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Combat Casey 21
Atlas Tales
Title Profile
Curated Atlas tales, timelines, and cover art notes.
Issue Information
- Cover Date
- April 1955
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Indicia Publisher
- Sports Action, Inc.
- Starring
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Combat Casey starring
- Cover Credits
-
Russ Heath pencils and inks signed
- Contributions
-
Nick Caputo: Cover Creator Credit
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Cover Creator Credit
Issue Overview
Combat Casey #21 was published by Sports Action, Inc. in April 1955. It is part of the Combat Casey series, which ran from January 1953 to July 1957.
Cover credits include Russ Heath. This issue features Combat Casey.
Atlas Tales indexes 5 stories for this issue, including "Hong Ssu' - Red Death!." Indexed story credits include Robert Q. Sale.
Stories
Hong Ssu' - Red Death!
Combat Casey
starring
Credits
Robert Q. Sale pencils signed
Unknown inks (I CAN'T TELL if Sale inked ANY of these stories despite the fact that he signed all of them. - JVJ)
Contributors:
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Tom Lammers: Story Information
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Tom Lammers: Story Information
Notes: Note on splash reads, "A Combat Casey salute to ... the 2nd Infantry Division".
The Old Hickory Division!
Credits
Robert Q. Sale pencils signed
Unknown inks
Contributors:
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Tom Lammers: Story Information
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Tom Lammers: Story Information
Notes: Note on splash reads, "A Combat Casey salute to 'Old Hickory Division' U.S. 30th Division". Highly fictionalized account of the Battle of St. Quentin Canal (Sep-Oct 1918). Factual error: depicts involvement of French troops, while only American, British, and Australian units were present.
Feature: True Action-Packed Battle Stories of World War I...Told by Combat Casey
To Catch a Spy
Credits
Credits not yet documented
Contributors:
Tom Lammers: Story Information
Tom Lammers: Story Information
Hello, U.S.A.!
Penny Pennington
starring
Credits
Robert Q. Sale pencils signed
Unknown inks
Contributors:
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Tom Lammers: Story Information
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Tom Lammers: Story Information
Notes: Pennington returns from Korea via troopship.
Go Get the Enemy!
Combat Casey
starring
Credits
Robert Q. Sale pencils signed
Unknown inks
Contributors:
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Tom Lammers: Story Information
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Tom Lammers: Story Information
Notes: Notes on splash read, "A Combat Casey salute to ... the U.S. 9th Division" and "A Combat Casey salute to ... the U.S. 1st Division". Fictional story set against the events of the latter portion of the Tunisian Campaign (Mar-Apr 1943).
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