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Combat Kelly 24
Atlas Tales
Title Profile
Curated Atlas tales, timelines, and cover art notes.
Issue Information
- Cover Date
- September 1954
- Issue Notes
- This was after Chapman stopped signing stories, but the use of "ca-ripes," "doggies" and the reproduction of a newspaper clipping in one story, plus the general style, would indicate that he was probably still writing these stories. - John Benson.
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Indicia Publisher
- Sphere Publications, inc.
- Starring
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Combat Kelly starring
- Cover Credits
-
Carl Burgos pencils and inks signed
- Contributions
-
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Cover Creator Credit
Issue Overview
Combat Kelly #24 was published by Sphere Publications, inc. in September 1954. It is part of the Combat Kelly series, which ran from November 1951 to August 1957.
Cover credits include Carl Burgos. This issue features Combat Kelly.
Atlas Tales indexes 5 stories for this issue, including "The Dreadnoughts of the Air!." Indexed story credits include Dave Berg and Bill Savage.
Stories
Notes: This is a straight history lesson about the German use of zeppelins in WW I, told in Kelly's slangy voice.
Feature: True War Stories that Made History...Told by Combat Kelly
Untitled
Combat Kelly
starring
Contributors:
John Benson: Creator Credit
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
John Benson: Creator Credit
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Notes: Korean war (supposedly).
Booby Traps
Credits
Credits not yet documented
Buddies!
Credits
Bill Savage pencils and inks unsigned
Contributors:
John Benson: Creator Credit
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
John Benson: Creator Credit
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Notes: A soldier runs into a Korean femme fatale.
Feature: Cookie's Combat Course
Untitled
Credits
Dave Berg pencils signed
Combat Kelly
starring
Contributors:
John Benson: Creator Credit
John Benson: Creator Credit
Notes: WW II: fighting Nazis in the snow "crawling up the Italian boot in December of 1944."
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