Frazetta,BlazingCombat,FrenchIndochina,Mat49's

[romedome]

Yes, they are all connected, can you believe it!?!

EDITED 3/7/04:
And here is my homage to it, in spirit, if not in accuracy

end of edit: more towards bottom of thread

I remember seeing these as Warren reprints in comix bookstores when I was in college but never bought em which I deeply regret, dangit!!!
Does anyone have 'em and do the issues have tales about French Indochina?? I'm curious as to the uniform/equipment depicted in the art as reference for 1:6 figure kitbashing.

Check out the great Frank Frazetta's art for the covers. I never noticed them Mat.49 SMG's before!

Issue#1 on the left, #3 on the right.


Incredible closeup of cover#1.

Lookit that, the copyright is dated 1965!

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[USMCWayne]

Interesting looking comic books.

It's a title I'm not familiar with. I'm guessing it wasn't released in the USA?

[pukingdog]

Long, Long, long ago, Wayne. Availability had a lot to do with where you lived. Those comics are 35 cents, although when I used to scrounge pop bottles to buy comics, as a kid, we bitched when the price went up from 10 cents to 12 cents.

Of course, they also were printed on papyrus, rather than etched in stone tablets.

[USMCWayne]

I guess where you lived had a lot to do with availability. I lived in deepest, darkest Montana, and was 13 in 1965.

My comic book collection consisted of Nick Fury and His Howling Commandos, Combat!, Enemy Ace, Haunted Tank, Sgt Rock and Easy Company, and many other titles...but not the above.

It looks a bit too classy for the people I hung around with.

[taskforce11]

I think alot of them got ruined during delivery by the pony express!!

[McGee]

I've read interviews from the publisher and some creators that Blazing Combat had distribution problems because it was considered a anti-war magazine. All the magazines from Warren publishing featured a who's who of comic book artists including Al Williamson, Wallace Wood, Alex Toth, the last comic book art from Frazetta among other greats. They were shooting for the being the second coming of EC Comics, featuring many of the same creators.
from comics.org
frontispiece

(Sequence 1 , 1 page )
Credits:
Archie Goodwin (Script), John Severin (Pencils), John Severin (Inks), Ben Oda (Letters).

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Viet-Cong

(Sequence 2 , 7 pages )
Credits:
Archie Goodwin (Script), Joe Orlando (Pencils), Joe Orlando (Inks), Ben Oda (Letters).

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Aftermath

(Sequence 3 , 6 pages )
Credits:
Archie Goodwin (Script), Angelo Torres (Pencils), Angelo Torres (Inks), Ben Oda (Letters).

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Flying Tigers

(Sequence 4 , 5 pages )
Credits:
Archie Goodwin (Script), George Evans (Pencils), George Evans (Inks), Ben Oda (Letters).

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Long View

(Sequence 5 , 6 pages )
Credits:
Archie Goodwin (Script), Grey Morrow (Pencils), Grey Morrow (Inks), Ben Oda (Letters).

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Cantigny

(Sequence 6 , 6 pages )
Credits:
Archie Goodwin (Script), Reed Crandall (Pencils), Reed Crandall (Inks), Ben Oda (Letters).

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Combat Quiz

(Sequence 7 - feature , 1 page )
Credits:
Archie Goodwin (Script), Alex Toth (Pencils), Alex Toth (Inks), Ben Oda (Letters).

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Mad Anthony

(Sequence 8 , 6 pages )
Credits:
Archie Goodwin (Script), Tex Blaisdell, Jeff Jones (Pencils), Maurice Whitman (Inks), Ben Oda (Letters).

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Enemy

(Sequence 9 , 7 pages )
Credits:
Archie Goodwin (Script), John Severin (Pencils), John Severin (Inks), Ben Oda (Letters).

frontispiece

(Sequence 1 , 1 page )
Credits:
Archie Goodwin (Script), Grey Morrow (Pencils), Grey Morrow (Inks), Ben Oda (Letters).

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Landscape

(Sequence 2 , 7 pages )
Credits:
Archie Goodwin (Script), Joe Orlando (Pencils), Joe Orlando (Inks), Ben Oda (Letters).

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Saratoga

(Sequence 3 , 6 pages )
Credits:
Archie Goodwin (Script), Reed Crandall (Pencils), Reed Crandall (Inks), Ben Oda (Letters).

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Mig Alley

(Sequence 4 , 6 pages )
Credits:
Archie Goodwin (Script), Al McWilliams (Pencils), Al McWilliams (Inks), Ben Oda (Letters).

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Face To Face

(Sequence 5 , 6 pages )
Credits:
Archie Goodwin (Script), Joe Orlando (Pencils), Joe Orlando (Inks), Ben Oda (Letters).

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Kasserine Pass

(Sequence 6 , 6 pages )
Credits:
Archie Goodwin (Script), Angelo Torres (Pencils), Al Williamson (Inks), Ben Oda (Letters).

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Lone Hawk

(Sequence 7 , 6 pages )
Credits:
Archie Goodwin (Script), Alex Toth (Pencils), Alex Toth (Inks), Ben Oda (Letters).

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Combat Quiz

(Sequence 8 - feature , 1 page )
Credits:
Archie Goodwin (Script), Angelo Torres (Pencils), Angelo Torres (Inks), Ben Oda (Letters).

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Holding Action

(Sequence 9 , 7 pages )
Credits:
Archie Goodwin (Script), John Severin (Pencils), John Severin (Inks), Ben Oda (Letters).

[War quiz}

(Sequence 1 , 1 page )
Credits:
Archie Goodwin? (Script), Angelo Torres (Pencils), Angelo Torres (Inks), ? (Letters).

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Special Forces

(Sequence 2 , 8 pages )
Credits:
Archie Goodwin (Script), Jerry Grandenetti (ghosting) (Pencils), Joe Orlando (Inks), ? (Letters).

Reprinted: rep. in Blazing Combat graphic album

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Foragers

(Sequence 3 , 6 pages )
Credits:
Archie Goodwin (Script), Reed Crandall (Pencils), Reed Crandall (Inks), Ben Oda (Letters).

Reprinted: rep. in Blazing Combat graphic album

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U-Boat

(Sequence 4 , 7 pages )
Credits:
Archie Goodwin (Script), Gene Colan (Pencils), Gene Colan (Inks), Ben Oda (Letters).

Reprinted: rep. in Blazing Combat graphic album

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Survival

(Sequence 5 , 6 pages )
Credits:
Alex Toth and Archie Goodwin (Script), Alex Toth (Pencils), Alex Toth (Inks), Alex Toth (Letters).

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The Battle of Britain

(Sequence 6 , 7 pages )
Credits:
Wally Wood (Script), Wally Wood (Pencils), Wally Wood (Inks), Ben Oda (Letters).

Reprinted: rep. in Blazing Combat graphic album

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Water Hole

(Sequence 7 , 5 pages )
Credits:
Archie Goodwin (Script), Gray Morrow (Pencils), Gray Morrow (Inks), Ben Oda (Letters).

Reprinted: rep. in Blazing Combat graphic album

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Souvenirs

(Sequence 8 , 6 pages )
Credits:
Archie Goodwin (Script), John Severin (Pencils), John Severin (Inks), Ben Oda (Letters).

Combat Quiz

(Sequence 1 - Activity , 1 page )
Credits:
? (Script), Dan Adkins (Pencils), Dan Adkins (Inks), ? (Colors), ? (Letters).

Character appearances:
General Montgomery

Genre: war

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*No title given or indexed*
(Sequence 2 - Letters , 1 page )
Feature Story: The Firing Line


Credits:
Archie Goodwin (Script),

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Conflict!

(Sequence 3 - Story , 7 pages )
Credits:
Archie Goodwin (Script), Gene Colan (Pencils), Gene Colan (Inks), none (Colors), Ben Oda (Letters).

Reprinted: in Blazing Combat #nn (1978)

Genre: war

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How It Began!

(Sequence 4 - Story , 6 pages )
Credits:
Archie Goodwin (Script), George Evans (Pencils), George Evans (Inks), none (Colors), Ben Oda (Letters).

Genre: war

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The Edge!

(Sequence 5 - Story , 6 pages )
Credits:
Archie Goodwin (Script), Alex Toth (Pencils), Alex Toth (Inks), none (Colors), Ben Oda (Letters).

Reprinted: in Blazing Combat #nn (1978)

Genre: war

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Give and Take!

(Sequence 6 - Story , 6 pages )
Credits:
Archie Goodwin (Script), Russ Heath (Pencils), Russ Heath (Inks), none (Colors), Ben Oda (Letters).

Reprinted: in Blazing Combat #nn (1978)

Genre: war

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ME-262!

(Sequence 7 - Story , 7 pages )
Credits:
Archie Goodwin (Script), Wally Wood (Pencils), Wally Wood (Inks), none (Colors), Ben Oda (Letters).

Character appearances:
Adolf Hitler

Reprinted: in World of Wood 1 (May 1986)

Genre: war

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The Trench!

(Sequence 8 - Story , 6 pages )
Credits:
Archie Goodwin (Script), John Severin (Pencils), John Severin (Inks), none (Colors), Ben Oda (Letters).

Reprinted: in Blazing Combat #nn (1978)

Genre: war

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Thermopylae!

(Sequence 9 - Story , 8 pages )
Credits:
Archie Goodwin (Script), Reed Crandall (Pencils), Reed Crandall (Inks), none (Colors), Ben Oda (Letters).

Genre: war

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Night Drop!

(Sequence 10 - Story , 7 pages )
Credits:
Archie Goodwin (Script), Angelo Torres (Pencils), Angelo Torres (Inks), none (Colors), Ben Oda (Letters).

Genre: war

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Easy Way to a Tuff Surfboard!

(Sequence 11 - PSA , 1 page )
Credits:
? (Script), Frank Frazetta (Pencils), Frank Frazetta (Inks), none (Colors), ? (Letters).

Reprinted: from Creepy #9 (June 1966); in Eerie #23 (September 1969); also in Blazing Combat #2 (November 1993)



Here's a tip for people interested that should save you money some were reprinted in 1993/94 by Apple Comics.

All that and I didn't answer the question.

[pukingdog]

Thanks, McGee. Methinks we've ferreted out a hardcore comics-guy. Funny how many of us pursued so many like hobbies.

[romedome]

My gawrsh, McGee (and welcome to the OSW!), I couldn't find an index of story summaries but getting the titles of 'em sure does make my mouth water. Sigh...stupendous first step, though. I luvved comics when I was a kid but really got into the underground/mature stuff (e.g. independants, Metal Hurlant artists like Corben, as well as finding the reprints of EC & Warren comics) when I was in colleg, my early working single years, and the Lonesome Rome years in Colorado. Great help, McGeethose were fun days you made me remember!

[Broadsword 6]

Man, what great stories those were! I had issue #2, but gave it away to a friend long ago. Now I gotta find the reprints!

[McGee]

Thanks for the welcomes. Glad I could be a little help.

[USMCRon]

Thoes would be great references for 1/6 Dio's. Frazetta is one of my fav's. Lots of drama and bold color. Didin't even know he did Combat pics. So did he just do the covers or did he illustrate the inside too?

[romedome]

I'm guessing he just did the covers but what McGee posted says he did a 1 pager inside one of the issues with something titled "Easy to Tuff a Surfboard"...

[ransomechua]

I remember that Frazetta cover in an ad when I was a kid leaving through the pages of Monsters fanzine, sadly never saw the real thing. When I subsequently learnt more about Frazetta, I was amazed that he was responsible for that mighty piece of art... thought all he did were curvacious sultry babes and Conan-like warriors.

I recall another cover of that time, this of a GI bayonetting a German soldier, it was really "in-your-face" art at that time. I wonder when Frank did that?


Ran

[Micanick]

You know, when you brough this Comics back in to my mine it bough back the good days.
I had all 4 of the issue, and still have them.
Blazing Combat was one of the best that they put out.
I also had G.I.Combat (Haunted Tank), Enemy Ace,Sgt. Rock and
Nick Fury and all the rest. Still have most of them.
But I think Blazing Combat was more of a magazine Comic.
I guess I need to get them back out.
Micanick Out:

[McGee]

Not sure why that Frazetta one pager is listed. I'm pretty sure from the title its his anti-smoking strip he did. It featured a few young surfers included a shapley one in a bikini (big surprise) It ran in the different Warren mags.

[romedome]

I had to throw in the hot babe because that is a trademark of Frazetta's fantasy art.



I know, I know, my artistic license should be revoked but I couldn't help it...



Ah, fun.

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[pukingdog]

The Freudian possibilities of this turn of events boggles the mind.

[romedome]

The voices inside my head ask:
"Fantasy...What fantasy?"

Well, I always did think of myself as the Filipino version of John Carter, Warlord of Mars...errr...Barsoom.

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