Battle

    (Atlas Magazines, 1951-1960)
™ and © Atlas Magazines, Inc.

“Hi-Ya-A-! This will be our last retreat comrades! I have just thought of a cunning plan…which will destroy the Yankee Fox company!”

Ok, it wasn’t exactly literature, and the plan in question (to let the company of brave Americans capture a hill, then use what seem like a couple of regiments to surround them) wasn’t so hot, either. Still, Battle was fine escapist reading for the fifties. As a sign of the times, it tended to feature at least a couple of Korean War stories per issue, wherein the hard-fighting Americans would stop hordes of yellow-skinned soldiers from trampling over life, liberty, and the inevitable innocents in harm’s way. On what seemed like a lighter note, it also included war features dating back to the American Civil War or further, lending a period-piece feel to what were some of the least believable—but fun—war stories published during the era.
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  • 1
    #1
    Mar 1951
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    A: Jon D’Agostino, Sol Brodsky
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    #2
    May 1951
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    A: Bill Lacava, George Klein, Pete Morisi, Vernon Henkel
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    #3
    Jul 1951
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    A: Paul Reinman, Cal Massey, Manny Stallman, Marion Sitton
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    #4
    Sep 1951
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    A: Robert Sale, Allen Bellman, Joe Maneely
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    #5
    Nov 1951
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    A: Norman Steinberg, Al Hartley, Joe Maneely
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    #6
    Jan 1952
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    W: Hank Chapman  ·  A: Russ Heath, Joe Maneely, Robert Sale, Norman Steinberg
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    #7
    Mar 1952
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    A: Al Hartley, Joe Maneely, Bill Lacava, Bill Savage
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    #8
    May 1952
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    A: Paul Reinman, Robert Sale, Norman Steinberg, Peter Berg
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    #9
    Jun 1952
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    A: Sy Grudko, Jerry Robinson, Paul Reinman, Robert Sale
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    #10
    Jul 1952
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    W: Hank Chapman  ·  A: Paul Reinman, Vernon Henkel, Mac Pakula, Ogden Whitney
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    #11
    Aug 1952
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    A: Gene Colan, Cal Massey, George Tuska
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    #12
    Sep 1952
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    W: Hank Chapman  ·  A: Jay Scott Pike, Russ Heath, Sy Grudko, Mike Sekowsky
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    #13
    Oct 1952
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    W: Stan Lee  ·  A: Russ Heath, Cal Massey, Norman Steinberg, Gil Evans
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    #14
    Nov 1952
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    W: Hank Chapman  ·  A: Dave Berg, Paul Reinman, Al Hartley, John Romita Sr.
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    #15
    Dec 1952
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    W: Paul S. Newman  ·  A: Robert Sale, Dave Berg, George Tuska
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    #16
    Jan 1953
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    W: Paul S. Newman  ·  A: Gene Colan, Russ Heath, Cal Massey, Dick Ayers
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    #17
    Feb 1953
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    W: Stan Lee  ·  A: Werner Roth, Dave Berg, Gene Colan
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    #18
    Mar 1953
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    W: Carl Wessler  ·  A: Dick Ayers, Mike Sekowsky
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    #19
    Apr 1953
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    A: Gene Colan, Dan Loprino, Arthur Peddy, Sam Kweskin
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    #20
    May 1953
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    A: Gil Evans, Vernon Henkel, Bill Benulis, Dick Ayers
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    #21
    Jul 1953
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    W: Paul S. Newman  ·  A: Bernie Krigstein, Manny Stallman, Louis Ravielli, Ross Andru
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    #22
    Sep 1953
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    W: Paul S. Newman  ·  A: Tony Mortellaro, Gil Evans, Sid Check, Al Carreno
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    #23
    Nov 1953
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    W: Paul S. Newman  ·  A: Bernie Krigstein, George Tuska, Tony Mortellaro
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    #24
    Dec 1953
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    W: Paul S. Newman  ·  A: Gene Colan, Hy Rosen, Vernon Henkel
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    #25
    Jan 1954
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    #26
    Feb 1954
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    A: John Romita Sr.
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    #27
    Mar 1954
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    #28
    Apr 1954
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    A: John Severin
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    #29
    May 1954
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    #30
    Jun 1954
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    #31
    Jul 1954
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    A: Joe Sinnott, Joe Maneely, Russ Heath, Bob Forgione
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    #32
    Aug 1954
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    A: John Severin
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    #33
    Oct 1954
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    A: Gene Colan, John Severin
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    #34
    Nov 1954
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    A: John Severin, Gene Colan
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    #35
    Dec 1954
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    A: Russ Heath
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    #36
    Jan 1955
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    A: Bill Everett
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    #37
    Feb 1955
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    A: Joe Kubert, Ross Andru
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    #38
    Mar 1955
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    A: Dave Berg
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    #39
    Apr 1955
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    #41
    Jul 1955
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    A: Joe Kubert
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    #42
    Sep 1955
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    #43
    Nov 1955
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    A: Gene Colan, Vic Carrabotta, Sol Brodsky, Bob Forgione, Jack Abel
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    #44
    Jan 1956
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    A: Dick Ayers
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    Mar 1956
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    #46
    May 1956
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    #47
    Jul 1956
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    A: Joe Orlando
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    #48
    Sep 1956
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    #49
    Nov 1956
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    #50
    Jan 1957
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    A: Don Heck, Mac Pakula, Paul Reinman
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    #51
    Mar 1957
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    #52
    May 1957
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    #53
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    A: Bob Powell
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    #54
    Sep 1957
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    #55
    Dec 1957
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    A: Al Williamson, Gene Colan, Bob Powell
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    Feb 1958
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    Apr 1958
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    Jun 1958
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    #59
    Aug 1958
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    #60
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    A: Dave Berg
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    #61
    Dec 1958
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    A: Dave Berg
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    #62
    Feb 1959
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    A: Dave Berg
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    #63
    Apr 1959
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    #64
    Jun 1959
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    A: Jack Kirby
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    #65
    Aug 1959
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    A: Jack Kirby
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    #66
    Oct 1959
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    A: Jack Kirby, John Severin
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    #67
    Dec 1959
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    A: Al Williamson, John Severin
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    #68
    Feb 1960
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    A: Don Heck, John Severin, Jack Kirby, Carl Burgos
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    #69
    Apr 1960
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    A: Russ Heath, Jack Kirby, Carl Burgos, John Severin
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    #70
    Jun 1960
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    A: Jack Kirby, Carl Burgos, Bill Everett, Don Heck
    Final Issue
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