EC War Comics
A few years ago I was watching Sunday afternoon television and became quite engrossed in a film about General Custer. Afterwards I thought there's an old EC war comic with Custer in thats rather good - I'll go and look it out. I had all the EC war comics in Russ Cochran hardback reprints, but without an index how would I ever find it ? I expected to find a reference on the Internet to which comic had the Custer story in but couldn't find one, so on that day I decided to put together this listing of all the stories in all the EC war comics, together with their artists and a note as to which historical conflict they refer to.
This index originally appeared, with a much cruder layout, on my old site www.twocoughs.co.uk, sadly no longer with us.
The cover scans and all the information below was gleaned from the Russ Cochran hardcover collections of these titles. Thanks to Jan for doing all the scanning.
And the answer to which one has the Custer story ? Two-Fisted Tales 27 and it was just as good as I remembered it.
Frontline Combat
Frontline Combat 1
Jul-Aug 1951
1) 'Marines Retreat!' art Severin & Harvey (Korean War Changjin Reservoir 1950)
2) 'Enemy Assault!' art Jack Davis (Korean War)
3) 'O.P.!' art Russ Heath (WW1 Sep 1918)
4) 'Unterseeboot 113' (WW2 1942)
Frontline Combat 2
Sep-Oct 1951
1) 'Bouncing Bertha' art Jack Davis (Korean War)
2) 'Zero Hour!' art Severin & Elder (WW1 1918)
3) 'Gettysburg!' art Wood (ACW Gettysburg 1863)
4) 'Contact!' art Kurtzman (Korean War)
Frontline Combat 3
Nov-Dec 1951
1) 'Tin Can!' art Jack Davis (Korean War)
2) 'Desert Fox!' art Wood (WW2 Rommel biography 1941-1944)
3) 'Prisoner Of War!' art Kurtzman (Korean War)
4) 'How they Die!' art Severin & Elder (WW2)
Frontline Combat 4
Jan-Feb 1952
1) 'Combat Medic!' art Jack Davis (Korean War 1951)
2) 'Light Brigade!' art Wood (Crimean 1854)
3) 'Air Burst!' art Kurtzman (Korean War)
4) 'Bomb Run!' art Severin & Elder (WW2 Nov 1944)
Frontline Combat 5
Mar-Apr 1952
1) '442nd Combat Team' art Severin & Elder (WW2 Oct 1944)
2) 'Stonewall Jackson!' art Jack Davis (ACW Shenandoah 1864)
3) 'War Machines!' art J Severin (Korean War)
4) 'Big 'If'!' art Kurtzman (Korean War)
Frontline Combat 6
May-Jun 1952
1) 'A Platoon!' art Severin & Elder (Korean War)
2) 'War of 1812!' art Wood (War of 1812)
3) 'Ace!' art J Severin (WW1 Air Jun 1918)
4) 'Belly Robber!' art Jack Davis (Korean War)
Frontline Combat 7
Jul-Aug 1952
All Iwo Jima issue
1) 'Iwo Jima!' art Wood (WW2 Iwo Jima Feb-Mar 1945)
2) 'The Landing!' art Severin & Elder (WW2 Iwo Jima Feb-Mar 1945)
3) 'The Caves!' art J Severin (WW2 Iwo Jima Feb-Mar 1945)
4) 'Mopping Up!' art Jack Davis (WW2 Iwo Jima Feb-Mar 1945)
Frontline Combat 8
Sep-Oct 1952
1) 'Thunder Jet!' art Alex Toth (Korean War Air Oct 1951)
2) 'Caesar!' art Wood (Roman Caesar biography 55-44 BC)
3) 'Chickamauga!' art Jack Davis (ACW Chickamauga 19th Sep 1863)
4) 'Night Patrol!' art Severin & Elder (Korean War)
Frontline Combat 9
Nov-Dec 1952
All ACW issue
1) 'Abe Lincoln!' art Jack Davis (ACW Start of ACW 1861)
2) 'First Shot!' art Severin & Elder (ACW Start of ACW 12-13th Apr 1861)
3) 'Choose Sides!' art Wood (ACW Start of ACW 1861)
4) 'Bull Run!' art J Severin (ACW Start of ACW 1861)
Frontline Combat 10
Jan-Feb 1953
1) 'A Baby!' art Wood (Korean War 24th Jun 1950)
2) 'Geronimo!' art Severin & Elder
3) 'Napoleon!' art George Evans (Napoleonic Dec 1805)
4) 'Anzio!' art Jack Davis (WW2 Anzio)
Frontline Combat 11
Mar-Apr 1953
1) 'Bird Dogs!' art Severin & Elder (Korean War)
2) 'Rough Riders!' art Ric Estrada (Cuba 1898 1898)
3) 'Lufbery!' art George Evans (WW1 Air Verdun)
4) 'Sailor!' art Jack Davis (Korean War)
Frontline Combat 12
May-Jun 1953
All Korean air issue
1) 'F 94!' art George Evans (Cold War Air)
2) 'F 86 Sabre Jet!' art Alex Toth (Korean War Air)
3) 'B 26 Invader!' art Jack Davis (Korean War Air)
4) 'H 5!' art Wood (Korean War Air)
Frontline Combat 13
Jul-Aug 1953
1) 'Panther Jet!' art Jack Davis (Korean War Air)
2) 'War Dance!' art J Severin (Pawnee Indians)
3) 'Wolf!' art Wood Edelblut (1016 AD)
4) 'Frank Luke!' art George Evans (WW1 Air)
Frontline Combat 14
Sep-Oct 1953
1) 'Albatross!' art Wood (Korean War Air)
2) 'Bonhomme Richard!' art Joe Kubert (23rd Sep 1779)
3) 'Immelman!' art George Evans (WW1 Air 1915-16)
4) 'Whupped!' art Jack Davis (ACW)
Frontline Combat 15
Nov 1953
1) 'Perimeter!' art Wood (Korean War)
2) 'McCudden!' art George Evans (WW1 Air 1913-1918)
3) 'Vengeful Sioux!' art Jack Davis
4) 'Belts n' Celts' art J Severin (Afghan border 1880s)
Two-Fisted Tales
Two-Fisted Tales 18
Nov-Dec 1950
1) 'Conquest' art Kurtzman (Conquistadors)
2) 'Hong Kong Intrigue!' art Feldstein
3) 'Revolution!' art Wood
4) 'Mutiny' art Johnny Craig
Two-Fisted Tales 19
Jan-Feb 1951
1) 'War Story!' art Severin & Elder (Korean Jun 1950)
2) 'Jivaro Death!' art Kurtzman
3) 'Flight from Danger!' art Johnny Craig (WW2)
4) 'Brutal Capt. Bull' art Wood
Two-Fisted Tales 20
Mar-Apr 1951
1) 'Massacred!' art Severin & Elder (Korean)
2) 'Devils in Baggy Pants' art Wood (WW2 Normandy Jun 1944)
3) 'Colt Single Action Army Revolver!' art Jack Davis
4) 'Pirate Gold!' art Kurtzman
Two-Fisted Tales 21
May-Jun 1951
1) 'Ambush!' art Jack Davis (Korean)
2) 'Pigs of the Roman Empire' art Severin & Elder (gladiators)
3) 'The Murmansk Run!' art (WW2)
4) 'Search!' art Kurtzman (WW2 1943)
Two-Fisted Tales 22
Jul-Aug 1951
1) 'Enemy Contact!' art Jack Davis (Korean)
2) 'Dying City!' art Toth / Kurtzman (Korean)
3) 'Massacre at Agincourt!' art Wood (Agincourt 1415)
4) 'Chicken!' art Severin & Elder (WW2 Okinawa 1945)
Two-Fisted Tales 23
Sep-Oct 1951
1) 'Death Stand!' art Jack Davis (Korean)
2) 'Old Soldiers Never Die!' art Wood (WW1 Aug 1918)
3) 'Kill!' art Kurtzman Korean)
4) 'Dog Fight!' art Severin & Elder (WW2 1942)
Two-Fisted Tales 24
Nov-Dec 1951
1) 'Hill 203!' art Jack Davis (Korean)
2) 'Bug Out!' art Wood (Korean)
3) 'Rubble!' art Kurtzman (Korean)
4) 'Weak Link!' art Severin & Elder (WW2)
Two-Fisted Tales 25
Jan-Feb 1952
1) 'Mud!' art Jack Davis (Korean)
2) 'Bunker Hill!' art Wood (AWI Bunker Hill 1775)
3) 'Corpse on the Imjin!' art Kurtzman (Korean)
4) 'Buzz Bomb!' art Severin & Elder (WW2)
Two-Fisted Tales 26
Mar-Apr 1952
All Changjin Reservoir issue
1) 'The Trap!' art J Severin (Korean Dec 1950)
2) 'Hagaru-Ri!' art Jack Davis (Korean Dec 1950)
3) 'Link-Up!' art Severin & Elder (Korean Dec 1950)
4) 'Hungnam!' art Wood (Korean Dec 1950)
Two-Fisted Tales 27
May-Jun 1952
1) 'Luck!' art Severin & Elder (Korean)
2) 'Custer's Last Stand' art Wood (Little Big Horn 1876)
3) 'D-Day!' art J Severin (WW2 D-Day 6 Jun 1944)
4) 'Jeep!' art Jack Davis (Korean Jun 1951)
Two-Fisted Tales 28
Jul-Aug 1952
1) 'Checkers!' art Severin & Elder (Korean Aug 1951)
2) 'Pell's Point!' art Wood (AWI Pell's Point 1776)
3) 'Alamo!' art J Severin (The Alamo 1836)
4) 'Saipan!' art Jack Davis (WW2 Saipan Jun-44)
Two-Fisted Tales 29
Sep-Oct 1952
1) 'Korea!' art Jack Davis (Korean)
2) 'Red Knight!' art J Severin (WW1 Air Richtoffen Apr 1918)
3) 'Washington!' art Severin & Elder (AWI 1776)
4) 'Fire Mission!' art Dave Berg (Korean)
Two-Fisted Tales 30
Nov-Dec 1952
1) 'Bunker!' art Ric Estrada (Korean)
2) 'Knights!' art Wood (C14)
3) 'Wake!' art Gene Colan (WW2 Air Dec 1941)
4) 'Fledgeling!' art Jack Davis (WW1 Air)
Two-Fisted Tales 31
Jan-Feb 1953
1) 'Blockade!' art Wood (ACW Moniter vs Merrimac 1862)
2) 'Campaign!' art Severin & Elder (ACW 1862)
3) 'Donelson!' art Jack Davis (ACW Fort Donelson)
4) 'Grant!' art J Severin (ACW Ulysses S Grant biography)
Two-Fisted Tales 32
Mar-Apr 1953
1) 'Silent Service!' art Jack Davis (WW2 submarine Jun 1943)
2) 'Lost Battalion!' art Johnny Craig (WW1 Charlevaux Brook Oct 1918)
3) 'Hannibal!' art Wood (crossing the Alps)
4) 'Tide!' art Joe Kubert (WW2 D-Day frogmen 6 Jun 1944)
Two-Fisted Tales 33
May-Jun 1953
1) 'Signal Corps!' art Jack Davis (Korean 1950)
2) 'Outpost!' art J Severin (Afghan 1880s De Fuccio)
3) 'Pearl Divers!' art Joe Kubert (De Fuccio)
4) 'Atom Bomb!' art Wood (WW2 Nagasaki Aug 1945)
Two-Fisted Tales 34
Jul-Aug 1953
1) 'Betsy!' art Jack Davis
2) 'Trial By Arms!' art Wood (Knights in armour)
3) 'En Crapaudine!' art J Severin (French Legionnaires)
4) 'Guynemer!' art George Evans (WW1 Air)
Two-Fisted Tales 35
Oct 1953
1) 'Robert E. Lee!' art J Severin (ACW Potomac 1862)
2) 'New Orleans!' art Wood (ACW)
3) 'Memphis!' art Reed Crandall (ACW)
4) 'Chancellorsville!' art J Davis (ACW)
Two-Fisted Tales 36
Jan 1954
1) 'Gunfire!' art Jack Davis
2) 'Battle!' art Reed Crandall (Romans in Britain 55)
3) 'Justice!' art J Severin
4) 'Dangerous Man!' art Severin & Elder
Two-Fisted Tales 37
Apr 1954
1) 'Action!' art J Severin
2) 'Warrior!' art J Severin
3) 'Homemade Blitz!' art J Severin (IRA in London 1939)
4) 'Showdown!' art J Severin
Two-Fisted Tales 38
Jul 1954
1) 'Lost City!' art J Severin
2) 'Warpath!' art J Severin
3) 'Bullets!' art J Severin (Afghan)
4) 'Stampede!' art J Severin
Two-Fisted Tales 39
Oct 1954
1) 'Uranium Valley!' art J Severin
2) 'Oregon Trail!' art J Severin
3) 'The Secret!' art J Severin
4) 'Slaughter!' art J Severin
Two-Fisted Tales 40
Jan 1955
1) 'Dien Bien Phu!' art J Severin (French in Vietnam Nov-53)
2) 'Flaming Coffins!' art George Evans (WW1 Air 1917-18)
3) 'The Last of the Mohicans!' art Jack Davis (French and Indian wars)
4) 'Sharpshooter!' art J Severin (ACW)
Two-Fisted Tales 41
Mar 1955
1) 'Code of Honor!' art J Severin
2) 'Mau Mau!' art Bernie Krigstein (Kenya)
3) 'Carl Akeley!' art Wood Elephant (hunting 1910)
4) 'Yellow!' art George Evans (WW1 Air)