Battle Action #73

Published
June 1961
Page count
28
Cover price
1/- [0-1-0 AUP]
Colour
Black & white
Size
Standard size
Interior paper
Newsprint
Cover stock
Glossy colour
Binding
Saddle-stitched
Format
Comic series
Branding
Conforms with the Horwitz Publications Teenage Code of Approved Reading
 
Conforms with the Horwitz Publications Teenage Code of Approved Reading

Credits

Editing
, editor

Issue contents Hide all

Show/hide Cover Face to Face with the Enemy Cover, 1 page

Featuring

Genre
War

Credits

Art
Maurice Bramley, line art [signed]
Colours
, colourist
Text
, typeset
Show/hide 1. If You Can Whistle or Hum a Tune (The Sampson Guitar Club) Advertisement, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
The Sampson Guitar Club
Show/hide 2. A Tank Knows No Mercy! Comic story, 5 pages

Featuring

Genre
War
Code
T-692

Credits

Writing
Stan Lee , plotter
 
Larry Lieber , scripter
Art
Jack Kirby, penciller
 
Steve Ditko, inker
Text
Artie Simek, letterer
Editing
Stan Lee, original Editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
Battle (Atlas [Marvel], 1951 series) #70 (June 1960)
A Tank Knows No Mercy!
Show/hide 3. Dateline-Iwo Jima! Comic story, 5 pages

Featuring

Genre
War
Code
T-693
Characters
Ray Danton, War Correspondent

Credits

Writing
Stan Lee , plotter
 
Larry Lieber , scripter
Art
Carl Burgos, line art
Text
Artie Simek, letterer
Editing
Stan Lee, original Editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
Battle (Atlas [Marvel], 1951 series) #70 (June 1960)
Dateline - Iwo Jima!
Show/hide 4. The Thick of Battle! Comic story, 4 pages

Featuring

Genre
War
Code
T-707

Credits

Writing
Jack Kirby , scripter
Art
Jack Kirby, penciller
 
Joe Sinnott, inker
Text
Artie Simek, letterer
Editing
Stan Lee, original Editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
Battle (Atlas [Marvel], 1951 series) #70 (June 1960)
The Thick of Battle!
Also printed
Australia
War Adventure Series (Yaffa/Page, 1971? series) #5 (March 1973)
The Thick of Battle

Notes

Inker credit and job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Possible Kirby script per Nick Caputo.

Show/hide 5. Gettysburg! Comic story, 4 pages

Featuring

Genre
War
Code
T-708

Credits

Writing
Bill Everett , scripter
Art
Bill Everett, line art
Text
Bill Everett, letterer
Editing
Stan Lee, original Editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
Battle (Atlas [Marvel], 1951 series) #70 (June 1960)
Gettysburg!
Show/hide 6. Face to Face with the Enemy! Comic story, 5 pages

Featuring

Genre
War
Code
T-691

Credits

Writing
Stan Lee , plotter
 
Larry Lieber , scripter
Art
Don Heck, line art
Text
Artie Simek, letterer
Editing
Stan Lee, original Editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
Battle (Atlas [Marvel], 1951 series) #70 (June 1960)
Face to Face with the Enemy!
Show/hide 7. Super in Size… Super in Excitement… the Big, New Giant Battle Comic Promo (ad from the publisher), 1 page
Show/hide 8. Free…Everything You Need to Start Collecting Stamps (Rocket Stamps) Advertisement, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Rocket Stamps
Code
Kit. B.A.73/6/61
Show/hide 9. 30 Day Test-Play Guitar Offer (Harmony Guitar Club) Advertisement, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Harmony Guitar Club

Status

This issue includes help from

  • Anthony Gillies

AusReprints ID

  • 48777

Entry created

  • 21/05/2011

Cover added

  • 16/01/2023

Index completed

  • 16/01/2023

Last updated

  • 16/01/2023