Combat Kelly #21

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CGC records 3 graded copies for Combat Kelly #21 (1954). Population is the number recorded by this grading source, not the total print run or all surviving copies.

Combat Kelly

Combat Kelly and Cookie Novak spot a woman who is about to beheaded by a group of Chinese soldiers and come to her aid, saving her life by killing her would-be executioners. However, when one of the men survives the attack and tries to shoot Combat in the back, the woman grabs his gun and shoots the enemy soldier dead. As they flee the scene, the woman explains that she is a South Korean spy and that she discovered a Chinese secret when she was captured and sent to be executed.

She then leads the two Americans to the secret she uncovered: A new model Chinese fighter plane. They spot Major Chung, thew man who ordered the woman to be executed. They watch as he starts to bury something in the ground. Combat and Cookie attack and find that the man was burying dynamite. Suddenly the woman pulls out the gun carried by the now unconscious Major Chung and trains it on the two Americans. She reveals that she is really Red Mary, a communist agent and takes them to her commanding officer General Wu. She explains that Major Chung was the real spy and was attempting to stop the destruction of their prototype plan and turn it over to the Americans for a $100,000 reward.

Combat, Cookie and Major Chung are put in a jail to be executed in the morning. However, Combat managed to smuggle a stick of dynamite in with them and they blast the wall of the jail open. Making a run for it, the three men manage to steal the prototype plane and deliver it to American intelligence. Major Chung takes the entire reward, believing that Combat and Cookie don't need the money, as he has heard that all Americans are rich.

Creative credits

Writers: Hank Chapman, Hank Chapman, Hank Chapman

Interior art: Dave Berg, Dave Berg, Robert Q. Sale, Dave Berg

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