Submarine Attack #27 Values

Publisher: Charlton, 1961

About Submarine Attack #27

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COVER DETAILS

Characters: U.S. skindivers [Jardine; Tom Oldring]

Pencils: Sam Glanzman

Inks: Sam Glanzman

Letters: typeset

Notes: Cover art, clockwise from top left, taken from page 4 panel 4, page 7 panel 2 & page 4 panel 3 of "The China Sea Sinking" story.

STORY DETAILS

(5 Stories)

Title: The Derelict

Characters: Averill (reporter); Jim (Engineering Officer); Lieutenant John Welles (submarine captain); Rear Admiral Maxie Haines

Synopsis: Admiral Maxie Haines tells an inquisitive reporter the story of how the submarine, the Moonfish, became a derelict. In December of 1941, the Japanese had attacked the sub stationed in the Philippines, with the skipper Lieutenant John Welles having to give his life for it. However the sub later runs aground on an island where the Japanese then gain control of it. There they repair it and take the Admiral and Engineering Officer away with them in the sub. However, in an unfamiliar sub, the Japanese are tricked into flooding it, trapping themselves inside while the two prisoners manage to escape.

Pages: 8.000

Script: Joe Gill ?

Pencils: Bill Molno

Inks: Vince Alascia

Letters: Jon D'Agostino

Notes: Credits per Nick Caputo, October 2015.

Title: Depth Charge

Characters: Nazi submarine captain; U.S. submarine captain

Synopsis: In the Norwegian sea a U.S. submarine, the U.S.S. Skipmarl, narrowly manages to outmaneuver and sink two Nazi destroyers.

Pages: 3.000

Script: Joe Gill ?

Pencils: Charles Nicholas

Inks: Sal Trapani

Letters: typeset

Notes: Credits per Nick Caputo, October 2015.

Title: Surrender

Characters: Bill Jenkins; Frank Buttly; Jim Randells (Executive Officer); Sam Perkins; U.S. submarine Commanding Officer

Synopsis: The captain of the Tanger is ordered to go to the Ogoshi Sea in Japan to sink Japanese supply ships. One day he is saddened to learn that the Japanese have killed his mentor Bill Jenkins. He destroys many ships and, having finished his torpedoes, wants to return to base. Instead he is approached by Japanese battleships which surround the sub and wait for it emerge. He receives from the Japanese the message "Surrender!". Preparing for a final battle he surfaces. There a Japanese motorboat approaches telling him, that after the atom bomb was dropped, the Emperor had ordered them to surrender.

Pages: 1.900

Letters: typeset

Notes: No credits.

Title: The Enemy On Ice

Characters: Lieutenant Bill Sanderson (U.S. submarine captain)

Synopsis: In August 1943, the Holtzheidt, a German heavy cruiser, goes north to Greenland where only the submarine, the U.S.S. Garwhal, can hope to sink it. There the sub fires on the raider while staying far enough away from the turrets' firing range. One torpedo finds the mark. The captain then calls in the bombers to finish it off, which they do. They go verify and decide to leave before they're iced up.

Pages: 5.000

Script: Joe Gill ?

Pencils: Charles Nicholas [as Chasal]

Inks: Sal Trapani [as Chasal]

Letters: Jon D'Agostino

Title: The China Sea Sinking

Characters: Captain Henry Ballard (U.S.S. Skimmer captain); Captain John Prentiss (U.S. submarine captain); Kenneth C. Oldring (U.S. submariner, Tom's brother); U.S. skindivers [Jardine; Tom Oldring]

Synopsis: The U.S.S. Skimmer submarine, with officer Major Kinroe carrying vital documents, defends itself valiantly against a Japanese bomber but is sunk. Another sub is then sent on a recovery mission, trying to anticipate the Japanese. Upon arrival, two skindivers go see what they can recover and find that the crew after four days is miraculously still alive. They then rig the submarine with explosives and wait till the Japanese come to set them off.

Pages: 7.000

Script: Joe Gill ?

Pencils: Sam Glanzman [as S. J. G.]

Inks: Sam Glanzman [as S. J. G.]

Letters: Jon D'Agostino

Notes: Cover story.

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