Capt. Savage and His Leatherneck Raiders #18
In "The High Cost of Fighting!", Captain Savage and his Leatherneck Raiders take on a perilous mission to rescue a General from a Japanese prison camp, all while Savage grapples with a personal crisis—revealing for the first time that he has a wife and two daughters, and that his wife has just filed for divorce. Written by Gary Friedrich and brought to life by Dick Ayers’ dynamic art, with John Severin handling both the interior inks and the cover pencils and inks, this 1970 issue delivers intense wartime action with a deeply personal undercurrent.
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The raiders are sent on a mission to rescue a General from a Japanese prison camp. In the meantime Captain Savage reveals that he has a wife and two daughters, and that his wife has just filed for divorce.
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