G.I. Combat Vol 1 238

"The Secret Front": The synopsis for this issue has not yet been written.

Appearing in "The Secret Front"

Featured Characters:

• Haunted Tank
  • Lt. Jeb Stuart
  • Gus Gray
  • Slim Stryker
  • Rick Rawlins

Supporting Characters:

• • General J.E.B. Stuart

Antagonists:

• German Infantry soldiers
• German Artillery soldiers
• German pilots

Other Characters:

• President Franklin Delano Roosevelt
• Winston Churchill
• Joseph Stalin
• Comrade Maxim (Dies)
• American Infantry captain
• Russian schoolchildren
• Russian citizens

Locations:

• Messina, Sicily
• Rostov, Russia
• Little Stalingrad, Russia

Items:

• logs

Vehicles:

• The Haunted Tank
• German Panzerkampfwagen IV tank
• German Junkers Ju 87 Ground-attack plane
• American Naval battleship
  
  

Synopsis for "The Secret Front"

• Synopsis not yet written.

Appearing in "Spy Kill Spy"

Featured Characters:

• Agent "Gull" (Dies)
• Agent "Dove"
• Agent "Bluejay"

Supporting Characters:

• Office of Strategic Services (O.S.S)
  • Control
  • Sorcerer
• Professor Anthony Sarno
• Anna Sarno

Antagonists:

• Colonel Vrieg (Dies)
• German Infantry soldiers

Other Characters:

• Major Marchetti

Locations:

• Verona, Italy
• London, England

Items:

• Tommygun silencers
• Parachutes
• Heel-Smoke screen

Vehicles:

• Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber
• Helicopter
  

Synopsis for "Spy Kill Spy"

• Synopsis not yet written.
  
  

Appearing in "Soldier in a Showcase"

Featured Characters:

• Unnamed American P.O.W.

Supporting Characters:

• Squirrels

Antagonists:

• Japanese officer
• Japanese Infantry soldiers

Locations:

• Japan

Items:

• Japanese flag
  

Synopsis for "Soldier in a Showcase"

• Synopsis not yet written.
  
  

Appearing in "The Runner and the Flame"

Featured Characters:

• Private Buddy Turner

Supporting Characters:

• Private Reilly (Dies)
• Private Cohen (Dies)

Antagonists:

• Japanese lieutenant
• Japanese Infantry soldiers

Other Characters:

• Buddy Turner's dad (Flashback only)
• American Marine captain
• American Marines

Locations:

• Los Angeles, California (Flashback only)
• Tarawa, Gilbert Islands

Items:

• TNT sticks
• Olympic torch
  

Synopsis for "The Runner and the Flame"

• Synopsis not yet written.
  
  

Appearing in "Battle Ark"

Featured Characters:

• Haunted Tank
  • Lt. Jeb Stuart
  • Gus Gray
  • Slim Stryker
  • Rick Rawlins

Supporting Characters:

• • General J.E.B. Stuart

Antagonists:

• German Artillery soldiers
• German Naval seamen

Other Characters:

• British Infantry soldiers
• French Infantry soldiers

Locations:

• Eindhoven, The Netherlands

Items:

• torpedoes

Vehicles:

• The Haunted Tank
• Pontoon raft
• German Panzerkampfwagen IV tank
• German U-Boat submarine
  

Synopsis for "Battle Ark"

• Synopsis not yet written.

Notes

• The back cover contains an "All About Small Arms" Combat Album profile for the Colt .45 Model 1916 Pistol holster and Nylon Survival Vest, with art by Sam Glanzman.
• This issue also contains a one-page text background entry titled Famous Fighting Outfits: The 36th "Texas" Division (Part 1).

Trivia

• The events of the fourth story "The Runner and the Flame" take place during the Battle of Tarawa, a battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II that was fought from November 20 to November 23, 1943.

See Also

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• Cover gallery for the G.I. Combat series

Recommended Reading

• World War II Recommended Reading
  • Adventures in the Rifle Brigade (Volume 1)
  • Adventures in the Rifle Brigade (Volume 2)
  • All-American Men of War (Volume 1)
  • All-Out War (Volume 1)
  • Blackhawk (Volume 1)
  • Blitzkrieg (Volume 1)
  • Capt. Storm (Volume 1)
  • Four-Star Battle Tales (Volume 1)
  • G.I. Combat (Volume 1)
  • Men of War (Volume 1)
  • Military Comics (Volume 1)
  • Our Army at War (Volume 1)
  • Our Fighting Forces (Volume 1)
  • Sgt. Rock (Volume 1)
  • Sgt. Rock (Volume 2)
  • Star-Spangled War Stories (Volume 1)
  • Unknown Soldier (Volume 1)
  • Weird War Tales (Volume 1)

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