From Tom Lammers,

This series is fully indexed, just look over Tom's index and add what is
missing, especially notes. Make sure to credit Tom as needed:

NAVY ACTION  

1 (Aug 1954) ─ 11 (Apr 1956)

Numbering continued as Sailor Sweeney (12-14)

15 (Jan 1957) – 18 (Aug 1957)



1 (Aug 1954)

Cover by Russ Heath.

E-782      “First Blood” (6 pp.)[1]  Art by Mort Lawrence.

E-815      “Battleship” Burke (5 pp.)[2]  Art by Mac L. Pakula.

A-316      Text story: “Rescue Patrol” (2 pp.)

E-788      “The Checkerboard Squadron!” (5 pp.)[3]  Art by Bill Benulis.

E-777      “The Stalker!” (6 pp.)  Art by [Bob] Powell.



2 (Oct 1954)

Cover by Russ Heath.

E-868      “Battleship” Burke (6 pp.)[4]  Art by Mac L. Pakula.

E-885      “Shinano” (6 pp.)[5]  Art by Mort Lawrence.

A-818      Text story: “International Cook” (2 pp.)

E-996      “Hit an' Run” (5 pp.)[6]  Art by Bill Benulis.

E-887      “Stepping Stones”  (6 pp.)  Art by Robert Q. Sale.



3 (Dec 1954)

Cover by [Carl Burgos].

F-38        “Battleship” Burke: “Ýellow Sea Assault!” (6 pp.)  Art by
Mac L. Pakula.

F-77        “Flattop!” (6 pp.)[7]  Art by [Bill Everett].

A-777      Text story: “Search Party” (2 pp.)

F-94        “Come an' Get Us!” (5 pp.)  Art by Bill Benulis.

F-41        “The Silence” (6 pp.)  Art by Paul Reinman.



4 (Feb 1955)          

Cover by Russ Heath.

F-264      “Battleship” Burke: “Torpedo Trap!” (6 pp.)  Art by Mac L.
Pakula.

F-286      “Battle Stations!” (6 pp.)  Art by [Dick] Ayers[/Ernie Bache].

B-491      Text story: “Surprise Attack” (2 pp.) 

F-293      “Teamwork!” (5 pp.)  Art by Robert Q. Sale.

F-283      “The Skipper!” (6 pp.)  Art by Joe Sinnott.



5 (Apr 1955)           

Cover by Russ Heath.

F-553      “Battleship” Burke (6 pp.)  Art by Joe Maneely.

F-489      “Target Area”  (6 pp.)

                Text story: “Battle Stations” (1⅔ pp.)

F-554      “The Last Step!” (5 pp.)

                Statement Required by the Act of August 24, 1912 (⅓ pg.)[8]

F-468      “The Deadly Decoy!” (6 pp.)  Art by “J.R.” [John Romita].



6 (Jun 1955)

Cover by Russ Heath.

F-785      “Battleship” Burke: (6 pp.)  Art by Joe [Maneely].

F-805      “Fire!” (6 pp.)[9]  Art by Don Heck.

G-59        Text story: “Convoy's Course” (2 pp.)

F-898      “The U.S.S. New Jersey” (5 pp.)[10]  Art by [Dick] Ayers[/Ernie
Bache].

F-852      “Dreadnought!” (6 pp.)  Art by [Bob] Forgione/[Jack] Abel.



7 (Aug 1955)

Cover by [Carl Burgos].

G-77        “Battleship” Burke: [“The Commies' Challenge!”] (6 pp.) 
Art by Joe Maneely.

G-100      “Shark's Nest!” (6 pp. )  Art by Mort Drucker.

G-437      Text story: “Secret Weapon” (2 pp.)

G-119      “Demo Devil-Dogs!” (5 pp.)  Art by [Davy] Berg.

G-162      “Battlewagon!” (6 pp.)  Art by [Bill Everett].



8 (Oct 1955)           

Cover by [Joe Maneely].

G-364      “Battleship” Burke: [“Sabotage at Sea!”] (6 pp.)  Art by Joe
Maneely.

G-384      “We've Been Hit!” (6 pp.)  Art by Mort Lawrence.

G-637      Text story: “The Great Defeat” (2 pp.)

G-459      “The Rockets Roar!” (5 pp.)  Art by Gene Colan.

G-412      “The Big Night!” (6 pp.)  Art by [Ross Andru].



9 (Dec 1955)          

Cover by Joe Maneely.

G-860      “Battleship” Burke (6 pp.)  Art by [Joe Maneely].

G-855      “Fire All Torpedoes” (6 pp.)  Art by Davy Berg.

G-987      Text story: “The Dragon Ship” (2 pp.) 

G-924      “The Man Who Tore Down the Stars and Stripes” (5 pp.)[11]  Art
by Joe Sinnott.

G-837      “Tanker” (6 pp.)  Art by Mac L. Pakula.



10 (Feb 1956)        

Cover by [Carl Burgos].

H-267      “Battleship” Burke: “The Red Admiral's Secret!” (5 pp.)  Art
by Syd Shores.

H-584      Text story: “Marauder” (2 pp.)

H-347      “I'll Sink You Yet!” (5 pp.)[12]  Art by Gene Colan.

H-289      “The Sub Strikes!” (4 pp.)  Art by Davy Berg.

H-376      “Hey, Doc!” (4 pp.)  Art by [Bob] Forgione/[Jack] Abel.

H-325      “Battleship” Burke: “The Commies' Greatest Enemy!” (5 pp.) 
Art by [Syd Shores].



11 (Apr 1956)

Cover by [Carl Burgos].

H-701      “Battleship” Burke: “Two Sailors Against a Sub!” (5 pp.) 
Art by Syd Shores.

                Statement Required by the Act of August 24, 1912 (⅓ pg.)[13]

H-935      Text story: “Sea Wolf” (1⅔ pp.)

H-836      “Task Force” (5 pp.)  Art by [Gene Colan].

H-776      “Second Chance for Private Ruark!” (4 pp.)[14]  Art by Paul
Reinman.

H-854      “The Sea Stalkers!” (4 pp.)  Art by [Ross Andru/Mike Esposito].

H-725      “Battleship” Burke (5 pp.)  Art by [Syd Shores].



15 (Jan 1957)         

Cover by [John Severin].

J-621       “Battleship” Burke (5 pp.)  Art by [Dick Ayers].

G-625      Text story: “Fish and Fight” (2 pp.)  Illustrations by [Don
Heck].[15]

K-932      “Torpedoed!” (5 pp.)  Art by Joe Sinnott.

K-940      “Bombs Away!” (4 pp.)[16]  Art by Paul Reinman.

K-933      “Shakedown Cruise!” (4 pp.)  Art by Don Heck.

J-494       “Battleship” Burke (5 pp.)  Art by Dick Ayers.



16 (Apr 1957)         

Cover by Bill Everett.

L-385       “The Final Salvo” (5 pp.)  Art by [Gene Colan].

A-912      Text story: “Hero Worship” (1⅔ pp.)  Illustration by [Syd
Shores].

L-389       “Submarine!” (5 pp.)  Art by [Bill Everett].

L-311       “Escape in Korea!” (4 pp.)[17]   Art by Paul Reinman.

K-884      Devil-Dog Dugan (5 pp.)  Art by [Joe Sinnott].

                Statement Required by the Act of August 24, 1912 (⅓ pg.)[18]

L-369       “Landing Party!” (4 pp.)  Art by Don Heck.



17 (Jun 1957)         

Cover by [Bill Everett].

L-991       “Sealed Orders” (5 pp.)  Art by Paul Reinman.

H-533      Text Story: “Outnumbered” (2 pp.)

L-990       “Battle Cruiser!” (5 pp.)  Art by [Gene Colan].

L-956       “Ack-Ack Alley!” (4 pp.)  Art by [Bernard Baily].

L-879       “Captured!” (4 pp.)

L-977       “Invasion!” (5 pp.)  Art by [Mort Drucker].              



18 (Aug 1957)        

Cover by [Carl Burgos].

M-711      “The Sub that Couldn't Be Sunk” (5 pp.)  Art by [Gene Colan].

K-478      Text story: “Doing His Bit” (2 pp.)  Illustration by [Don Heck].

M-702      “We Strike at the Reds!” (5 pp.)  Art by Joe Maneely.

M-701      “Counter-Attack!” (4 pp.)  Art by [Chuck Miller].

M-709      “The Human Decoy” (4 pp.)  Art by [Syd Shores].

M-710      “Destroyer” (5 pp.)  Art by Richard Doxsee.

[1] Account of the U.S.S. South Dakota (BB-57) and its participation in the
Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands (Oct 1942).

[2] Note on splash reads, “Introducing 'Battleship' Burke the pride of the
navy!”  Story set against Battle of Chosin Reservoir and the retreat of the
U.S. 1st Marine Division to Hungnam Harbor (Nov-Dec 1950).

[3] Note on splash reads, “A salute to the ... Checkerboard Sq.,” i.e.,
Marine Attack Squadron VMA312.

[4] Story set against the amphibious assault on Red Beach by the 5th Marine
Regiment during the Battle of Inchon (Sep 1950).

[5] Historical account of the 72,000-ton Japanese aircraft carrier Shinano, and
its sinking by the submarine USS Archer-Fish (SS/AGSS-311) on 29 Nov 1944, the
largest warship ever sunk by submarine attack.

[6] Historical account of  the Raid on Choiseul by the U.S. Marine Corps' 2nd
Parachute Battalion (Oct-Nov 1943).

[7] Story set against the Battle of the Coral Sea (May 1942).  The aircraft
carrier on which the action takes place is not named, but it clearly is meant
to be U.S.S. Yorktown (CV-5).

[8] For 1 Oct 1954.  Stan Lee, Editor; Martin Goodman, Managing Editor; Monroe
Froehlich, Jr., Business Manager.

[9] Story of submarine crew, visually reminiscent of the same artist's Torpedo
Taylor series, which started this same month in Navy Combat 1.

[10] Semi-historical account of the battleship U.S.S. New Jersey (BB-62) and
its service during the Korean War.

[11] Fictional story set against the capture of Guam by Imperial Japanese
forces (Dec 1941), and its subsequent recapture by American forces (Jul-Aug
1944).

[12] Features the Japanese surrender aboard the U.S.S. Missouri (BB-63) on 2
Sep 1945.

[13] For 1 Oct 1955.  Stan Lee, Editor; Martin Goodman, Managing Editor; Monroe
Froehlich, Jr., Business Manager.

[14] Story seems misplaced in this title, as it features infantry troops.

[15] The illustration on the second page still carries the page number “4”
in its lower right corner.

[16] Note in last panel reads in part, “... crash-landing in the surf of a
Red Chinese-held island!  But this is another story, which will be narrated in
the next issue of Navy Action!” cf. L-311 “Escape in Korea!” in next
issue.

[17] Note in splash panel reads in part, “In the January issue of Navy Action
we told the story ...  In this issue we are proud to resume his story...”;
cf. K-940 “Bombs Away!” in previous issue.

[18] For 1 Oct 1955.  Stan Lee, Editor; Martin Goodman, Managing Editor; Monroe
Froehlich, Jr., Business Manager

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