LEE-SIK

Real Name: Lee-Sik

Identity/Class: Human (post-World War II era) (Korean)

Occupation: Guerrilla

Group Membership: None

Affiliations: The People's Army of China

Enemies: Sgt. "Gunny" Gorski, Iron Mike McGraw

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: An unidentified location in Korea during the Korean War

First Appearance: Marines in Battle I#1 (August, 1954)

Powers/Abilities: Lee-Sik carried a pistol and a knife. She was skilled at knife throwing.

Height: Unrevealed (approximately 5'2")
Weight: Unrevealed (approximately 104 lbs.)
Eyes: Black
Hair: Black

History:
(Marines in Battle I#1/4) - Lee-Sik confronted the U.S. Marines Iron Mike McGraw and Sgt. "Gunny" Gorski. Wishing to collect a reward offered by the Communist army for U.S. soldiers, she claimed to be a South Korean guerrilla and used her knife to save the two Marines from being shot by a Communist soldier. As the Marines were seeking information on how the Communists were getting supplies to Chimney Hill, Lee-Sik claimed she had discovered the secret and offered to show them. Lee-Sik led the two men to the top of a peak overlooking Chimney Hill and revealed there was a secret bridge that led across the hills and above the river which separated them.

    Having brought the two Marines near the Communist lines, Lee-Sik drew a gun on them and revealed her true allegiance. She led the two men across the bridge towards the Communists but Iron Mike suddenly grabbed her and hurled them both over the edge, alongside Sgt. Gorski. The three fell into the river. As Lee-Sik couldn't swim, Iron Mike offered to save her life in exchange for her gun. She surrendered her pistol and the Marines pulled her ashore.

    The Marines noticed a large Communist patrol waiting near the river and Lee-Sik explained that they were going to head across the bridge under the cover of night to resupply their forces at Chimney Hill. At night, the Marines continued to guard Lee-Sik and forced her to assist them in sabotaging the bridge, removing planks so that in the dark the Communist trucks would unwittingly drive into the hole and into the river below. After several trucks had fallen from the bridge, Lee-Sik bit Gorski's hand and fled from the Marines. Lighting a torch, she attempted to wave down the next truck in the convoy, trying to warn them that the bridge had a gap. However, the driver was afraid her torch would signal a U.S plane and so sped up to run her over. As a result, the truck slammed into Lee-Sik as it went through the gap in the bridge; Lee-Sik was not only crushed beneath the truck but moments later, the ammunition in the fallen trucks went off in a spectacular explosion.

Comments: Created by an unidentified writer and Russ Heath.

    All Asian femme fatales owe a great debt to Milton Caniff and his creation the Dragon Lady from the newspaper comic strip Terry and the Pirates.

Profile by Prime Eternal.

CLARIFICATIONS:
Lee-Sik should not be confused with:

• CHU SAN - Clark Mason foe--Spy Fighters I#11
• COMRADE CHINA - Combat Casey foe--Combat Casey I#14
• HAN RIVER HELEN - Iron Mike McGraw foe--Marines in Battle I#1
• KAESONG KATIE - Combat Casey foe--Combat Casey I#10
• KIMA - Doug Grant foe--Spy Cases I#15
• KOREA KATIE - Combat Kelly foe--Combat Kelly I#13
• LING - Combat Kelly foe--Combat Kelly I#28
• MANCHURIA MARY - Battle Brady foe--Battle Brady I#11
• MUKTONG MOLLIE - Combat Kelly foe--Combat Kelly I#19
• NITA - Combat Casey foe--Combat Casey I#15
• GENERAL OLGA - Buzz Brand foe--Battle Action I#11
• PANTHER LADY - Combat Casey foe--Combat Casey I#8
• THE PEARL OF PYONGYANG - Battle Brady foe--Battle Action I#8
• PUSAN POLLY - Combat Kelly foe--Combat Kelly I#24
• RED MARY - Combat Kelly foe--Combat Kelly I#21
• RED POPPY - Combat Casey foe--Combat Casey I#17
• THE SNAKE LADY OF SINYONG - Combat Casey foe foe--Combat Casey I#18
• SWEET LOTUS - Doug Grant foe--Spy Cases I#14
• THE WASP - Battle Brady foe--Battle I#25
• YALU RIVER ROSIE - Combat Kelly foe--Combat Kelly I#7
• other "Lee-Sik" characters, groups, items, races or events, or any other beautiful Asian Communist women

images: (without ads)
Marines in Battle I#1/4, page 3, panel 4 (main)
Marines in Battle I#1/4, page 3, panel 7 (face)

Appearances:
Marines in Battle I#1/4 (August, 1954) - unidentified writer, Russ Heath (artist), Stan Lee (editor)

First posted: 09/15/2025
Last updated: 09/15/2025

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