Battlefield #3

Marvel Comics

United States

Published
August 1952
Page count
52
Cover price
0.10 USD
Colour
Colour
Size
Silver Age size
Interior paper
Newsprint
Cover stock
Glossy colour
Binding
Saddle-stitched
Format
Comic series
GCD
www.comics.org/issue/174626

Credits

Editing
, editor

Issue contents Hide all

Show/hide Cover Ambush Patrol Cover, 1 page

Featuring

Genre
War

Credits

Art
Sol Brodsky, line art
Colours
Stan Goldberg, colourist
Text
, letterer

Reprint history

Also printed
United States
Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Battlefield (Marvel, 2011 series) #1 ([February] 2011)
Ambush Patrol!

Notes

Colors: Goldberg credited by himself.

Show/hide 1. Under Fire Comic story, 7 pages

Featuring

Genre
War
Code
A-580
Characters
Willie; Bronc

Credits

Writing
Hank Chapman, scripter [signed]
Art
Al Hartley, line art
Colours
, colourist
Text
, letterer

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Also printed
United States
Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Battlefield (Marvel, 2011 series) #1 ([February] 2011)
Under Fire
Printed in
War (L. Miller & Son, 1961 series) #9 (1962)

Synopsis

Willie makes the mistake of listening to Bronc, who is a lazy soldier.

Show/hide 2. Blood Of A Hero! Text story, 2 pages

Featuring

Genre
War
Code
A-380

Credits

Writing
, author
Text
, typeset

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Also printed
United States
Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Battlefield (Marvel, 2011 series) #1 ([February] 2011)
Blood Of A Hero!
Show/hide 3. Ambush Patrol Comic story, 6 pages

Featuring

Genre
War
Code
A-589
Characters
Danny Carter

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
Werner Roth, line art
Colours
, colourist
Text
, letterer

Reprint history

Also printed
Australia
Battle Action (Horwitz, 1954 series) #66 (January 1960)
Ambush Patrol
 
Australia
War Stories (Yaffa/Page, 1975? series) #3 ([June 1973])
Ambush Patrol
 
Australia
War in the Army (Yaffa/Page, 1973? series) #2 ([1973?])
Ambush Patrol
 
Australia
Wartime Library (Yaffa/Page, 1972? series) #3 ([June 1974?])
Ambush Patrol
 
Australia
World War Library (Yaffa/Page, 1975? series) #15 ([September 1980?])
Ambush Patrol
 
United States
Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Battlefield (Marvel, 2011 series) #1 ([February] 2011)
Ambush Patrol

Synopsis

Danny is just a cook who was drafted to fight the war. He doesn't want to be there, until he finds himself the only person who can save his patrol and becomes a true soldier.

Show/hide 4. A Few Minutes More! Comic story, 6 pages

Featuring

Genre
War
Code
A-509
Characters
Mu; Ming

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
Ogden Whitney, line art [signed]
Colours
, colourist
Text
, letterer

Reprint history

Also printed
United States
Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Battlefield (Marvel, 2011 series) #1 ([February] 2011)
A Few Minutes More!
Printed in
Battleground (L. Miller & Son, 1961 series) #9 (1962)

Synopsis

Mu wills himself to live long enough to see the Korean soldiers that massacred his village be killed by American forces.

Show/hide 5. Helpless! Comic story, 6 pages

Featuring

Genre
War
Code
A-395
Characters
Joe Cooper; Mancuso

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
Robert Sale, line art [signed as Robert Q. Sale]
Colours
, colourist
Text
, letterer

Reprint history

Also printed
United States
Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Battlefield (Marvel, 2011 series) #1 ([February] 2011)
Helpless!
Printed in
War (L. Miller & Son, 1961 series) #9 (1962)

Synopsis

Joe Cooper tries to save a tank that is stranded in the middle of a fight.

Show/hide 6. Code! Comic story, 5 pages

Featuring

Genre
War
Code
A-401
Characters
Private Bill Reger; Corporal Forest

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
Norman Steinberg, line art [signed]
Colours
, colourist
Text
, letterer

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Also printed
Australia
Attack (Horwitz, 1958? series) #1 ([1958?])
Code!
 
United States
Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Battlefield (Marvel, 2011 series) #1 ([February] 2011)
Code!
Printed in
Battle Action (Horwitz, 1954 series) #67 (July 1960)

Synopsis

Private Reger doesn't learn the proper code and his calls for assistance are ignored.

Show/hide 7. Killed In Action Comic story, 7 pages

Featuring

Genre
War
Code
A-653
Characters
Major John Henry Munroe; Joe Patterson; Danny; Captain Woods; Paul Munroe; Farrel; Mickey; Bellin

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
George Tuska, line art
Colours
, colourist
Text
, letterer

Reprint history

Also printed
Australia
Battle! Comics (Transport, 1954 series) #1 ([July 1953?])
Killed in Action
 
Australia
Attack (Horwitz, 1958? series) #1 ([1958?])
Killed In Action
 
Australia
War in the Army (Yaffa/Page, 1973? series) #3 ([October 1973?])
Killed in Action
 
Australia
Great War Stories (Yaffa/Page, 1973? series) #2 ([1975?])
Killed in Action
 
United States
Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Battlefield (Marvel, 2011 series) #1 ([February] 2011)
Killed In Action
Printed in
Great War Stories (Yaffa / Page, 1973 series) #2 ([1975] ?)
 
War in the Army (Yaffa / Page, 1973 series) #3 ([1973])

Synopsis

Sergeant Patterson takes Major Munroe's son Paul on patrol only to find out the Major's son is a coward.

Notes

Saltarella disagrees with the Tuska identification and feels this is actually Pete Morisi. Atlas Tales feels it is Tuska.


Status

AusReprints ID

  • 65943

Cover added

  • 13/05/2014

Index completed

  • 14/02/2022

Last updated

  • 14/02/2022