The EC Archives: Two-Fisted Tales #1
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join free"Conquest," a gripping tale from Harvey Kurtzman’s groundbreaking Two-Fisted Tales, finds fighter pilot Strange adrift in despair after believing he’s lost Katherine, the love of his life. With fog swallowing the airfield and a desperate call from fellow pilot Jake fading into static, Strange faces the enemy with nothing left to lose—except the letters waiting for him, still unopened, still unopened. The story’s stark emotion and vivid wartime tension are brought to life by John Severin’s powerful art, with Bill Elder’s inks and Ben Oda’s lettering adding depth to this haunting wartime moment.
Contains 24 stories
Conquest
unnamed Indian King (death)various native inhabitants (many die)Captain Juan Alvarado (villain, death)Alvarado's men [FrancescoLieutenant Velasquezothers unnamed] (villains, all die)
Hong Kong Intrigue!
Gregg KingCarol StantonCarol's father (death)Chinese killers (villains)
Revolution!
Clay Hill (professional soldier, death)"Bullet" Hunter (death)General Bovar (Revolution leader, death)Bovar's pilots (all die)San Sonorez (villain)
Mutiny
Captain Steve CutterHawkins (a sailor)Hook (villain)Hook's men [SkeeverKrank] (villains)
War Story!
Dave Hunzer (flashback, death)Duke Hunzer (flashback)Colonel Hishomura (villain, death)The Japanese (villains, many die, flashback)North Koreran soldiers (villains, some die)
Jivaro Death!
Senor Churchill (diamond messenger, death)Churchill's bodyguard (death)Slick Charlie (villain, death)Garcia (villain, death)Smitty (villain, Charlie's con man, death)The Jivaros (villains, head shrinkers)
Flight from Danger!
Professor Franck (death)Lisa (Franck's daughter)Captain Jim Turner (Army intelligence agent)Herman Gault (underground agent)East Germans (villains)
Brutal Capt. Bull!
Jeremiah PringleCaptain Bull (villain)unnamed Bosun (villain)Donklin (villain)
Massacred!
unnamed sergeantSouth Korean soldiers [Yup-in-Pai (death)others unnamed]Colonel Jun (villain, death)Li (villain, death)Kung (villain, death)
Devils in Baggy Pants!
Private Albert "Duck-Butt" Smith (death)Sergeant PurvisU.S. soldiers [Cibelli (cameo, death)Hawkins (cameo, death)Green (cameo, death)rest unnamed] (many die)General Dwight D. Eisenhower (unnamed, cameo)The Nazis (villains, many die)
Colt Single Action Army Revolver!
Pop (prospecting partner of Rufe, death)Pelado (gambler, death)Lem (gambler, death)unnamed gambler (death)Wiley (gambler)Jose Fillipa (a peon)Juan Fillipa (Jose's brother, death)Rufe (villain, death)
Pirate Gold!
Sebastin (death?)Diego (death?)Thomas Tew (Sawkin's First Mate, death)Calico Jack Sharp (Sawkin's 2nd Mate, death)Ben Avery (Sawkin's Boatswain, death)Captain Ben Sawkins (villain, pirate, commander of the "Pandora", death)
Ambush!
U.S. Captain Boyle (death)U.S. soldiers [LuckyManny Elizondo (death)Crouse (death)Sgt. Cannon (death)Sonny (death)"Pretty Boy" Winiarski (death)Tex (death]North Koreans (villains, some die)
Pigs of the Roman Empire
Commander Decius (death)Decius' un-named slave (death)Brennus (slave of Decius and Wise Man, death)Genseric (King of the Vandals)the Vandals
The Murmansk Run!
Uriah Bragg (seaman, death)Cavendish (crew member, death)Whispy (crew member, death)ship's Captain (death)ship's Steward (death)
Search!
Joe Angliosani (a soldier)"The Kid" (a soldier, death)Mario Angliosani (Joe's brother, death)The Nazis (villains, many die)
Enemy Contact!
unnamed American Lieutenantunnamed American medicAmerican soldiers [Snuffy (death)Fritz (death)Dalrymple (death)Mississippi]Communist soldiers (villains, many die)
Dying City!
Kim's grandfatherSun Yoo (Kim's sister, flashback, death)Kim's father (flashback, death)Kim's mother (flashback, death)Kim (villain, North Korean soldier, death)North Korean soldiers (villains)
Massacre at Agincourt!
Edouard Rene de Gascony (French commander, death)King Henry (British commander)
Chicken!
Lieutenant Robert Hall (death)Captain Harold Black (death)
Death Stand!
Joe Hill (American soldier)Joe's soldier buddies [Sullivan (death)Chintala (death)Wishart (death)Cox (death)Ross (death)Miller (death), one unnamed boy (death)]rescued pilot (death)Communists (villains, all die)
Old Soldiers Never Die!
Pappy DavidsonCarusounnamed American replacement soldiers (many die)the Germans (villains)
Kill!
Abner (soldier, death)Joe (soldier)North Korean soldiers [Li (death)others unnamed] (villains)
Dog Fight!
USMC Captain Jacob Strange (pilot)Sergeant J. F. FridayBates (pilot)Johnson (pilot)The Japanese (villains, some die)
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↩ Reprints Two-Fisted Tales #18 (1950), Two-Fisted Tales #19 (1951), Two-Fisted Tales #20 (1951), Two-Fisted Tales #21 (1951), Two-Fisted Tales #22 (1951), Two-Fisted Tales #23 (1951)
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