Rugged Action #3

Atlas [Marvel]
United States
- Published
- April 1955
- Page count
- 36
- Cover price
- 0.10 USD
- Colour
- Colour
- Size
- Golden Age size
- Interior paper
- Newsprint
- Cover stock
- Glossy colour
- Binding
- Saddle-stitched
- Format
- Comic series
- Branding
-
Atlas [black & white]
-
- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/203455
Credits
- Editing
- Stan Lee, Editor
Issue contents

Credits
- Art
- Joe Maneely, line art [signed]
- Colours
- Stan Goldberg, colourist
- Text
- , typeset
Notes
Coloring credit per Stan Goldberg.

Featuring
- Code
- F-467
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Don Heck, line art [signed]
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Joe Letterese, letterer
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Navy Action (Horwitz, 1954 series) #55 ([November 1959]) — The Red Pirate!
-
Climax Adventure Comic (Colour Comics, 1962 series) #4 ([June 1965?]) — The Red Pirate!
- Printed in
- Climax Adventure Comic (K. G. Murray, 1962 series) #4 ([June 1965])
- Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #55 (1968 ?)
- Spellbound (L. Miller & Son, 1960 series) #7 (1960)
- Astounding Stories (Alan Class, 1966 series) #194 ([circa 1988 - 1989])
Synopsis
A mate on a whaling boat doesn't know if the greater danger lies with the predators of the deep or with the treacherous Russian pirates who would steal a man's fair catch. A mighty beast who refuses to be caught answers that question, bringing rough justice to the seas.

Featuring
- Code
- F-514
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Harry Anderson, line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Joe Letterese, letterer
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Climax Adventure Comic (Colour Comics, 1962 series) #4 ([June 1965?]) — Jungle Story!
- Printed in
- Climax Adventure Comic (K. G. Murray, 1962 series) #4 ([June 1965])
- Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #71
- Spellbound (L. Miller & Son, 1960 series) #7 (1960)
Synopsis
A hunter has set his goal to bag a Jaguar, and has hired a wizened tribesman as guide for his jungle hunt. When the legendary cat, named El Diablo by the villagers, returns, the hunter has met his match, and finds that he must heed the words of his guide if he is to survive.

Featuring
- Code
- 9768
Credits
- Writing
- , author
- Art
- Vern Henkel, line art (illustration)
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , typeset

Featuring
- Code
- F-513
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Chuck Miller, line art [signed]
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Climax Adventure Comic (Colour Comics, 1962 series) #4 ([June 1965?]) — Swamp!
- Printed in
- Climax Adventure Comic (K. G. Murray, 1962 series) #4 ([June 1965])
- Spellbound (L. Miller & Son, 1960 series) #7 (1960)
- Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #61
Synopsis
An engineer is sent in to swamp country with the job of surveying it so it can be drained for farmland. He meets the fierce and resistant people, and earns a reluctant guide, who plots to kill him. The engineer survives through a combination of toughness and compassion, and earns the respect of the swamp people.

Featuring
- Genre
- Adventure
- Code
- F-466
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Dick Ayers, penciller [signed]
- Ernie Bache, inker
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Dick Ayers, letterer
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Climax Adventure Comic (Colour Comics, 1962 series) #4 ([June 1965?]) — White Death
- Printed in
- Climax Adventure Comic (K. G. Murray, 1962 series) #4 ([June 1965])
- Spellbound (L. Miller & Son, 1960 series) #6 (1960)
Synopsis
One trapper stops another from treating his pack dog cruelly, and earns an enemy in the process. He adapts the dog, which he names Trouble, and the dog becomes an invaluable help in the conflicts that lay ahead.
Notes
On sale date as given in the copyright application as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, January-June 1955, page 128, registration number B515924.
Indicia
The indicia for this issue is not recorded. The identified publisher might be an associated or parent company, rather than the specific listed publisher.