Star Spangled War Stories #90

(April-May 1960)

Draw Lincoln (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Art Instruction, Inc. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Island of Armored Giants! (Table of Contents: 2)

The War That Time Forgot / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Robert Kanigher

Pencils

Ross Andru

Inks

Mike Esposito

Colors

?

Letters

Gaspar Saladino

Genre

adventure; war

Characters

The Question Mark Patrol [Larry (intro); Charlie (intro); Sid (killed); Phil (killed); Ben (killed); unnamed sixth soldier (killed)]; Dinosaur Island (introduction, unnamed until issue #103)

Synopsis

After two patrols go missing on a mystery island, a third is sent to investigate. There they find an island populated by dinosaurs.

Reprints

• in Sgt. Rock's Prize Battle Tales (DC, 1964 series) #[1] (Winter 1964)
• in Four-Star Battle Tales (DC, 1973 series) #3 (July-August 1973)
• in Sgt. Rock's Prize Battle Tales Replica Edition (DC, 2000 series) #1 ([June] 2000)
• in Showcase Presents: The War That Time Forgot (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([July] 2007)

Indexer Notes

First appearance of Dinosaur Island. The island is unnamed until issue #113, and more than one island is depicted throughout this ongoing feature.

Aloha... Hawaii! (Table of Contents: 3)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jack Schiff

Pencils

Bernard Baily

Inks

Bernard Baily

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

advocacy

French Decorations of War! (Table of Contents: 4)

cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Morris Waldinger

Pencils

Morris Waldinger

Inks

Tom Nicolosi

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction; war

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Pyro Plastics Corporation / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

No Ammo for "A" Company! (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Haney

Pencils

Jerry Grandenetti

Inks

Jerry Grandenetti

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

war

Characters

Able Company soldiers; "Green Apple"; Nazis

Synopsis

Able Company sends their "greenest apple" new guy back for more ammo. He dodges machine gun fire but gets back with ammo - too late. "Able Company stopped them with empty guns! What can I do?" He loads the guns of the dead men and waits. When the Nazis attack, he runs from gun to gun - and runs out of ammo. He readies a one-man bayonet charge as reinforcements arrive. How did men hold the line with empty guns? "Then they looked at my face and got the answer!"

Reprints

• in Sidéral (Arédit-Artima, 1958 series) #31 (octobre 1960) [N&B/B&W]

Hit the Combat Trail (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Our Army at War / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Sunshine Division - Battle Story of the 40th Infantry Division (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Morris Waldinger

Pencils

Morris Waldinger

Inks

Tom Nicolosi

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction; war

[Minute Commandos, Shrapnel, Tommy Guns, Infiltration] (Table of Contents: 9)

Sgt. Rock's Combat Corner / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Synopsis

Sgt. Rock says everyone loved "Minute Commandos" of a previous issue, then answers questions on shrapnel, Tommy guns, and infiltration.

The Battle of the Sunken Village (Table of Contents: 10)

Mlle. Marie / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Haney

Pencils

Irv Novick

Inks

Irv Novick

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

It is Mlle. Marie!

Genre

war

Characters

Mlle. Marie; Commandant Von Ekt; US Frogman

Synopsis

Above a Normandy town, the dam is bombed and the village drowned. Why? Marie signals England, who airdrop a frogman who dislikes a "powder puff" mission. But Von Ekt found a flipper and guesses their mission. Frogman and Marie swim through the drowned village and find Nazi submarines and a tunnel to the coast! Dodging Nazi frogmen, swimming through houses, escaping the clock tower, Marie plants charges on the subs. They detonate in the tunnel, ending the submarine threat. Later she freshens up with a "powder poof", her secret weapon!

Reprints

• in Big Boss (Arédit-Artima, 1960 series) #49 (1960)
• in Our Army at War (DC, 1952 series) #238 (November 1971)

Keywords

clock tower; dam; Drowned village; frogman; submarines

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Stephens Credit Sales / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Wilson Chemical Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Charles Atlas / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

American Seed Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)