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CAPTAIN GALLANT Volume 1, Number 2 ,_ „ „ :' s ?" ,ary 1 s, l ? 56

Published bimonthly by Charlton Comics Group. Executive offices and office of publication. Charlton Bu, I ding, Derby.
Conn. Copyright 1965 by Charlton Comics Group. Al Fago. Executive Editor. Printed in U.S.A.

CAPTAIN GALLANT

of the Foreign Legion

OUTHOP TA...SIER, ON
TDE NORTH WEST COAST
OF AFRICA, THE FRENCH
FOREIGN LESION IS
CHARGED WITH KE6PINS
PEACE OVER THOUSANDS
SQUARE MILES OF
SHIMMERING DESSGT>-
ROAMING TRIBES OF
CTAMEL- MOUNTED
REBELS, MARAUDINGS
BANDS OUT FOE
LOOT,

MAKE THEIR TASk
SEEMINGLY IMPOSSIBLE,
YET, THE LEGIONNAIRES,
LED BY CAPTAIN
GALLANT , MANAGE
TO GET IT DONE...
WITH THE HELP OF A...

CAPTAIN GALLANT

CAPTAIN GALLANT

GET TO THE PORT OKJ
THE DOUBLE .' TELL
■SERGEANT BROD5KY
TO MOUNT THE CAMEL.

TROOP AKJD FOLLOW
MY TRAIL AT ONCE.'

X'M GOING AFTER.

CAPTAIN GALLANT

AT THE RC2ES OUTSIDE, THE BORDEG GUERILLAS
TALKED, OF THEIR PLAKJS FOR A VAST UPRISIfclS,
THE SMUGGLED ARMS THE KEY TO SUCCESS... <

CAPTAIN GALLANT

THE- LEGIONNAIRE'S FIRST IM-
PULSE WAS TO SUIT THE TENT,
THEN CSET CLIFFY FREE --THEN
HE REALIZED WHAT WAS AT
STAKE.' MOROCCO, POSSIBLY
ALL OF NORTH AFRICA..,

shaga bey AND HIS> MEN RESTED AT THE waterhole
ALL THAT DAY... WHILE CAPTAIM (SaLLANT WATCHED
THE BACK TRAIL FOR. HIS. MEW...

THE SWIFT DESERT NiGHT FELL WITH NO £J&W
OF THE LEGIONNAIRES.' AND THEN CAPTAIN

C5ALLHNT SWW SOMETHrNG THAT MADE HlArt

PA4.E

WHILE THE ARABS HALP DOZED IN THEIR
SADDLES. CUFFS HAD SPOTTED CAPTAIN
GALLANT RIDING <N THE REAR/ HE SUDDENW
WRENCHED THE REINS FREE FROM THE
ARAB AND .

CAPTAIN GALLANT

MOUNTED ON INFERIOR STEEDS, THE PURSUECS
DROPPED BACK... AND THE TWO LEGIONNAIRES
WERE SAFE UNTIL THEY TOPPED A DUNE AND...

WE'VE GOT NO CHOICE,
X KNOW HE'LL S£
GLAD TO .SEE US.'

THE INFURIATED DESERT CHIEFTAIN GREETED

THE RETURNED- PRISONERS WITH A PITILESS

STARE.' HE SAW HOW HIS PLANS WERE

MADE FOOLPROOF...

NOJ DESERT WOLF, X
WOULDN'T HELP YOU
UNDER ANY
OKCUMSTAKJCEJ

. THINK YOU WILL/ THE
BOY WILL HELP M£
GtiAWGE YOUI^
/HlND.=.

CAPTAIN GALLANT

THROUGH THE RED MIST OF
RAGE , CAPTAIN! GALLANT FELT
HIMSELF BEING DRAGGED
AWAY FROM THE BANDIT
CHIEFTAIN .' THEN..,

WORD CAME IN FROM
OUTLYING TRIBES --
THEY WOULD RIDE IF
THE SHAGA BEY
SUPPLIED GOLD AND
ARMS--AND HE HAD
BOTH...

X WISH I HAO TIME
TO DO IT PROPERLY,
FOREIGNERS.'
BUT r AM TOO

BUSY TO SEE

YOUR... WHAT

then Captain gallant caught the muffled
oadenc6 of hooves im sand .' the fofseign
legion had arrived.,

CAPTAIN GALLANT

THE
TERRIFIED
WOLVES
OF THE
OESEKT
COULDN'T*
FACE THE
TERRIBLE
CHARGE
OF THE

HARD-
BITTEN,
LEGIONNAIRES.'
THEY TURNED
(*ID RAM

FOR

SAFETV...

BUT MOT

FAST

ENOUGH...

V RESIST THEM
( FIGHT THEM

V DO

ton"

SHAGA BEY HAD THOUSAND'S OF
SQUW3E MILES OF UNMAPPED
DESERT AHEAD AMD A FAST
HORSE UNDER HI/H--THEN THB
MIOACLE HAPPENED...

LATER . BACK AT HEADQUARTERS , SERGEANT
8ROOSKY STILL. COULDN'T UNDERSTAND MMAT
HAD HAPPENED TO. S»«3A BEY...

YOU MEAN HE RODE
OVER THE CACHED
AMMO. SIR ? AND THB
ARAB WHO HID IT HAD
/T MINED?

that's right, sergeant/
shaga bey would sb
free right now to
continue his devilish
work ip it hadnt
been for a

CAPTAIN GALLANT

(^feSa/gr

CAPTAIN GALLANT

CAPTAIN GALLANT

» SHUCK BUT THOROUGH SEARCH OF THE
CBUMBUNS RORTREM PWOVEP IT TO B6
EM?TV - - BUT CAPTAIN GAU-ANT TOOK MO
CHANCES I

CAPTAIN GALLANT

THE LEGIONNAIRES P-'OUSHT GALLANTLY—
PUT THEJ5E WERE TOO MAMV RIFLES
AIMED TO CONTINUE THE STRUGGLE.!

CAPTAIN GALLANT

■I KNOW.PRONEKiTHIS
WA-S A -STATION ON THE
SMUGGLING DNPER-
SROUNP FOR CRIMINALS
ANP CONTRA3ANPJ WHO
PO YOU WORK FOR T

SUPPENLY THE VICTORS BECAME THE VICTIMS- AT CAPTAIN GALLANT'S
SHOUT, TH E WALLS SWARMEP WITH LEGIONNAIRES. 7

f prop the suns; vou ,Y tricked.! but you 1

ARE SURROUNPEP-HWU-L PlE.CAPTAINj. ,

IM W

CAPTAIN GALLANT

THE HARpBlTTgM LEGIONNAJRES GLORiEP IN THE
SHORT FISMT THAT FOLLOWED.' THEY WERE
PlSAPPOINTEP WHEN IT BNPEP..'

KNOCK IT OFF] YOU'RE TOO \ HUH] IT JSNT^
MBN1 YOU'VE LUCKY FOR ME,) LUCK WHEN THE
HAP YOUR FUNi J CAPTAIN I J FOREIGN LESI ON
WIN.'

QUITE ACOlNCIPENCE
WASN'T IT? SET ON
THE CAMEL" YOU
HAVE A PATE 1 WITH THE

GENERAL IN
TANGIER i

THWEE WWS LATER, IN THE COMMANDING
SSNERAL'S OFFICE INTANSER ....

r HAP fD,«IRi PROWEKCWT",
LINED THE OPERATION WHEN ,
I HE THOUGHT I WOULDN'T LIVE.'
I THEN MV 5SCONP COMHVNV
MOVED IN AS PLANNED AND
TURNED THE TABLES j

FOUR WINDOWS TO FREEDOM

It was the typical spring day about which
poets like to write. And would-be artists find
(deal as inspiration for fhefr paint sets. To Pro-
fessor John Symmonds it meant a chance to
be alone and walk. He had told his secretary
he would be away for only an hour. But being
typically absent-minded, he had kept on walk-
ing. His car was parked at the end of the
road. Suddenly, he became aware of the pre-
sence of five uniformed soldiers. Each was
armed.

"You are entering the forbidden zone,"
said the junior officer in his book English." "In
the name of our Party 1 arrest you."

"What kind of nonsense is this?" demanded
the professor. "I was just taking a walk, I am
on our side of the frontier. You just go ahead
with your business and 1 shall return home."

"You come with us to the colonel/* shouted
the junior officer. "If you run away we will
shoot!

The soldiers loaded into a truck the un-
happy specialist who was well versed in
weather. They drove for an hour then stopped
before a large stone building. Five minutes
later the professor faced the colonel.

"We are glad you came over to our side."
began the Senior Officer in charge of Zone K,
"and 1 wish to compliment you. Your know-
ledge of weather conditions will be a great
asset to us, Professor Symmonds. We shall do
everything in our power to provide you with
the finest scientific instruments you need for
your work/'

The professor was absent-minded, but he
wasn't crazy. He had enough sense to know
the enemy had planned this for a long time.
They might have even moved the frontier
markers away, so as to foo* him. He would
make one outward attempt to demand his re-
lease. If this foiled, he would'- figure out Some
way re get back to the land of freedom.

**f 4:, '"■"* yof notify roy government. I am
at ppespni- working Tor Fhe United States Navy.
Unless you release me of once there will be

diplomatic consequences of the highest na-
ture"

"You have a remarkable flow of language,"
snapped back the colonel. "Later you wilt be
able to communicate with your -family and no-
tify them you are alive. Relax and don't over-
tax your heart. We know all about your phy-
sical condition. You musn't get excited. It
could be fatal."

The weather specialist shrugged his should-
ers. No use getting high blood pressure ond
dropping dead on the uncomfortable carpet.
He would stall for more time.

"1 assume that, since you know so much
about me, colonel, you will be the officer in
charge of my well-being and of my scientific
activity. At the moment 1 am hungry. I want o
two pound sirloin steak smothered in onions.
French-fried potatoes not too well done. Then
apple pie and coffee,"

"'Such a meal is fit for men of your rank
and mine," replied the Senior Officer. "I shall
join you."

Mrs. Jean Symmonds had been notified 1 of
the disappearance of her husband. The twins,
James and Herbert, were a bit too young to
be told the sad news. However, Commander
Franklin D. Meadows, of Naval lntefltgence,
had a bit of cheerful news for Mrs. Symmonds.

"In his spare time, your husband was work-
ing with some of our code experts. He had
several sound theories cfoeut devolplng new
type codes. Eventually, if he fe olive, he will
communicate with you. Save that message and
notify us at once. Our experts will break it
down and find any hidden message your hus-
band can get pass the enemy censors/*

For two months the professor had been
assembling scientific equipment et Secret Sta-
tion- 2PQ. Bur as yet he had done nothing
about weather conditions.

"■I wifl be able to assemble the weather
data you need shortly," he informed his con-
stant guard and companion, the colonel. -'"But
not until all this equipment has been tested. I
want to write a letter to my wife."

"Not yet," replied the colonel. "Perhaps
in a month or so."

"Now," contradicted- the professor with ev-
ident determination in his voice. "Your country
regards me as the top expert in my field. If I
get excited and drop dead, what will happen
to you? Bet they either execute you or send
you to a labor camp. I want to send a simple
letter to my wife. We are going to 'build a
summer home in Center Moriches, Long Island."

The colonel realized the professor held the
whip hand. So he gave him paper and a pen.

"Go ahead and write your message. But
don't try to tell your wife where you are," he
warned.

Professor Symmonds wrote the message
briefly. Yet he had spent all his spare time fig-
uring it out. The colonel took the sheet of pap-
er and read:

"Jean Dearest;

I am treated well and like the people.
Will probably be here the rest of my rife. There
is sufficient money for you and the twins in the
trust account. You can start building the
summer home at Center Moriches. It will be
pleasant to face the South Bay. The way Long
bland runs, it would be ideal to have a bouse
with all the windows and all rooms facing
South. Then neither you, the twins, nor your
parents, will argue about having the choice
room. Don't spend more than eighteen thou-
sand dollars for the house. Notify me two
weeks from today on Radio Station PQ5A that
you have my message. I have a short-wave set
and will listen.

Love to all.

Your affectionate husband,

John."

Three censors and two code experts gave
their opinion to the colonel. They had studied
ftl« message carefully.

"Your agents in America have checked that
he has this piece of property and was going
to build a house. No code concealed. Send it."

When Mrs. Symmonds received the message,
she contacted Commander Franklyn D. Mead-
ows at once. He read the letter through twice
and smiled.

"I know where your husband is being held.
We will send four of our planes disguised to
look like the enemies. We will pick' a group of
men who speak the enemy's language. Don't
worry, we'll have your husband back soon."

One look at Mrs. Symmonds face and you
could see the word "Surprise" written all over
it.

"May ! look at that message again," she
half pleaded. "All I can get out of if is the
fact that he wants me to go ahead and build
our dream house. I see no reason why I should
not call up Harrington & Blake, the builders,
an<i tell them to start at once.

Commander Meadows laughed, for he knew
the letter was not an order to Mrs. Symmonds
to build the house.

"Your husband once remarked that the
greatest adventure of all was the challenge of
the human mind. He matched <s ability with
the enemies censors who read this message
and then passed it. 'However, f am going to
check with Mr. Perlman, head of our Code Di-
vision to see if he agrees with my conclusion.
You will forgive me if I do not tell you where
your husband is just yet."

Walter Perlman read the message but twice
and then handed it back to the commander.

"I agree with your conclusion," he remarked.
"Go ahead with your operation to rescue the
professor. I would like to keep this letter and
frame it. I shall call your rescue operations
Four Windows To Freedom."

It was a cold clear day. Two large American
transport planes landed with a tough group of
commando soldiers under direction of Comm-
ander Meadows. There was a slight show of
resistance but the enemy surrendered at once.
Professor Symmonds merely remarked to hit
rescuers.;

"I see that my message was properly inter-
preted. Believe me, I'll be glad to put my two
feet on American soil again."

The Colonel pleaded to be taken back to
America and for good reason. ;

"They wili kill me for my stupidity. Take me
with you and I will give you a lot of useful in-
formation."

So they took the colonel with them. Later In
America he asked the commander the sixty-
four dollar question.

"How did you figure out that we were hold-
ing the professor at the North Pole?"

"The key was in the words: '. . to have a
house with all windows and rooms facing
South.' " explained the commander. "There is
only one place in the world where such a
( house actually can be built. It is at the North
Pole! There every window and every room must
'face South."

The End

CAPTAIN GALLANT

Moho ffl&QMKTu'*'

JOSEPHINE'S RIVAL

tin the history of the foreign legion , there was

W NEVER A ROMANCE TO EQUAL THE ONE BETWEEN
FUZZY AND JOSEPHINE -- THE FIRST A LEGlOWNAiRE,
THE SECONP HIS EVER tOVlN' CAMEL/ PUT THERE
WAS TROUBLE IN PARADISE WHEN A SLOE-EVEP
BELLE CAME BETWEEN FUZZY AND HIS PESERT
-SWEETHEART.'

FUZZVlS AFFAIRS OF THE HEART BECAME EN-
TANG-LEPA WEEK PRIOR TO THE TOUCHING
SCENE ABOVE . . - WMEN FUZzy CAME UNDER THE
STERN EVE OF CAPTAIN GALLANT/

CAPTAIN GALLANT

CAPTAIN GALLANT

CAPTAIN GALLANT

FU2.XYS CAMPAIGN TO CATCH
THE PUS;- ;?_EN£W£P

AGAIN THE MEXT £V£NiUG . ..TWlS
TIME WITH BErTTHR CHANCES
FOR ■SUCCESS.'

CAPTAIN GALLANT WAS PltSHT-
1*1 JUiST "THE MAN RDR THIS
JO&J WHEN IT COMES TO THE
FAift. SEX, I'M A WHIZ-- WOMEN
CLP CAMEI, JS.(

CAPTAIN GALLANT

CAPTAIN GALLANT

V7%E STOUT SHIPS SET SAIL. DURING
"THE MONTHS THAT FOLLOWED, VICIOUS
STORMS ENDANGERED THE EXPEDITION...

&T LAST THE SHIPS DOCKED JN MEXICO,
AND THE LONG SEA VOYAGE WAS OVER. . .

WE ARE ROUNDING THE DREAD
CAPE OF STORMS NOW, GENERAL
C0R0NAPO! SUT WITH GOD'S
HELP, THE- REST OF THE JOURNEY ,
WILL BE PEACEFUL;

AYE
FRANCISCO,
I AM A
DRY LAND
SAILOR,
AND ANY
PIECE OF GROUND
LOOKS LIKE HEAVEN
TO ME.'

CAPTAIN GALLANT

ZOBONADO'S ARMY BEGAN THE MARCH
TO NORTHERN MEXICO...

K0 ON TO THE NSW COUNTRY ACROSS THE RIO
GRANDE AND TO FABLED CIBOLA...

THE INDIANS WHO ARE ^
ZUNI, SAY THAT THIS IS J
CIBOLA! THERE ARE ^
SIX MORE OP >

mess owetLMos

WHICH ARE CONNECTED
BY TUNNELS THR0U6H J
THE HILLSIDE! s(

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1 7

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A

WF SEVEN

'TIBS OP

VBOLAl

3R THIS FILTHY
*MLET I LED A
HOUSAMD' MEN
ROM SPAIN
ND SPENT MY
ENTIRE .

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FORTUNE.' ■£'

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CAPTAIN GALLANT

S^UODENLY THE ZUNI ATTACKED...

THE FOOLS THINK WE
WANT THEIR TOWN! IF
IT'S A FIGHT THEY
WANT, WE'LL GIVE THEM

one! CHA-A-A-ARGES

rWEN GENERAL CARDENAS JOINED HIM WITH
THE ENTIRE ARMY, CORONADO PUSHED
NORTHWARD THROUGH ARIZONA...

VO, FOR THE FIRST VMS IN HISTORY,

) WHITE MEM LOOKED UPON ONE OF

THE GREAT WONDERS OF THE WORLD,

•me SPANO CANYOH...

CAPTAIN GALLANT

WEARILY CORONADO'5 ARMY
PLODDED ON TO TIOUEZ, WHERE THE
FIRST BUFFALO WERE SEEN...

BUT THE INDIANS WERE HOSTILE AND
CORONADO WAS FORCED TO BESIEGE THE TOWN.

THESE ARE
STRANGE COWS.'
THEY HAVE BEARDS
AND THEIR SKINS
ARE AS STRONG

AS ARMOR'

THE NATIVES

MAKE CLOTHING

FROM THEIR

HIDES! OUB

TROOPS MUST

HAVE NEW

UNIFORMS. LET

US COMMAND

THE NATIVES

OF TIGUEZ TO

SEW FOR US.'

THE SIEGE LASTED FIFTY DAYS.'

FINALLY, WHEN THE INDIANS

ATTEMPTED TO ESCAPE..,

BUT STILL NO SOLD! AND YET ANOTHER
MYTHICAL TREASURE LAND LURED CORONADO;
THIS TIME TO QUIVIRA...

aaaiii.i srafcO

Z WILL TELL
THE TRUTH!

VES, I HAVE MIS-
LEAD YOU FOR
MY PEOPLE'S
SAKE! QUIVIRA
L..IS NORTH OF
HERE? " "

WHEN QUIVIRA, NEAR THE SITE OF
PRESENT-DAY WICHITA, WAS REACHED ...

'VET US RETURN,
MY LORD! EVERY
TRAIL WE'VE FOLLOWED
HAS BEEN FALSE/
LET US NOT DIE IN A
STRANGE LAND/

IT IS A FAIR
COUNTRY... BUT
WHERE IS THE
SOLD WE SEEK?

GjbRONADO
RETURNED TO
MEXICO AN
EMBITTERED MAN.
THE "WASTELAND"
UPON WHICH
CORONADO TURNED
HIS SACK IN
OISBUST IS TOOAY
AMERICA'S
SOUTHWEST,
AN EMPIRE OF
INCREDIBLE BEAUTY
AND WEALTH.

, TUB I
ENOt

CAPTAIN GALLANT

YOWTOFlGMT A FLITTING 5HA(?OW. HOW TO Ti?AP AN INVINCIBLE ENEMy. THAT WA^ THE WI5SION
OF SERGEANT JEAtS LECLERC -UNTIu A FORCE AAOI?E POWERFUL THAN AtSGEf? AND MATE SAVE
HW1 THE ANSWER" FOE ---

CAPTAIN GALLANT

CAPTAIN GALLANT

YES--I AM THE ONE WHO TALKEP TO VOU LAST
NIGWT.I AM SILVANA, DAUGHTER OF SHiEKH

MABPOUl; BUT DRINK THIS!

YOU'RE FAR FROM YOUR
OWN PEOPLE-OUT HERE.
ANP THANK GOP TOR. IT •

CAPTAIN GALLANT

biding

puriouslv.

THEQPI/Vl
LE&I0NNA1BE

REACHED
t THE FORT*.*

CAPTAIN GALLANT

SUT UNKNOWN "TO KOFRAD HASSlN.jEAN LECLERC HAS
ASKED FOR 1 SCOUT DUTY, AND - - •

KOFRAP'S ABMV--ORCLING AROUNP PARJA PASS
INSTEAD Of HEADING INTO IT * HE'S SEEN WARNED J

LOSING NO TIME THE GRIM LE&QNNAIRE SOON AfADE HIS
WAV TOWARDS HIS COLUMN.BUTNOSOONERHAP HE
REACHED HALF-WAV- - *

HOLR LEGIONNAIRE JMVCHieFTANE'iS
HAS BEEN CAPTURED SV KOFRAP J

CAPTAIN GALLANT

THE FIGHT WAS FURIOUS ANP SHORT- LI VET?; MINUTES
LA-TERASTBEYRACEPTQWARPSTBEPASS ■•■

IT IS WELL TO APPROACH kOFRAP Ff?OM HIS LEFT
FLANK* HEWILLINOTBE EXPECTING ATTACK
FROM THIS DIRECTION "

ANPAFTEKWABDS

... f*-^

will you NOT \/

COME WITH MB, f
JEAN?IWILL A
MAKE YOU V?
GENERAL OF MY V
ARMIES--ANP A
GUARDIAN OP />.
MYHfeAaT! /

ICAhlT

SILYANA.

MVPUTYIS

HERE ! BUT

PERHAPS

SOMGEW!

«/

CAPTAIN GALLANT

®mm!MN

AMP CURIOUS

FACTS AB0U1

WEM

£7hs single- mumped camel known h

AS THE OROMEDARV MAKES ITS
HOME IN AFRICA / THE HUMP Ol
ITS BACK IS A BIG PATTY MASS
OF FLESH USED AS A FOOD
RESERVOIR FROM WHICH THE
CAMEL CAM ORAVA/ FOOD WHEN
IT IS NECESSARY .' THEIR LONG'
SLIT -LIKE NOSTRILS CAN BE
CLOSED 1 IN TIMES OP PENE-
TRATING SANDSTORMS.' ITS
GREAT PADOED FEET KEEP IT
FROM SINKING JNTO THE SOFT
SAND AND ALSO GIVE IT A FIRM
FOOTHOLD ON ROUGH SIONY LAND.'