{"id":121,"date":"2006-01-18T20:09:15","date_gmt":"2006-01-19T01:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/?p=121"},"modified":"2017-05-04T20:59:12","modified_gmt":"2017-05-05T01:59:12","slug":"golden-age-of-comic-books-january-18-2006-32","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/2006\/01\/18\/golden-age-of-comic-books-january-18-2006-32\/","title":{"rendered":"Golden Age of Comic Books &#8211; January 18, 2006 &#8211; #32"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this episode of the Golden Age of Comic Books, we cover the two great war titles from EC Comics: <em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Two-Fisted Tales and Frontline Combat<\/strong><\/span><\/em>.&nbsp; <em>Two-Fisted Tales<\/em> debuted with issue #18 in 1950 and ran through&nbsp;issue #41 in 1955.&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>Frontline Combat<\/em> began with issue #1 in 1951 and ran through issue #15 in 1954.&nbsp; Much of the EC war material represented in these two titles was the brainchild of comics genius Harvey Kurtzman, but many of EC&#8217;s other outstanding artists and writers contributed to these classic stories.&nbsp; All of the EC titles have been reprinted over the years, and these two are a must read for fans of Golden Age war comics.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2195\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/36769.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2195\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2195\" src=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/36769.jpg\" alt=\"Two-Fisted Tales #18\" width=\"400\" height=\"570\" srcset=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/36769.jpg 400w, http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/36769-105x150.jpg 105w, http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/36769-211x300.jpg 211w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2195\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two-Fisted Tales #18<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;margin: 1px;\"><br><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-6740759833732487\";\ngoogle_alternate_color = \"FFFFFF\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 468;\ngoogle_ad_height = 60;\ngoogle_ad_format = \"468x60_as\";\ngoogle_ad_type = \"text_image\";\ngoogle_ad_channel =\"\";\ngoogle_color_border = \"\";\ngoogle_color_link = \"\";\ngoogle_color_bg = \"\";\ngoogle_color_text = \"\";\ngoogle_color_url = \"\";\ngoogle_ui_features = \"rc:6\";\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\n  src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><br><\/div><div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-121\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/2006\/01\/18\/golden-age-of-comic-books-january-18-2006-32\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-121\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/2006\/01\/18\/golden-age-of-comic-books-january-18-2006-32\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/2006\/01\/18\/golden-age-of-comic-books-january-18-2006-32\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span>Print<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/2006\/01\/18\/golden-age-of-comic-books-january-18-2006-32\/?share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this episode of the Golden Age of Comic Books, we cover the two great war titles from EC Comics: Two-Fisted Tales and Frontline Combat.&nbsp; 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