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Cover: Fred Himes

Battle Action #5

Jan 1975 · K. G. Murray · 0.30 AUD
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In "A Nice Clean War," a Marine pilot crashes behind enemy lines during the Korean War and finds himself thrust into the brutal reality of ground combat—far from the sanitized skies of his mission. Rendered in stark, dynamic detail by Fred Himes, both in story and on the cover, this gritty tale captures the raw, unglamorous edge of war through a single soldier’s harrowing experience.

Contains 7 stories
A Nice Clean War
8 pp · War

In "A Nice Clean War," a Marine pilot crash-lands behind enemy lines during the Korean War, abruptly thrust into the brutal reality of ground combat far from the cockpit. The story follows his harrowing transformation as he confronts the chaos and cost of war where the sky meets the dirt.

The Victims!
7 pp · War
Under Fire!
5 pp · War
Private Bill Ames

In "Under Fire!" from Battle Action #5 (1975), Private Bill Ames, the medic for Tower Red Company, pushes through relentless enemy fire to save his fellow soldiers. Amid the chaos, he tends to a wounded German prisoner, and when the man attempts to use a grenade, Bill’s calm resolve forces a moment of unexpected choice.

I Cannot Kill!
7 pp · War
String Bean
5 pp · War
Bushwack Alley!
8 pp · War
Act of Mercy
8 pp · War

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Full credits

artist, inker Fred Himes
cover pencils, inks Fred Himes

Reprints

↩ Reprints Battlefront #30 (1955), Battleground #15 (1957), Fightin' Marines #105 (1972), Fightin' Army #105 (1972), Fightin' Marines #107 (1972), Fightin' Army #107 (1973), Fightin' Marines #108 (1973)

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