Star Spangled War Stories (1952 series) (DC) #56
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| Field | Added / Next |
|---|---|
| Number | 56 |
| Volume | |
| No Volume | No |
| Display Volume With Number | No |
| Indicia Publisher | |
| Indicia Publisher Not Printed | Printed |
| Brand | |
| No Brand | No |
| Publication Date | April 1957 |
| Key Date | 1957-04-10 |
| Year On Sale | None |
| Month On Sale | None |
| Day On Sale | None |
| On Sale Date Uncertain | No |
| Indicia Frequency | |
| No Indicia Frequency | No |
| Price | 0.10 USD |
| Page Count | 36 (note: total sum of story page counts is 26) |
| Page Count Uncertain | No |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Robert Kanigher (actual) |
| No Editing | |
| Barcode | |
| No Barcode | Yes |
| Notes | Credits for pencils and inks from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics, say they were by Jerry Grandenetti, but art spotters agree it is Joe Kubert. Schwartz kept editorial records for Robert Kanigher, who edited this issue (added by Greg Fischer, July 2008). |
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Sequence 0
| Field | Added / Next |
|---|---|
| Sequence Number | 0 |
| Title | The Walking Sub! |
| Unofficial Title? | No |
| Type | cover |
| Feature | |
| Genre | War |
| Job Number | |
| Script | |
| No Script | X |
| Pencils | Joe Kubert |
| No Pencils | |
| Inks | Joe Kubert |
| No Inks | |
| Colors | ? |
| No Colors | |
| Letters | ? |
| No Letters | |
| Editing | |
| No Editing | X |
| Page Count | 1 |
| Page Count Uncertain | No |
| Characters | |
| Synopsis | |
| Reprint Notes | |
| Notes | Credits for pencils and inks from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics, say they were by Jerry Grandenetti, but art spotters agree it is Joe Kubert. Schwartz kept editorial records for Robert Kanigher, who edited this issue (added by Greg Fischer, July 2008). |
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Sequence 1
| Field | Added / Next |
|---|---|
| Sequence Number | 1 |
| Title | The Walking Sub |
| Unofficial Title? | No |
| Type | comic story |
| Feature | |
| Genre | War |
| Job Number | |
| Script | Bob Haney |
| No Script | |
| Pencils | Jack Abel |
| No Pencils | |
| Inks | Jack Abel |
| No Inks | |
| Colors | ? |
| No Colors | |
| Letters | ? |
| No Letters | |
| Editing | |
| No Editing | X |
| Page Count | 6 |
| Page Count Uncertain | No |
| Characters | |
| Synopsis | |
| Reprint Notes | |
| Notes | Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Bob Forgione was originally credited as the penciler (added by Greg Fischer, July 2008). |
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Sequence 2
| Field | Added / Next |
|---|---|
| Sequence Number | 2 |
| Title | Waiting Mine |
| Unofficial Title? | No |
| Type | comic story |
| Feature | |
| Genre | War |
| Job Number | |
| Script | Robert Bernstein |
| No Script | |
| Pencils | Ross Andru |
| No Pencils | |
| Inks | Mike Esposito |
| No Inks | |
| Colors | ? |
| No Colors | |
| Letters | ? |
| No Letters | |
| Editing | |
| No Editing | X |
| Page Count | 6 |
| Page Count Uncertain | No |
| Characters | |
| Synopsis | |
| Reprint Notes | |
| Notes | Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics, show Ross Andru as being paid for the pencils and inks for this story, however Mike Esposito worked with Ross and scholars agree he inked this story (added by Greg Fischer, July 2008). |
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Sequence 3
| Field | Added / Next |
|---|---|
| Sequence Number | 3 |
| Title | The Fighting Link |
| Unofficial Title? | No |
| Type | comic story |
| Feature | |
| Genre | War |
| Job Number | |
| Script | Bob Haney |
| No Script | |
| Pencils | Joe Kubert |
| No Pencils | |
| Inks | Joe Kubert |
| No Inks | |
| Colors | ? |
| No Colors | |
| Letters | ? |
| No Letters | |
| Editing | |
| No Editing | X |
| Page Count | 6 |
| Page Count Uncertain | No |
| Characters | |
| Synopsis | |
| Reprint Notes | |
| Notes | Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics (added by Greg Fischer, July 2008). |
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Sequence 4
| Field | Added / Next |
|---|---|
| Sequence Number | 4 |
| Title | Postcard War |
| Unofficial Title? | No |
| Type | comic story |
| Feature | |
| Genre | War |
| Job Number | |
| Script | Bob Haney |
| No Script | |
| Pencils | Ross Andru |
| No Pencils | |
| Inks | Mike Esposito |
| No Inks | |
| Colors | ? |
| No Colors | |
| Letters | ? |
| No Letters | |
| Editing | |
| No Editing | X |
| Page Count | 6 |
| Page Count Uncertain | No |
| Characters | |
| Synopsis | |
| Reprint Notes | |
| Notes | Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics, show Ross Andru as being paid for the pencils and inks for this story, however Mike Esposito worked with Ross and scholars agree he inked this story (added by Greg Fischer, July 2008). |
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Sequence 5
| Field | Added / Next |
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| Sequence Number | 5 |
| Title | |
| Unofficial Title? | No |
| Type | filler |
| Feature | Army Customs |
| Genre | War; Fact |
| Job Number | |
| Script | Morris Waldinger |
| No Script | |
| Pencils | Morris Waldinger |
| No Pencils | |
| Inks | Tom Nicolisi |
| No Inks | |
| Colors | ? |
| No Colors | |
| Letters | ? |
| No Letters | |
| Editing | |
| No Editing | X |
| Page Count | 1 |
| Page Count Uncertain | No |
| Characters | |
| Synopsis | |
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Comments
| Commenter | Comment | Revision | Timestamp | Old State | New State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anonymous User | This change is a temporary migration representing the state of the database at the time of the new site deployment. It will be replaced by history assembled from our old database soon. | 2010-11-20 12:51:15 | Available | Approved |
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