Pentagon Publishing was a small comic book publisher which existed from 1945 to 1947. It's most notable title (which is not saying much) was Claire Voyant, which I featured here a while ago. According to the indicia, Stony Craig was planned to be a quarterly publication; it lasted the one issue, and you should be able to figure out why as you read the issue.
Now that the war in the Pacific is over, Sgt. Stony Craig finds himself in charge of a U.S. prison camp. But there are some Japanese who refuse to give and they are bombing the prison camp. They are led by the brother of a Japanese general interred in the camp; he hopes to convince his brother to surrender before the Americans destroy him. But soon Stoney and fellow marines Slugger Wise (who refused to wear a shirt) and Mountain Music Fink are captured and condemned to be shot by a firing squad. At the last minute they are rescued by an army prisoner of war team. This leads to some meaningless jealousy between Slugger and the army men, all of which adds up to nothing and is pretty boring.
As a matter of fact, the whole thing is pretty boring. And the artwork is on the level of that of a somewhat talented eighth grade student.
Oh, well. Win some, lose some.
Give it a try. Your reaction might be different.
https://comicbookplus.com/?dlid=97310
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