Navy Action #9 – Key Highlights
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Publisher: Atlas Comics
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Publication Date: December 1955
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Cover Artist: Joe Maneely
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Interior Artists: Dave Berg and Mac L. Pakula
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Writers: Not individually credited
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Genre: War; Military Adventure
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Pages: 36
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Original Cover Price: $0.10
🔥 Key Significance
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Features a cover by Joe Maneely illustrating the story “Fire All Torpedoes!”
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Includes a six-page Battleship Burke adventure featuring a daring escape from Communist forces during the Korean conflict.
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Features “The Man Who Tore Down the Stars and Stripes,” a Pacific theater story involving the capture and eventual recapture of Guam.
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Includes artwork by Dave Berg and Mac L. Pakula, both credited with signed interior stories.
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Contains an unusual partial semaphore flag signal alphabet incorporated into the Battleship Burke story.
📖 Story Highlights
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Battleship Burke – 6 pages, untitled. Burke and Salty Smith attempt to deliver Commander Perry's daughter to the ship when Communist forces ambush them. The enemy uses them as bait to lure the Commander's destroyer into artillery range, but Burke escapes and signals a warning, saving the ship.
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“Fire All Torpedoes” – 6 pages, illustrated by Dave Berg. First Mate Clark Moten, who has always held a desk job, rises to the occasion under pressure in an effort to save his precious pipe tobacco.
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“The Man Who Tore Down the Stars and Stripes” – 5 pages. General Haguro removes the American flag after capturing Guam. A Marine sergeant is imprisoned with the flag until American forces retake the island years later and force Haguro to raise it again.
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“Tanker” – 6 pages, illustrated by Mac L. Pakula. John Deering is selected to steer a tanker through the worst of battle because of his experience.
📌 Additional Features & Details
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“The Dragon Ship” – 2-page typeset text story. Viking leader Erik discovers that the Saxons have developed an innovative ship equipped with archers, forcing him to retreat. The story's two pages are separated within the comic, appearing after the second and third story sequences.
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Battleship Burke: Includes a partial semaphore flag signal code alphabet.
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Historical Details: “The Man Who Tore Down the Stars and Stripes” includes dates relating to the American recapture of several Pacific islands during World War II.
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Cover Artwork: Joe Maneely is credited with both pencils and inks.
* N avy Combat* #9 is a compelling Atlas military anthology, combining Korean War-era naval action, World War II Pacific theater drama, and historical military storytelling, with a Joe Maneely cover and interior contributions from Dave Berg and Mac L. Pakula.
