HAROLD JUDSON
Real Name: Harold Judson
Identity/Class: Normal human (early 1950s era)
Occupation: US soldier
Group Membership: US Army (private rank)
Affiliations: Carter
Enemies: North Korean military forces
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: Weisan, Korea
formerly USA
First Appearance: Battle Action#1/1 (February,
1952)
Powers/Abilities: Harold Judson is a trained
US military soldier and is skilled in the accurate use of a rifle.
Initially cautious and focused on self-preservation in battle, he
discovered his bravery when under pressure.
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 160 lbs.
Eyes: Blue-gray
Hair: Blond
History:
(Battle Action#1/1 (fb) - BTS) - Private Harold
Judson became part of the US general infantry assigned to the Korean War
conflict. During one skirmish, he received a harsh cut on his leg.
(Battle Action#1/1) - The other soldiers mocked him
for being so careful taking care of his leg. They berated him for being
selfish while he answered back about their apparent hypocritical talk
of self-sacrifice for their fellow soldiers. Fellow soldier,
red-bearded Carter emphasized the importance of team-playing in the
army when Judson declared he wanted only to stay alive. June 1951,
and the platoon marched for Weisan at the 38th Parallel. They engaged
fierce resistance from North Korean forces resulting in bloody
house-to-house battles. At one point, Judson was stabbed in the back by a
hidden Communist soldier and Carter shot the foe. The other soldiers
began to retreat with oncoming North Korean armor and the others told
Carter to leave Judson behind, who still berated Judson as he lay
injured, but he showed compassion and they took cover in a house;
however, Carter was shot and unable to walk, so they crawled upstairs.
The town was soon overrun with armored North Korean forces and Judson
spotted Communists moving radio equipment into the house. Seeing North
Korean soldiers move up the stairs fired up courage in Judson and he
used his rifle to club the opposing soldiers to death, refusing to use
bullets so as not to alert others. Carter watched as Judson changed
into North Korean soldier gear and Judson made his way to the impromptu
radio room and machine-gunned the operators dead. He then used the
radio to alert US forces and request Weisan be bombed, knowing this
meant self-sacrifice. The next day, as his platoon soldiers returned to
the now rubbled Weisan, two soldiers mocked Judson, not realizing they
had just passed his corpse.
Comments: Created by uncredited writer & Joe Maneely.
I can't find Weisan (or a similar name) on the east
coast of Korea around the 38th Parallel (which has come to divide North
and South Korea). However, the caveat at the start to the story (and
many such Atlas-era war tales) states "All names and places in these
true-to-life stories are fictitious..."
Profile by Grendel Prime.
CLARIFICATIONS
:
Pvt. Harold Judson has no known connections to:
Carter was a fellow soldier in Private Harold
Judson's unit in Korea. He was unimpressed with Judson's attitude of
self-preservation and he emphasized the importance of being a
team-player in the army. Later, during a fierce battle in Weisan,
Carter saved Judson from further knife attack from a North Korean
soldier, but was prepared to leave him to die; however, Carter showed
compassion and they took refuge in a house as North Korean armored
forces advanced and US forces retreated. Carter was badly shot by a foe
in the house and unable to move. He witnessed Judson find courage and
defeat the radio outpost the North Koreans had coincidentally set up in
the house. Judson radioed for the US Air Force to bomb Weisan to
destroy the North Korean armor, knowing it meant self-sacrifice,
although in a turnabout, Carter was concerned it meant they would die
too.
--Battle Action#1/1
images:
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Battle Action#1/1, p1, pan3 (main image)
p7, pan1 (headshot)
p2, pan1 (Carter)
Appearances:
Battle Action#1/1 (February, 1952) - uncredited writer, Joe Maneely
(pencils & inks), Stan Lee (editor)
First posted: 11/11/2024
Last updated:
11/11/2024
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