Frontline Combat #5 Gaines File Copy Pedigree 4/10 (EC, 1952) CGC NM/MT 9.8 Off-white to white pages....

Auction amount: $2,280.00

Sold: Nov 24, 2024

Frontline Combat #5 Values

Publisher: EC, 1952

About Frontline Combat #5

Harvey Kurtzman cover and art. John Severin, Bill Elder, and Jack Davis art. Severin and Elder biographies.

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COVER DETAILS

Pencils: Harvey Kurtzman

Inks: Harvey Kurtzman

Colors: Marie Severin

Letters: Ben Oda

STORY DETAILS

(7 Stories)

Title: The EC Artists of the Issue - Severin & Elder

Pages: 1.000

Pencils: ? (photograph)

Inks: ? (photograph)

Letters: Typeset

Notes: Biographies of Severin and Elder, with photo.

Title: 442nd Combat Team

Characters: Japanese-American soldiers [Harry; Sergeant Hayashi; others un-named] (some die); The Nazis [un-named Medic officer; others un-named] (villains, all die)

Synopsis: A story about the experience of a combat unit composed of Japanese-Americans during the war. The enemy attempts to get them to come over to their side, but they attack and win, and when questioned, they give a thumbs up and say "The enemy forgot that we're Americans!"

Pages: 8.000

Script: Harvey Kurtzman

Pencils: Harvey Kurtzman (layouts); John Severin [as Severin] (signed)

Inks: Bill Elder [as Elder] (signed)

Letters: Ben Oda

Notes: Kurtzman layout credit added by Craig Delich 2013-8-1, per Michael Gilbert in Alter Ego #119 (August 2013). The 442nd Regimental Combat Team won a total of 3,915 awards, 10 unit citations and 3600 Purple Hearts while fighting in Europe in WW2.

Title: Stonewall Jackson!

Characters: unnamed Confederate soldier (narrator); General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson (death); General Robert E. Lee (cameo); Jesse (Confederate soldier)

Synopsis: The Confederate soldier who accidentally shot General Stonewall Jackson during nighttime battle conditions relates the story of Jackson and the brigade he was a part of, and the conditions that led to the Gedneral's demise.

Pages: 7.000

Script: Harvey Kurtzman

Pencils: Jack Davis (signed)

Inks: Jack Davis (signed)

Letters: Ben Oda

Notes: Much of the story is told in flashback.

Title: War Machines!

Characters: U.S. Army infantrymen; North Korean soldiers (villains, all die)

Synopsis: The story describes the efforts of American planes and tanks to dig Koreans out of their cave hill fortifications. The Koreans survive the efforts of the war machines, but they are killed when the infantrymen are sent in to finish the job.

Pages: 6.000

Script: Harvey Kurtzman

Pencils: John Severin [as J. Severin] (signed)

Inks: John Severin [as J. Severin] (signed)

Letters: Ben Oda

Title: Big 'If'!

Characters: Paul Maynard (death); Max (flashback)

Synopsis: A soldier who is dying by the roadside after taking a piece of shrapnel in the chest thinks about how his life might have gone differently if he was only standing a little to the left when the explosive had gone off.

Pages: 7.000

Script: Harvey Kurtzman

Pencils: Harvey Kurtzman

Inks: Harvey Kurtzman

Letters: Ben Oda

Notes: Some of the story is told in flashback.

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CGC Census Report*

Grade	NG	PG	CVR	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.8	2.0	2.5	3.0	3.5	4.0	4.5	5.0	5.5	6.0	6.5	7.0	7.5	8.0	8.5	9.0	9.2	9.4	9.6	9.8	9.9	10.0	Total
Universal	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	5	2	7	3	4	1	4	1	2	3	2	2	7	0	0	49
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Signature Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CGCxJSA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Restored	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	5	2	7	3	4	1	4	1	2	3	2	2	7	0	0	49

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