Sgt. Rock #408 [Direct]
(February 1986)

DC, 1977 Series
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Price
0.75 USD; 0.95 CAD; 0.35 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1985-10-29
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Joe Kubert (editor); Barbara Kesel (associate editor); Tom Condon (managing editor)

Issue Notes

Publication frequency changes to bi-monthly with this issue, though indicia continues to state monthly.

On-sale date from DC Releases #21.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Sgt. Rock / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Joe Kubert (signed)
Inks
Joe Kubert (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino
Genre
war
Characters
Sgt. Rock; Scribbly
Keywords
World War II
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So Long, Scribbly! (Table of Contents: 1)

Sgt. Rock / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Kanigher
Pencils
Andy Kubert
Inks
Andy Kubert
Colors
Tatjana Wood
Letters
Andy Kubert
Job Number
G-2087
Genre
war
Characters
Sgt. Rock; Scribbly; Little Sure Shot; Bulldozer; Long Round; Short Round; 4-Eyes; Ice Cream Soldier
Synopsis
Scribbly joins Easy Company as soldier who likes to draw. After experiencing the horrors of war, Scribbly's drawings become darker.
Keywords
France; graveyard; Panzer; World War II

Indexer Notes

G.I. "Scribbly" is a tribute to Sheldon Mayer.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Take Ten / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Kanigher
Pencils
Joe Kubert (illustration)
Inks
Joe Kubert (illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
L-2171

The Bull Story (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Rich Lapierre
Pencils
Rich Lapierre
Inks
Rich Lapierre
Colors
Steve Pennella
Letters
Jade Moede
Genre
war
Characters
Otis; Nat
Synopsis
Otis uses a red flag to get a bull to attack British soldiers.
Keywords
bull; Revolutionary War

Gorilla Warfare (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
? (as Vincent)
Pencils
? (as Vincent)
Inks
? (as Vincent)
Colors
?
Letters
? (as Vincent)
Genre
humor; war

Holmagana (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Mark Pennington
Pencils
Mark Pennington
Inks
Mark Pennington
Colors
Mark Pennington
Letters
Jade Moede
Genre
adventure
Characters
Helga; Erik
Synopsis
Two Vikings battle for the hand of Helga.
Keywords
bear; Viking
Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Sgt. Rock
  2. 1. So Long, Scribbly!
    Sgt. Rock
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Take Ten
  4. 3. The Bull Story
  5. 4. Gorilla Warfare
  6. 5. Holmagana
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  • Peter Croome
  • CTGarry
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore
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