Two-Fisted Tales #20
In "Massacred!", Harvey Kurtzman and John Severin deliver a harrowing wartime tale set during the Korean conflict, where an American-South Korean patrol stumbles upon a chilling scene: a group of soldiers, hands bound with their own shoelaces, brutally executed. Only one survivor remains, his desperate account revealing a grim twist of identity and deception. The stark storytelling and powerful visuals, with cover art by Harvey Kurtzman, capture the tragedy and confusion of war in a single, unforgettable issue.
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An American-South Korean patrol comes upon a group of massacred soldiers, all with their hands tied behind their backs with their own shoelaces and shot down. There is one who is still alive and he tells the sergeant what had happened: a North Korean officer had the Sergeant's men shot, then stripped of uniforms, which were then donned by the enemy troops. Unfortunately for them, they ran across a band of North Koreans who mis-took them for Americans and killed them all.
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