Our Fighting Forces, #116

Published: November-December 1968

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Peril from the Casbah!

Story Featuring Lt. Hunter's Hellcats

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Peril from the Casbah

Story Featuring Lt. Hunter's Hellcats

Storyline

Marie leads the Hellcats through a Paris cemetrry - and they're jumped by Middle Eastern Assassins!.. Earlier: The Hellcats brawl as Nazis creep close. Mlle. Marie opens fire and they dispatch the Nazis. The Germans are bombing passenger trains and trolleys with a secret weapon. They chase one train, but it explodes. Finally they track to the cemetery and meet the "weapon". "Fanatic thugs the Nazis imported from the East! The Devil's own suicide squad!" They detonate the thugs and save the day. And Lt. Hunter carries a (lightly) wounded Marie off the field!

Story Notes

Story in two parts of 5.67 and 5.5 pages.

Combat Cowboy

"The American West holds stories of the whip-cord men that settled the land..."

Storyline

Images of the Old West, homesteading, and fighting Indians are on Bronco's mind as his company digs foxholes to hold the line. "I found a home in the US Army!" As Nazis attack, Bronco fights to keep his foxhole, shooting and lobbing grenades at tanks... Reinforcements find the company wiped out. Including Bronco, who's found a "permanent home." Funny he was called Bronco. "He'd never been further west than Brooklyn, USA!"

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Story Notes

Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Schwartz kept editorial records for Robert Kanigher, who edited this issue.

The Silent Tin Can!

"My ship! Torpedoed from under me before we'd ever fired a shot!"

Storyline

Commander Frank's Ship 53 was torpedoed by a U-Boat in World War I. In 1941, Commander Frank's son is assigned to the same ship, which has been salvaged and refitted for duty. The old ship is too slow to fight, but manages to delay a Nazi battleship by ramming it.

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Story Notes

Artwork of first three pages of story extended to fit current format.

We Double Dare You
Story Notes

Illustrated generic promo for the House of Mystery series.

A Magazine About Today
Story Notes

Promo for Brother Power, the Geek #2, with cover depicted. "On sale Sept. 5th."

Born to Trouble!
Story Notes

Promo for the Jonny Double feature in Showcase #78.

Joe Kubert Is a Grand Old Name!
Praise for Enemy Ace, Hellcats, and Frank Thorne
Storyline

Readers praise Enemy Ace, Hellcats, and Frank Thorne, the artist.