Wartime Library #3

Published
June 1974
Page count
68?
Cover price
0.20 AUD
Colour
Black & white
Size
Pocket size
Interior paper
Newsprint
Cover stock
Glossy colour
Binding
Saddle-stitched
Format
Comic series
Branding
None

Credits

Editing
, editor

Issue contents Hide all

Show/hide Cover Ambush Patrol Cover, 1 page

Featuring

Genre
War

Credits

Art
Keith Chatto, line art
Show/hide 1. Untitled Blank page(s), 1 page
Show/hide 2. Amphibious Assault Comic story, 5 pages
Show/hide 3. Captured by the Commies! ("Rock" Murdock the Fighting Gyrene!!) Comic story, 5 pages

Featuring

Feature
"Rock" Murdock the Fighting Gyrene!!
Genre
War
Code
H-703
Characters
Rock Murdock; Scuttlebutt Stacy; Lieutenant Barker

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
Ross Andru, penciller
 
Mike Esposito, inker
Text
Joe Letterese, letterer
Editing
Stan Lee, original Editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
Marines in Action (Marvel, 1955 series) #6 (April 1956)
Captured by the Commies!
Also printed
Australia
War Stories (Yaffa/Page, 1975? series) #3 ([June 1973])
Captured by the Commies!
 
Australia
War in the Army (Yaffa/Page, 1973? series) #2 ([1973?])
Captured by the Commies!
 
Australia
World War Library (Yaffa/Page, 1975? series) #15 ([September 1980?])
Captured by Commies!

Notes

cover story

Show/hide 4. Stop the Commie Convoy! ("Rock" Murdock the Fighting Gyrene!!) Comic story, 5 pages

Featuring

Feature
"Rock" Murdock the Fighting Gyrene!!
Genre
War
Code
H-266
Characters
Rock Murdock

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
Ross Andru, penciller
 
Mike Esposito , inker
Text
, letterer
Editing
, original Editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
Marines in Action (Marvel, 1955 series) #5 (February 1956)
Stop The Commie Convoy
Also printed
Australia
War Stories (Yaffa/Page, 1975? series) #3 ([June 1973])
Stop the Commie Convoy!
 
Australia
War in the Army (Yaffa/Page, 1973? series) #2 ([1973?])
Stop the Commie Convoy!
 
Australia
World War Library (Yaffa/Page, 1975? series) #15 ([September 1980?])
Stop the Commie Convoy!
Show/hide 5. Ambush Patrol Comic story, 6 pages

Featuring

Genre
War
Code
A-589
Characters
Danny Carter

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
Werner Roth, line art
Text
, letterer
Editing
, original Editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
Battlefield (Marvel, 1952 series) #3 (August 1952)
Ambush Patrol
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
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 6. Man Overboard Comic story, 5 pages
Show/hide 7. The Sniper! Comic story, 5 pages

Featuring

Genre
War
Code
A-762

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
Vern Henkel, line art [signed as Vernon Henkel]
Text
, letterer
Editing
, original Editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
Battle Action (Atlas [Marvel], 1952 series) #5 (October 1952)
The Sniper
Also printed
Australia
War Stories (Yaffa/Page, 1975? series) #3 ([June 1973])
The Sniper!
 
Australia
War in the Army (Yaffa/Page, 1973? series) #2 ([1973?])
The Sniper!
 
Australia
World War Library (Yaffa/Page, 1975? series) #15 ([September 1980?])
The Sniper
Show/hide 8. Supplies from Nowhere Comic story, 6 pages

Featuring

Genre
War
Code
F-124

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
Russ Heath, line art [signed]
Text
, letterer
Editing
Stan Lee , original Editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
Battle (Atlas [Marvel], 1951 series) #35 (December 1954)
Supplies from Nowhere
Also printed
Australia
Navy Combat (Horwitz, 1958 series) #9 ([August 1959?])
Supplies from Nowhere
 
Australia
War Stories (Yaffa/Page, 1975? series) #3 ([June 1973])
Supplies from Nowhere
 
Australia
War in the Army (Yaffa/Page, 1973? series) #2 ([1973?])
Supplies from Nowhere
 
Australia
World War Library (Yaffa/Page, 1975? series) #15 ([September 1980?])
Supplies from Nowhere

Notes

Information on this sequence from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas-Timely discussion group.

Show/hide 9. The Good Guy Comic story, 5 pages
Show/hide 10. Battle Flag! Comic story, 5 pages
Show/hide 11. Men without Ammo Comic story, 5 pages
Show/hide 12. The Best Laid Plans Comic story, 5 pages
Show/hide 13. A Spy among Us! (The Fight for Freedom!) Comic story, 4 pages

Featuring

Feature
The Fight for Freedom!
Genre
War
Code
M-774

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
George Woodbridge, line art [signed]
Text
, letterer
Editing
Stan Lee, original Editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
Battle Action (Atlas [Marvel], 1952 series) #30 (August 1957)
A Spy Among Us!
Also printed
Australia
War Stories (Yaffa/Page, 1975? series) #3 ([June 1973])
A Spy among Us!
 
Australia
War in the Army (Yaffa/Page, 1973? series) #2 ([1973?])
A Spy among Us!
 
Australia
World War Library (Yaffa/Page, 1975? series) #15 ([September 1980?])
A Spy among Us!
Show/hide 14. Flameout Comic story, 4 pages

Featuring

Genre
War
Code
L-462

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
John Romita, line art [signed]
Text
, letterer
Editing
Stan Lee, original Editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
Navy Combat (Atlas [Marvel], 1955 series) #12 (April 1957)
Flameout!
Also printed
Australia
War Stories (Yaffa/Page, 1975? series) #3 ([June 1973])
Flameout!
 
Australia
War in the Army (Yaffa/Page, 1973? series) #2 ([1973?])
Flameout!
 
Australia
World War Library (Yaffa/Page, 1975? series) #15 ([September 1980?])
Flameout!
Show/hide 15. Untitled Blank page(s), 1 page

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  • 14/06/2017

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  • 14/06/2017

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  • 14/06/2017