Saturday, February 22, 2020

Blazing War Picture Library #2


The cover to Page Publications' Blazing War Picture Library #2 is by Keith Chatto:


This issue contains war stories from the 1950's, mostly from Atlas/Marvel with a few Charlton stories in the mix, as follows:

Captured by the Nazis!, originally published in Battle #68, February 1960
No Retreat!, originally published in Battle #68, February 1960
Guard Duty!, originally published in Battle #68, February 1960
When We Attack the Commies!, originally published in Battle #68, February 1960
The Reds Were Waiting For Us!, originally published in Battleground #20, September 1957
Advance Under Fire!, originally published in Combat Casey #33, May 1957
The Reds Strike at Night!, originally published in Combat Casey #33, May 1957
The Weak Man, originally published in Attack #55, December 1958
You Can't Retreat, originally published in Attack #55, December 1958
The Congressional Medal of Honor, originally published in Attack #55, December 1958
The Man in the Iron Monster, originally published in Battlefront #41, July 1956
Mysterious Mission!, originally published in Tales of the Marines #4, February 1957
Rockets Away!, originally published in Battle #61, December 1958

This issue was also recycled with new Chatto covers as World War Library #12:


and as War in the Army #7:


This issue appears to have been originally published by Page Publications as Wartime Library #2:


The cover is loosely based on two panels from Captured by the Nazis:



There are probably more Page Publications editions of this issue.

Update 27/12/2021: This issue was also published as Real War Library #1:


Update 23/9/2022: This issue was also published under another Chatto cover as War in The Army #1:





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