G.I. Combat
#51
(August 1957)
DC,
1957 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1957-06-16
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Comics Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (credited) (editor); Robert Kanigher (actual editor)
Issue Notes
Script and art credits for fillers confirmed from copies of DC editorial records sent to Gene Reed from Nelson Bridwell in 1986.
On-sale date from copyright registration.
On-sale date from copyright registration.
Desert Stand!
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- war
Indexer 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.
[Five Minute Break, GI Haircut, Payday, Gas Attack Drill]
This Ain't the Army / cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
-
from All-American Men of War (DC, 1952 series) #128 (October-November 1952)
-
Indexer Notes
4 gags.
Bunker Hill Beachhead!
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- war
Indexer Notes
Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Jump-Off Town!
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Bob Haney
- Pencils
- Russ Heath (signed)
- Inks
- Russ Heath (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- Genre
- war
- Reprints
in Indexer Notes
Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Take Arms!
cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; war
- Reprints
- in Our Army at War (DC, 1952 series) #124 (November 1962)
-
[no title indexed]
Combat Corner / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Jack Miller (credited as Combat Corner Editor)
- Pencils
- Morris Waldinger (illustration)
- Inks
- Tom Nicolosi (illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Why do soldiers fold their flag into a triangular shape?
- Genre
- non-fiction
Indexer Notes
Letters from Chester Neilly, Charles Wood, Richard Merton, and Frank Coolidge.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[The Walking Grenade!]
-
1.
[no title indexed]
Jowett Institute of Physical Training -
2.
Desert Stand!
-
3.
[no title indexed]
Popeye Flashlight -
4.
[no title indexed]
21" Diesel Trucks -
5.
[no title indexed]
Balloons with Pump -
6.
[no title indexed]
Circus Boy Ice Cream Maker -
7.
[Five Minute Break, GI Haircut, Payday, Gas Attack Drill]
This Ain't the Army -
8.
Bunker Hill Beachhead!
-
9.
Wide Awake -- Wide Awake!
-
10.
[no title indexed]
Palisades Amusement Park Admission -
11.
Earn While You Learn!
-
12.
Jump-Off Town!
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13.
Take Arms!
-
14.
["Why do soldiers fold their flag into a triangular shape?"]
Combat Corner -
15.
The Walking Grenade!
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16.
[no title indexed]
Littleton Stamp Co. -
17.
[no title indexed]
Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns -
18.
Junior Sales Club Batting Tips
Junior Sales Club of America Cards -
19.
[no title indexed]
Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns
This issue was modified by, among others
- Nick Caputo
- Gregory Fischer
- Glenn MacKay
- Donald Dale Milne
- Gene Reed (R.I.P.)
- Jim Stangas
- Jim Van Dore
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