Tell It to the Marines #1

Monty Hall of the U.S. Marines is called in to headquarters with startling news: his name—and that of fellow Marine Corporal Graf Spinner—have appeared on an enemy prisoner-of-war list, but the explanation is stranger than it sounds. A missing government scientist and a mix-up involving dog-tags left behind at a swimming hole have put Monty on a dangerous rescue mission to the prison island of Samu, where nothing will go quite as planned.

Corporal Duke Beals gets double-crossed into taking the mat against a 300-pound Japanese suma wrestler when his wisecracking fellow Marine, PFC Quigley, suddenly claims amnesia to escape the fight himself. What starts as a matter of Marine Corps honor spirals into chaos fueled by hot dogs, soda pop, and the kind of luck that only comes when you're not expecting it.

When Bat Bentley decides to teach his practical-joking sidekick Spike a lesson, he hatches a scheme using a psychiatry book to convince the big lug he's losing his mind—but the prank spirals out of control faster than Bat anticipated. As Spike falls victim to planted rumors and forged letters, Bat watches his revenge plot take on a life of its own, blurring the line between harmless payback and genuine danger. This 1958 war story proves that even in the barracks, messing with a man's head can backfire in ways you never see coming.