Before Two-Fisted Tales burst onto the scene in 1950, war comics were largely unsophisticated, focusing only on action and adventure--wartime propaganda, essentially. But under the editorial direction of Harvey Kurtzman--who also penned the majority of the stories therein--Two-Fisted Tales dared to examine all the horror and madness to be found on the battlefield.
Foreword by Colleen Coover!
ContentsTwo-Fisted Tales #36 (January 1954)Gunfire!Battle! (Based on Robert Grave's Claudius the God)Lone Wolf ConstableJustice!Dangerous Man!Two-Fisted Tales #37 (April 1954)Action!Warrior!How Jim Thorpe Began To Play FootballTwo-Fisted TalkHomemade Blitz!Showdown!Two-Fisted Tales #38 (July 1954)Lost City!Warpath!Captain Richard Francis BurtonTwo-Fisted TalkBullets!Stampede!Two-Fisted Tales #39 (October 1954)Uranium Valley!Oregon Trail!Buffalo BillTwo-Fisted TalkThe Secret!Slaughter!Two-Fisted Tales #40 (December 1954-January 1955)Dien Bien Phu!SqualusFlaming Coffins!Two-Fisted TalkThe Last of the Mohicans!Sharpshooter!Two-Fisted Tales #41 (February-March 1955)In MemoriamCode of Honor!Mau Mau!Carl Akeley!Kearny!Yellow!
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