War Heroes #9
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "Correspondent at Tarawa," merchant seaman Archie Gibbs survives a torpedo attack by the Germans, only to be rescued by another vessel that meets the same fate. After being taken aboard a German submarine, Gibbs uses cigarettes to build uneasy camaraderie with the crew before being abandoned near a Venezuelan river boat. The story, illustrated by Burris Jenkins and Tom Hickey with inking by both, captures a tense wartime journey from sea to sea, all in a 1944 comic priced at 10 cents.
Archie Gibbs, a merchant seaman, finds himself adrift after his ship is sunk by a German torpedo—only to be rescued by another vessel that meets the same fate. Taken aboard a German U-boat, he survives four tense days by trading cigarettes for small kindnesses from the crew, before being set adrift near a Venezuelan river boat.
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