(May 1982)

DC, 1980 Series
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Volume
3
Price
0.95 USD
Pages
100
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1982-02-04
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC Blue Ribbon Digest
Barcode
0709893345205
Editing
Dick Giordano (managing editor); Dave Manak (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #199.
This issue is a variant of DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest (DC, 1980 series) #21 [Direct].

War... Is... Hell! (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Joe Kubert (signed as Joe Kubert)
Inks
Joe Kubert (signed as Joe Kubert)
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino
Job Number
C-827
Genre
war
Characters
Sgt. Rock
Cover Thumbnail for DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest (DC, 1980 series) #21 [Newsstand] Cover Thumbnail for DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest (1980 series) #21 [Direct]
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Our Army at War Contents (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

Stop the War -- I Want to Get Off! (Table of Contents: 2)

Sgt. Rock / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Kubert
Pencils
Joe Kubert
Inks
Joe Kubert
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
war
Reprints

Special Battle Pin-Up! (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script
Robert Kanigher ?
Pencils
Joe Kubert (signed)
Inks
Joe Kubert (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
war
Characters
Sgt. Rock; Bulldozer; Wild Man; Little Sure-Shot
Reprints

The Face of War! (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Haney
Pencils
Ross Andru
Inks
Mike Esposito
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
war
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Script credited to Kanigher on first page.

Special Battle Pin-Up! (Table of Contents: 5)

The Haunted Tank / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script
Robert Kanigher (signed as RK)
Pencils
Joe Kubert (signed)
Inks
Joe Kubert (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
war
Characters
Haunted Tank; Jeb; Slim; Arch; Rick
Reprints

Let Me Live... Let Me Die! (Table of Contents: 6)

The Haunted Tank / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Kanigher
Pencils
Russ Heath
Inks
Russ Heath
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
war
Reprints

Horseless (Table of Contents: 7)

Bob Kanigher's Gallery of War / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Kanigher
Pencils
Ric Estrada
Inks
Ric Estrada
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
war; western-frontier
Reprints

"General Stuart" Light Tank M3A1 (Table of Contents: 8)

Battle Album / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Kubert
Pencils
Joe Kubert
Inks
Joe Kubert
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
war; non-fiction; military
Reprints

White Devil... Yellow Devil! (Table of Contents: 9)

Bob Kanigher's Gallery of War / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Kanigher
Pencils
Alex Toth (signed)
Inks
Alex Toth (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
war
Reprints

A Hot Number; Two Halves Make One Whole; Tight Squeeze; Like a Duck Takes to Water (Table of Contents: 10)

Battle Album / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Joe Kubert
Inks
Joe Kubert
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
war; non-fiction; military
Reprints

The Fighting Guns of Easy! (Table of Contents: 11)

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

Script
Robert Kanigher (credited as R.K.)
Pencils
Joe Kubert (signed)
Inks
Joe Kubert (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
war
Reprints

Reach for the Heavens (Table of Contents: 12)

Enemy Ace / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Kanigher
Pencils
Joe Kubert
Inks
Joe Kubert
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
war
Reprints

My Buddy - the Dinosaur! (Table of Contents: 13)

The War That Time Forgot / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Kanigher (signed as R. K.)
Pencils
Joe Kubert (signed)
Inks
Joe Kubert (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
science fiction; war
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Schwartz kept editorial records for Robert Kanigher, who edited Star Spangled War Stories #124 where this story originally appeared.

Kanigher (Table of Contents: 14)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset
Synopsis
Brief article about Robert Kanigher and upcoming stories he's written.

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

The Eyes of War (Table of Contents: 15)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Joe Kubert (signed)
Inks
Joe Kubert (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
war

Indexer Notes

Back cover. 16 drawings of eyes of various persons in various expressions.

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. War... Is... Hell!
    Sgt. Rock
  2. 1. Our Army at War Contents
  3. 2. Stop the War -- I Want to Get Off!
    Sgt. Rock
  4. 3. Special Battle Pin-Up!
    Sgt. Rock
  5. 4. The Face of War!
  6. 5. Special Battle Pin-Up!
    The Haunted Tank
  7. 6. Let Me Live... Let Me Die!
    The Haunted Tank
  8. 7. Horseless
    Bob Kanigher's Gallery of War
  9. 8. "General Stuart" Light Tank M3A1
    Battle Album
  10. 9. White Devil... Yellow Devil!
    Bob Kanigher's Gallery of War
  11. 10. A Hot Number; Two Halves Make One Whole; Tight Squeeze; Like a Duck Takes to Water
    Battle Album
  12. 11. The Fighting Guns of Easy!
    Sgt. Rock
  13. 12. Reach for the Heavens
    Enemy Ace
  14. 13. My Buddy - the Dinosaur!
    The War That Time Forgot
  15. 14. Kanigher
  16. 15. The Eyes of War
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