Two-Fisted Tales #22
"Enemy Contact!" in Two-Fisted Tales #22 (1951) delivers a tense, grounded wartime drama from Harvey Kurtzman, with John Severin’s stark interior art and Will Elder’s precise inking bringing the weight of command and consequence to life. Cover by Kurtzman himself, the story follows Lt. Hall as he faces a brutal moral trial after a reckless officer’s decisions cost his squad their lives—only to be ordered back into the fray, where a single, devastating choice echoes beyond the battlefield.
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Lt. Hall is being dressed down by his superior, all over not enforcing discipline on his troops while they are in combat, as well as giving advice to the Captain that was unasked for. When the Captain's foolish actions lead to the deaths of all the members of his squad, Hall is ordered to go back, yet again, for another squad of men. But Hall is told that the Marines will shell the area soon, and Hall says that he will will go back and get the Captain, but the Captain will not let him speak and shoots him down....but with a devastating aftermath.
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