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Atomic War! #3

Feb 1953 · Ace Magazines [1940s-1950s] · 0.10 USD
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An anthology featuring multiple war stories set during the Cold War era. The first story depicts American forces launching missiles against a Soviet concentration point near Zaandam, with soldiers operating launching towers and fire control systems to strike Russian targets. A second narrative follows a Soviet submarine commander and his crew who encounter an American convoy at sea, leading to a naval engagement where American jet bombers attack the Soviet vessel. A third story portrays Colonel King's Artillery Battalion in combat against Russian forces on the Alsatian Plains, with American and French armored units coordinating tank assaults to defeat Soviet armor advances.

Contains 3 stories
Commando Crackerjack
12 pp · War
GlennAdam Maestrich (dies)Captain OlsenSgt. RigbyGeneral FevershamBromGainlessMassyNauheimNelsonTapmanUlsterWymanColonel WhiteSalwayRussians (villains)Dmitri (villain, dies)

During a Russian missile assault on London, Adam Maestrich, a young Dutch scientist training with the commandos, fights his way onto a critical mission to the West Frisian Islands after discovering the target through classified maps. Now part of Captain Olsen's strike team, Maestrich must guide the commandos past enemy patrols and minefields to reach the Soviet "Ukra" missile launchers hidden in the island rock—but his knowledge of the islands, however valuable, may not be enough to survive what awaits them.

Log of the Snorkel Wolf Pack
10 pp · War
Captain Jarvis BrownPaulHarryClausenLt. BarrisRussians (villains)Commander Gregor Varaslav (villain, flashbackdies)Lt. Petron (villain, flashbackdies)Surovnik (villain, flashbackdies)Tulachek (villain, flashbackdies)

In spring 1960, as Russian snorkel submarines prowl the Atlantic in deadly wolf packs, Captain Jarvis Brown and Destroyer Division Nine mount a daring counterattack that nets an unexpected prize—a captured log belonging to Commander Gregor Varaslav, leader of the Soviet fleet. When Lt. Barris translates the personal diary for Naval Intelligence, the commanders learn the full scope of the enemy's mission, but the log reveals tensions simmering within the Russian ranks that threaten to unravel from within. This gripping war story explores the human cost of conflict through the eyes of both hunters and hunted.

Slash by the Iron Greyhounds
8 pp · War
Colonel Ben KingGeneral StokelyGeneral GrovesBurnettMalloyRussians (villains)General Bronsky (villain)

As Russian armor pours across the Rhine toward Paris, Colonel Ben King chafes at being sidelined with his prized Victory Guns while General Stokely coordinates a multi-pronged tank-and-air assault against the Soviet spearhead. When Russian paratroopers attempt to seize King's artillery position, he and his men must defend their "babies" against waves of airborne attack—proving that sometimes the best-laid battle plans need boots on the ground to hold the line.

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Raw (Good) $116
CGC 9.2 · 3 in census $2,421
CGC 9.0 · 1 in census $1,400*
CGC 8.5 · 1 in census $978*
CGC 8.0 · 3 in census $767*
CGC 7.5 · 3 in census $615
CGC 7.0 · 4 in census $511*
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CGC 6.5 · 7 in census $429*
CGC 6.0 · 2 in census $371*
CGC 5.5 · 2 in census $343*
CGC 5.0 · 6 in census $343
CGC 4.5 · 6 in census $253*
CGC 4.0 · 2 in census $220*
CGC 3.5 · 4 in census $196*
CGC 3.0 none in existence
CGC 2.5 · 4 in census $141*
CGC 2.0 none in existence
CGC 1.5 none in existence
CGC 1.0 · 1 in census $77*
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Full credits

artist, inker Chic Stone

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Reprinted in Nuke 'Em! Classic Cold War Comics Celebrating the End of the World #[nn] (2020)

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