Battle Action #70

Published
January 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 Bataan Cover, 1 page

"We honour courage and heroism. Two complete chapters of World War II's most amazing battle sagas as it really happened "Bataan""

Featuring

Genre
War

Credits

Art
Maurice Bramley, line art
Show/hide 1. Music for Young Moderns You Can Play (The Sampson School of Music) Advertisement, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
The Sampson School of Music
Show/hide 2. Bataan! Comic story, 4 pages

Featuring

Genre
War
Code
T-328

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
Joe Sinnott, line art [signed]
Text
Artie Simek, letterer
Editing
Stan Lee, original Editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
Battle (Atlas [Marvel], 1951 series) #65 (August 1959)
Bataan!
 
Unknown  (Marvel)

Notes

Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.

Show/hide 3. Back to Bataan! Comic story, 4 pages

Featuring

Genre
War
Code
T-329

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
Joe Sinnott, line art [signed]
Text
Artie Simek, letterer
Editing
Stan Lee, original Editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
Battle (Atlas [Marvel], 1951 series) #65 (August 1959)
Back To Bataan!

Notes

Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.

Show/hide 4. The Trapped Patrol! Comic story, 5 pages

Featuring

Genre
War
Code
M-905

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
Marvin Stein, line art
Text
, letterer
Editing
Stan Lee, original Editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
Battle (Atlas [Marvel], 1951 series) #65 (August 1959)
The Trapped Patrol!

Notes

Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.

Show/hide 5. Grandstand Play Comic story, 5 pages

Featuring

Genre
War

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
John Romita, penciller [signed as Romita]
 
, inker
Text
, letterer
Editing
, original Editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
War Comics (Atlas [Marvel], 1950 series) #16 (February 1953)
Grandstand Play
Also printed
Australia
Battle Action (Horwitz, 1954 series) #78 (July 1963)
Grandstand Play
 
Australia
Battle Action (Horwitz, 1965 series) #78 ([September 1965?])
Grandstand Play
Show/hide 6. The Heroes! Comic story, 6 pages

Featuring

Genre
War
Code
C-263

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
Vern Henkel, penciller [signed as Henkel]
 
Vern Henkel , inker
Text
, letterer
Editing
Stan Lee, original Editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
War Comics (Atlas [Marvel], 1950 series) #21 (September 1953)
The Heroes!

Synopsis

War correspondent Marone visits Korea to see what real heroism is; he witnesses how exhausted the soldiers are and yet keep fighting on, caring for their wounded and never looking back; he decides this is real heroism.

Show/hide 7. Send for This Free Stamp Collection (Rocket Stamps) Advertisement, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Rocket Stamps
Code
B.A./1/61
Show/hide 8. How Jack Seymour Changed from a Puny Weakling to a Real He-Man! (Home Physical Development Co.) Advertisement, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Home Physical Development Co.
Code
B.A./1/61

Status

This issue includes help from

  • Anthony Gillies

AusReprints ID

  • 48774

Entry created

  • 29/07/2010

Cover added

  • 11/06/2015

Last updated

  • 11/06/2015