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Fightin' Marines#19
Cover: Bill Molno & Vince Alascia
Fightin' Marines #19
“Pinky's Beachhead”
writer Joe Gill · artist Bill Molno · inker Vince Alascia · letterer Jon D'Agostino · cover Bill Molno, Vince Alascia
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Full credits
writer Joe Gill
artist Bill Molno
inker Vince Alascia
letterer Jon D'Agostino
cover pencils Bill Molno
cover inks Vince Alascia
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Story of an unambitious Marine ("Pinky") who is seen as lazy or a loser until all of his squad mates are pinned down or wounded in the invasion of an unspecified island late in the war, at which point he takes over, saves them, and holds the position. After which he is transferred, and all the others who turned out to be less brave than they thought spend their lives wondering what happened to them. In the last panel they decide to publish their story to see if it turns up their old friend.
Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).