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Battle 4

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Published March 1951 – June 1960
Issue Numbers 1 – 70
Total Issues 70
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How much is Battle #4 worth? Current market pricing for Battle #4 shows a latest raw sale of VG sold for $125 on 2025-02-?, a latest graded sale of CGC 7.5 sold for $552 on September 22nd, 2024.
Raw price ranges include Very Good 3.0-4.0 $125 (1 comp).
Graded price ranges include CGC 7.5 $552 (1 comp).
Pricing data last updated May 16th, 2026.

Battle #4 (1951) | Atlas Tales Cover Image
Issue Information
Cover Date
September 1951
Issue Notes
This book is from the first year of war comics at Timely-Marvel. Only the first three issues of Battle and War 1-5 had appeared thus far, while Man Comics and Men's Adventures had just published their first war issues (#9). This issue is a good one for Joe Maneely's fans -- he drew the cover and the first TWO stories! - Tom Lammers.
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
Indicia Publisher
Foto Parade, Inc.
 
Cover Titles
Meet Two-Fisted Buck Private O'Toole!
 
Cover Credits
Joe Maneely pencils signed

Issue Overview

Battle #4 was published by Foto Parade, Inc. in September 1951. It is part of Battle, a war series that began in 1951.

Cover credits include Joe Maneely.

Atlas Tales indexes 5 stories for this issue, including "Battleground of Hate!." Indexed story credits include Joe Maneely and Hank Chapman, among others.

Stories

Battleground of Hate!

Credits
Joe Maneely pencils signed
Job # 8490
Pages 6
Type art
Notes: Set in Korea in the winter of 1950. Major "Terrible Terry" Osborne is hated by his men for the way he treats Pvt. Haines ... until they learn the shocking truth about Haines! - Tom Lammers.

Untitled

Credits
Joe Maneely pencils signed
Buck Private O'Toole starring
Job # 8697
Pages 6
Type art
Notes: The "origin" of Buck Private O'Toole . Korean War G.I. Timothy O'Toole (along with his pals Dave Greenberg and Ham Johnson) apparently appeared in several issues of Battle before fading away; at the end of the story, we are promised "More of Buck Private O'Toole's Amazing Adventures in the next issue of Battle Comics". This character is played lighter, more for laughs, like Devil Dog Dugan five years later. Much of the action involves O'Toole chasing pretty war correspondent Jean Cooley of the Post-Telegram.

Corsair Squadron

Credits
Credits not yet documented
Job # 8466
Pages 2
Type text
Notes: The obligatory two-page text story is 8466 "Corsair Squadron," which for some reason illustrates the Army Air Corps' North American P-51B or C Mustang in the title head instead of the Navy's Chance-Vought F4U Corsair. - Tom Lammers.

Afraid to Fight

Credits
Hank Chapman script signed Allen Bellman pencils signed
Job # 8723
Pages 4
Type art
Notes: A Korean War Air Force story. It is narrated by a "Lt. Hart" who related it "when the war correspondent for Battle Magazine came to our base in Korea". The story is said to have taken place on "April 3, 1950" which really must have kicked up quite an international incident, as the north didn't invade the south until 25 June that year! The splash is signed "Allen Bellman" and "As told to Hank Chapman". I found myself wondering if Lt. Hart's first name (never given) was Ernie ... - Tom Lammers.

Suicide Patrol

Credits
Robert Q. Sale pencils signed
Job # 8433
Pages 7
Type art
Notes: By Robert Q. Sale. Had he not signed it, I'd never have recognized it. Much slicker than his later stylized work. The squad is something of a Howling Commandoes "prototype" -- 10 ethnically diverse G.I.'s (including one named Cohen) who fight their way through impossible odds. - Tom Lammers.

Market Pricing

Last Updated 2026-05-16 14:21:04
Last Raw Sale VG sold for $125 on 2025-02-?
Last Graded Sale CGC 7.5 sold for $552 on September 22nd, 2024
Reported Sources MyComicShop / eBay listing aggregator, Heritage Auctions

Raw Price Ranges

Very Good 3.0-4.0 $125 (1 comp)

Graded Price Ranges

CGC 7.5 $552 (1 comp)
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$125
2025-02-?
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7.5
$552
September 22nd, 2024
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