Issue: #2
Published: May 1952, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 36, Editing: Benton J. Resnik (General Manager); Mel Lazarus (Art Director)
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age US; Then Standard Silver Age US Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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Cover (1 page) |
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Featuring: |
Spike and Bat |
Synopsis: |
Full-page, front cover illustration depicts Spike and Bat approaching the gun-toting Cobra Woman. |
Genre: |
Adventure Humor War |
Characters: |
Spike Bat Cobra Woman |
Advertisement (1 page) |
Camera Offer |
Synopsis: |
Full-page, inside front cover ad for the Scenex camera ($1.29) from Jolola Sales of Buffalo, New York. |
Credits: |
Script: ? (ad copy) | Letters: Typeset |
Comic Story (12 pages) |
Madame Cobra |
Featuring: |
Spike and Bat |
Synopsis: |
Spike and Bat are sent behind enemy lines to free an intelligence officer held in a Korean POW camp commanded by the notorious torturer, Madame Cobra. |
Credits: |
Pencils: Jack Sparling | Inks: Jack Sparling |
Genre: |
Adventure Humor War |
Characters: |
Spike Bat Cobra Woman |
Comic Story (11 pages) |
The Terror of the Deep |
Featuring: |
Spike and Bat |
Synopsis: |
Spike and Bat discover a Communist base on a Pacific island while investigating a sea serpent rumor. |
Credits: |
Pencils: Jack Sparling | Inks: Jack Sparling |
Genre: |
Adventure Humor War |
Characters: |
Spike Bat Professor Hiller Rose (Hiller's Niece) |
Comic Story (1 page) |
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Featuring: |
Oliver |
Synopsis: |
Young Marine Oliver receives a six-foot photograph of his girlfriend. |
Genre: |
Humor War |
Characters: |
Oliver |
Text Article (2 pages) |
A Walk in Korea |
Synopsis: |
Article about a two-day battle in Korea involving United States Marines in 1871. |
Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
Genre: |
Non-fiction |
Comic Story (2 pages) |
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Featuring: |
Gwendolyn |
Synopsis: |
Female Marine Gwendolyn wants to meet men so she's stationed on the chow-line. |
Credits: |
Pencils: Vic Herman (signed) | Inks: Vic Herman (signed) |
Genre: |
Humor War |
Characters: |
Gwendolyn |
Advertisement (1 page) |
Doll House Offer |
Synopsis: |
Full-page, inside back cover ad for a paper doll house kit ($1.00) from Jolola Sales of Buffalo, New York. |
Credits: |
Script: ? (ad copy) | Pencils: ? (spot illustration) | Inks: ? (spot illustration) | Letters: typeset |
Advertisement (1 page) |
Puppet Theater Offer |
Synopsis: |
Full-page, back cover ad for a paper puppet theater ($1.98) from Jolola Sales of Buffalo, New York. |
Credits: |
Script: ? (ad copy) | Pencils: ? (spot illustrations) | Inks: ? (spot illustrations) | Letters: Typeset |
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