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Cover: Ogden Whitney
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Soldiers of Fortune #2

May 1951 · American Comics Group · 0.10 USD
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This anthology issue features multiple adventure stories. "Doctor of Piracy" chronicles Thomas Dover, a young Welsh medical student who abandons his practice to become a pirate, joining Captain Rogers on a three-year circumnavigation where he acquires a healthy share of the Acapulco treasure before returning to England to become a fashionable London doctor. "Lance Larson" depicts a master of disguise hired by Colonel Giraldo to impersonate Pedro Zorilla, a ruthless South American bandit, in order to infiltrate a prison camp in the Paraguay Penal Colony and prevent an escape plot that threatens democracy in the region.

Contains 6 stories
Untitled Adventure story
10 pp · Adventure
Dead Shot
1 pp · Western-Frontier
James Bowie

James Bowie finds himself in a tense standoff aboard a Mississippi riverboat in 1829, where a desperate gambler is about to take his own life after losing his employer’s fortune. Bowie intervenes, offering to take the man’s place at the gambling table—only to uncover a cheating dealer, sparking a duel where Bowie must prove his deadly skill with a pistol.

Untitled Adventure story
13 pp · Adventure
Doctor of Piracy
1 pp · Adventure
Thomas Dover

Thomas Dover, a young medical student in 18th-century Cambridge, shocks his peers by declaring he’ll become a pirate after earning his degree—soon joining Captain Woodes Rogers’ crew for a globe-circling voyage of plunder, where he fights alongside the notorious buccaneers under the guise of a doctor.

Sir Alexander Mackenzie, Nomad of the Northwest
5 pp · Western-Frontier

Sir Alexander Mackenzie, a daring 19th-century fur trader and explorer, leads a perilous journey through the frozen wilderness of northwest Canada, driven by the dream of finding the Northwest Passage. Facing blizzards, treacherous rivers, and hostile tribes, he pushes his small crew forward with unwavering resolve, navigating uncharted terrain and enduring countless hardships in pursuit of his goal.

Untitled Adventure story
13 pp · Adventure

ComicBooks.com Value

Our Model is In Beta
Raw (Good) $13
CGC 8.5 · 2 in census $418
CGC 8.0 · 1 in census $328*
CGC 7.5 none in existence
CGC 7.0 none in existence
CGC 6.5 · 1 in census $188
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Full credits

artist, inker Leo Morey
cover pencils, inks Ogden Whitney

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