Price history & market evidence
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| Grade | Amount | Evidence | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | $14.99 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_4_0_valueguide | 1954-06-01 |
| RAW | $20.16 | PANEL_PROFITS · ungraded_valueguide | 1954-06-01 |
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Graded population
CGC records 4 graded copies for Combat Kelly #22 (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 are captured by Chinese soldiers and Combat is forced to fight their commanding officer who promises to let both Americans go if Kelly defeats him in a sword duel. Combat wins the fight, but the commander decides to eliminate them anyway, despite the protests of his niece that he is not being honorable.
That night, Combat and Cookie are tied with stakes to the ground, but the pair are freed by the girl. They flee into the night, but the next morning they spot their former captors taking the girl out to be executed by a firing squad. They steal a communist truck and plow through the firing squad and free the girl. She shows them that her uncle and his army are passing through a nearby wheat field in order to launch a sneak attack.
Without weapons, the two Americans improvise by prying the tires off the truck and lighting them on fire, then rolling them down the hill into the wheat field. Sure enough the flaming tires cause a massive fire in the wheat trapping the commander and his men, who are eventually killed when the heat from the flames sets off their ammunition and explosives. With the sneak attack foiled, Combat and Cookie take the girl and drive back to base.
Source records & attribution
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