From 1954 Combat Kelly #22. My second book of the series (the other being issue #12). Also with the obligatory pen markings on the cover to help make this affordable. Still cost me $35, but considering that a lot, if not all, Atlas era books in good condition are often in the triple digits for price (regardless the title), I'll take it.

Legendary Mad Magazine artist Dave Berg is still doing the art for this series. Includes an ongoing story as the first feature, a look at shoulder patches used by the US military, a WWI story narrated by Combat Kelly, and a Combat Kelly story set during WWII.

I got issue Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos #46 from eBay and it was sent like this! No plastic sleeve, no cardboard backing!

But it's okay, I'll tuck it away in a nice plastic sleeve and cardboard back for added support and it will know it's loved...

Okay, okay, I used the same joke on r/graphicnovels, but it's too good to not reuse.

Anyway Fantagraphics has put put its fourth book and it reprints the first 8 issues of War Comics, which I believe was the first War genre book put out by Atlas in 1950, but certainly not the last by any stretch.

I picked up a cheapy Atlas mag, Combat Kelly #12 by Hank Chapman & Mad Magazine artist Dave Berg. Set in the Korean War, and perhaps one of the weirder war mags from the Atlas Era.

I also picked up a near mint copy of Captain Savage and his Leatherneck Raiders #6. Apart from some yellowing, it felt like I just picked it up from the news rack, I even felt bad touching it while reading it.

Recent pick-up of Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos Annual #3. Set in the Vietnam War which was the present day Marvel at the time. Also got Captain Savage and his Leatherneck Raiders #5. A more mundane story involving undercover work dealing with a counterfeiter and Australian collaborator.

Sgt. Fury #45, Captain Savage #4 and Marvel Super-Heroes #16 to be precise.

The Phantom Eagle was a brand new character set during World War One. It a very Golden Age feel to the story. I don't know if they ever did anything else with the character, but it was cool with them expanding the Marvel Universe to before the Timely era.

I started collecting Captain Savage because for some reason it's never been made into a collected edition, which is unfortunate. Besides the Sgt. Fury crossovers, issues 2-4 features the origin of Hydra. Not counting the Westerns, this is the oldest series, set in the Marvel Universe, not be put into a collected works.

Since the collected works of Sgt. Fury end at issue #43, I started collecting the uncollected issues starting with #44.

Issues number 48 and 61.

48 is post-code and 61 post-implosion.

If look in the upper left corner of 61, you will notice the Atlas logo has been replaced by an IND. and the interior stuff is a mish-mash of left-over inventory, including stories intended for Combat Kelly and Combat Casey, and a Joe Maneely story published after his death.

Issues 28 and 31 which I picked up from my LCS, which often has relatively inexpensive Atlas era comics.

As a little kid growing up in the 70's SGT Rock and GI Combat were my favorite comic books

December 1966. Cover art by Joe Kubert. One Kill Too Many! starring Sgt. Rock, script by Robert Kanigher, art by Joe Kubert. Battle Buzzards!, script by Bill Finger, pencils by Bob Forgione, inks by Jack Abel.

Love digging through my boxes and finding gems like this!