Star Spangled War Stories #86
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "A Medal for Marie!", a young resistance fighter must summon a bomber to destroy an enemy artillery gun, using the same desperate tactics her grandfather and father once did—smoke signals and a mirror heliograph—only this time, she’s trapped in a farmhouse with a tank at her door. Written by Robert Kanigher and illustrated by Mort Drucker, this gripping wartime tale blends quiet courage with high-stakes strategy, culminating in a tense, resourceful act of survival. The cover by Jerry Grandenetti captures the moment’s intensity, a 10-cent comic from 1959 that stands as a poignant testament to bravery in the face of overwhelming odds.
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Marie is trapped in a farmhouse by a tank, but must call in her own coordinates to a circling bomber to bomb an underground artillery gun. She reflects on how her grandfather had to call in a strike, and used smoke signals. And how her father had to call in a strike using a mirror heliograph. Finally she calls in the bombing, plays dead, then circles and kills the tank - and its burning smoke marks the target, which she barely escapes. For bravery, the Resistance gives her a "medal", all they could find, a single red rose.
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