#21 Ambush
#21 Ambush
Published May 1951
Cover by Harvey Kurtzman. Stories by Harvey Kurtzman. Art by John Severin, Will Elder, Wally Wood, Jack Davis, and Harvey Kurtzman. Harvey Kurtzman’s legendary series enlisted top EC artists for gritty tales of war and adventure. On the battlefield, Roman commander Decius faces a savage comeuppance for his behavior in the Arena, in a story with inks by MAD legend Will Elder. An Italian-American soldier meets his long-lost brother on the battlefield at Anzio during WWII. A sailor’s carelessness dooms a ship trying to avoid enemy submarines, with art by Wally Wood. Ambush!; Pigs of the Roman Empire; Hero; Dig, You Mutinous Cur!; The Murmansk Run!; Search! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.