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Golden Age War comics
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16 minutes ago, Robot Man said:

I picked up this War Stories #5 (actually #1) at Terry’s show on Sunday. Lower grade but hard to believe a cool 1942 war cover like this would go so cheap. 

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What does the indica ink on the interior read as far as numbering goes?? Was reading it shows as #25 with the thought that it might have originally been intended for something else (Four Color?).

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1 hour ago, 707comics said:

What does the indica ink on the interior read as far as numbering goes?? Was reading it shows as #25 with the thought that it might have originally been intended for something else (Four Color?).

The indica is simple. It reads number 5, published by Dell Publications, 1942.

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17 minutes ago, Robot Man said:

The indica is simple. It reads number 5, published by Dell Publications, 1942.

Thanks for checking. I was curious after seeing the following on the GCD (https://www.comics.org/issue/1887/):

Copyright, 1942, by Dell Publishing Company, Inc.
Though #5 is on the cover, this is actually listed as #25 in the indicia. Possibly originally intended as Four Color #25? Indicia numbering noted by and possible source of error suggested by Jon Ingersoll, December 2008, via GCD Errors list.

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18 hours ago, Robot Man said:

Here it is. It is a continuation of War Comics #1-4 by Dell. Thusly, #5 is actually #1 of this title.

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I've really enjoyed collecting the War Comics / War Stories run.  I'm sure I've posted before (BTW ~ Is there a way in a specific thread to search for posts by a specific user on these boards?), but here is a group shot of the 8 issue run.  I particularly like #2 and #4 (Night Devils!).

 

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