In flagrante delicto In flagrante delicto In flagrante delicto (Latin: "in blazing offence"), or simply in flagrante, a legal term, indicates that a criminal has been caught in the act of committing an offence (compare ). The colloquial "caught " or "caught rapid" are English equivalents. The phrase combines the present active participle "flagrāns" (flaming or blazing) with the noun "dēlictum" (offence, misdeed, or crime). In this term the Latin preposition "in", not indicating motion, takes the ablative. The closest literal translation would be "in blazing offence", where "blazing" is a metaphor for vigorous, highly visible action. In Japan, the phrase's translation, "Genkōhan"
Blazing Combat "Blazing Combat" ran four quarterly issues, cover-dated October 1965 to July 1966, and, like "Creepy", carried a 35-cent cover price. Warren was inspired by the humanistic drama in editor Harvey Kurtzman's EC Comics titles "Frontline Combat" (1951-1954) and "Two-Fisted Tales" (1950-1955), saying in 1999, "I thought what Harvey had done for [EC publisher] Bill Gaines should have separated in some way from the EC horror comics. Harvey's early work was the inspiration for "Blazing Combat". I told Harvey "Blazing Combat" editorial was not going to be pro-war or blood and guts. It was going to be anti-war..." Despite that inspiration,