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Joe Yank #10

Feb 1953 · Pines · 0.10 USD
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This issue is an anthology containing multiple stories. The cover story features Joe Yank in an explosive military adventure titled "Joe Yank Finds a Good Way to Die," alongside a substory "Sgt. McGurk Meets General Joe" involving military personnel and combat. Interior stories include "Wilma the Wac," a lighthearted tale about a female soldier sewing a button while on duty; "The Reluctant Hero" by Chas. S. Strong, which follows Corporal Fosdick, who dislikes gunfire noise during combat operations in Korea and is reassigned as a truck driver, and features an encounter where he receives cotton earplugs from Private McGinnis; and an advertisement for Fleer's Dubble Bubble gum. The comic also includes humorous filler content featuring neighborhood children and bubble gum promotions.

Contains 6 stories
A Good Way to Die!
8 pp · War

When Sgt. McGurk sends Joe Yank on a dangerous reconnaissance mission deep in enemy territory, the young soldier volunteers without hesitation—but is captured and brutally tortured by communist forces. Convinced their friend is dead, Joe's squad members are ordered to stand down while their buddy suffers, forced to witness their helplessness and grieve the loss of a beloved comrade. What awaits them when they finally infiltrate the enemy compound will shake everything they thought they knew.

Untitled War story
0.5 pp · War, Humor
Suicide Patrol
7 pp · War

Sgt. Mike McGurk and Joe Yank lead a patrol deep into enemy territory to blow up a vital Communist bridge and discover a deadly secret—one they're determined to get back to Army Intelligence, no matter the cost. When they rescue a wounded G.I. named Cpl. Bill Harmon left behind enemy lines, the squad fights their way through hostile fire and sabotage to bring him home, but nothing is quite what it seems. In this Korean War tale, trust becomes as dangerous as the bullets flying around them.

A Quiet Night
1 pp · War

A U.S. patrol from the 45th Division encounters Chinese forces on the same prisoner-hunting mission during a "quiet" night in Korea—and PFC. Ralph Bennett finds himself with a valuable captive in the crossfire. With grenades falling and enemy soldiers determined to reclaim their prize, Bennett races toward safety while American machine gunners lay down covering fire, turning a routine patrol into a desperate scramble that becomes just another footnote in the 8th Army's war.

KP Capers
6 pp · War, Humor

P.F.C. Pinhead Perkins hears that a chorus is coming to perform at the base—and when he learns they'll be eating in the mess hall, he'll stop at nothing to get assigned to KP duty so he can wait on them. His single-minded pursuit of this opportunity sends him through an obstacle course, past skeptical officers, and into a series of escalating mishaps that land him in the hospital. When the sergeant tries to make amends with a visit, Pinhead finds himself in the last place the poor sergeant expected to be—and he's not about to let him ruin it.

General Joe
7 pp · War

A sad sack private gets the shock of his life when a visiting general discovers they're dead ringers for each other—and proposes a daring swap to gather the real scoop on troops' morale from the enlisted men's perspective. While the imposter general enjoys the perks of rank, the real officer hits the mess line and discovers some hard truths about what's grinding down the fighting men. "General Joe" is a wild Korean War comedy that turns the chain of command upside down in the best way.

ComicBooks.com Value

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Raw (Good) $9
CGC 8.5 · 1 in census $1,471*
CGC 8.0 none in existence
CGC 7.5 · 1 in census $926*
CGC 7.0 none in existence
CGC 6.5 none in existence
CGC 6.0 · 1 in census $559*
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CGC 5.5 · 4 in census $469*
CGC 5.0 none in existence
CGC 4.5 none in existence
CGC 4.0 none in existence
CGC 3.5 · 1 in census $295*
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Full credits

artist Ross Andru
cover pencils, inks Alex Toth

Reprints

Reprinted in Setting the Standard: Comics by Alex Toth 1952-1954 #[nn] (2011)

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