#03 Tin Can
#03 Tin Can
Published November 1951
Cover art by Harvey Kurtzman. “Tin Can!”, script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by Jack Davis; Sailors aboard a U.S. Destroyer are busy shaving while Seaman 2/C Yearling gets on them about dirtying up newly cleaned sinks, when General Quarters is called after the ship hits a mine; During the confusion and lights going out, Yearling gets trapped in a flooded compartment, whose door has been shut and secured to prevent the rest of the ship being flooded, not knowing Yearling is inside. “Desert Fox!”, script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by Wally Wood. “The Bridge” article, script and art by Harvey Kurtzman. “Sea Battle!” article, script and art by Harvey Kurtzman. “Prisoner of War!”, script and art by Harvey Kurtzman; American soldiers, plucked from occupation duty in Japan, and sent into the heat of battle in the Korean War, are taken prisoner; One of them, Benedict, brown-noses the enemy and is put in charge of marching his fellow grunts towards Seoul. “How They Die!”, script by Harvey Kurtzman, pencils by John Severin, inks by Bill Elder; As U.S. Army jeeps roll across France toward Chalon in WW2, a Frenchman remembers the wars involving the French: back to the times when Attila the Hun raced across toward the same destination and met defeat at the hands of the Romans, then the British in the 1300’s, on to the time of Napoleon and his defeat at the hands of the Russians, and then WW1. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.
