SEMPER FI: TALES OF THE MARINE CORPS COMIC BOOK!
COLLECTORS ITEM issue of the fantastic comic book series featuring the United States Marine Corps set during World War 1 in the trenches.
"Since the birth of the Marine Corps on November 10, 1775 the Whittier Family has served their corps and country, This is their story."
Peter Gimbel (a Whittier Cousin) enjoys the excitement and adventure of the Marine Corps, but he finds more than he bargained for stationed at the Legation Quarter in Peking, China. During the "Boxer" Rebellion, the Legation Quarter, a walled compound in Peking that sheltered the various embassies and European business concerns of the foreigners in china, was protected by the US Marines. Also contains a bonus story. "Stickup." July 22, 1932, Union Station in Washington, DC. A crime wave raced across America in the 1930's. Not even the Marines were safe! The USMC takes on organized crime as the Collins Gang attempts to hijack a military payroll and a Marine is taken hostage.
Drawn by Andy Kubert (son of Joe Kubert) and the Legendary John Severin, best known for his lavishly detailed artwork on EC Comics gritty Two Fisted Tales war comics in the fifties,
This comic book was never available to the mass market and was only sold in comic book specialty shops.
Hard to find COLLECTOR'S ITEM!
RARE and OUT OF PRINT! Impossible to find!
Produced by Marvel Comics, the publishers of SPIDERMAN, THE HULK, THE X-MEN, IRON MAN, CAPTAIN AMERICA and DAREDEVIL!
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