(July 1958)
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- ?
- Indicia Publisher:
- Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
- Brand:
- Dell
- Editing:
- ?
- Format:
- Color; standard Golden Age and later Silver Age formats; saddle-stitched; newsprint; was an On-Going Series
Issue Notes
Indicia title is "NO TIME FOR SERGEANTS, No, 914." Code number is N.T.F.SERGEANTS.O. #914-587. (Just "O." in the code, not "O.S.") Copyright 1958 by Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. Adapted from the movie "No Time for Sergeants."
No Time for Sergeants
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ? (photos)
- Inks:
- ? (photos)
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- humor
- Characters:
- Will Stockdale (as played by Andy Griffith, photo); Ben Whitledge (as played by Nick Adams, photo); Sgt. Orville King (as played by Myron McCormick, photo);
- Synopsis:
- Preview of the story.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Five photos from the movie plus a partial cast list.
No Time For Sergeants
comic story / 32 pages
Credits
- Script:
- John Lee Mahin (screenplay); ? (comic adaptation)
- Pencils:
- Alex Toth
- Inks:
- Alex Toth
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- humor
- Characters:
- Will Stockdale; Ben Whitledge; Sgt. Orville King; Irvin Blanchard
- Synopsis:
- Country bumpkin Will Stockdale gets drafted into the Air Force and drives everyone around him crazy as he tries to get transferred to the infantry.
Indexer Notes
The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents." Adapted from the 1958 movie "No Time for Sergeants."
The Big Change
filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Alex Toth
- Inks:
- Alex Toth
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- fact
- Synopsis:
- Summary of infantry training.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black and white. Panels with typeset text underneath.
The Long Ride Down
filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Alex Toth
- Inks:
- Alex Toth
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- fact
- Synopsis:
- Facts and anecdotes about parachutes.
Indexer Notes
Back cover. Panels with typeset text underneath. This sequence is replaced with an ad in some copies. See Sequence 5.
Have Fun Safely
Wrigley's Juicy Fruit Gum / advertisement / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Synopsis:
- Rules for being a safe pedestrian.
Indexer Notes
Back cover. Ad for Wrigley's Juicy Fruit chewing gum. Part of a "Summer Safety" series. This sequence replaces Sequence 4 on some copies.
Table of Contents
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1.
No Time for Sergeants
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2.
No Time For Sergeants
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3.
The Big Change
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4.
The Long Ride Down
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5.
Have Fun Safely
Wrigley's Juicy Fruit Gum
- Merlin Haas
- Gene Reed
- Roger A. Budnick
- John P. Selegue
- Merlin Haas
- Ken Lemons
- Chris Launder
- Jim Walls
- Terry Vraspir
- Gary Perlman
- Jerry Hillegas
- Craig Delich
- James Ludwig
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Kenneth Blair
- Mike Nielsen
- David Porta
- Matthew Torrance
- Ken Kwilinski
- Gary L. Watson
- Gregg Whitmore
- Max Capp
- Tony R. Rose
- Lou Mazzella
- Rodney Hinkle
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Donald Dale Milne
- Karl Wilcox
- Darrel McCann
- Peter Croome
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