Code of Honour and Other Stories

Code of Honour and Other StoriesWhen John Severin became editor of Two Fisted Tales, he expanded the scope of its stories beyond its traditional war stories to head off to far flung times and places, searching for adventure. This volume collects all those stories the EC stories that Severin had the most control over. Severin wrote and drew the title story, about an old fashioned Southern 'gentleman' who sees grievance at every turn and regularly challenges those who are less skilled

When John Severin became editor of Two-Fisted Tales, he expanded the scope of its stories beyond its traditional war stories to head off to far-flung times and places, searching for adventure. This volume collects all those stories - the EC stories that Severin had the most control over. Severin wrote and drew the title story, about an old-fashioned Southern 'gentleman' who sees grievance at every turn and regularly challenges those who are less skilled than he is to pistol duels. Is it murder when a man is defending his honor? The other tales range from action and intrigue in the Old West to exploring for a lost city in the jungles of Peru, to facing danger in the Khyber Pass, to a Cold War chiller about the 'ultimate weapon,' to EC's only Vietnam story, 'Dien Bien Phu!' Plus - the complete run of Severin's stories of globe-trotting two-fisted news photographer Steve Rampart, from the pages of Extra!. Severin was a master of detail, emotion, and reaction thanks to his precise, detail