*War: Another of the plethora of War titles released by the company who would become Marvel, Marines In Battle flirted with historical stories a little, but rapidly coalesced around its series character ‘Iron Mike’ McGraw, a tough-as-nails ‘gyrene’ (your guess is as good as ours…) who did quite a bit of Commie-smashing in most of the series’ 25 issues. One-off stories also appeared in each issue, of course, and the usual menu of A-list artists took their turns on the title: Shores, Colan, Sinnott (as an illustrator rather than an inker), Williamson and Crandall, to name but a few. We have most of the series new in stock from 1954’s premier issue (pictured, App. FN+, £61), through to the finale, #25, in 1958.