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Cover: Sam Glanzman & Dick Giordano
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Submarine Attack #25

Dec 1960 · Charlton · 0.10 USD
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The main story "Nobody Lives Forever" depicts a tense naval engagement in shallow waters where an Allied submarine crew, trapped with limited fuel, attempts to escape through a reef passage while evading a pursuing Japanese destroyer. With a Coast Guard patrol boat also on the job, the submarine fires torpedoes and manages to strike the enemy vessel, though the outcome remains uncertain as the story concludes with the Japanese ship under attack.

Contains 4 stories
The Victory Log of the U-239
5 pp · War
Tiger by the Tail
8 pp · War

The U.S.S. Sea Tiger finds itself trapped in the Yellow Sea with enemy destroyers, patrol boats, and planes blocking every route out—and the crew refuses to surrender. When escape seems impossible and fuel runs dangerously low, the captain makes a desperate gambit: sneak into a Japanese harbor under cover of darkness, refuel at an enemy depot, and strike a major blow before making their run for home. It's a high-wire mission where one mistake means the bottom of the sea.

Dry Run
5 pp · War

A U.S. submarine fresh from drydock with minimal ammunition and fuel stumbles upon a Japanese sub landing a spy off the Hawaiian coast, and her crew must stop the enemy from radiating intelligence back to Tokyo. Stripped of real firepower, the submarine and a Coast Guard cutter work together in a desperate chase through treacherous reef passages, forced to get creative—and close—to prevent the Japanese from escaping. It's a tense wartime cat-and-mouse game where ingenuity and quick thinking become the crew's only weapons.

Nobody Lives Forever
7 pp · War

Two buddies from boot camp—Sam Andrews and Nick Martino—find themselves serving together aboard the U.S.S. Mackerel in the North Pacific during 1943, where Sam thrives on submarine duty while Nick wrestles with his fear. When a reconnaissance plane spots a Japanese task force headed for the Aleutians, Lieutenant Dave Margold orders the sub into battle, and the crew must navigate a harrowing engagement against enemy destroyers and a cruiser with only their wits, torpedoes, and guts to rely on. As depth charges and enemy fire close in, the two friends discover what they're truly made of beneath the waves.

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Full credits

writer Joe Gill
cover pencils, inks Sam Glanzman
cover pencils, inks Dick Giordano

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Reprinted in Marinos en Acción #78

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