War Picture Library #5

Plot

The title story of this collection, The Crimson Sea, tells the tale of a younger brother of an officer, both survivors of the sunken HMS Grapnel, who feels he must step out of his brother's shadow with astonishing acts of bravery. There are three other stories in this collection; Pathfinder focuses on an Australian pilot joining the RAF, Up the Marines features tales of Royal Marine Commandos being sent on daring missions behind enemy lines, and in Dark Judgment two rescued POWs are suspected of not being who they claim to be - each of these four stories is stunningly drawn by the Italian comics maestro Hugo Pratt just a few years before he created Corto Maltese.

Originally published in War Picture Library 40, 50, 58 & 92

The Crimson Sea (War Picture Library No. 50, May 1960))

Pathfinder (War Picture Library No. 40, February 1960))

Up the Marines! (War Picture Library No. 58, July 1960)

Dark Judgement (War Picture Library No. 92, April 1961)