Marvel Family #82 (1953)

On the front lines of the Korean War, UN forces run into a dog and two soldiers, Hank Hardy and Joe, pet him, only to be attacked by a giant rat! The dog helps chase off the Giant Rat and Hank names him Yank. Hank follows Yank to find that he's out of ammo and can't fire immediately at Tong, a North Korean military genius who is training these giant rats to attack UN forces. Hank returns to his camp and tries to warn everyone, but everyone thinks he's crazy and he's committed. Luckily, Billy Batson, Mary Batson and Freddy Freeman are walking by this UN military police jail cell as part of a Cheer Up Troupe and recognize that Tong is alive, having survived being crushed by his creation, the Great Red Brain! They're soon attacked by giant rats coming up out of the floor and call SHAZAM and CAPTAIN MARVEL to become the Marvel Family while Tong shows off his Beast Battalions to a fellow North Korean general. The Marvel Family soon cover themselves with gasoline and light themselves on fire so they can just burn every giant rat they catch and get Hank released while meeting with their contact, Col. Stout. Hank takes Yank with him to find he leaves them from where Joe was killed by a giant rat and they're led to a guarded cave and find Tong inside as he releases Giant Pythons to attack the incoming UN forces. Hank is captured in the fracas and Tong kicks Yank while the Giant Pythons destroy whole tanks by coiling around them. The Marvel Family soon wire themselves with a giant coil of wire attached to a dynamo and just electrocute the Giant Pythons by hand before they invade Tong's cave again and the North Koreans retreat to Position Z-5. They punch out their radio man and return the kids to sneak inside. The kids rub dirt on their faces to pretend they're poor Korean refugee children and follow Yank to a compound where Tong is staying. They're suddenly knocked out by a North Korean soldier and wake up, as usual, bound and gagged, suspended from the ceiling in a Korean prison by both arms, an ancient torture while Tong shows off his Giant Lizards, which also eat people, offering to feed Hank to one. Suddenly, Yank runs in to bite the Giant Lizard's tail and Freddy flings his bad leg with out force to kick off Billy's gag, letting him call SHAZAM. Captain Marvel soon punches out the Giant Lizard and Hank and Yank are carried back to UN forces while Hank is worried due to Yank being bit by the Lizard as well. Tong starts to drop more Giant Lizards from parachutes, but the Marvel Family whip barbed wire into wide circles, cutting the Beast Battalions out of their parachutes and letting them drop to the Korean Peninsula below, then sew the parachutes together at top speed to drag Tong's plane out of the sky. Later, Billy notes that Tong was captured and they go to console Hank, but find that Yank isn't dead after all. Later, they all salute Yank for really being man's best friend...