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Although the Leatherneck Raiders (also known as the "Leathernecks" and the "Battlefield Raiders") were an effective fighting force in World War II, they never achieved the recognition that the Howling Commandos received.
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Savage, now shown in a Marine Corps uniform bearing both Captain's bars and what appear to be First Sergeant stripes, appeared in
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with issue #9 with Savage shaving off his beard. Savage regrew his beard in the last issue, #19. A proposal to have a
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Australian character Rolfe Harrison appeared in a couple issues with the Raiders but never joined their ranks.
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Captain Savage's first appearance in Marvel Comics was in
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with Savage as a submarine commander was not taken up.
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Index

Publisher
Marvel Comics
First appearance
Gary Friedrich
Dick Ayers
World War II
American comic books
Marvel Comics
Gary Friedrich
Dick Ayers
Leatherneck
United States Marine Corps
Marine Raiders
Captain Savage
Fox Feature Syndicate
Captain Savage and his Leatherneck Raiders
U.S. Navy
Nick Fury
Howling Commandos
Tarawa
Baron Strucker
HYDRA
General Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross
"Leatherneck Raiders", The Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe.
"Simon Savage (Leatherneck Raiders leader)"
Captain Savage and his Leatherneck Raiders
the original
Captain Savage and his Leatherneck Raiders
the original
Leatherneck Raiders

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