Combat Kelly #22 — Nick Peron

Aug 31

Aug 31 Combat Kelly #22

Combat Kelly

Combat Kelly and Cookie Novak are captured by Chinese soldiers and Combat is forced to fight their commanding officer who promises to let both Americans go if Kelly defeats him in a sword duel. Combat wins the fight, but the commander decides to eliminate them anyway, despite the protests of his niece that he is not being honourable.

That night, Combat and Cookie are tied with stakes to the ground, but the pair are freed by the girl. They flee into the night, but the next morning they spot their former captors taking the girl out to be executed by a firing squad. They steal a communist truck and plow through the firing squad and free the girl. She shows them that her uncle and his army are passing through a nearby wheat field in order to launch a sneak attack.

Without weapons, the two Americans improvise by prying the tires off the truck and lighting them on fire, then rolling them down the hill into the wheat field. Sure enough the flaming tires cause a massive fire in the wheat trapping the commander and his men, who are eventually killed when the heat from the flames sets off their ammunition and explosives. With the sneak attack foiled, Combat and Cookie take the girl and drive back to base.

Recurring Characters

Combat Kelly
Cookie Novak

Combat Kelly

August 1944, Combat Kelly, Cookie Novak and Sargent O'Hooligan are part of the 90th Infantry Division (Aka the Alamo Division) assigned with destroying Nazi tanks in France. While they make short work of a few tanks, the trio of men are soon ambushed by Nazi soldiers and taken prisoner. In order to attack the American lines, the commanding officer of the Nazis has Sargent O'Hooligan tied to the barrel of one of their Tiger Tanks in order to keep the Americans from firing.

However, Combat and Cookie rush the Nazi soldiers and easily bat them aside and take control of the tank. They use the tanks machine guns to blast away Nazis and then rush across the battle field with O'Hooligan still tied to the cannon of the tank. They come across an American bazooka unit and flag them down and warn them of an advance of Nazi tanks coming their way. Without untying O'Hooligan, they rush at the tank and blast them all to pieces, stopping the attack. They then drive back to base, leaving O'Hooligan tied up for the remainder of the trip.