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* ArmsDealer: Jake Malloy, Savage's CriminalDoppelganger, is an arms dealer supplying pro-Japanese insurgents.
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''Capt. Savage and his Leatherneck Raiders'', later retitled to ''Captain Savage and his Battlefield Raiders'' (and simply titled ''Capt. Savage'' or ''Captain Savage'' for copyright, indicia and digital reprints), is a 1967 comic book from Creator/MarvelComics.
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''Capt. Savage and his Leatherneck Raiders'', later retitled to ''Captain Savage and his Battlefield Raiders'' (and simply titled ''Capt. Savage'' or ''Captain Savage'' for its copyright, indicia and digital reprints), is a 1967 comic book from Creator/MarvelComics.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: After Savage is knocked unconscious by depth charges, Captain Griggs resumes command of the Sea Wolf, surrendering as soon as the Japanese tell him they've wired mines to the submarine. Griggs is there when Savage wakes up in a Japanese prison camp afterwards, but then completely vanishes from the story, with nothing to confirm whether he's part of the Raiders' escape bid.
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* ISurrenderSucksrs: When the Raiders are detained in a Japanese prison camp the camp's interpreter, American missionary Father Thompson, helps them escape. As part of that plan the priest meets with a Japanese officer at the docks, under a white flag of truce - before putting him in an armlock with a gun to his head,
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* ISurrenderSucksrs: ISurrenderSuckers: When the Raiders are detained in a Japanese prison camp the camp's interpreter, American missionary Father Thompson, helps them escape. As part of that plan the priest meets with a Japanese officer at the docks, under a white flag of truce - before putting him in an armlock with a gun to his head,
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* ISurrenderSucksrs: When the Raiders are detained in a Japanese prison camp the camp's interpreter, American missionary Father Thompson, helps them escape. As part of that plan the priest meets with a Japanese officer at the docks, under a white flag of truce - before putting him in an armlock with a gun to his head,
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* UncertainDoom: Savage's CriminalDoppelganger, Jake Malloy, is captured at the end of the story introducing him, with the Raiders bringing him back for trial. However, he's also concealed a file and is last seen working on escaping his handcuffs. [[spoiler:As the story starts with American agents trying to murder Malloy rather than arrest him, even though they're on an American naval base at the time, there's also a question about whether he'll actually get that trial]].
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* TonightSomeoneDies: Issue #11, the {{Crossover}} with ''ComicBook/SgtFuryAndHisHowlingCommandos'' was titled ''"Death of a Leatherneck"'' and promoted that way at the end of the previous issue. The cover even shows a worried Savage glancing as a prone Raider, lying face down. [[spoiler:It's played straight, and Lee Baker's killed by a sniper. The story doesn't make a huge attempt to hide the victim's identity, as the figure on the cover is recognisably Lee although his face is mostly hidden - and most other Leathernecks have distinctive features that don't match the body]].
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* TonightSomeoneDies: Issue #11, the {{Crossover}} with ''ComicBook/SgtFuryAndHisHowlingCommandos'' was titled ''"Death of a Leatherneck"'' and promoted that way at the end of the previous issue. The cover even shows a worried Savage glancing as at a prone Raider, lying face down. [[spoiler:It's played straight, and Lee Baker's killed by a sniper. The story doesn't make a huge attempt to hide the victim's identity, as the figure on the cover is recognisably Lee although his face is mostly hidden - and most other Leathernecks have distinctive features that don't match the body]].
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* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Lee Baker's killed by a Japanese sniper midway through the series]].
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* TonightSomeoneDies: Issue #11, the {{Crossover}} with ''ComicBook/SgtFuryAndHisHowlingCommandos'' was titled ''"Death of a Leatherneck"'' and promoted that way at the end of the previous issue. The cover even shows a worried Savage glancing as a prone Raider, lying face down. [[spoiler:It's played straight, and Lee Baker's killed by a sniper. The story doesn't make a huge attempt to hide the victim's identity, as the figure on the cover is recognisably Lee although his face is mostly hidden - and most other Leathernecks have distinctive features that don't match the body]].
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* TimeDelayedDeath: A downplayed example. [[spoiler:Lee Baker takes a sniper's bullet to the back of the head, but the shock means he doesn't initially realise he's hit. He has a second or two - enough time to say a few words - before he collapses and dies]].
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''Capt. Savage and his Leatherneck Raiders'', later retitled to ''Captain Savage and his Battlefield Raiders'' (and titled simply ''Capt. Savage'' or ''Captain Savage'' for copyright and indicia purposes, and for the digital reprint), is a 1967 comic book from Creator/MarvelComics.
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''Capt. Savage and his Leatherneck Raiders'', later retitled to ''Captain Savage and his Battlefield Raiders'' (and simply titled simply ''Capt. Savage'' or ''Captain Savage'' for copyright and copyright, indicia purposes, and for the digital reprint), reprints), is a 1967 comic book from Creator/MarvelComics.
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* CriminalDoppelganger: Captain Savage looks exactly the same as ArmsDealer Jake Malloy, who's been supplying Japanese-allied guerrillas in [[UsefulNotes/{{Myanmar}} Burma]]. After an American agent mistakenly tries to assassinate Savage, he shaves his beard and moustache to reduce the resemblance.
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* CriminalDoppelganger: Captain Savage looks exactly the same as ArmsDealer Jake Malloy, who's been supplying Japanese-allied guerrillas in [[UsefulNotes/{{Myanmar}} Burma]]. After [[spoiler:After an American agent mistakenly tries to assassinate Savage, he shaves his beard and moustache to reduce the resemblance.resemblance]].
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''Capt. Savage and his Leatherneck Raiders'', later retitled to ''Captain Savage and his Battlefield Raiders'' (titled simply ''Capt. Savage'' or ''Captain Savage'' for copyright and indicia purposes, and for the digital reprint), is a 1967 comic book from Creator/MarvelComics.
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''Capt. Savage and his Leatherneck Raiders'', later retitled to ''Captain Savage and his Battlefield Raiders'' (titled (and titled simply ''Capt. Savage'' or ''Captain Savage'' for copyright and indicia purposes, and for the digital reprint), is a 1967 comic book from Creator/MarvelComics.
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''Capt. Savage and his Leatherneck Raiders'', later retitled to ''Captain Savage and his Battlefield Raiders'' (also referred to as ''Capt. Savage'' or ''Captain Savage'' for copyright and indicia purposes, and for the digital comic), is a 1967 comic book from Creator/MarvelComics.
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''Capt. Savage and his Leatherneck Raiders'', later retitled to ''Captain Savage and his Battlefield Raiders'' (also referred to as (titled simply ''Capt. Savage'' or ''Captain Savage'' for copyright and indicia purposes, and for the digital comic), reprint), is a 1967 comic book from Creator/MarvelComics.
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''Capt. Savage and his Leatherneck Raiders'', later retitled to ''Captain Savage and his Battlefield Raiders'' (also referred to as ''Capt. Savage'' for copyright and indicia purposes, and ''Captain Savage'' when reissued as a digital comic), is a 1967 comic book from Creator/MarvelComics.
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''Capt. Savage and his Leatherneck Raiders'', later retitled to ''Captain Savage and his Battlefield Raiders'' (also referred to as ''Capt. Savage'' or ''Captain Savage'' for copyright and indicia purposes, and ''Captain Savage'' when reissued as a for the digital comic), is a 1967 comic book from Creator/MarvelComics.
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* AssassinOutclassin: A sniper tries to kill Captain Savage while he's back on base, spending an evening with LoveInterest Michelle. He gets knocked out and handed over to the MPs when he comes into the building to finish off his targets. [[spoiler:And then it turns out that he was an ''American'' agent aiming for Savage's CriminalDoppelganger, Jake Malloy]].
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* AssassinOutclassin: A sniper tries to kill Captain Savage while he's back on base, spending an evening with LoveInterest Michelle. He gets knocked out and handed over to the MPs Military Police when he comes into the building to finish off his targets. [[spoiler:And then it turns out that he was an ''American'' agent aiming for Savage's CriminalDoppelganger, Jake Malloy]].
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* AssassinOutclassin: A sniper tries to kill Captain Savage while he's back on base, spending an evening with LoveInterest Michelle. He gets knocked out and handed over to the MPs when he comes into the building to finish off his targets. [[spoiler:And then it turns out that he was an ''American'' agent aiming for Savage's CriminalDoppelganger, Jake Malloy]].
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* CriminalDoppelganger: Captain Savage looks exactly the same as ArmsDealer Jake Malloy, who's been supplying Japanese-allied guerrillas in [[UsefulNotes/{{Myanmar}} Burma]]. After an American agent mistakenly tries to assassinate Savage, he shaves his beard and moustache to reduce the resemblance.
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* TheCasanova: When he's not on a mission, Corporal Laroque seems very focused on meeting attractive women - and seems to be a pretty successful charmer when he does (although he's sometimes called out on his taller tales of heroism).
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* FunetikAksent: Corporal Laroque's strong French-Canadian accent tends to replace "the” with "ze" in his dialogue.
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* FunetikAksent: Canadian-born Corporal Laroque's strong French-Canadian French accent tends to replace "the” with "ze" in his dialogue.
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The series picks up just after Savage has been transferred to the marines, with his new Sergeant still unsure about his leadership. In contrast to ''Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos'', it's largely focused on the WorldWarII/WarInAsiaAndThePacific, so the enemy they face is usually Japan, Japanese, not Germany.German.
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The series picks up just after Savage has been transferred to the marines, with some of his new squad Sergeant still unsure about his leadership. In contrast to ''Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos'', it's largely focused on the WorldWarII/WarInAsiaAndThePacific, so the enemy is usually Japan, not Germany.
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* SecretTest: The Raiders are sent to capture two high-ranking Japanese generals. The Japanese sentries are expecting them and mission goes wrong from the start. Savage and Baker are swiftly captured and interrogated. The rest of the Raiders are captured when they reach the target building, then lined up for execution by a firing squad. [[spoiler:At the end of the issue it's revealed that this was all a secret exercise, with the "Japanese" soldiers played by Nisei American troops. The Raiders failed, so they'll be getting a month of intense training before their next real mission]].
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* SecretTest: The Raiders are sent attempt to capture two high-ranking Japanese generals. The Japanese sentries are expecting them and so the mission goes wrong from the start. Savage and Baker are swiftly quickly captured and interrogated. The rest of the Raiders others are captured when they reach within the target building, then lined up for execution by a firing squad. [[spoiler:At the squad execution. [[spoiler:The end of the issue it's revealed reveals that this it was all a secret exercise, with the all "Japanese" soldiers played by Nisei American troops. The Raiders failed, so they'll be getting will receive a month of intense training before their next real mission]].
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* DangerRoomColdOpen: One issue opens with Savage waiting for his squad to retrieve secret plans from a safe, conscious that time is running out. It's revealed to be a training exercise, with the enemies they're shooting at unseen practice targets.
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* DangerRoomColdOpen: One issue opens with Savage waiting for his squad to retrieve secret plans from a safe, conscious that time is running out. It's revealed to be a training exercise, with the enemies they're shooting at unseen practice targets. Another issue has them swimming to the shore through a naval minefield full of dummy mines.
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* SecretTest: The Raiders are sent to capture two high-ranking Japanese generals. The Japanese sentries are expecting them and mission goes wrong from the start. Savage and Baker are swiftly captured and interrogated. The rest of the Raiders are captured when they reach the target building, then lined up for execution by a firing squad. [[spoiler:At the end of the issue it's revealed that this was all a secret exercise, with the "Japanese" soldiers all played by Nisei American troops. The Raiders failed, so they'll be getting a month of intense training before their next real mission]].
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* SecretTest: The Raiders are sent to capture two high-ranking Japanese generals. The Japanese sentries are expecting them and mission goes wrong from the start. Savage and Baker are swiftly captured and interrogated. The rest of the Raiders are captured when they reach the target building, then lined up for execution by a firing squad. [[spoiler:At the end of the issue it's revealed that this was all a secret exercise, with the "Japanese" soldiers all played by Nisei American troops. The Raiders failed, so they'll be getting a month of intense training before their next real mission]].
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* SecretTest: The Raiders are sent to capture two high-ranking Japanese generals. The Japanese sentries are expecting them and mission goes wrong from the start. Savage and Baker are swiftly captured and interrogated. The rest of the Raiders are captured when they reach the target building, then lined up for execution by a firing squad. [[spoiler:At the end of the issue it's revealed that this was all a secret exercise, with the "Japanese" soldiers all played by Nisei American troops. The Raiders failed, so they'll be getting a month of intense training before their next real mission]].
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* HandyHelper: The Raiders need rescued American pilot [[ComicBook/TheThing Ben Grimm]] to fly them out of Sakata's base in a stolen Japanese bomber, but Grimm's hands have been badly burned during the escape. Captain Savage, who's never flown a plan before, ends up piloting, with Grimm talking him through every step.
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* HandyHelper: The Raiders need rescued American pilot [[ComicBook/TheThing Ben Grimm]] to fly them out of Sakata's base in a stolen Japanese bomber, but Grimm's hands have been badly burned during the escape. Captain Savage, who's never flown a plan plane before, ends up piloting, with Grimm talking him through every step.
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* CaughtMonologuing: Colonel Sakata subjects Savage to a long rant while holding a tortured, semi-conscious [[ComicBook/TheThing Ben Grimm]] hostage at gunpoint. He's so focused on the speech to Savage that he doesn't notice Grimm's recovering until he grabs the gun.
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* TortureTechnician: Colonel Sakata is implied to be a very skilled torturer.