#31 Blockade
#31 Blockade
Published February 1953
Special Civil War issue. Cover by Harvey Kurtzman. Stories by Harvey Kurtzman. Art by John Severin, Bill Elder, Wally Wood, and Jack Davis. Harvey Kurtzman’s legendary series enlisted top EC artists for gritty tales of war and adventure. A Civil War sergeant who brags that a bullet will never find him is proved a little too right, in a story with inks by MAD legend Will Elder. The military career of Union commander and future US president Ulysses Grant. The first battle between two “ironclads” signals the end of the wooden warship, with art by Wally Wood. Blockade!; Campaign!; Air-Minded Fitz John; Donelson!; Grant! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
