Garrison's Gorillas was a Dell Comics running 5 issues, based on the exciting TV series. Featuring photo covers, the comic book was drawn by Sam Glanzman, a popular artist on war comics.
Inspired by the film The Dirty Dozen, Garrison's Gorillas chronicled the undercover adventures of a group of convicts, recruited into the U.S. Army, by the offer of a post-war parole. Commanded by West Point graduate, Lt. Craig Garrison, the "Gorillas" function as commandos behind Nazi lines.
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| Ron Harper also starred in the Planet of the Apes TV series. |
Ron Harper as Lt. Craig Garrison
Cesare Danova as Actor
Brendon Boone as Chief
Christopher Cary as Goniff
Rudy Solari as Casino
Garrison's Gorillas #1 The Rat Pack of Undercover Commandos Spread Havoc and Destruction Behind Enemy Lines.
"Break Out"
"The Frame Up"
Garrison's Gorillas #2 An Astonishing Raid to Rid the Underground of Spies! Only the Gorillas can do it!
"There's a Rat in the Underground"
"Big Bertha"
Garrison's Gorillas #3 Mission of Mercy! A Daring Raid to Save a Buddy!
"To Rescue a Friend"
"The Firing Squad"
Garrison's Gorillas #4 Life or Death Missions...Against Impossible Dangers!
"The Master Chef"
"Appointment Under the City"
"Bavarian Blow-Up"
Chic Stone provided artwork for this issue. This was the only cover not to show Lt. Craig Garrison, the Gorilla's leader.
Garrison's Gorillas #5 was a reprint of #1 with a bump up in price. Those were the big bumps at the time.
Unfortunately I have not seen this series reprinted, such a shame. I've heard of the series collected on DVD, although I've not run across it.
The Garrison's Gorillas novel was written by Jack Pearl, a noted author at the time, based on the TV series.
Whitman Books came out with Garrison's Gorillas "The Fear Formula" a original hardback novel, illustrated, also written by Jack Pearl (Our Man Flint, Invaders Dam of Death.)
Topps came out with a trading card series of Garrison's Gorillas.
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