Fightin' Marines

Fightin' Marines
Fightin' Marines #14, the first issue published by Charlton.
Publication information
PublisherSt. John Publications
Charlton Comics
ScheduleBi-monthly
FormatAnthology
Publication dateOctober 1951 – September 1984
No. of issues174
Creative team
Written byJoe Gill
Artist(s)Pat Boyette, Sam Glanzman, Jack Keller, Sanho Kim, Fran Matera, Warren Sattler

Fightin' Marines is a bimonthly war comic magazine that was published by St. John Publications from 19511953, and Charlton Comics from 19551984,[1] although it was primarily a reprint title from 1978 to the end of its run. Telling fictional stories of the United States Marine Corps, it was a sister title of the other Charlton war comics Fightin' Air Force, Fightin' Army, and Fightin' Navy.

Fightin' Marines was the home of the long-running Vietnam War feature "Shotgun Harker and Chicken", written by Joe Gill. Gill wrote the majority of stories for the title during its entire run. Other notable contributors to Fightin' Marines included Pat Boyette, Sam Glanzman, Jack Keller, Sanho Kim, Fran Matera, and Warren Sattler.

  1. ^ A Complete History of American Comic Books, Shirrel Rhoades, Peter Lang Publishing, Inc., 2008, Pg. 53.