Frontline Combat #4
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "Combat Medic!", Harvey Kurtzman crafts a tense, atmospheric tale set during the American Revolution, where a lone medic named Eben relies on his trusty whale-oil lantern to navigate a storm-lashed beach at Barnegat. With his daughter Alicia's lover missing and the enemy lurking in the shadows, Eben's quiet resolve is tested when he uses his lantern to guide a British ship onto the rocks. The next morning, as father and daughter search the wreckage, a shocking discovery awaits—Alicia finds the body of the man she thought was lost. Harvey Kurtzman’s masterful storytelling and art, both on interior pages and cover, bring this gripping moment to life with stark, evocative detail.
In "Combat Medic!" from Frontline Combat #4 (1952), four medics face a harrowing choice when their unit pulls out under fire—while the captain orders retreat, they stay behind to tend to a wounded soldier. As they struggle to keep him alive amid the chaos, the retreat turns deadly, and the medics must flee on foot to reach safety, carrying their burden through the wreckage of battle.
In "Air Burst!" from Frontline Combat #4 (1952), the tide of battle turns as American forces push forward, only to be met with a deadly surprise from a retreating Chinese mortar crew. When the trap springs, it’s not the enemy who falls victim—but the soldiers who’ve just closed in too quickly.
In "Bomb Run!" from Frontline Combat #4 (1952), the American bomber *The Odyssey* returns from a successful mission over a Filipino island, only to be ambushed by Japanese Zeros. With one engine damaged and radioed for assistance, the crew receives landing instructions—unaware the signal is a deadly deception from a Japanese station.
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Reprinted in Frontline Combat #4 (1952), EC Portfolio #2 (1972), A Smithsonian Book of Comic-Book Comics #[nn] (1981), The Complete Frontline Combat #1 (1982), Les Meilleures Histoires de... #[4] (1984), Frontline Combat #4 (1996), The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #1 (2012), The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #10 (2014), The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #22 (2018), The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #26 (2019), Choke Gasp! The Best of 75 Years of EC Comics #[nn] (2019), Artisan Edition #[16] (2024)
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