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"Corée" delivers a stark, gripping wartime tale from Harvey Kurtzman and John Severin, capturing the tension and confusion of battle with unflinching clarity. Set during a pivotal moment in the Korean War, it follows a Marine squad advancing toward the Changjin Reservoir, only to find themselves trapped in a deadly encirclement. The story’s power lies in its grounded realism and the quiet dread of a soldier’s awakening to the true scope of the fight—drawn with precision by Severin and rendered with haunting detail in Kurtzman’s cover art.
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US marines are on the march to the Changjin Reservoir when they are attacked by entrenched enemy soldiers. Due to some precise planning, the sergeant finds a way to sneak upon the enemy and defeat them. However, the Marines are then ordered to retreat, something grunt Salisbury doesn't understand from his position on the battlefield. He soon learns that their Marine unit was surrounded by 100,000 Chinese soldiers, facing certain annihilation.
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