Combat Casey #12 — Nick Peron

Sep 7

Sep 7 Combat Casey #12

Combat Casey

Trying to escape enemy lines, Combat Casey and Penny Pennington are attacked by Chinese soldiers but easily dispatch them. In order to try and sneak out of enemy territory the pair dress up in Chinese military uniforms and use Penny's proficiency in Chinese to sneak through. However, fighting off another group of enemy soldiers who uncover their disguises they come across a massive tank being built.

Spying on the commanding officer's speech they learn that the massive tank is intended to be used to roll over American lines, and then later used to invade the United States and the rest of the United Nations. Sneaking in for a closer look the two decide to return to base to report their discovery when one of the Chinese troops orders them to pilot the massive tank. They comply, but while inside the massive tank, Combat and Penny reveal themselves and knock out the entire crew. They then take control of the tank and use it to crush the enemy troops and base, bailing out while piloting the massive tank into the enemy ammunition dump, destroying it in a massive explosion.

Recurring Characters

Combat Casey
Penny Pennington

Pvt. Penny's Secret Weapon

Penny Pennington is driving a supply truck when he is suddenly attacked by enemy soldiers lobbing Molotov cocktails, which succeed in lighting the canvas on the truck's rear on fire. He then plows through the enemy and once getting to safety uses a fire extinguisher to put out the flames. Penny is dismayed that the canvas has been burned clean off but hopes that Sgt. Pulaski will be at least happy that he returned with the truck.

Pulaski is upset about the burned canvas and ignores Penny's attempts to explain what happened. The Sargent then sends Penny back out to deliver more ammunition to the front lines. After Combat Casey loads up a fresh truck, Penny is on his way again. This time Penny comes across a road block that uses boulders to block the road. When he attempts to smash through them he succeeds only in crashing the truck, knocking himself out when he strikes the steering wheel.

However, Penny comes around just as Chinese soldiers are attempting to steal the truck. Penny defends himself using the only weapon he has: the fire extinguisher. First using it as a blunt weapon, then by spraying it's chemicals into the eyes of enemy soldiers, Penny forces them to surrender and brings the Chinese soldiers back to base. Pulaski is angry at first but is shocked to see that the leader of the prisoners is none other than Colonel Pu-Tung who was in charge of an army of gorilla soldiers that were terrorizing the area.

Recurring Characters

Penny Pennington
Sargent Pulaski
Combat Casey

Combat Casey

Combat Casey and Penny Pennington have been captured by their old foe Kaesong Katie who has them tied to a post and has one of her men attempt to decapitate them using the rotor blades of a helicopter. When the rotor first hits and knocks off Penny's helmet, it reveals a scrap of paper inside. Thinking these are secret plans, Katie orders the helicopter to stop and demands that Penny decode the message on the paper. However when they refuse, Katie decides to leave them tied up to die in the jungle and flies away in the helicopter.

That night as Penny and Combat try to break free from their bonds a lion comes out of the jungle and stalks towards them. However, instead of attacking them, the two American G.I.'s are surprised to find that the lion is instead freeing them. A Korean woman then appears and explains that the lion is her loyal pet.

After freeing Combat and Penny, the woman brings them to a nearby cliff where the two Americans watch as enemy troops are mobilizing for an attack. Needing to stop this, Combat and Penny are taken to the korean woman's secret cave where she has explosives they can use. Although they use grenades to destroy the army, the trio are captured by surviving Chinese soldiers. As they try to fight them off, the woman orders her lion to run away and they are soon captured and find themselves prisoners of Kaesong Katie once again.

However, before they can be executed the woman's lion returns with an entire pack of lions who attack and slaughter the Chinese soldiers. In the carnage Kaesong Katie flees the scene dropping the stolen paper in the process. When they take a closer look at the "secret" paper, they realize that Kaesong Katie mistook a crossword puzzle for secret plans.