*War: Atlas’ Combat ran for 11 issues from 1952 to 1953, and we have in stock the first ten of this violent and lurid Pre-Code series, which, from #7 onwards, featured Combat Casey, the jolly red-bearded killing machine who subsequently got his own title. Combat’s clashes with ‘The Gooks’ do perpetuate some appalling ethnic stereotypes, but we must rigorously apply the filter of Historical Context to most of Atlas’ war output, and perhaps focus on the stellar artwork – Heath, Maneely, Romita, Krigstein – which proliferated. Illustrated are #3 FN- £37 and #5 VG £27; for more examples of beautifully-illustrated mayhem, see our online catalogue.