Fightin' Army

Fightin' Army
Fightin' Army #66 (Dec. 1965). Artwork by Pat Masulli and Rocke Mastroserio.
Publication information
Publisher	Charlton Comics
Schedule	Bi-monthly
Format	Anthology
Publication date(s)	Jan. 1956 - Nov. 1984
No. of issues	157
Main character(s)	"The Lonely War of Willy Schultz"
Editor(s)	Al Fago (1956–1957) Pat Masulli (1957–1966) Dick Giordano (1966–1968) Sal Gentile (1968–1971) George Wildman (1971–1984)

Fightin' Army was a bimonthly war comic published by Charlton Comics from 1956–1984 (though it was primarily a reprint title from 1978 to the end of its run). Telling fictional stories of the United States Army, it was a sister title of the other Charlton war comics Fightin' Air Force, Fightin' Marines, and Fightin' Navy.

In the late 1960s, Fightin' Army was the host of the ongoing feature "The Lonely War of Willy Schultz," written by Will Franz and illustrated by Sam Glanzman. Other notable contributors to Fightin' Army included Jon D'Agostino, Sanho Kim, Jack Keller, Rocke Mastroserio, and Warren Sattler. Don Perlin drew a majority of covers in 1972–1973. Editors Pat Masulli (1957–1966) and George Wildman (1971–1984) both had long tenures in charge of the title.

As with many comic book titles published at the time, Fightin' Army did not start with issue number one; it was a renaming of a series called Soldier and Marine Comics, which published five issues, numbered #11–15, from Dec. 1954 - Aug. 1955.

The title became Fightin' Army with issue #16, published in January 1956. Early issues of Fightin' Army sported such taglines as "Breathtaking Action Stories," "Action Packed Battle Stories," "Thrill Packed Combat," and "Rip-Snorting Combat Tales." Issues #120 – #126 (Sept. 1975 – Oct. 1976) featured painted covers.