Information
- Cover Date
- January 1956
- Cover Titles
- Surprise Attack!
- Cover Credits
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Joe Maneely pencils attributed
Current market pricing for Battleground #9 shows a latest raw sale of sold for $26.
Raw price ranges include Very Good 3.0-4.0 $26 (1 comp).
Pricing data last updated June 24th, 2026.
Stories
Notes: With his fists and his mules, a GI wins the day in Korea.
Operation Secret
Credits
Credits not yet documented
Bridge Crossing
Credits
Werner Roth pencils attributed
Contributors:
John Benson: Creator Credit
Frank Wilmot: Creator Credit
John Benson: Creator Credit
Frank Wilmot: Creator Credit
Notes: In WW I in Asia Minor, a drummer boy improbably blows up a bridge on his own.
Notes: A little public service-style dramatization and lecture, shaming readers into giving blood to "split the shackles of communist slavery."
Feature: The Fight for Freedom
Garibaldi
Credits
Bernie Krigstein pencils signed
Contributors:
John Benson: Creator Credit
John Benson: Story Scan
John Benson: Creator Credit
John Benson: Story Scan
Notes: A cowardly cook in the great Italian patriot's army proves his mettle when the enemy destroys his camp kitchen. This is an above average job for Krigstein at this time. - John Benson.
Notes: In WW II, a captured flyer smuggles aerial reconnaissance photos back to the Allies.
Market Pricing
Last Updated
2026-06-24 07:35:09
Last Raw Sale
sold for $26
Reported Sources
MyComicShop (listing referencing an eBay sold item; condition stated as VG- 3.5)
Raw Price Ranges
Very Good 3.0-4.0
$26 (1 comp)
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Issue Overview
Battleground #9 was published in January 1956. It is part of Battleground, a war series that began in 1954.
Cover credits include Joe Maneely.
Atlas Tales indexes 6 stories for this issue, including "Surprise Attack!." Indexed story credits include Don Heck and Werner Roth, among others.