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| Grade | Amount | Evidence | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|
| RAW | $90.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · ungraded_valueguide | 1951-11-01 |
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Graded population
CGC records 11 graded copies for Combat Kelly #1 (1951). Population is the number recorded by this grading source, not the total print run or all surviving copies.
Trapped in Korea!
D Company has camped out on the Korean front, and news has come out that Hank "Combat" Kelly is going to be transferred to their unit. With this news some of the troops talk to the camp cook Cookie Novak and ask him about Combat Kelly, as he had worked with him earlier in the war. He tells the men that Kelly loves three things in life: combat, food and women. He then tells them the story about how Hank Kelly earned the nickname "Combat"...
He explains at Kelly was a Sargent and one of the top picks for the first wave of soldiers when they landed in Pusan. However, he already earning the ire of his commanding officer for trying to order special food on his first day. When going for food, Kelly confided to Cookie that the major chewing him out was all the Communists fault.
A few days later, Sgt. Kelly was with a group of soldiers who were pinned down under enemy fire. When one of the men was shot dead, Kelly had enough and charged off into the enemy fire alone with guns blazing. Kelly manages to get all the way to the enemy camp inside a cave. But he finds that he is out of bullets. Undaunted, Kelly then charged into the cave and fought the Chinese soldiers with his bare hands, beating them all. When Cookie and the others got to the cave they found Kelly alive and well, and the exhausted Kelly then passed out. Back at camp, the major tells Kelly that he is being awarded a medal of bravery for his actions, however for disobeying orders the major has Kelly stripped of his rank and is demoted to private.
Finishing his story, Cookie spots that Combat Kelly is heading into camp. His first order of business after his arrival is to get a plate of food from Cookie and chow down.
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